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The ordnance armory, Charleston, S.C. - the volunteer troops trying the arms / from a sketch by our special artist now in Charleston, S.C.

The ordnance armory, Charleston, S.C. - the volunteer troops trying th...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1861 Feb. 16, p. 205.

National ordnance - the parrott gun, 80-pounder - side and rear view

National ordnance - the parrott gun, 80-pounder - side and rear view

Wood engraving in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 1862. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Artillery; Artillery.

City Point, Virginia. Wharves after the explosion of ordnance barges on August 4, 1864

City Point, Virginia. Wharves after the explosion of ordnance barges o...

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[Ordnance Department gun carriages]

[Ordnance Department gun carriages]

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Lend-Lease to Britain. An American light tank is unloaded at a central ordnance depot in England, part of a lend-lease shipment from the United States

Lend-Lease to Britain. An American light tank is unloaded at a central...

Picryl description: Public domain image of armored military vehicle, tank, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Workman at Umatilla ordnance depot who has built his own house, and is here installing plumbing fixtures. Hermiston, Oregon

Workman at Umatilla ordnance depot who has built his own house, and is...

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The Hudson ordnance plant was built in an area of small truck farms near Detroit, Michigan

The Hudson ordnance plant was built in an area of small truck farms ne...

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Ditch for sewer pipe at the FSA (Farm Security Administration) trailer camp for workmen at the Umatilla ordnance depot. Hermiston, Oregon

Ditch for sewer pipe at the FSA (Farm Security Administration) trailer...

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Plant construction. Denver ordnance plant, Denver, Colorado. Setting up forms and steel rod reinforcing for one of the poured concrete buildings at the Denver ordnance plant which will produce small arms ammunition. Other buildings are of steel girder and brick construction

Plant construction. Denver ordnance plant, Denver, Colorado. Setting u...

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.

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...

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Burlington, Iowa. Sunnyside unit of FSA (Farm Security Administration) camp. In a trailer for workers at Burlington ordnance plant

Burlington, Iowa. Sunnyside unit of FSA (Farm Security Administration)...

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Burlington, Iowa. Sunnyside unit of FSA (Farm Security Administration) camp. Simmons family in their trailer for workers at Burlington ordnance plant

Burlington, Iowa. Sunnyside unit of FSA (Farm Security Administration)...

Public domain photograph of life in the USA during the 1930s-1940s, war, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Burlington, Iowa. Sunnyside unit, FSA (Farm Security Administration) camp. In a trailer for workers at Burlington ordnance plant

Burlington, Iowa. Sunnyside unit, FSA (Farm Security Administration) c...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of an office worker, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Burlington, Iowa. Acres unit, FSA (Farm Security Administration) trailer camp for workers at Burlington ordnance plant

Burlington, Iowa. Acres unit, FSA (Farm Security Administration) trail...

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Burlington, Iowa. Acres unit FSA (Farm Security Administration) trailer camp for workers at Burlington ordnance plant.

Burlington, Iowa. Acres unit FSA (Farm Security Administration) traile...

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Holabird ordnance depot, Baltimore, Maryland. Periodic complete vehicle inspection is required of every United States Army driver. This soldier is checking the wheel alignment of his truck, one of the most important factors in the length of life of tires

Holabird ordnance depot, Baltimore, Maryland. Periodic complete vehicl...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a car, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of military vehicles, Holabird ordnance depot, Baltimore, Maryland.

A black and white photo of military vehicles, Holabird ordnance depot,...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military vehicle, automobile, tractor truck, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

MacDill Air Force Base, Signal & Ordnance Warehouse, 7620 Hanger Loop Drive, Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL

MacDill Air Force Base, Signal & Ordnance Warehouse, 7620 Hanger Loop ...

Significance: The Signal and Ordnance Warehouse, due to its architectural integrity and its contribution to the Second World War-era infrastructure, forms an integral part of MacDill Air Force Base's historic c... More

Learn to make and test the big guns - better yourself, enlist and learn a trade in the Ordnance Dept.

Learn to make and test the big guns - better yourself, enlist and lear...

