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"Baby Service, Inc." Washington, D.C., Aug. 14. "Enjoy your baby, let us work for him" is the motto of a brand new business just started here by a woman who looks rather like a baby herself, though she has one, the owner of the business is Mrs. John McGee, the former Narcissa Sullivan, daughter of Mark Sullivan, the political writer. Baby service, Inc. will prepare and deliver baby food made according to special formulae, sterlize bottles, provide girls who will stay with children at night, shop for supplies, make layettes, or render all service baby needs, scaling all prices to the clients purse. Mrs. McGee is shown mixing preparations with Miss Betty Burns, left

"Baby Service, Inc." Washington, D.C., Aug. 14. "Enjoy your baby, let ...

A couple of women standing next to each other at a table. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Amos is 6 and Horace 4 years old. Their father, John Neal is a renter and raises tobacco. He said (and the owner of the land confirmed it) that both these boys work day after day from "sun-up to sun-down" worming and suckering, and that they are as steady as grown-ups. Location: Warren County--Albaton, Kentucky / Lewis W. Hine.

Amos is 6 and Horace 4 years old. Their father, John Neal is a renter ...

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

The Lyndonia, C.H.K. Curtis, owner, 10/13/21

The Lyndonia, C.H.K. Curtis, owner, 10/13/21

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

[Albert D. Lasker (advertising genius), Jacob Ruppert (owner of New York AL), President Warren Harding at Yankee Stadium 4/24/1923 (baseball)]

[Albert D. Lasker (advertising genius), Jacob Ruppert (owner of New Yo...

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

Pres. Coolidge with Natl. Laundry Owner's Assn., 9/27/24

Pres. Coolidge with Natl. Laundry Owner's Assn., 9/27/24

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Plantation owner's daughter checks weight of cotton. Kaufman County, Texas

Plantation owner's daughter checks weight of cotton. Kaufman County, T...

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

Hog house erected by tenant Al Richards on farm owned by absentee owner. Three hundred twelve acres near Wallingford, Iowa. Buildings on farm were insufficient for hog raising so he built this himself

Hog house erected by tenant Al Richards on farm owned by absentee owne...

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

Abandoned farm home on George Erickson's one hundred twenty acre farm near Seneca, Illinois. The land is being farmed by owner

Abandoned farm home on George Erickson's one hundred twenty acre farm ...

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

Owner of the El Rito, an emigrant from Yugoslavia

Owner of the El Rito, an emigrant from Yugoslavia

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

Negro sharecropper, Will Cole and his son picking cotton. The owner is Mrs. Rigsby, a white woman. About five miles below Chapel Hill, going south on Highway 15, toward Bynum in Chatham County, North Carolina. Address: Route 3, Chapel Hill

Negro sharecropper, Will Cole and his son picking cotton. The owner is...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a rural countryside landscape, farmhouse, farm field, pasture free to use, no copyright restrictions.

General view of a hillside farm which faces the road showing owner's house, outbuildings, and tobacco field showing erosion. The Negro sharecropper farm is on the other side of this same hill. Person County, North Carolina

General view of a hillside farm which faces the road showing owner's h...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a rural countryside landscape, farmhouse, farm field, pasture free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Negro sharecropper, Will Cole and his son picking cotton. The owner is Mrs. Rigsby, a white woman. About five miles below Chapel Hill, going south on Highway 15, toward Bynum in Chatham County, North Carolina. Address: Route 3, Chapel Hill

Negro sharecropper, Will Cole and his son picking cotton. The owner is...

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

Interior of pack house showing ungraded tobacco and sticks, and in the foreground the sticks of "hands" and tied tobacco. Belongs to B.C. Corbett, prosperous Negro farm owner near Carr, Orange County, North Carolina

Interior of pack house showing ungraded tobacco and sticks, and in the...

