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[German soldiers machine gunning New York crowds]

[German soldiers machine gunning New York crowds]

Title devised by cataloger. No publication information. Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

Hitler would like this man to go home and forget about the war. A good American non-com at the side machine gun of a huge YB-17 bomber is a man who knows his business and works hard at it

Hitler would like this man to go home and forget about the war. A good...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. Day and night, the conversion of a big auto manufacturing plant to the production of machine guns for the Air Corps continues without letup until the job is done. Electricians extending power lines are often among the first at the new machine locations. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. Day and night, the conversi...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a worker, labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, 1930s, mid-20th-century industrial photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. A big auto plant changes over to the production of machine guns for the Air Corps. Electricians begin running power lines to the new machine locations. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. A big auto plant changes ov...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a worker, labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, 1930s, mid-20th-century industrial photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Women at war (Mrs. Smuda). If you didn't know better, you might think Mrs. Smuda spent the day comfortably darning socks for the family. Less than an hour before these pictures were made, this fifty-five-year-old mother and grandmother was skillfully tapering shells for machine guns at the Frankford Arsenal

Women at war (Mrs. Smuda). If you didn't know better, you might think ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of the 1930s - 1940s, woman, female portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Women in war. Machine gun production operators. This capable young woman is making an important contribution to America's war effort. Employed by a Midwest plant, converted from the production of spark plugs to machine guns, she's one of many skilled women milling-machine operators who are producing weapons for America's armed forces. Here, she's checking a slot she has just milled in a gun part. A.C. Spark Plugs

Women in war. Machine gun production operators. This capable young wom...

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.

Machine guns on Mex. border - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Machine guns on Mex. border - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain...

Photograph shows artillery troops at the Mexican border in 1916. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2014)

[British soldiers with machine guns posted at Jaffa Gate]

[British soldiers with machine guns posted at Jaffa Gate]

Picryl description: Public domain image of an old ancient city, historic place, stone building architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

After seven years in the Navy, J.D. Estes is considered an old sea salt by his mates at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas

After seven years in the Navy, J.D. Estes is considered an old sea sal...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. American power in the air grows rapidly as machine guns of the finest quality pour from our production lines to arm the planes that are coming steadily from other lines. These guns, entirely completed and ready to fire, await shipment from the large converted auto plant in which they were made. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. American power in the air g...

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

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. An assembly line in a converted auto plant, now turning out machine guns for the Air Corps, comes through with plenty of these important tools of war. And the tide of American productive power is still far from being reached. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. An assembly line in a conve...

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

Voin, otvet' Rodine pobedoi! - Drawing. Public domain image.

Voin, otvet' Rodine pobedoi! - Drawing. Public domain image.

Title summary: Soldier, answer the motherland with victory! Published: Izd-vo "Plakat." Originally pub.: Gos. izd-vo "Iskusstvo," 1942. No. 23 in set commemorating Soviet victory in World War II. Gift; Gary Ya... More

"Ammunition!" And remember - bonds buy bullets! / Vincent Lynel 1918.

"Ammunition!" And remember - bonds buy bullets! / Vincent Lynel 1918.

Poster showing a soldier with a machine gun in the heat of battle, reaching out for ammunition. Third Federal Reserve District.

British Military Camp at klm. 41, Lubban-Nablus Rd. British troops on observation post with rifles, machine-guns & flare-lights, view looking toward Sinjel from height above Lubba[n]

British Military Camp at klm. 41, Lubban-Nablus Rd. British troops on ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of the British Empire armed forces, 19th-20th century war and military conflict, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. Just as the "long rifle" of the American pioneer was the world's best gun of its day, so the machine guns of our modern air force must be better than any other. Shaping a machine gun barrel is exacting work, but the precision techniques of a former auto plant readily handle the job. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. Just as the "long rifle" of...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Lot catalog card states that the geographic location of images in lot is Akron, Ohio, but per caption is Lansing, Michigan. Title and other information... More

Production. .38-caliber revolvers. Angela Cherubini, hand miller at a large firearms plant, machines bolt holes on the cylinder of .38-caliber revolvers. Many women, as well as men, are employed in this plant which produces machine guns and automatic pistols for the armed forces

Production. .38-caliber revolvers. Angela Cherubini, hand miller at a ...

