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[Pouring castings] - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

[Pouring castings] - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, workshop, workers, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Maritime Labor leader a communist charged before House Committee. Washington, D.C., Oct. 24. Harper Knowles, Oakland, Calif., Chairman of the radical research committee of the American Legion, today told the House Committee investigating Un-American activities, that Harry Bridges, West Coast labor leader, has been declared by communist publications to be a member of the waterfront section of the communist party. He charged that Bridges, as head of a group of militant leaders known as "Equality Hall" group "commenced the agitation that brought about the San Francisco general strike and chaos to maritime industry"

Maritime Labor leader a communist charged before House Committee. Wash...

A black and white photo of a man sitting at a table. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Overhead conveyor] - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

[Overhead conveyor] - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, structure, works, 19th-20th century industrial revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Oil painting "Progress of Industry" located in entrance lobby of Clarkson S. Fisher Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Trenton, New Jersey

Oil painting "Progress of Industry" located in entrance lobby of Clark...

Artist: Charles Ward, 1934. Dimensions: 7' x 12'. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit li... More

Cut-over long leaf yellow pine forest. The tract extends for thirty-seven miles. A lumber industry owner did no replanting and cut out on 1931 after eighteen years of operations. They employed approximately 3000 men. Near Kiln, Mississippi

Cut-over long leaf yellow pine forest. The tract extends for thirty-se...

Public domain photograph of United States countryside, nature, during 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Legislation for sugar industry to be put up to President Roosevelt. Washington D.C., July 28. At a meeting today of 23 senators who are united in a drive to enact legislation for the sugar industry at this session of Congress, it was decided to send a committee to the White House to put the question up to President Roosevelt and determine the administration views. The senators agreed that failure to pass the sugar bill might seriously damage the American industry. Senator Alva B. Adams, (left center) who presided at the meeting, and Senator Joseph C. O'Mahoney, a member of the sugar bloc, are shown being questioned by newsmen following the meeting, 7/28/37

Legislation for sugar industry to be put up to President Roosevelt. Wa...

A group of men sitting around a wooden table. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bulls in the sugar field. These bulls, powerful and well fed, are essential to the industry. They are supposed to be a crossbreed between the Zebu and the Longhorn. In the evenings they are turned loose in the cut-over fields and are allowed to munch the leftover stalks. Near Ponce, Puerto Rico

Bulls in the sugar field. These bulls, powerful and well fed, are esse...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of farming, farmer, agriculture, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Rail Labor Head discusses wage controversy with president. Washington, D.C., Oct. 31. George M. Harrison, President of the Brotherhood of Railroad and Steamship clerks, leaving the White House today after discussing with President Roosevelt the carriers wage controversy. Harrison told newsmen "the president wants railroad labor and management to take up the problem of developing a program of legislation for general rehabilitation of the railroad industry," 10-31-38

Rail Labor Head discusses wage controversy with president. Washington,...

A black and white photo of a man in a coat and hat. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Biggers before unemployment committee. Washington, D.C., Jan. 21. John D. Biggers, Director of the recent unemployment census, recommended to the Senate unemployment committee today that there be created a National Re-employment Committee to direct itself to finding suitable jobs in industry and agriculture for all willing workers, 1/21/38

Biggers before unemployment committee. Washington, D.C., Jan. 21. John...

A man sitting at a table reading a book. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Rail wage cut would be blow to our present recovery. Washington, D.C., Oct. 14. Senator Burton K. Wheeler, Democrat of Montana and Chairman of the Senate Interstate Committee, today told the President's fact finding board that a wage reduction in the railroad industry "would be a blow to our present recovery". He expressed the opinion that the country as a whole would benefit if there were no cut, 10/14/38

Rail wage cut would be blow to our present recovery. Washington, D.C.,...

A black and white photo of a man sitting at a table. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Women war workers

Women war workers

Public domain photograph - United States during 1930s Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Electronics technician, Goodyear Aircraft Corp., Akron, Ohio

Electronics technician, Goodyear Aircraft Corp., Akron, Ohio

Public domain photograph of a woman, female portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Orange trees being irrigated in Maricopa County, Arizona, center of the citrus industry in that state

Orange trees being irrigated in Maricopa County, Arizona, center of th...