Public domain photograph of 1930s North Carolina, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mine owner's home and church. Pony, Montana

Mine owner's home and church. Pony, Montana

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

Hop picker, once Nebraska farm owner. Near Independence, Polk County, Oregon. See general caption number 45

Hop picker, once Nebraska farm owner. Near Independence, Polk County, ...

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

A man picking cotton in a field. Great Depression FSA photogpraph

A man picking cotton in a field. Great Depression FSA photogpraph

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

Caroline Atwater, wife of Negro owner, tells where she was born

Caroline Atwater, wife of Negro owner, tells where she was born

Public domain photograph related to race relations, African Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a horse pulling a wagon, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photograph

A black and white photo of a horse pulling a wagon, Great Depression. ...

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

Garage owner and farmer working on a car. Pie Town, New Mexico. The young man who owns the filling station, blacksmith shop, and garage came out from Texas when he could not get work either on the farms or in the farming community towns there

Garage owner and farmer working on a car. Pie Town, New Mexico. The yo...

Public domain photograph of an automobile, car, the 1920s or 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Barn of Carl Rubel, owner of successful 150 acre dairy farm in Yuba County, California

Barn of Carl Rubel, owner of successful 150 acre dairy farm in Yuba Co...

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

Conversion. Floor waxer plant. Formerly producing floor waxing and polishing machines, this small Eastern factory is now one of the America's myriad plants devoted to production of small machine parts for war purposes. Foreseeing possibilities of shortage of aluminum (necessary for polishing equipment), this factory's owner sought defense subcontracts many months ago, he is now operating twenty-two hours a day with a crew of thirty workers, a distinct improvement over his previous eight hours, three-worker days. Floorola Products Inc., York, Pennsylvania

Conversion. Floor waxer plant. Formerly producing floor waxing and pol...

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

De Land pool. Babcock airplane plant. The last operation in the De Land, Florida industrial pool is buttoning up the huge motor repair racks in their packing crates, sealing them against everything from sand to seawater. Left is Mary Babcock, daughter of plant owner, who never dreamed she would be painting destination letters on a war crate when she was studying art six months ago. In the foreground is John Kicklighton, who was an insurance salesman before going to work on the production front

De Land pool. Babcock airplane plant. The last operation in the De Lan...

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

On board the fishing boat Alden out of Gloucester, Massachusetts. Frank Mineo, owner and skipper, shouting orders to his crew

On board the fishing boat Alden out of Gloucester, Massachusetts. Fran...

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

Dresher, Pennsylvania. The owner of a hay baler driving a tractor which hauls the baling machine at the Spring Run Farm

Dresher, Pennsylvania. The owner of a hay baler driving a tractor whic...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a farm, farmer, agriculture, early 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mike Smith, owner of the Paris Coffee Shop, a diner in Fort Worth that draws patrons from all over Texas

Mike Smith, owner of the Paris Coffee Shop, a diner in Fort Worth that...

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

Shop owner Elsa Mantilla (right) joins Cueto, Goicoechea and Brenda Freytes discussing dress to be made.

Shop owner Elsa Mantilla (right) joins Cueto, Goicoechea and Brenda Fr...

Forms part of a group of images documenting scenes at Elsa's Fashions, a dress shop at 368 21st Avenue, Paterson.

John Granata, owner of John Granata Financial Service, poses on 21st Avenue; company sign is on wall behind him.

John Granata, owner of John Granata Financial Service, poses on 21st A...

Forms part of a group of images documenting businesses along 21st Avenue in Paterson.

Manager (owner?) of Mr. T's Deli stands outside the shop.

Manager (owner?) of Mr. T's Deli stands outside the shop.

Forms part of a group of images documenting businesses along 21st Avenue in Paterson.

John Granata, owner of John Granata Financial Service, poses on 21st Avenue; company sign is on wall behind him.

John Granata, owner of John Granata Financial Service, poses on 21st A...

Forms part of a group of images documenting businesses along 21st Avenue in Paterson.