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

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. Another machine is skidded into place in a converted auto plant to swell the production of machine guns for the Air Corps. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. Another machine is skidded ...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Lot catalog card states that the geographic location of images in lot is Akron, Ohio, but per caption is Lansing, Michigan. Title and other information... More

Production. Machine guns of various calibers. Walter Newman, operator of a high-speed lathe in a large firearms plant, performs an operation on the barrel of a machine gun. Many women workers are also employed in this plant producing essential weapons for the armed forces

Production. Machine guns of various calibers. Walter Newman, operator ...

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.

Arab demonstration at Yatta. British troops on the hill-side carrying machine guns & full equipment

Arab demonstration at Yatta. British troops on the hill-side carrying ...

Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939]. Caption continues from catalog: Dec. 18, '38. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.

Jesse Rhodes Waller, A.O.M., third class, tries out a 30-calibre machine gun he has just installed on a Navy plane, Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas

Jesse Rhodes Waller, A.O.M., third class, tries out a 30-calibre machi...

12002-18. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More

Aircraft. Naval. The Consolidated "Mariner" (PBM-3) serves the Navy as a patrol bomber or transport. It is an all-metal flying boat with high gull wings. It has a speed of over 200 miles per hour, a range of over 3,000 miles, a ceiling of over 15,000 feet and a load capacity of 20,000 pounds. The crew of nine men is armed with 50-caliber machine guns and bombs

Aircraft. Naval. The Consolidated "Mariner" (PBM-3) serves the Navy as...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Image source: Official U.S. Navy photo from OWI. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Ove... More

Fort Riley, Kansas. Red flag is waved to signify machine guns open fire, during a sham battle of a mechanized cavalry reconnaissance unit

Fort Riley, Kansas. Red flag is waved to signify machine guns open fir...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a car, automobile, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a man working on a machine. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man working on a machine. Office of War I...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Fort Knox. Machine guns. The .30 caliber machine gun is a powerful weapon of great range and effectiveness. It is used in various forms on planes, tanks, ships and other types of mechanized equipment

Fort Knox. Machine guns. The .30 caliber machine gun is a powerful wea...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

A woman working on a machine in a factory. Office of War Information Photograph

A woman working on a machine in a factory. Office of War Information P...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

War-like scene on roof of Tower of David, mounted machine guns - tele

War-like scene on roof of Tower of David, mounted machine guns - tele

Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939]. From catalog: Oct. 19, '38. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.

He's like to use that gun on the Axis. After seven years in the Navy, J.D. Estes is considered an old sea salt by his mates at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas

He's like to use that gun on the Axis. After seven years in the Navy, ...

12002-18. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More

A woman working on a machine in a factory. Office of War Information Photograph

A woman working on a machine in a factory. Office of War Information P...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. Tidiness and order contribute to plant morale and efficiency. A former auto plant now turning out machine guns is straining every resource to get top production, but it still keeps the maintenance men busy cleaning and painting the building and equipment. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. Tidiness and order contribu...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Lot catalog card states that the geographic location of images in lot is Akron, Ohio, but per caption is Lansing, Michigan. Title and other information... More

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. Another machine is skidded into place in a converted auto plant to swell the production of machine guns for the Air Corps. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. Another machine is skidded ...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Lot catalog card states that the geographic location of images in lot is Akron, Ohio, but per caption is Lansing, Michigan. Title and other information... More

Fort Knox. Machine guns. An American "ace in the hole" in this global war is our ability to furnish an unbeatable combination of good men and good weapons. This infantry man, in training at Fort Knox, Kentucky, has learned that his M-1 (Garand) rifle is a weapon without peer. He can be depended on to perform notable with it