Public domain photograph of United States countryside, nature, during 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Steel alloy manufacture. Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corporation, Brackenridge, Pennsylvania. General view of part of the plant where scrap iron and steel are converted into many grades of steel alloys. In the foreground are carloads of finished products, while in the middle foreground can be seen piles and cars of scrap coming in to feed the huge furnaces. In the background is the power house which supplies electricity and steam to turn the wheels of this important defense industry, set in the Pennsylvania hills about thirty miles north of Pittsburgh, one of America's most important steel producing centers

Steel alloy manufacture. Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corporation, Brackenri...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of a factory, warehouse, commercial or industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

A black and white photo of a bush in a field. Great Depression FFSA / OWI Negatives

A black and white photo of a bush in a field. Great Depression FFSA / ...

Public domain photograph related to Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A panel from an exhibit "In the image of America," designed by the Farm Security Administration as part of the science and industry exhibit held in Rockefeller Center, New York City, in 1941

A panel from an exhibit "In the image of America," designed by the Far...

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

A panel from an exhibit "In the Image of America," designed by the Farm Security Administration as part of the Science and Industry Exhibit held in Rockefeller Center, New York City, in 1941

A panel from an exhibit "In the Image of America," designed by the Far...

Public domain photograph related to New York City, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A panel from an exhibit "In the image of America," designed by the Farm Security Administration as part of the science and industry exhibit held in Rockefeller Center, New York City, in 1941

A panel from an exhibit "In the image of America," designed by the Far...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of workers, war production, aircraft, airfield, the 1930s -1940s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A panel from an exhibit "In the Image of America," designed by the Farm Security Administration as part of the Science and Industry Exhibit held in Rockefeller Center, New York City, in 1941

A panel from an exhibit "In the Image of America," designed by the Far...

Public domain photograph related to New York City, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A panel from an exhibit "In the Image of America," designed by the Farm Security Administration as part of the Science and Industry Exhibit held in Rockefeller Center, New York City, in 1941

A panel from an exhibit "In the Image of America," designed by the Far...

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Steel mill equipment. A worker inspects the dimensions of a huge turning roll that will soon be installed in one of our steel mills to increase the production of steel plate and sheet to supply the tanks, ships and gun parts that are required under our expanded war program. A scene in one of Pennsylvania's heavy industry plants now converted to the production of vitally needed military equipment. AETNA, Ellwood City, Pennsylvania

Steel mill equipment. A worker inspects the dimensions of a huge turni...

Public domain photograph of factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Antiaircraft gun carriage. Axle brackets for a thirty-seven millimeter anti-aircraft gun carriage are machined on this milling machine. Today's fast-moving planes present a target requiring the very best in antiaircraft guns. Carriage and mount are as important as the gun itself for rapid fire power and maneuverability. War program production scene in one of Pennsylvania's heavy industry plants now converted to the production of vitally needed military equipment. AETNA. Ellwood City. Pennsylvania

Antiaircraft gun carriage. Axle brackets for a thirty-seven millimeter...

Public domain photograph of the 1930s-1940s World War Two, armed forces, military production, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Logs on flatcar which will take them into town from mountain logging camp. The lumbering industry in the eastern part of the state was developed later than that in the western parts of the state but has gathered great speed. Income from forest products in Oregon is about 177,000,000 dollars annually with about 40,000 persons being employed, receiving about fifty-six million dollars in wages and salaries annually. Baker County, Oregon

Logs on flatcar which will take them into town from mountain logging c...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of lumber, lumberjack workers, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A panel from an exhibit "In the Image of America," designed by the Farm Security Administration as part of the Science and Industry Exhibit held in Rockefeller Center, New York City, in 1941

A panel from an exhibit "In the Image of America," designed by the Far...

Public domain photograph related to New York City, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Detroit, Michigan. Conference between U.S. Army ordnance and washing machine industry official to determine the ability of manufacturers to produce parts needed by the Army. After inspecting samples, blueprints and prices were discussed. Exhibit showing the manufacture of a gun projectile

Detroit, Michigan. Conference between U.S. Army ordnance and washing m...

Public domain photograph of industrial architecture, factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A panel from an exhibit "In the image of America," designed by the Farm Security Administration as part of the science and industry exhibit held in Rockefeller Center, New York City, in 1941

A panel from an exhibit "In the image of America," designed by the Far...