Manager (owner?) of P & S Variety Center, 367 21st Avenue, stands in the doorway of his shop.

Manager (owner?) of P & S Variety Center, 367 21st Avenue, stands in t...

Public domain photograph of street advertisement signs, downtown commercial district, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

In 2008, nearly 90 years after it was built, this 1919 gas station in El Paso, Texas, was restored by antiques business owner Rod Davenport

In 2008, nearly 90 years after it was built, this 1919 gas station in ...

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

John Elick, owner of the 1,800-acre Lonesome Pine Ranch, atop his horse Rebelito at the working cattle ranch that is part of the Texas Ranch Life ranch resort near Chappell Hill in Austin County, Texas

John Elick, owner of the 1,800-acre Lonesome Pine Ranch, atop his hors...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The ranch, originally settled in 1823 by one of the "Old 300" Texas pioneers who received land grants from Stephen F. Austin, is home... More

Amos is 6 and Horace 4 years old. Their father, John Neal is a renter and raises tobacco. He said (and the owner of the land confirmed it) that both these boys work day after day from "sun-up to sun-down" worming and suckering, and that they are as steady as a grown-up. Location: Warren County--Albaton, Kentucky / Lewis W. Hine.

Amos is 6 and Horace 4 years old. Their father, John Neal is a renter ...

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

This shall entitle the owner to such prizes as shall be drawn against it in W. Byrd's lottery 1767. [Signed in mss. W. Byrd. [n. p. 1767.].

This shall entitle the owner to such prizes as shall be drawn against ...

Not in Evans. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 178, Folder 3a.

[Charles Comiskey, owner, Chicago AL (baseball)]

[Charles Comiskey, owner, Chicago AL (baseball)]

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

[Charles H. Ebbets Sr., owner of Brooklyn NL (baseball)]

[Charles H. Ebbets Sr., owner of Brooklyn NL (baseball)]

Photograph shows Charles Hercules Ebbets, Sr. (1859-1925), an American sports manager who owned the Brooklyn Dodgers from 1902 to 1925. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)

DOLLAR, CAPT. ROBERT. STEAMSHIP LINE OWNER

DOLLAR, CAPT. ROBERT. STEAMSHIP LINE OWNER

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

[Judge Kenesaw M. Landis, Jacob Ruppert, owner of New York AL & an unidentified boy (baseball)]

[Judge Kenesaw M. Landis, Jacob Ruppert, owner of New York AL & an uni...

An old photo of a man holding a child. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a car parked in front of a house. Great Depression FSA photogpraph

A black and white photo of a car parked in front of a house. Great Dep...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Farmer watching junkyard owner examining condition of spark coils in model-T Ford, Abbeville, Louisiana

Farmer watching junkyard owner examining condition of spark coils in m...

Public domain photograph of a truck, military vehicle, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Combination filling station, garage, blacksmith shop, grocery store. Frank Petty, owner of the wagon, has just had his mule shod, his corn ground, purchases some kerosene and is returning home. R.F.D. Danville, Virginia, Pittsylvania County

Combination filling station, garage, blacksmith shop, grocery store. F...

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

Negro farm owner working in kitchen. Arkansas River bottoms near Vian, Oklahoma

Negro farm owner working in kitchen. Arkansas River bottoms near Vian,...

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

Hop picker, once Nebraska farm owner. Polk County, Oregon. See general caption number 45

Hop picker, once Nebraska farm owner. Polk County, Oregon. See general...

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

Prize-winning colt and mares raised by colored farm owner who cooperated with colored farm agent in planning program. Caswell County, North Carolina

Prize-winning colt and mares raised by colored farm owner who cooperat...