Fort Knox. Machine guns. An American "ace in the hole" in this global ...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Production. Machine guns of various calibers. In the drop forge shop of a large firearms plant, a skilled operator shapes a forging for the trunnion block of a .50-caliber machine gun. Many women are now employed in this plant producing essential weapons for the armed forces

Production. Machine guns of various calibers. In the drop forge shop o...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, workshop, workers, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

German steel cupola for machine guns, demolished by the Allies

German steel cupola for machine guns, demolished by the Allies

Stereograph title from item. Series title and number from accompanying guide book (call number: D521.H32). Keystone catalog no. 18749. Copyright by The Keystone View Company. Purchase; Jeffrey Kraus; 2009; (DLC... More

U.S.S. Iowa, machine gun, US Navy. Dry Plate Negative by Detroit Publishing Company.

U.S.S. Iowa, machine gun, US Navy. Dry Plate Negative by Detroit Publi...

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). "7" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 020443. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

The saints carved on the walls of a church at Moskopoulis, Albania, recently received a baptism of fire when a quarrel between two tribes broke out in the town. Machine guns were trained on the church and this shows part of the damage that resulted to the ancient frescoes. The riot was stopped by the arrival of an American Red Cross Unit, both sides declaring a truce in order that the Americans might proceed with their relief work in safety

The saints carved on the walls of a church at Moskopoulis, Albania, re...

Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card. Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: A.R.C. Paris Office. Group title: Albania. On caption card: (11555) Used in: Nati... More

Result of terrorist acts & government measures. Military raid for arms on Jaffa Gate section, July 13, '38, showing army cars with machine guns

Result of terrorist acts & government measures. Military raid for arms...

Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939]. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.

A woman sitting in a chair working on a machine. Office of War Information Photograph

A woman sitting in a chair working on a machine. Office of War Informa...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. Another machine is skidded into place in a converted auto plant to swell the production of machine guns for the Air Corps. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. Another machine is skidded ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a machine, worker, factory, industrial equipment, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a man working in a factory. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man working in a factory. Office of War I...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

A black and white photo of men working in a factory. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of men working in a factory. Office of War Inf...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Oil burners to machine gun parts. With conversion of a New York State oil-burner plant to production of precision parts for machine guns, additional equipment and manpower were mandatory. Unable to purchase sufficient new machines, these two used to hand operated milling machines were installed. The young worker was recruited from a defense vocational training school. Reif-Rexoil Company, Buffalo, New York

Oil burners to machine gun parts. With conversion of a New York State ...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Conversion. Watch cases to war production. Clearing away for war production. The last batch of watch case backs will soon be cleaned and another skilled operator at a large Kentucky plant will work on the production of compass cases, bomb fuse baffles and parts for carbine and machine guns. Wadsworth Watch Company, Louisville, Kentucky

Conversion. Watch cases to war production. Clearing away for war produ...

Public domain photograph of 1930s industry, war production in the United States free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a man working on a machine. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man working on a machine. Office of War I...

Title and other information from print in lot. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Unidentified German soldiers in uniform with 0815 machine gun

Unidentified German soldiers in uniform with 0815 machine gun

On verso: German address and message. Illegible postmark. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018; (D074)

U.S.S. Newark, machine guns, US Navy. Dry Plate Negative by Detroit Publishing Company.

U.S.S. Newark, machine guns, US Navy. Dry Plate Negative by Detroit Pu...

Attribution based on negative D4-20638. Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 020660. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949. Edward H. Hart, American photographer act... More

U.S.S. Iowa, machine gun, US Navy. Dry Plate Negative by Detroit Publishing Company.

U.S.S. Iowa, machine gun, US Navy. Dry Plate Negative by Detroit Publi...