Poster showing large coast artillery batteries firing. Ordnance recruiting poster, no. 2. Promotional goal: U.S. J22. 1919 ; U.S. B36. J2. 1919.

Landing place, Ordnance Wharf, Balaklava, Genoese Castle - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photographs

Landing place, Ordnance Wharf, Balaklava, Genoese Castle - Roger Fento...

View of landing place and people working at ordnance wharf, Balaklava harbor, with ships, buildings, and Genoese Castle in background. Title transcribed from verso. Alternate title from: James, Crimea 1854-56 :... More

Broadway Landing, Appomattox River, Virginia. Ordnance (?)

Broadway Landing, Appomattox River, Virginia. Ordnance (?)

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[Morris Island, S.C. Ordnance depot], Confederate States of America.

[Morris Island, S.C. Ordnance depot], Confederate States of America.

Photograph of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy, specifically of Charleston, S.C., 1863-1865.

[Morris Island, S.C. Ordnance depot], Confederate States of America.

[Morris Island, S.C. Ordnance depot], Confederate States of America.

Photograph of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy, specifically of Charleston, S.C., 1863-1865.

City Point, Virginia, view on the docks, after explosion of the ordnance barges

City Point, Virginia, view on the docks, after explosion of the ordnan...

No. 814. Alternate title, photographer, and date from Catalogue of photographic incidents of the war, from the gallery of Alexander Gardner...by Bob Zeller, published by the Center for Civil War Photography, c... More

Turtle Mountain Ordnance Plant, 213 First Street Northwest, Rolla, Rolette County, ND

Turtle Mountain Ordnance Plant, 213 First Street Northwest, Rolla, Rol...

Significance: The Turtle Mountain Ordnance Plant is significant as the only large-scale, diversified manufacturing facility for the production of jewel bearings in the United States. Jewel bearings were consid... More

Turtle Mountain Ordnance Plant, 213 First Street Northwest, Rolla, Rolette County, ND

Turtle Mountain Ordnance Plant, 213 First Street Northwest, Rolla, Rol...

Significance: The Turtle Mountain Ordnance Plant is significant as the only large-scale, diversified manufacturing facility for the production of jewel bearings in the United States. Jewel bearings were consid... More

Turtle Mountain Ordnance Plant, 213 First Street Northwest, Rolla, Rolette County, ND

Turtle Mountain Ordnance Plant, 213 First Street Northwest, Rolla, Rol...

Significance: The Turtle Mountain Ordnance Plant is significant as the only large-scale, diversified manufacturing facility for the production of jewel bearings in the United States. Jewel bearings were consid... More

Naval Ordnance Test Station Inyokern, Randsburg Wash Facility Target Test Towers, Tower Road, China Lake, Kern County, CA

Naval Ordnance Test Station Inyokern, Randsburg Wash Facility Target T...

Significance: The Randsburg Wash Target Test Towers (Buildings 70021 and 70022) are significant for their role in the naval testing of proximity or variable time (VT) fuzes, a vital element of the Navy's weapon... More

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Ordnance Warehouse, Blake Avenue, northeast corner of Blake Avenue & Railroad Avenue, Vallejo, Solano County, CA

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Ordnance Warehouse, Blake Avenue, northeas...

Significance: Building A266 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. It is important for its role in ordnance handling and machining late during the World War II effort, as well as for i... More

City Point, Virginia. Ordnance wharf - 19th century Virginia.

City Point, Virginia. Ordnance wharf - 19th century Virginia.

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U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Heavy Ordnance Storehouse & Annex, Avenue D near Eighth Street intersection, adjacent to the west of Parking Lot "A", Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Heavy Ordnance Storehouse & Annex, Aven...

Significance: It is located within the Pearl Harbor National Historic Landmark and is a contributing resource to that site. It is an intact example of the large storehouses built during the expansion of facilit... More

Navy Yard, Ordnance Building, Intersection of Paulding & Kennon Streets, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Navy Yard, Ordnance Building, Intersection of Paulding & Kennon Street...