Public domain image of cattle, livestock, farm animals, agriculture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

John Frost and his daughter. Mr. Frost is part owner of 135 acres of semi-marginal land in Tehama county, California. He has a family of seven. His crops are turkeys, hogs and dairy cattle, he is a FSA (Farm Security Administration) client

John Frost and his daughter. Mr. Frost is part owner of 135 acres of s...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a farmer worker, 20th-century dust bowl, great depression era, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Interior of the Lamb home in Union Point. Mr. Harold Lamb is the owner of the mill in Union Point. Greene County, Georgia

Interior of the Lamb home in Union Point. Mr. Harold Lamb is the owner...

Public domain photograph of living room, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

New York, New York. Sunday dinner in the Martinetti home. He is a restaurant owner who lives in the Bronx. He is one of three partners in a restaurant, it is on lower Fifth Avenue, which caters to businessmen

New York, New York. Sunday dinner in the Martinetti home. He is a rest...

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

Conversion. Floor waxer plant. Now making machine gun cover plates, this machine was converted from a line shaft drive to motor drive when a small Eastern manufacturing company converted its product from floor waxers to small parts for war equipment. Unable to purchase new equipment for his defense work, the owner bought second-hand equipment and remodelled it. Delivery of first orders was made thirty days after contract, an amazingly short time considering that conversion of the machinery took two weeks of it. Floorola Products Inc., York, Pennsylvania

Conversion. Floor waxer plant. Now making machine gun cover plates, th...

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

Lititz, Pennsylvania. Morris Kreider, owner of a hardware store and machine shop which now makes small parts for nearby defense plants

Lititz, Pennsylvania. Morris Kreider, owner of a hardware store and ma...

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

Lititz, Pennsylvania, owner of the Pierson Motor Company, who has lost his business of selling cars. Repairs in his garage bring in enough to pay taxes and mechanics, so he had to get himself a defense job at the Armstrong Cork Company in Lancaster. He's an air raid warden and serves four hours a week as airplane spotter

Lititz, Pennsylvania, owner of the Pierson Motor Company, who has lost...

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

Carnie Bragg, owner of Bragg Funeral Home, poses in front of the business.

Carnie Bragg, owner of Bragg Funeral Home, poses in front of the busin...

Forms part of a group of images documenting the Bragg Funeral Home.

Manager (owner?) of Mr. T's Deli stands outside the shop.

Manager (owner?) of Mr. T's Deli stands outside the shop.

Cowhand Lars Hollis, right, and John Elick, owner of the 1,800-acre Lonesome Pine Ranch, a working cattle ranch that is part of the Texas Ranch Life ranch resort near Chappell Hill in Austin County, Texas

Cowhand Lars Hollis, right, and John Elick, owner of the 1,800-acre Lo...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The ranch, originally settled in 1823 by one of the "Old 300" Texas pioneers who received land grants from Stephen F. Austin, is home... More

"Horses on the Beach," a horseback-riding operation on Padre Island, Texas, is an incomplete description of the experience, as this photograph attests. Some guests get a short excursion aboard the stable's longhorn, as demonstrated by Horses on the Beach's owner, Bennan Wells

"Horses on the Beach," a horseback-riding operation on Padre Island, T...

Cowhand Lars Hollis, left, and John Elick, owner of the 1,800-acre Lonesome Pine Ranch, a working cattle ranch that is part of the Texas Ranch Life ranch resort near Chappell Hill in Austin County, Texas. Hollis's horse is named Catote; Elick's is Rebelito

Cowhand Lars Hollis, left, and John Elick, owner of the 1,800-acre Lon...

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

R.T.Y.C. Schr. Cambria 199 tons: James Ashbury Esq., London and Brighton, owner

R.T.Y.C. Schr. Cambria 199 tons: James Ashbury Esq., London and Bright...

Artists: Charles R. Parsons and Lyman W. Atwater. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 5685

Mill Owner's House, Saratoga Springs, Saratoga County, NY

Mill Owner's House, Saratoga Springs, Saratoga County, NY

Picryl description: Public domain image of historical building ruins, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Boston national bloomer girl's base ball club, L.J. Galbreath, originator and owner

Boston national bloomer girl's base ball club, L.J. Galbreath, origina...