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 020444. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

German prisoners with machine guns & wounded

German prisoners with machine guns & wounded

Photograph shows German prisoners bringing in wounded soldiers and captured machine guns during the third Battle of the Albert, near Courcelles, France, August 21, 1918 during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commo... More

Arab demonstration at Yatta. Troops on duty with machine guns strung along the road approaching the scene of gathering

Arab demonstration at Yatta. Troops on duty with machine guns strung a...

Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939]. Caption continues from catalog: Dec. 18, '38. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.

Hitler would like this man to go home and forget about the war. A good American non-com at the side machine gun of a huge YB-17 bomber is a man who knows his business and works hard at it

Hitler would like this man to go home and forget about the war. A good...

12002-31. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More

A woman working on a machine in a factory. Office of War Information Photograph

A woman working on a machine in a factory. Office of War Information P...

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Divisi... More

Production. 45-caliber pistols. John Ignacek pierces trigger hole guards on .45-caliber automatic pistols in the plant of a large manufacturer of firearms. The plant produces pistols, machine guns and other weapons that will soon be spreading trouble for the Axis. Many men and women are employed in this plant which produces pistols, machine guns and other essential weapons for the armed forces

Production. 45-caliber pistols. John Ignacek pierces trigger hole guar...

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.

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. A production lathe in a former auto plant and an experienced automobile worker team up to give our air force the greatest possible number of the finest possible machine guns. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. A production lathe in a for...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Lot catalog card states that the geographic location of images in lot is Akron, Ohio, but per caption is Lansing, Michigan. Title and other information... More

Fort Riley, Kansas. Soldiers of a calvary troop setting up machine guns during a sham battle

Fort Riley, Kansas. Soldiers of a calvary troop setting up machine gun...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

U.S.S. Vixen, machine gun and crew

U.S.S. Vixen, machine gun and crew

Public domain photograph of American ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Aircraft. Naval. The Navy's "Coronado" (PB2Y-2) was designed by Consolidated for long-range patrol and transport missions. It is an all-metal, high-wing flying boat powered by four Pratt and Whitney engines of 1,200 horsepower each. Its speed is over 200 miles per hour, its range over 3,000 miles, its service ceiling approximately 20,000 feet, its load capacity 30,000 pounds. It carries a crew of ten men armed with 50-caliber machine guns and bombs

Aircraft. Naval. The Navy's "Coronado" (PB2Y-2) was designed by Consol...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Image source: Official U.S. Navy photo from OWI. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Ove... More

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. The conversion of a big auto manufacturing plant to production of machine guns for the Air Corps continues without letup until the job is done. Electricians extending power lines are often among the first at the new machine locations. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. The conversion of a big aut...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Lot catalog card states that the geographic location of images in lot is Akron, Ohio, but per caption is Lansing, Michigan. Title and other information... More

Production. Machine guns of various calibers. High-speed lathe operators in the plant of a large manufacturer of firearms perform precision operations on the barrels of machine guns. The plant also employs many women in turning out vital weapons for the armed forces

Production. Machine guns of various calibers. High-speed lathe operato...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, workshop, workers, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fort Knox. Machine guns. The .30 caliber machine gun is one of the standard tools of our Army today. It is used on a variety of mounts to serve a number of military purposes

Fort Knox. Machine guns. The .30 caliber machine gun is one of the sta...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Captured German machine guns on road from Villers-Cotterets to Soissons

Captured German machine guns on road from Villers-Cotterets to Soisson...

Stereograph title from item. Series title and number from accompanying guide book (call number: D521.H32). Keystone catalog no. V19268. Copyright by The Keystone View Company. Purchase; Jeffrey Kraus; 2009; (DL... More

U.S.S. Iowa, machine gun - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

U.S.S. Iowa, machine gun - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Public domain photograph of American ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Machine Gun Insignia; Machine Gun Training Center; 22500 officers and men, 600 machine guns; Camp Hancock, Augusta, Ga.; Brig. General Oliver Edwards, commanding; Lt. Col. E.P. Pierson, directing

Machine Gun Insignia; Machine Gun Training Center; 22500 officers and ...