Significance: Building 36 is located within the Washington Navy Yard Historic District. It was a primary component of the Navy Yard in the mid-nineteenth to twentieth century when the Yard served as the center... More

Navy Yard, Ordnance Building, Intersection of Paulding & Kennon Streets, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Navy Yard, Ordnance Building, Intersection of Paulding & Kennon Street...

Significance: Building 36 is located within the Washington Navy Yard Historic District. It was a primary component of the Navy Yard in the mid-nineteenth to twentieth century when the Yard served as the center... More

Navy Yard, Ordnance Building, Intersection of Paulding & Kennon Streets, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Navy Yard, Ordnance Building, Intersection of Paulding & Kennon Street...

Significance: Building 36 is located within the Washington Navy Yard Historic District. It was a primary component of the Navy Yard in the mid-nineteenth to twentieth century when the Yard served as the center... More

Plant construction. Denver ordnance plant, Denver, Colorado. Setting up forms and steel rod reinforcing for one of the poured concrete buildings at the Denver ordnance plant which will produce small arms ammunition. Other buildings are of steel girder and brick construction

Plant construction. Denver ordnance plant, Denver, Colorado. Setting u...

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.

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

A group 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 crowd of people. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a crowd 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

Housing built by contractor for office workers at the Umatilla ordnance depot. Hermiston, Oregon

Housing built by contractor for office workers at the Umatilla ordnanc...

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Hermiston, Oregon. Blocks 2-5 at the Umatilla ordnance depot

Hermiston, Oregon. Blocks 2-5 at the Umatilla ordnance depot

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Children of workmen at the Umatilla ordnance depot have their school classes in basement of church. Hermiston, Oregon

Children of workmen at the Umatilla ordnance depot have their school c...

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

Conversion. Silverware plant. To meet Air Corps Ordnance specifications, this bomb shackle must be accurate to the 1/10,000th of an inch, and that's pretty tight measuring by anybody's standards. An employee of an Eastern plant which produced silver tableware in peacetimes, inspects the shackle aided by a surface height device. Oneida Ltd., Oneida, New York

Conversion. Silverware plant. To meet Air Corps Ordnance specification...

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

Burlington, Iowa. Sunnyside unit, FSA (Farm Security Administration) trailer camp. Simmons family in their trailer for workers at Burlington ordnance plant

Burlington, Iowa. Sunnyside unit, FSA (Farm Security Administration) t...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bureau, office furniture, desk, chair, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Detroit, Michigan. Ceremonies at the Hudson Naval ordnance plant on the occasion of the Navy "E" award

Detroit, Michigan. Ceremonies at the Hudson Naval ordnance plant on th...

Public domain photograph of United States agriculture in the 1930s, country, farmer, farm, great depression, migration, dust bowl refugees, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Conversion. Hosiery factory. Bales of mosquito netting lie ready to be packed in crates for shipment to ordnance officers throughout the country. Women's hosiery was once the chief product of this Eastern mill which is now forty-percent converted to the production of netting for American troops. Van Raalte Company

Conversion. Hosiery factory. Bales of mosquito netting lie ready to be...

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

Production. Steam power plant equipment. Ordnance equipment ready to be shipped from a plant in the Tennessee Valley Authority area. Steam boilers and other power-house equipment to supplement the hydroelectric installations of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) system are produced in the large Chattanooga shops of the Combustion Engineering Company

Production. Steam power plant equipment. Ordnance equipment ready to b...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial equipment, workshop, assembly line, factory, power engine, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Lend-Lease to Britain. Fitters are at work assembling an American light tank which has just arrived at an English ordnance depot from the United States as part of a lend-lease shipment

Lend-Lease to Britain. Fitters are at work assembling an American ligh...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military vehicle, automobile, tractor truck, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Burlington, Iowa. Acres unit of FSA (Farm Security Administration) camp. In the Cecil Patrick trailer. For workers at Burlington ordnance plant

Burlington, Iowa. Acres unit of FSA (Farm Security Administration) cam...

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

Greenville, South Carolina. Air Service Command. Men of the 1756th ordnance supply and maintenance company removing the fins of a 4000 pound bomb

Greenville, South Carolina. Air Service Command. Men of the 1756th ord...