Public domain photograph related to New York City, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Women in industry. Tool production. With no previous industrial experience, this young woman has taken over a delicate job in a large Midwest drill and tool company. Her part in America's war production consists of grinding small drills to a high tolerance on this clearance-grinding machine. Republic Drill and Tool Company, Chicago, Illinois

Women in industry. Tool production. With no previous industrial exper...

Public domain photograph - United States during World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Conversion. Automobile industry. Line of "honing" machines formerly used on automobile motors, have been moved back in the plant to make way for war work. Soon these machines will be stored outdoors until the tools necessary to adapt them to war activities can be completed. The Plymouth Company, Chrysler Corporation, Detroit, Michigan

Conversion. Automobile industry. Line of "honing" machines formerly us...

Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, structure, works, 19th-20th century industrial revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

War workers' ideas. Jury votes on war workers' ideas that save man-hours and critical materials. More than 400,000 suggestions to speed war production have been submitted to suggestion committees in war plants, and the outstanding ones tested and sent through more than 2,000 War Production Drive labor-management committees to the above Board for Individual Awards at War Production Drive headquarters in Washington. All ideas recognized by awards are made available to all American war plants and interested United Nations through the system of plow-back into industry as a further benefit to war production. The Board for Individual Awards, composed of engineers and technical experts who contribute their time to evaluating production ideas, is shown at a Washington session. Left to right: Charles B. Francis, Carnegie, Illinois Steel Corporation; Dr. J.L. Bray, Purdue University; Paul H. Stanley, Pitcairn Auto-Gyro Company; L.A. Poole of War Production Drive's Awards Field Operations Branch; Whiting Williams of Cleveland, Ohio; James B. Gent, United Steel Workers (USW) and William P. Hill, Bethlehem Steel

War workers' ideas. Jury votes on war workers' ideas that save man-hou...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Washington DC during the First World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Women in industry. Tool production. Two to a machine, these young employees of a Midwest drill and tool company are operating cylindrical grinders. This work is delicate and difficult, for the drills must be tapered accurately to size. The drills will be used in manufacture of guns, ships, tanks and in all war production where metal must be worked. Republic Drill and Tool Company, Chicago, Illinois

Women in industry. Tool production. Two to a machine, these young emp...

Public domain photograph - United States during World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

De Land pool. Skilled craftsmen. Can southern workers do close-tolerance machine work? Ask A.E. Kenyon, pictured above as he operates a machine turning out war material for the De Land, Florida pool. He's been a toolmaker since 1895 in some of the biggest plants in the country. He retired to Florida and came back into industry to help out in the war. There are a dozen men like him in the plants of the De Land pool

De Land pool. Skilled craftsmen. Can southern workers do close-toleran...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s industrial development, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Conversion. Automobile industry. The last automobile engines in a large Midwest factory to be completed prior to its conversion to tank production. These engines will be used to fill government orders for spare parts. The Plymouth Company, Chrysler Corporation, Detroit, Michigan

Conversion. Automobile industry. The last automobile engines in a larg...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

New York, New York. The War Emergency Board of the fur industry formed a fur vest project. Various fur factories donate the services of their employees one day a week to make fur-lined vests for the merchant marines. The fur in all from voluntary donations from the public. Jewish fur worker cutting outsides of fur-lined vests from heavy cotton cloth

New York, New York. The War Emergency Board of the fur industry formed...

Public domain photograph of New York in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A lecture in the dairy industry building at Iowa State College. Ames, Iowa

A lecture in the dairy industry building at Iowa State College. Ames, ...

Public domain photograph of a group of people, audience, meeting, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Women in industry. Tool production. Inspecting thousands of drills each day, women employed by a large Midwest drill and tool company must learn to detect the tiniest flaw in these vital machine accessories. Republic Drill and Tool Company, Chicago, Illinois

Women in industry. Tool production. Inspecting thousands of drills ea...

Public domain photograph of industrial architecture, factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Victory Corps, tomorrow's defenders of liberty. Experienced workers train young girls in the high school Victory Corps to become valuable members of the vast womanpower army. Sally Brown, who is learning to rivet airplane parts at Roosevelt High School in Los Angeles, California, will be ready for skilled work in the war industry when her course in riveting is completed

Victory Corps, tomorrow's defenders of liberty. Experienced workers tr...