Formation photograph of eagle and machine gun insignia. In album: Living and symbolic design photographs, composed of officers and men in U.S. Army and Navy service, presented to Hon. Josephus Daniels, Secretar... More

Palestine events. The 1929 riots, August 23 to 31. British troops stationed in the Damascus Gate with full kit including machine guns

Palestine events. The 1929 riots, August 23 to 31. British troops stat...

Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.

Palestine events. The 1929 riots, August 23 to 31. Troops and machine guns at Jaffa Gate on following Neby Mousa [i.e., Nebi Musa] celebration. Precaution against arrival of Hebron crowds

Palestine events. The 1929 riots, August 23 to 31. Troops and machine ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an old ancient city, historic place, stone building architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Arab demonstration at Yatta. Troops on duty with machine guns strung along the road approaching the scene of gathering

Arab demonstration at Yatta. Troops on duty with machine guns strung a...

Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939]. Caption continues from catalog: Dec. 18, '38. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.

A big auto plant changes over to the production of machine guns for the Air Force. Electricians begin running power lines to the new machine locations. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

A big auto plant changes over to the production of machine guns for th...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Lot catalog card states that the geographic location of images in lot is Akron, Ohio, but per caption is Lansing, Michigan. Title and other information... More

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. American power in the air grows rapidly as machine guns of the finest quality pour from our production lines to arm the planes that are coming steadily from other lines. These guns, entirely completed and ready to fire, await shipment from the large converted auto plant in which they were made. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. American power in the air g...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Lot catalog card states that the geographic location of images in lot is Akron, Ohio, but per caption is Lansing, Michigan. Title and other information... More

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. A big auto plant changes over to the production of machine guns for the Air Corps. Electricians begin running power lines to the new machine locations. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. A big auto plant changes ov...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Lot catalog card states that the geographic location of images in lot is Akron, Ohio, but per caption is Lansing, Michigan. Title and other information... More

Voin, otvet' Rodine pobedoi!. Public domain reproduction.

Voin, otvet' Rodine pobedoi!. Public domain reproduction.

Title summary: Soldier, answer the motherland with victory! Published: Izd-vo "Plakat." Originally pub.: Gos. izd-vo "Iskusstvo," 1942. No. 23 in set commemorating Soviet victory in World War II. Gift; Gary Ya... More

U.S.S. Indiana, machine guns, US Navy. Dry Plate Negative by Detroit Publishing Company.

U.S.S. Indiana, machine guns, US Navy. Dry Plate Negative by Detroit P...

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 020426. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Arab demonstration at Yatta. British troops on the hill-side carrying machine guns & full equipment

Arab demonstration at Yatta. British troops on the hill-side carrying ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of the British Empire armed forces, 19th-20th century war and military conflict, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Tank manufacture (Chrysler). Traveling overhead hoists are used throughout the huge Chrysler tank arsenal in Detroit, for moving heavy castings from one production operation to another. These workers are removing the rotor casing for a 75 mm gun turret from a machine which grinds the outside rim. The twenty-eight ton "medium" tanks M-3s produced here carry 75 mm field guns and 37 mm anti-aircraft guns as well as several machine guns and other small arms

Tank manufacture (Chrysler). Traveling overhead hoists are used throug...

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

A woman working on a machine in a factory. Office of War Information Photograph

A woman working on a machine in a factory. Office of War Information P...