Picryl description: Public domain image of workers, labor, 1940s, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a street with cars, Holabird ordnance depot, Baltimore, Maryland

A black and white photo of a street with cars, Holabird ordnance depot...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, trees, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The murder of a perfectly good differential - reel 1 - starring Joe Dope While draining the oil one day, the gaze of Joe Dope chanced to stray to a pippin so cute that the love-sic galoot left the oil - and the gears - by the way! Don't be a dope! Handle equipment right / / Cpt. Will Eisner, Ordnance.

The murder of a perfectly good differential - reel 1 - starring Joe Do...

Poster shows Joe Dope destroying a military truck by driving it without oil.

Ordnance building, Camp Kilmer, New Jersey. Detail I

Ordnance building, Camp Kilmer, New Jersey. Detail I

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Fort Drum, Ordnance Warehouse, Northwest corner of Railroad Street & Ordnance Road, Watertown, Jefferson County, NY

Fort Drum, Ordnance Warehouse, Northwest corner of Railroad Street & O...

Significance: The Ordnance Warehouse is the only relatively unaltered building of this type of structure situated at Fort Drum. The building's original purpose was for the storage of weapons and munitions. The ... More

U. S. Military Academy, Ordnance Compound Workshop-Storehouse, West Point, Orange County, NY

U. S. Military Academy, Ordnance Compound Workshop-Storehouse, West Po...

Significance: The Ordnance Compound is the earliest extant Gothic Revival design at West Point and is considered to be one of three buildings from the 1830s-40s which became stylistic prototypes for subsequent ... More

Learn to make and test the big guns - better yourself, enlist and learn a trade in the Ordnance Dept.

Learn to make and test the big guns - better yourself, enlist and lear...

Poster showing large coast artillery batteries firing. Ordnance recruiting poster, no. 2. Promotional goal: U.S. J22. 1919 ; U.S. B36. J2. 1919.

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Ordnance Storehouse, Third Street, north side between Railroad Avenue & California Avenue, Vallejo, Solano County, CA

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Ordnance Storehouse, Third Street, north s...

Significance: Building 77 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. It is significant as one of the least modified of the brick Classical Revival shops that were built in great numbers in... More

Turtle Mountain Ordnance Plant, 213 First Street Northwest, Rolla, Rolette County, ND

Turtle Mountain Ordnance Plant, 213 First Street Northwest, Rolla, Rol...

Significance: The Turtle Mountain Ordnance Plant is significant as the only large-scale, diversified manufacturing facility for the production of jewel bearings in the United States. Jewel bearings were consid... More

Turtle Mountain Ordnance Plant, 213 First Street Northwest, Rolla, Rolette County, ND

Turtle Mountain Ordnance Plant, 213 First Street Northwest, Rolla, Rol...

Significance: The Turtle Mountain Ordnance Plant is significant as the only large-scale, diversified manufacturing facility for the production of jewel bearings in the United States. Jewel bearings were consid... More

Turtle Mountain Ordnance Plant, 213 First Street Northwest, Rolla, Rolette County, ND

Turtle Mountain Ordnance Plant, 213 First Street Northwest, Rolla, Rol...

Significance: The Turtle Mountain Ordnance Plant is significant as the only large-scale, diversified manufacturing facility for the production of jewel bearings in the United States. Jewel bearings were consid... More

Turtle Mountain Ordnance Plant, 213 First Street Northwest, Rolla, Rolette County, ND

Turtle Mountain Ordnance Plant, 213 First Street Northwest, Rolla, Rol...

Significance: The Turtle Mountain Ordnance Plant is significant as the only large-scale, diversified manufacturing facility for the production of jewel bearings in the United States. Jewel bearings were consid... More

Charleston, South Carolina (vicinity). Ordnance depot on Morris Island

Charleston, South Carolina (vicinity). Ordnance depot on Morris Island

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Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Ordnance Warehouse, Plummer Road, south of Corbett Road, Vallejo, Solano County, CA

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Ordnance Warehouse, Plummer Road, south of...