Picryl description: Public domain image of girl workers, child labor, working children, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Women in industry. Tool production. Her mind's on her work and on her country. That small flag tells the story of this young woman's absorption in her job. Employed by a Midwest drill and tool plant, she's grinding points on drills which will be used in the production of America's ships and planes and guns. A soldier of the production front, she fights for the men on America's battlefronts. Republic Drill and Tool Company, Chicago, Illinois

Women in industry. Tool production. Her mind's on her work and on her...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a woman working, women labor, 1940s, economic conditions, home front, world war two, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

New York, New York. The War Emergency Board of the fur industry formed a fur vest project. Various fur factories donate the services of their employees one day a week to make fur lined vests for the merchant marine. Fur cutter fitting pieces of fur onto a vest pattern

New York, New York. The War Emergency Board of the fur industry formed...

Picryl description: Public domain image of food, dinner, grocery store, eating, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Empty collapsible tubes: a tin mine for war industry. Recovery of tin from squeezed-out toothpaste and other collapsible metal tubes begins at drug and other stored where the critical metal is collected under the tube-for-tube exchange plan. Millions of tubes are collected in this way for recovery of tin at government controlled salvage plant in New Jersey

Empty collapsible tubes: a tin mine for war industry. Recovery of tin ...

Public domain photograph of pharmacy, convenience store, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

New Britain, Connecticut. A child care center, opened September 15, 1942, for thirty children, aged two to five, of mothers engaged in war industry. The hours are 6:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., six days per week. Children having lunch with a trained assistant

New Britain, Connecticut. A child care center, opened September 15, 19...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children of farmers, migrant workers, Great Depression era, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

"I've found the job where I fit best!" find your war job in industry, agriculture, business/ / George R[...].

"I've found the job where I fit best!" find your war job in industry, ...

Poster showing head-and-shoulders of woman operating a machine as part of World War II production effort. OWI poster no. 55. Promotional goal: U.S. F34.J71.1943

New York, New York. American-Soviet war exhibition, designed by the OWI (Office of War Information) and installed in the Museum of Science and Industry

New York, New York. American-Soviet war exhibition, designed by the OW...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a mural painting, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

New Britain, Connecticut. A child care center, opened September 15, 1942, for thirty children, age two to five, of mothers engaged in war industry. The hours are 6:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. six days per week. The visiting nurse who examines the children every morning. There is always a doctor on call, and once a month he gives each child a thorough examination

New Britain, Connecticut. A child care center, opened September 15, 19...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children in poverty during the Great Depression, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Aero Trades Mfg. Corp., 65 Jericho Turnpike, Mineola, Long Island. Hydro spin

Aero Trades Mfg. Corp., 65 Jericho Turnpike, Mineola, Long Island. Hyd...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Blackstone Canal, State Route 126, Central Falls, Providence County, RI

Blackstone Canal, State Route 126, Central Falls, Providence County, R...

Significance: The Blackstone canal was one of the regions first long distance transportation systems. It was one of the waterways that helped to spawn the industrial development that took place in the Blacksto... More

Mural: Petroleum Industry - Distribution & Use, by Edgar Britton at the Department of Interior, Washington, D.C.

Mural: Petroleum Industry - Distribution & Use, by Edgar Britton at th...

Date: 1939; dimensions: 106" x 235". Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photograp... More

Sculptures "Industry," "Science," "Agriculture" and "Literature" at the Birch Bayh Federal Building, Indianapolis, Indiana

Sculptures "Industry," "Science," "Agriculture" and "Literature" at th...

Artist: John Massey Rhind. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the ... More

Sculptures "Industry," "Science," "Agriculture" and "Literature" at the Birch Bayh Federal Building, Indianapolis, Indiana

Sculptures "Industry," "Science," "Agriculture" and "Literature" at th...

Artist: John Massey Rhind. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the ... More

Relief, carved by Herring Coe, on the facade of the 1937 First National Bank Building, now (as of 2014) abandoned, in downtown Beaumont, Texas. Details on the building celebrate Beaumont industry and depict various workers and professionals in carved limestone

Relief, carved by Herring Coe, on the facade of the 1937 First Nationa...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Ph... More

The Alabama River Pulp Company and the Claiborne Mill Complex, Claiborne, Alabama

The Alabama River Pulp Company and the Claiborne Mill Complex, Claibor...

