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Negro playing marbles on the first warm day in the spring. In this game the players shoot from hole to hole, the same idea as in golf or miniature golf. Eufaula, Oklahoma

Negro playing marbles on the first warm day in the spring. In this gam...

Public domain photographs related to race relations, African Americans, discrimination, segregation, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Marbles is a favorite game on South Side of Chicago, Illinois

Marbles is a favorite game on South Side of Chicago, Illinois

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

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...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Farm Security Administration (1937-1942). The photographs of the Farm S... More

French village, a small settlement on Saint Thomas Island, Virgin Islands. Children playing marbles. The Catholic church on the hilltop

French village, a small settlement on Saint Thomas Island, Virgin Isla...

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

A quiet game of marbles. All the boys work in the Salisbury (N.C.) cotton mill. The boy shooting is Henry Dedman, a warper. Been in mill 5 years. His grandmother said "I don't like to have ' em play marbles on Sunday, but when can they play?" "Yes he stands the mill work pretty well. Early getting' up is the makin' of 'em."  Location: Salisbury, North Carolina.

A quiet game of marbles. All the boys work in the Salisbury (N.C.) cot...

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Shooting marbles, Woodbine, Iowa

Shooting marbles, Woodbine, Iowa

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

Camp members' children playing marbles outside their shelter units at Okeechobee migratory labor camp. Belle Glade, Florida

Camp members' children playing marbles outside their shelter units at ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of children, kids, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Washington (southwest section), D.C. Two Negro boys shooting marbles in front of their homes

Washington (southwest section), D.C. Two Negro boys shooting marbles i...

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Trampas, New Mexico. Playing marbles in the dooryard of the home of Juan Lopez, the majordomo (mayor)

Trampas, New Mexico. Playing marbles in the dooryard of the home of Ju...

Public domain photograph - New Mexico, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Group playing marbles outside U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C.]

[Group playing marbles outside U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C.]

A group of men standing next to each other in front of a building. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Marbles is a favorite game on South Side of Chicago, Illinois

Marbles is a favorite game on South Side of Chicago, Illinois

Public domain photograph of the United States military and military-industrial complex before World War Two, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Arlington, Virginia. FSA (Farm Security Administration) trailer camp project for Negroes. Children playing marbles outside the community building

Arlington, Virginia. FSA (Farm Security Administration) trailer camp p...

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

Fiberglass manufacture, Owens-Corning, Toledo, Ohio. Millions of carefully inspected glass marbles ready for remelting and forming into glass filaments. A single marble can be drawn into a continuous filament so fine that it could reach from New York to Philadelphia. More than one hundred filaments must be drawn together to make the finest workable strand

Fiberglass manufacture, Owens-Corning, Toledo, Ohio. Millions of caref...

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

French Village, a small settlement on St. Thomas Island, Virgin Islands. Boys playing marbles outside of a general store
Negro playing marbles on the first warm day in the spring. In this game the players shoot from hole to hole, the same idea as in golf or miniature golf. Eufaula, Oklahoma

Negro playing marbles on the first warm day in the spring. In this gam...

Public domain photographs related to race relations, African Americans, discrimination, segregation, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fiberglass manufacture, Owens-Corning, Toledo, Ohio. This is the machine that forms clear glass marbles in a plant of the Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corporation. Marbles are fed as raw material into electric furnaces from which they are drawn into fibers one-twentieth the size of human hair

Fiberglass manufacture, Owens-Corning, Toledo, Ohio. This is the machi...

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

Overman playing marbles, [4/26/24]

Overman playing marbles, [4/26/24]

A black and white photo of a group of men. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Marbles, 4/26/24 - Public domain demonstration photograph

Marbles, 4/26/24 - Public domain demonstration photograph

A black and white photo of a group of men. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Migrant children in Farm Security Administration (FSA) migratory labor camp. Note type of boots worn by boy shooting marbles which tell his state of origin. Near Calipatria, Imperial County, California

Migrant children in Farm Security Administration (FSA) migratory labor...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of children, kids, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Boys playing marbles, Woodbine, Iowa
Fiberglass manufacture, Owens-Corning, Toledo, Ohio. Millions of carefully inspected glass marbles, ready for remelting and forming into glass filaments. A single marble can be drawn into a continuous filament so fine that it would reach from New York to Philadelphia. More than one hundred filaments must be drawn together to make the finest workable strand

Fiberglass manufacture, Owens-Corning, Toledo, Ohio. Millions of caref...