Significance: This small ordnance warehouse (Building No. A-199), built in 1941, is considered significant for its association with United States (U.S.) Naval history and the Mare Island Naval Shipyard (MINSY),... More

Naval Ordnance Test Station Inyokern, China Lake Pilot Plant, Office Building, Fourth Street, China Lake, Kern County, CA

Naval Ordnance Test Station Inyokern, China Lake Pilot Plant, Office B...

Significance: Building 11080 was constructed in 1944, as part of the original construction within the administrative area of the China Lake Pilot Plant facility. Built as an office building, it is a contributi... More

Naval Ordnance Test Station Inyokern, Randsburg Wash Facility Target Test Towers, Tower Road, China Lake, Kern County, CA

Naval Ordnance Test Station Inyokern, Randsburg Wash Facility Target T...

Significance: The Randsburg Wash Target Test Towers (Buildings 70021 and 70022) are significant for their role in the naval testing of proximity or variable time (VT) fuzes, a vital element of the Navy's weapon... More

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Ordnance Warehouse, Blake Avenue, northeast corner of Blake Avenue & Railroad Avenue, Vallejo, Solano County, CA

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Ordnance Warehouse, Blake Avenue, northeas...

Significance: Building A266 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. It is important for its role in ordnance handling and machining late during the World War II effort, as well as for i... More

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Ordnance Warehouse, Blake Avenue, northeast corner of Blake Avenue & Railroad Avenue, Vallejo, Solano County, CA

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Ordnance Warehouse, Blake Avenue, northeas...

Significance: Building A266 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. It is important for its role in ordnance handling and machining late during the World War II effort, as well as for i... More

Charleston, South Carolina (vicinity). Ordnance depot on Morris Island

Charleston, South Carolina (vicinity). Ordnance depot on Morris Island

Public domain photograph of American Civil War era building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[City Point, Virginia Wharves after the explosion of ordnance barges on August 4, 1864]

[City Point, Virginia Wharves after the explosion of ordnance barges o...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the siege of Petersburg, June 1864-April 1865.

Navy Yard, Ordnance Building, Intersection of Paulding & Kennon Streets, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Navy Yard, Ordnance Building, Intersection of Paulding & Kennon Street...

Significance: Building 36 is located within the Washington Navy Yard Historic District. It was a primary component of the Navy Yard in the mid-nineteenth to twentieth century when the Yard served as the center... More

Navy Yard, Ordnance Building, Intersection of Paulding & Kennon Streets, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Navy Yard, Ordnance Building, Intersection of Paulding & Kennon Street...

Significance: Building 36 is located within the Washington Navy Yard Historic District. It was a primary component of the Navy Yard in the mid-nineteenth to twentieth century when the Yard served as the center... More

Learn and earn There's a trade and an education for young men in the Ordnance Department U-S-A / / Falls ; Engineer Reproduction Plant, U.S. Army, Washington Barracks, D.C.

Learn and earn There's a trade and an education for young men in the O...

Poster showing a mechanic wearing goggles, welding a part of a tank. Ordnance Recruiting Poster No. 1. U.S. Army Ordnance No. 1503-i. Text continues: For particulars apply [blank].

Your opportunity - Army ordnance schools

Your opportunity - Army ordnance schools

Poster showing six scenes of Army ordnance education. Poster captions: A big railway gun ; A tractor-mounted howitzer ; Class in gasoline engines ; Machine gun instruction ; Operating a big tractor ; Sighting a... More

Naval Ordnance Test Station Inyokern, China Lake Pilot Plant, Pilot Plant Road, China Lake, Kern County, CA

Naval Ordnance Test Station Inyokern, China Lake Pilot Plant, Pilot Pl...