Since 1978, the Alabama River Pulp Company and the Claiborne Mill Complex have been producing southern softwood and hardwood kraft pulps for the paper producers service markets around the globe. Parsons & Whitt... More

The Alabama River Pulp Company and the Claiborne Mill Complex, Claiborne, Alabama

The Alabama River Pulp Company and the Claiborne Mill Complex, Claibor...

Since 1978, the Alabama River Pulp Company and the Claiborne Mill Complex have been producing southern softwood and hardwood kraft pulps for the paper producers service markets around the globe. Parsons & Whitt... More

The Alabama River Pulp Company and the Claiborne Mill Complex, Claiborne, Alabama

The Alabama River Pulp Company and the Claiborne Mill Complex, Claibor...

Since 1978, the Alabama River Pulp Company and the Claiborne Mill Complex have been producing southern softwood and hardwood kraft pulps for the paper producers service markets around the globe. Parsons & Whitt... More

Margaret Henschel, an employee at the Intel Corporation's wafer fabrication facility in Chandler, Arizona, moves through its cleanroom in her industrial "bunny suit"

Margaret Henschel, an employee at the Intel Corporation's wafer fabric...

Making computer chips is a complex process requiring hundreds of precisely controlled steps that result in patterned layers of various materials built one on top of another. A photolithographic "printing" proce... More

San Juan & New York Mining & Smelting Company, Smelter Stack, State Route 160, Durango, La Plata County, CO

San Juan & New York Mining & Smelting Company, Smelter Stack, State Ro...

Significance: The extant smelter stack is the first of two identical stacks at the San Juan and New York Mining and Smelting Company (SJ&NY) plant in Durango. It stands at the south end of the site of the origi... More

San Juan & New York Mining & Smelting Company, Smelter Stack, State Route 160, Durango, La Plata County, CO

San Juan & New York Mining & Smelting Company, Smelter Stack, State Ro...

Significance: The extant smelter stack is the first of two identical stacks at the San Juan and New York Mining and Smelting Company (SJ&NY) plant in Durango. It stands at the south end of the site of the origi... More

San Juan & New York Mining & Smelting Company, Smelter Stack, State Route 160, Durango, La Plata County, CO

San Juan & New York Mining & Smelting Company, Smelter Stack, State Ro...

Significance: The extant smelter stack is the first of two identical stacks at the San Juan and New York Mining and Smelting Company (SJ&NY) plant in Durango. It stands at the south end of the site of the origi... More

San Juan & New York Mining & Smelting Company, Smelter Stack, State Route 160, Durango, La Plata County, CO

San Juan & New York Mining & Smelting Company, Smelter Stack, State Ro...

Significance: The extant smelter stack is the first of two identical stacks at the San Juan and New York Mining and Smelting Company (SJ&NY) plant in Durango. It stands at the south end of the site of the origi... More

Blackstone Canal, Charles & Randall Streets, Canal & Haymarket Streets, Providence, Providence County, RI

Blackstone Canal, Charles & Randall Streets, Canal & Haymarket Streets...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Rhode Island, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Congress Street Bascule Bridge, Spanning Fort Point Channel at Congress Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

Congress Street Bascule Bridge, Spanning Fort Point Channel at Congres...

Significance: The Congress Street Bridge, built in 1930, is a trunnion bascule bridge and the most recent of the five movable-truss bridges spanning the Fort Point Channel. It replaced a steam operated swing d... More

Congress Street Bascule Bridge, Spanning Fort Point Channel at Congress Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

Congress Street Bascule Bridge, Spanning Fort Point Channel at Congres...

Significance: The Congress Street Bridge, built in 1930, is a trunnion bascule bridge and the most recent of the five movable-truss bridges spanning the Fort Point Channel. It replaced a steam operated swing d... More

Workman House, Workman & Temple Family Homestead Museum, 15415 East Don Julian Road, Industry, Los Angeles County, CA

Workman House, Workman & Temple Family Homestead Museum, 15415 East Do...

Survey number: HABS CA-2736 Building/structure dates: 1842 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1870 Subsequent Work National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 74000519

Workman House, Workman & Temple Family Homestead Museum, 15415 East Don Julian Road, Industry, Los Angeles County, CA

Workman House, Workman & Temple Family Homestead Museum, 15415 East Do...