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Divisi... More

Fort Riley, Kansas. Red flag is waved to signify machine guns open fire, during a sham battle of a mechanized cavalry reconnaissance unit

Fort Riley, Kansas. Red flag is waved to signify machine guns open fir...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Oil burners to machine gun parts. With conversion of a New York State oil-burner plant to production of precision parts for machine guns, additional equipment and manpower were mandatory. Unable to purchase sufficient new machines, these two used to hand operated milling machines were installed. The young worker was recruited from a defense vocational training school. Reif-Rexoil Company, Buffalo, New York

Oil burners to machine gun parts. With conversion of a New York State ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a worker, labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, 1930s, mid-20th-century industrial photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. The conversion of a big auto manufacturing plant to production of machine guns for the Air Corps continues without letup until the job is done. Electricians extending power lines are often among the first at the new machine locations. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. The conversion of a big aut...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s US industrial development, Second World War, US war production, indusry, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Flags flies over PT boat. In sea warfare since Pearl Harbor, the Navy tinset PT boats have frequently proved to be a deadly match for warships, submarines and merchant men. Their hulls are thin and their sides are small but their offensive and defensive armament is varied and effective. It consists of fifty caliber anti-aircraft machine guns, torpedoes and depth charges. These training pictures were taken at the United States Navy Motor torpedoed boat training center, Melville, Rhode Island. In their training, the tiny PT boat is learning to be constantly on the alert. In the background a crew member sighted the 50-caliber anti-aircraft machine gun while the officer in the foreground scans the sky for planes

Flags flies over PT boat. In sea warfare since Pearl Harbor, the Navy ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a boat in a harbor, water, fishing boat, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Machine guns on Mex. border - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Machine guns on Mex. border - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain...

Photograph shows artillery troops at the Mexican border in 1916. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2014) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Photograph by Robert Runyon (1881-1968)... More

A black and white photo of a group of children. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a group of children. Office of War Informat...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

A black and white photo of a person working on a machine. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a person working on a machine. Office of Wa...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. Day and night, the conversion of a big auto manufacturing plant to the production of machine guns for the Air Corps continues without letup until the job is done. Electricians extending power lines are often among the first at the new machine locations. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. Day and night, the conversi...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Lot catalog card states that the geographic location of images in lot is Akron, Ohio, but per caption is Lansing, Michigan. Title and other information... More

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit plane. An armorer's assistant in a large Western aircraft plant works on the installation of one of the machine guns in the nose section of a new Lockheed P-38 pursuit plane. This nose section will later be "mated" to a center section and the plane body will travel down a main assembly line where wings, engines, and other essential equipment will be installed

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit plane. An armorer's assistant in a l...

Picryl description: Public domain image of knight armor, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A woman working on a typewriter in a factory. Office of War Information Photograph

A woman working on a typewriter in a factory. Office of War Informatio...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

A woman working on a machine in a factory. Office of War Information Photograph

A woman working on a machine in a factory. Office of War Information P...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Women in war. Machine gun production operators. One of 2,000 women currently employed in a Midwest war plant, this young Negro worker has proven a competent and earnest machine operator. She processes gun parts in this plant which has been converted from the production of spark plugs to machine guns. A.C. Spark Plugs

Women in war. Machine gun production operators. One of 2,000 women cur...

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Negative has a tape mask. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture D... More

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. He used to make automobile parts. Now the big auto plant in which he works is using his skill to make machine guns for the Air Corps. After each operation, the gun barrels are racked on trucks for removal to succeeding operations. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. He used to make automobile ...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Lot catalog card states that the geographic location of images in lot is Akron, Ohio, but per caption is Lansing, Michigan. Title and other information... More

German steel cupola for machine guns, demolished by the Allies

German steel cupola for machine guns, demolished by the Allies

Stereograph title from item. Series title and number from accompanying guide book (call number: D521.H32). Keystone catalog no. 18749. Copyright by The Keystone View Company. Purchase; Jeffrey Kraus; 2009; (DLC... More

The murder of a fine cal .50 by 'killer' Joe Dope - reel 2 Aloft in the thick of the fight, Joe Dope would be "ace" overnight, so he shoots a whole drum - doesn't cool off th' gun, heat's melted the barrel jes' right! / / Cpt. Will Eisner, Ordnance.

The murder of a fine cal .50 by 'killer' Joe Dope - reel 2 Aloft in th...