Significance: The China Lake Pilot Plan is nationally significant for its rol in the development and production of propellants, chiefly solid rocket motors, installed in the earliest Navy rockets used during Wo... More

MATERIALS DIVISION OF AIR CORPS PUTS ON SHOW FOR CHIEF EXECUTIVE. WASHINGTON, D.C. JANUARY 20. THE MATERIALS DIVISION OF THE ARMY AIR CORPS AT BOLLING FIELD HERE TODAY HAD AS ITS GUEST THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE ARMY AND NAVY TO VIEW AN AIRCRAFT AND ORDNANCE EXHIBIT. ACCOMPANYING THE PRESIDENT WERE SECRETARY OF WAR HARRY WOODRING, ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF WAR LOUIS D. JOHNSON, AND MAJOR GENERAL GEORGE BRETT, CHIEF OF THE MATERIALS DIVISION. THE EXHIBIT WAS ARRANGED SO THAT THE PRESIDENT COULD VIEW IT FROM HIS CAR. GEN. BRETT IS SHOWN HERE AS HE POINTS OUT FEATURES OF THE SHOW TO THE PRESIDENT. JOHNSON AND WOODRING CAN BE SEEN IN THE CAR WITH THEM

MATERIALS DIVISION OF AIR CORPS PUTS ON SHOW FOR CHIEF EXECUTIVE. WASH...

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

Thomas C. Blaisdell, Assistant Director of the National Resources Planning Board (left); Robert R. Nathan, Assistant Director of Progress Reports, War Production Board (right); and Fred Searles, Consultant on Ordnance, Ammunition Division, U.S. Army(standing). The three-man planning committee which acts in an advisory capacity to Donald M. Nelson, Chairman of the War Production Board

Thomas C. Blaisdell, Assistant Director of the National Resources Plan...

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

Lend-Lease to Britain. Tommy-guns arriving in England from the United States under lend-lease are unpacked and checked by an ordnance corporal. The guns arrived complete, ready to be fired

Lend-Lease to Britain. Tommy-guns arriving in England from the United ...

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

Lend-Lease to Britain. An American-made machine gun is unpacked and assembled at an ordnance depot in England, having been shipped from the United States

Lend-Lease to Britain. An American-made machine gun is unpacked and as...

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

Hudson ordnance plant. Truck farm in foreground. Near Detroit, Michigan

Hudson ordnance plant. Truck farm in foreground. Near Detroit, Michiga...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic building in Detroit, Michigan, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Workman at Umatilla ordnance depot, in front of house which is a converted woodshed and which he shares with another workman. Hermiston, Oregon

Workman at Umatilla ordnance depot, in front of house which is a conve...

Public domain photograph of United States agriculture in the 1930s, country, farmer, farm, great depression, migration, dust bowl refugees, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Detroit, Michigan. Conference between U.S. Army ordnance and washing machine industry officials to determine the ability of manufacturers to produce parts needed by the Army. After inspecting samples, blueprints and prices were discussed

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

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, politician, meeting, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Detroit, Michigan. Conference between U.S. Army ordnance and washing machine industry officials to determine the ability of manufacturers to produce parts needed by the Army. After inspecting samples, blueprints and prices were discussed

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

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, politician, meeting, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Construction work on one of the igloos at the Umatilla ordnance depot. Hermiston, Oregon

Construction work on one of the igloos at the Umatilla ordnance depot....

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Workmen at Umatilla Ordnance Depot, Hermiston, Oregon

Workmen at Umatilla Ordnance Depot, Hermiston, Oregon

Public domain photograph of the United States in the 1930s, portraits, people, events, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Hermiston, Oregon. Office and contractors camp at the Umatilla ordnance depot

Hermiston, Oregon. Office and contractors camp at the Umatilla ordnanc...

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

Housing conditions have been so acute at Hermiston, Oregon that authorities at the Umatilla ordnance depot have experimentally converted some igloos into housing quarters Satisfactory comment has been received from single workmen so housed

Housing conditions have been so acute at Hermiston, Oregon that author...