Survey number: HABS CA-2736 Building/structure dates: 1842 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1870 Subsequent Work National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 74000519

Workman House, Workman & Temple Family Homestead Museum, 15415 East Don Julian Road, Industry, Los Angeles County, CA

Workman House, Workman & Temple Family Homestead Museum, 15415 East Do...

Survey number: HABS CA-2736 Building/structure dates: 1842 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1870 Subsequent Work National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 74000519

Wampum Manufacturing Co., Lincolnton, N.C. Superintendent refused to let me take photos inside. (Abernethy?). Location: Lincolnton, North Carolina.

Wampum Manufacturing Co., Lincolnton, N.C. Superintendent refused to l...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of child, child labor, farmer, early 20th-century farm, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Niantic Bridge, Spanning Niantic River between East Lyme & Waterford, Old Lyme, New London County, CT

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Niantic Bridge, Spanning Nian...

Significance: The Niantic Bridge is a through girder bridge and consists of a movable span and four approach spans on stone masonry piers. The movable span is a chain-driven Scherzer rolling lift bascule span ... More

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Niantic Bridge, Spanning Niantic River between East Lyme & Waterford, Old Lyme, New London County, CT

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Niantic Bridge, Spanning Nian...

Significance: The Niantic Bridge is a through girder bridge and consists of a movable span and four approach spans on stone masonry piers. The movable span is a chain-driven Scherzer rolling lift bascule span ... More

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Niantic Bridge, Spanning Niantic River between East Lyme & Waterford, Old Lyme, New London County, CT

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Niantic Bridge, Spanning Nian...

Significance: The Niantic Bridge is a through girder bridge and consists of a movable span and four approach spans on stone masonry piers. The movable span is a chain-driven Scherzer rolling lift bascule span ... More

National Institutes of Health, Industrial Hygiene Laboratory, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Montgomery County, MD

National Institutes of Health, Industrial Hygiene Laboratory, 9000 Roc...

Significance: The Industrial Hygeine Laboratory, constructed in 1938, is one of the original laboratory buildings built for the National Institute of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, and the first laboratory built sol... More

Poor Richard illustrated, lessons for the young and old on industry, temperance, frugality &c. by Benjamin Franklin / Engraved by O. Pelton.

Poor Richard illustrated, lessons for the young and old on industry, t...

Print showing a small portrait of Benjamin Franklin, surrounded by 24 vignettes illustrating maxims taken from his writings. Ford, P.L. Franklin bibliography, 216 (DLC/PP-47083). Copyright 1887 by T.O.H.P. Bur... More

Union Iron Works Turbine Machine Shop, 2200 Webster Street, Alameda, Alameda County, CA

Union Iron Works Turbine Machine Shop, 2200 Webster Street, Alameda, A...

Significance: The Union Iron Works Turbine Machine Shop building is both historically and architecturally significant. As the nucleus of a major West Coast shipyard which made important contributions to ship b... More

Watertown Arsenal, Building No. 313, Talcott Avenue, Watertown, Middlesex County, MA

Watertown Arsenal, Building No. 313, Talcott Avenue, Watertown, Middle...

Significance: Building No. 313 is one of the earliest buildings on the present AMTL property and was integral to the industrial development of the Watertown Arsenal in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth ce... More

Lowell Canal System, Merrimack & Concord Rivers, Lowell, Middlesex County, MA

Lowell Canal System, Merrimack & Concord Rivers, Lowell, Middlesex Cou...

Significance: The City of Lowell is generally considered to be the birthplace of large-scale manufacturing in the U.S. Begun as a transportation canal, the Lowell Canal System evolved, during the 19th century,... More

Watervliet Arsenal, Building No. 135, Gillespie Road, South of Parker Road, Watervliet, Albany County, NY

Watervliet Arsenal, Building No. 135, Gillespie Road, South of Parker ...

Significance: The building is a major component of manufacturing facilities constructed at Watervliet Arsenal during World War II and is a building in which advanced technology was employed in the manufacture o... More

Watervliet Arsenal, Building No. 135, Gillespie Road, South of Parker Road, Watervliet, Albany County, NY

Watervliet Arsenal, Building No. 135, Gillespie Road, South of Parker ...