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

French Village, a small settlement on St. Thomas Island, Virgin Islands. Children playing marbles on an open lot

French Village, a small settlement on St. Thomas Island, Virgin Island...

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

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

A black and white photo of a group of people. Office of War Informatio...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Farm Security Administration (1937-1942). The photographs of the Farm S... More

Fiberglass manufacture, Owens-Corning, Toledo, Ohio. This worker is ladling white-hot molten glass from a furnace in a plant of the Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corporation. When viscosity of the molten glass is at the point required by rigid quality control specifications, it will be used to form glass marbles from which glass yarns are drawn in another operation

Fiberglass manufacture, Owens-Corning, Toledo, Ohio. This worker is la...

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.

Boys play marbles at the FSA (Farm Security Administration) farm workers' community. Friendly Corners, Arizona

Boys play marbles at the FSA (Farm Security Administration) farm worke...

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Salisbury, (N.C.) Cotton Mill. A game of marbles. All these boys work in the mill.  Location: Salisbury, North Carolina / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Salisbury, (N.C.) Cotton Mill. A game of marbles. All these boys work ...

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A game of marbles. Smallest boy is Uzzria Dedman, 50 Hill St., Salisbury, N.C. Been in mill 2 years. Other 2 been in 1 year.  Location: Salisbury, North Carolina.

A game of marbles. Smallest boy is Uzzria Dedman, 50 Hill St., Salisbu...

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

Fess playing marbles, [4/26/24]

Fess playing marbles, [4/26/24]

A group of men standing next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of two boys playing baseball, Iowa. Farm Security Administration photograph

A black and white photo of two boys playing baseball, Iowa. Farm Secur...

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Fiberglass manufacture, Owens-Corning, Toledo, Ohio. In a plant of the Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corporation, a worker stands ready with his iron ladle to transport molten glass from the furnace to the machine that forms it into glass marbles from which it is converted into glass fibers. As one of the men behind the men behind the guns, his work is an essential step in the production of fiberglass yarns being used in a wide variety of military and naval applications

Fiberglass manufacture, Owens-Corning, Toledo, Ohio. In a plant of the...

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.

Playing marbles. FSA (Farm Security Administration) camp, Robstown, Texas

Playing marbles. FSA (Farm Security Administration) camp, Robstown, Te...

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[Marbles]. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

[Marbles]. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Print showing children playing marbles outside a shop labeled Batey.

A quiet game of marbles. All the boys work in the Salisbury (N.C.) cotton mill. The boy shooting is Henry Dedman, a warper. Been in mill 5 years. His grandmother said "I don't like to have ' em play marbles on Sunday, but when can they play?" "Yes he stands the mill work pretty well. Early getting' up is the makin' of 'em." Location: Salisbury, North Carolina

A quiet game of marbles. All the boys work in the Salisbury (N.C.) cot...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 465. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

Shooting marbles, Woodbine, Iowa
Judge Landis in trouble, Photo by Underwood & Underwood

Judge Landis in trouble, Photo by Underwood & Underwood

Judge Landis, well-known "boss" of baseball, showing boy the proper way to shoot marbles. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood, Chicago. No. CH 14817.

Mountain children playing marbles after school in Breathitt County, Kentucky

Mountain children playing marbles after school in Breathitt County, Ke...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a school, preschool, children, education, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A couple of people that are playing with something, Iowa. Farm Security Administration photograph

A couple of people that are playing with something, Iowa. Farm Securit...

Picryl description: Public domain image of industrial or agricultural worker, 1930s, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions. show less

A group of men sitting on top of a wooden bench. Great Depression FFSA / OWI Negatives

A group of men sitting on top of a wooden bench. Great Depression FFSA...

Public domain photograph of the United States military and military-industrial complex before World War Two, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a man kneeling down. Great Depression FFSA / OWI Negatives

A black and white photo of a man kneeling down. Great Depression FFSA ...