Poster shows Joe Dope destroying a machine gun. Instructions on how to display the poster on verso (partially obscured by textile backing).

Chrysler tank arsenal. A trainload of complete M-3 tanks roll away from the huge Detroit Chrysler tank arsenal, to be delivered to the Army. Each of these tanks weigh over twenty-eight tons. The camera shows only the rear of the tank in the foreground. Note the 150 calibre machine gun. Three other machine guns, a 75mm. gun and a 37mm. anti-aircraft gun are also mounted on the steel giant

Chrysler tank arsenal. A trainload of complete M-3 tanks roll away fro...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a locomotive, train cars, railroad tracks, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Aircraft. Naval. The Navy's "Coronado" (PB2Y-2) was designed by Consolidated for long-range patrol and transport missions. It is an all-metal, high-wing flying boat powered by four Pratt and Whitney engines of 1,200 horsepower each. Its speed is over 200 miles per hour, its range over 3,000 miles, its service ceiling approximately 20,000 feet, its load capacity 30,000 pounds. It carries a crew of ten men armed with 50-caliber machine guns and bombs

Aircraft. Naval. The Navy's "Coronado" (PB2Y-2) was designed by Consol...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Image source: Official U.S. Navy photo from OWI. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Ove... More

Production. 45-caliber pistols. Norman Rand forges frames for .45- caliber automatic pistols in the plant of a large manufacturer of firearms. Many men and women are employed here in turning out pistols, machine guns and other essential weapons for the armed forces

Production. 45-caliber pistols. Norman Rand forges frames for .45- cal...

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

A black and white photo of a woman working on a machine. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a woman working on a machine. Office of War...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. Just as the "long rifle" of the American pioneer was the world's best gun of its day, so the machine guns of our modern air force must be better than any other. Shaping a machine gun barrel is exacting work, but the precision techniques of a former auto plant readily handle the job. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. Just as the "long rifle" of...

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.

Oil burners to machine gun parts. Machining of a fixture to be used on milling machines which have been converted from production of oil burners to the manufacture of small precision parts for machine guns. Location: a factory in upper New York State. Reif-Rexoil Company, Buffalo, New York

Oil burners to machine gun parts. Machining of a fixture to be used on...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Conversion. Watch cases to war production. They'll be doing war work soon. When the last batch of ladies' compacts is cleaned at a converted Kentucky plant, these girls will use their skill in the prduction of bomb fuse baffles, compass cases and parts for carbine and machine guns. Wadsworth Watch Company, Louisville, Kentucky

Conversion. Watch cases to war production. They'll be doing war work s...

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

Good man, good gun: a private of the armored forces does some practice shooting with a 30-calibre Browning machine gun, Fort Knox, Ky. The gun is mounted on a pedestal for anti-aircraft work

Good man, good gun: a private of the armored forces does some practice...

12002-34. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. American power in the air grows rapidly as machine guns of the finest quality pour from our production lines. These guns, entirely completed and ready to fire, await shipment from the large converted auto plant in which they were made. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. American power in the air g...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Lot catalog card states that the geographic location of images in lot is Akron, Ohio, but per caption is Lansing, Michigan. Title and other information... More

A black and white photo of two men working in a factory. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of two men working in a factory. Office of War...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. Another machine is skidded into place in a converted auto plant to swell the production of machine guns for the Air Corps. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. Another machine is skidded ...

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Fort Knox. Machine guns. The .30 caliber machine gun is a powerful weapon of great range and effectiveness. It is used in various forms on planes, tanks, ships and other types of mechanized equipment

Fort Knox. Machine guns. The .30 caliber machine gun is a powerful wea...

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

Captured German machine guns on road from Villers-Cotterets to Soissons

Captured German machine guns on road from Villers-Cotterets to Soisson...

Stereograph title from item. Series title and number from accompanying guide book (call number: D521.H32). Keystone catalog no. V19268. Copyright by The Keystone View Company. Purchase; Jeffrey Kraus; 2009; (DL... More

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