Significance: The building is a major component of manufacturing facilities constructed at Watervliet Arsenal during World War II and is a building in which advanced technology was employed in the manufacture o... More

Industry Mill, Van Houten & Prospect Street, Paterson, Passaic County, NJ

Industry Mill, Van Houten & Prospect Street, Paterson, Passaic County,...

Significance: The Industry Mill was, like many others in Paterson, used throughout the nineteenth century for the manufacture of textiles and textile goods. Unlike many of the mill buildings, however, the Indu... More

Town of Kistler, Kistler, Mifflin County, PA

Town of Kistler, Kistler, Mifflin County, PA

See also HABS PA-5973 for related information on the refractories industry. Written data includes photocopies of location maps, elevations, & floor plans. Significance: Kistler was built by the Mount Union Refr... More

Town of Kistler, Kistler, Mifflin County, PA

Town of Kistler, Kistler, Mifflin County, PA

See also HABS PA-5973 for related information on the refractories industry. Written data includes photocopies of location maps, elevations, & floor plans. Significance: Kistler was built by the Mount Union Refr... More

Town of Kistler, Kistler, Mifflin County, PA

Town of Kistler, Kistler, Mifflin County, PA

See also HABS PA-5973 for related information on the refractories industry. Written data includes photocopies of location maps, elevations, & floor plans. Significance: Kistler was built by the Mount Union Refr... More

Atherton Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Bolton Road, Lancaster, Worcester County, MA

Atherton Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Bolton Road, Lancaster, Worc...

Significance: The Atherton Bridge is an example of a hybrid pony-truss that bears a similarity to the Post truss. The bridge is 72 feet long, 18 1/2 feet wide, and is comprised of eight panels. It rests on gr... More

Asa Packer Mansion, Packer Hill, Jim Thorpe, Carbon County, PA

Asa Packer Mansion, Packer Hill, Jim Thorpe, Carbon County, PA

Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Asa Packer Mansion, Packer Hill, Jim Thorpe, Carbon County, PA

Asa Packer Mansion, Packer Hill, Jim Thorpe, Carbon County, PA

Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, architectural drawing, building plan, or design, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Ponakin Road Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Ponakin Road, Lancaster, Worcester County, MA

Ponakin Road Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Ponakin Road, Lancaster,...

Significance: The single span Ponakin Road Bridge is 100 feet long and 20 feet wide, with vertical end posts. The bridge has diagonal compression members and diagonal eye-bar tension members that extend two pa... More

Ponakin Road Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Ponakin Road, Lancaster, Worcester County, MA

Ponakin Road Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Ponakin Road, Lancaster,...

Significance: The single span Ponakin Road Bridge is 100 feet long and 20 feet wide, with vertical end posts. The bridge has diagonal compression members and diagonal eye-bar tension members that extend two pa... More

Tenth Street Bridge, Spanning Missouri River, Great Falls, Cascade County, MT

Tenth Street Bridge, Spanning Missouri River, Great Falls, Cascade Cou...

Public domain photograph - Montana Folklife collection, ethnography, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Humorous pictures showing the Chinese mode of transportation (four men harnessed to a carriage by their long pigtails) and a scene depicting the silk industry]

[Humorous pictures showing the Chinese mode of transportation (four me...

Signed on block by artist in lower right, includes chop. Descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Nisshinsensō shōraku gakai : Comics of the ... More

General Dynamics Corporation Shipyard, XYZ Crane & Towers, 97 East Howard Street, Quincy, Norfolk County, MA

General Dynamics Corporation Shipyard, XYZ Crane & Towers, 97 East How...

Significance: The XYZ Crane & Towers is significant for its association with nearly 70 years of shipbuilding at the Quincy-Fore River shipyard, functioning as an assembly crane for early submarine construction ... More

Danforth Locomotive & Machine Company, Market Street, Paterson, Passaic County, NJ

Danforth Locomotive & Machine Company, Market Street, Paterson, Passai...

Significance: The Danforth site is representative of many of the manufacturing facilities in Paterson. First built upon in the early years of the nineteenth century, the mill lots housed a number of textile pr... More

Thomas Mill, Crum Creek (Willistown Township), Whitehorse, Chester County, PA

Thomas Mill, Crum Creek (Willistown Township), Whitehorse, Chester Cou...