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Agricultural workers play marbles. Yuma County, Arizona

Agricultural workers play marbles. Yuma County, Arizona

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

Trampas, New Mexico. Playing marbles in the dooryard of the home of Juan Lopez, the majordomo (mayor)

Trampas, New Mexico. Playing marbles in the dooryard of the home of Ju...

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Negro playing marbles on the first warm day in the spring. In this game the players shoot from hole to hole, the same idea as in golf or miniature golf. Eufaula, Oklahoma

Negro playing marbles on the first warm day in the spring. In this gam...

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.

[New York City - children on the street: hot weather street scene - Boys shooting marbles]

[New York City - children on the street: hot weather street scene - Bo...

Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: Games Marbles; Geogr.; Children At play.

Mill boys' recreation. A Sunday swim. Base-ball on Sunday is tabooed here. Sunday-school and church are well attended. Loafing around, playing marbles, and swimming seem to be the only respite from the week's work.  Location: Fries, Virginia.

Mill boys' recreation. A Sunday swim. Base-ball on Sunday is tabooed h...

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

Ralston playing marbles, 4/26/24

Ralston playing marbles, 4/26/24

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A couple of men standing next to each other. Office of War Information Photograph

A couple of men standing next to each other. Office of War Information...

Public domain photograph - United States during the 1930s and 1940s, Farm Security Administration, New Deal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

A black and white photo of a group of people. Office of War Informatio...

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

Camp members' children playing marbles outside their shelter units at Okeechobee migratory labor camp. Belle Glade, Florida

Camp members' children playing marbles outside their shelter units at ...

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

Children of Mormon farmer playing marbles in the living room. Santa Clara, Utah. See general caption

Children of Mormon farmer playing marbles in the living room. Santa Cl...

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

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...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Farm Security Administration (1937-1942). The photographs of the Farm S... More

Fiberglass manufacture, Owens-Corning, Toledo, Ohio. This is the machine that forms clear glass marbles in a plant of the Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corporation. Marbles are fed as raw material into electric furnaces from which they are drawn into fibers one-twentieth the size of human hair

Fiberglass manufacture, Owens-Corning, Toledo, Ohio. This is the machi...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa... More

Woodville, California. FSA (Farm Security Administration) farm workers' community. Sons of migrant agricultural workers playing marbles

Woodville, California. FSA (Farm Security Administration) farm workers...

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

"Will he hit it?" - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph

"Will he hit it?" - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph

African American boys playing marbles on beach. 18924BZ U.S. Copyright Office. No. 600.

Shooting marbles, Woodbine, Iowa
A group of people standing on top of a dirt field. Office of War Information Photograph

A group of people standing on top of a dirt field. Office of War Infor...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Farm Security Administration (1937-1942). The photographs of the Farm S... More

James McNeill Whistler - [Marbles]

James McNeill Whistler - [Marbles]

Print showing children playing marbles outside a shop labeled Batey. Title and other information from the Whistler Etching Project website: http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. Signed with butterfly on plate, in pen... More

Oil burners to machine gun parts. Not marbles or thimbles, but row upon row of completed machine gun parts, today's production of an oil-burner factory in upper New York State. Manufacture of these small parts requires top skill, for tolerance of 1/10,000 of an inch is demanded by U.S. ordnance officers. Reif-Rexoil Company, Buffalo, New York

Oil burners to machine gun parts. Not marbles or thimbles, but row upo...

Public domain photograph of indoor, interior activity, America in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Washington (southwest section), D.C. Two Negro boys shooting marbles in front of their home

Washington (southwest section), D.C. Two Negro boys shooting marbles i...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of poverty, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A group of people standing on top of a sandy beach. Office of War Information Photograph

A group of people standing on top of a sandy beach. Office of War Info...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Farm Security Administration (1937-1942). The photographs of the Farm S... More

Fiberglass manufacture, Owens-Corning, Toledo, Ohio. This worker is ladling white-hot molten glass from a furnace in a plant of Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corporation. When viscosity of the molten glass is at the point required by rigid quality control specification, it will be used to form the glass marbles from which glass yarns are drawn in another operation

Fiberglass manufacture, Owens-Corning, Toledo, Ohio. This worker is la...

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 bending over. Great Depression FFSA / OWI Negatives

A black and white photo of a man bending over. Great Depression FFSA /...

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