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

Housing conditions have been so acute at Hermiston, Oregon, that authorities at the Umatilla ordnance depot have experimentally converted some igloos into housing quarters. Satisfactory comment has been received from single workmen so housed

Housing conditions have been so acute at Hermiston, Oregon, that autho...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a fort tower, stone walls, fortification, 18th-19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Detroit, Michigan. Conference between U.S. Army ordnance and washing machine industry officials to determine the ability of manufacturers to produce parts needed by the Army. After inspecting samples, blueprints and prices were discussed

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

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, group of people, meeting, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Burlington, Iowa. Acres unit, FSA (Farm Security Administration) trailer camp. In the utility building for workers at Burlington ordnance plant

Burlington, Iowa. Acres unit, FSA (Farm Security Administration) trail...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of an office worker, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Burlington, Iowa. Sunnyside unit FSA (Farm Security Administration) trailer camp. Sunday evening card game with neighbors in the trailer of the Heller family, who work at the Burlington ordnance plant

Burlington, Iowa. Sunnyside unit FSA (Farm Security Administration) tr...

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Burlington, Iowa. Acres unit, FSA (Farm Security Administration) trailer camp for workers at Burlington ordnance plant

Burlington, Iowa. Acres unit, FSA (Farm Security Administration) trail...

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Making ready for the intricate wiring of a ship's gun is shown by Andrew S. Horn, a first class machinist from Ohio. Following him up with the wiring operation is R.V. Presby, a first-class electrician, from Tennessee, Ordnance Shop. Navy yard, Pearl Harbor

Making ready for the intricate wiring of a ship's gun is shown by Andr...

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Two men working on a motorcycle in a garage, Holabird ordnance depot, Baltimore, Maryland

Two men working on a motorcycle in a garage, Holabird ordnance depot, ...

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A black and white photo of a man working on a tire, Holabird ordnance depot, Baltimore, Maryland

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A black and white photo of a man sitting in a jeep, Holabird ordnance depot, Baltimore, Maryland

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"Cloverleaf clusters" is the official title for these packages of 105 mm. artillery shells. Delivery lines are speedy at the large Midwest loading plant where they are made. Fourteen 2,000-pound bombs have been removed from a truck and placed in a freight car in fourteen minutes--and four 4,000-pound "block busters" have been moved from truck to freight car in fifteen minutes. Ravenna ordnance plant

"Cloverleaf clusters" is the official title for these packages of 105 ...

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Production. Shell loading. Every shell that goes through a large Midwest loading plant must be thoroughly cleaned. These women are removing excess paint from the bands that circle the projectiles. Women also stencil firing data on the shells and perform many other essential operations. Ravenna ordnance plant

Production. Shell loading. Every shell that goes through a large Midwe...

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Conservation. Glass gauges replacing steel. Brigadier General H.F. Safford, Chief of theProduction Service Branch, Ordnance Department, examines an exhibit of standard types of new glass gauges which replace steel gauges at the Frankford Arsenal. Glass gauges are lighter and cheaper than steel, permit greater visibility in inspection, are not as much affected by room temperatures and heat of operators' hands, are not corroded by perspiration, need no protection against rusting, do not acquire burrs that would change the effective sizes. They can save the annual use of 250 tons of critical tool steel in government arsenals alone

Conservation. Glass gauges replacing steel. Brigadier General H.F. Saf...

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Holabird ordnance depot, Baltimore, Maryland. Careful records of air pressure in a Le-Tourneau roadscraper's giant tires are made before the scrapers are shipped overseas. Ten pounds additional pressure is put in tires before the journey to assure best condition of the tire upon arrival

Holabird ordnance depot, Baltimore, Maryland. Careful records of air p...

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Ordnance building, Camp Kilmer, New Jersey. Detail III

Ordnance building, Camp Kilmer, New Jersey. Detail III

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MacDill Air Force Base, Signal & Ordnance Warehouse, 7620 Hanger Loop Drive, Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL

MacDill Air Force Base, Signal & Ordnance Warehouse, 7620 Hanger Loop ...

Significance: The Signal and Ordnance Warehouse, due to its architectural integrity and its contribution to the Second World War-era infrastructure, forms an integral part of MacDill Air Force Base's historic c... More

MacDill Air Force Base, Signal & Ordnance Warehouse, 7620 Hanger Loop Drive, Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL

MacDill Air Force Base, Signal & Ordnance Warehouse, 7620 Hanger Loop ...

Significance: The Signal and Ordnance Warehouse, due to its architectural integrity and its contribution to the Second World War-era infrastructure, forms an integral part of MacDill Air Force Base's historic c... More

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