Significance: This mill, erected in 1774 by the miller himself, is little changed and was in running order within the last decade. Survey number: HABS PA-1214 Building/structure dates: 1774 Initial Construction

Thomas Mill, Crum Creek (Willistown Township), Whitehorse, Chester County, PA

Thomas Mill, Crum Creek (Willistown Township), Whitehorse, Chester Cou...

Significance: This mill, erected in 1774 by the miller himself, is little changed and was in running order within the last decade. Survey number: HABS PA-1214 Building/structure dates: 1774 Initial Construction

Thomas Mill, Crum Creek (Willistown Township), Whitehorse, Chester County, PA

Thomas Mill, Crum Creek (Willistown Township), Whitehorse, Chester Cou...

Significance: This mill, erected in 1774 by the miller himself, is little changed and was in running order within the last decade. Survey number: HABS PA-1214 Building/structure dates: 1774 Initial Construction

Thomas Mill, Crum Creek (Willistown Township), Whitehorse, Chester County, PA

Thomas Mill, Crum Creek (Willistown Township), Whitehorse, Chester Cou...

Significance: This mill, erected in 1774 by the miller himself, is little changed and was in running order within the last decade. Survey number: HABS PA-1214 Building/structure dates: 1774 Initial Construction

Newsom's Mill Bridge, Spanning Harpeth River, Newsom's Station Road, Nashville, Davidson County, TN

Newsom's Mill Bridge, Spanning Harpeth River, Newsom's Station Road, N...

Significance: The bridge is significant for its role in local industry and railroading. The bridge derives additional significance as a representative example of the pony Warren truss type for its association w... More

Newsom's Mill Bridge, Spanning Harpeth River, Newsom's Station Road, Nashville, Davidson County, TN

Newsom's Mill Bridge, Spanning Harpeth River, Newsom's Station Road, N...

Significance: The bridge is significant for its role in local industry and railroading. The bridge derives additional significance as a representative example of the pony Warren truss type for its association w... More

Lobdell Car Wheel Company, Christina Avenue, Wilmington, New Castle County, DE

Lobdell Car Wheel Company, Christina Avenue, Wilmington, New Castle Co...

Significance: An important example of heavy industry in Delaware, and at one time, the largest manufacturer of chilled cast-iron wheels in the United States. Survey number: HAER DE-15 Building/structure dates... More

Lobdell Car Wheel Company, Christina Avenue, Wilmington, New Castle County, DE

Lobdell Car Wheel Company, Christina Avenue, Wilmington, New Castle Co...

Significance: An important example of heavy industry in Delaware, and at one time, the largest manufacturer of chilled cast-iron wheels in the United States. Survey number: HAER DE-15 Building/structure dates... More

Thames Tow Boat Company, Foot of Farnsworth Street, New London, New London County, CT

Thames Tow Boat Company, Foot of Farnsworth Street, New London, New Lo...

Significance: The Thames Shipyard has been in constant use from the time of its completion in 1903 to the present (as of 1978). Originally constructed to build and repair ocean-going tugs and barges, the yard ... More

Thames Tow Boat Company, Foot of Farnsworth Street, New London, New London County, CT

Thames Tow Boat Company, Foot of Farnsworth Street, New London, New Lo...

Significance: The Thames Shipyard has been in constant use from the time of its completion in 1903 to the present (as of 1978). Originally constructed to build and repair ocean-going tugs and barges, the yard ... More

Thames Tow Boat Company, Foot of Farnsworth Street, New London, New London County, CT

Thames Tow Boat Company, Foot of Farnsworth Street, New London, New Lo...

Significance: The Thames Shipyard has been in constant use from the time of its completion in 1903 to the present (as of 1978). Originally constructed to build and repair ocean-going tugs and barges, the yard ... More

Thames Tow Boat Company, Foot of Farnsworth Street, New London, New London County, CT

Thames Tow Boat Company, Foot of Farnsworth Street, New London, New Lo...

Significance: The Thames Shipyard has been in constant use from the time of its completion in 1903 to the present (as of 1978). Originally constructed to build and repair ocean-going tugs and barges, the yard ... More

Thames Tow Boat Company, Foot of Farnsworth Street, New London, New London County, CT

Thames Tow Boat Company, Foot of Farnsworth Street, New London, New Lo...

Significance: The Thames Shipyard has been in constant use from the time of its completion in 1903 to the present (as of 1978). Originally constructed to build and repair ocean-going tugs and barges, the yard ... More

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