Post card showing nine members of the Boston National Bloomer Girls Base Ball Club, wearing baseball uniforms, posed with L.J. Galbreath in the center. Gift; Harry L. Katz; 2008; (DLC/PP-2008:039). DCRM(G) exa... More

John Bridges of Oconto, Nebraska, owner of Devils Gap.

John Bridges of Oconto, Nebraska, owner of Devils Gap.

summary: Photographer's note: "The canyon showing Devils Gap where the Olive Gang hanged and burned Mitchell and Ketchum in 1878." original size: 6x8

[Outlaw League executives: left to right, Marshall Henderson, co-owner Pittsburgh; William T. Murphy, owner Cleveland; Ambrose Hussey Jr., co-owner, Brooklyn; William A. Witman, first league president and owner, Reading; Ernest C. Landgraf, co-owner, Richmond; John J. Ryan, co-owner Cincinnati; Hugh Mckinnon, co-owner, Cincinnati; Ambrose Hussey Sr., co-owner Brooklyn (baseball)]

[Outlaw League executives: left to right, Marshall Henderson, co-owner...

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

Sanding the cranberry marsh in the winter - one of the aids towards securing the fine "stand" of vines shown in 3765. Owner - Mr. Andrew Searles. Photo through the courtesy of Mr. Searles. Location: Grand Rapids, Wisconsin.

Sanding the cranberry marsh in the winter - one of the aids towards se...

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

[Mrs. Clark Griffith, Clara Stack, Washington singer, Clark Griffith, owner of Washington AL (baseball)]

[Mrs. Clark Griffith, Clara Stack, Washington singer, Clark Griffith, ...

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

"Daddy" of Assistant Secretary of Agriculture is expert horseman at 84. Although he has passed his 84th birthday, Nelson J. Dunlap, (right) father of the Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, Renick Dunlap (left) rides horseback for his daily exercise. The elder Dunlap is a Civil War veteran and a native of Kingston, Ohio, where he is a large land owner

"Daddy" of Assistant Secretary of Agriculture is expert horseman at 84...

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Wife of owner-operator and wife of hired hand clearing chickens in cellar preparatory to canning them. Chickens at this time of year are bringing six cents per pound. These are roasting. Harry Madsen farm, near Dickens, Iowa. Three hundred sixty acres, owner operated

Wife of owner-operator and wife of hired hand clearing chickens in cel...

Public domain photograph of Great Depression, farm, farmer, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Monopoly Committee told Ball Fruit Jar Corp. is protected patents. Washington, D.C., Dec. 15. The manufacturer of mason fruit jars, Frank C. Ball of Muncie, Ind., today told the Monopoly Investigating Committee that his contract for patented glass-making machinery prevents issuance of licenses to new fruit jar manufacturers. He said the contract, with the Hartford Empire Company, owner of Vital Glass-Making Machinery Patents, was taken out in 1932 carrying a provision that Hartford would grant no further licenses for domestic fruit jar manufacture beyond those then in effect, 12/15/38

Monopoly Committee told Ball Fruit Jar Corp. is protected patents. Was...

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

Car of white migrant worker being repaired by owner near Harlingen, Texas

Car of white migrant worker being repaired by owner near Harlingen, Te...

Public domain photograph of an automobile, car, the 1920s or 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Virginia: A man standing next to a bunch of meat hanging from a tree, Great Depression

Virginia: A man standing next to a bunch of meat hanging from a tree, ...

Public domain image of cattle, livestock, farm animals, agriculture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

House and yard of Negro owner. 1930s public domain photograph.

House and yard of Negro owner. 1930s public domain photograph.

Public domain photograph related to race relations, African Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mr. Henry Fletcher, owner of the "Walking X" Ranch, displaying awards won by his cattle. Marfa, Texas

Mr. Henry Fletcher, owner of the "Walking X" Ranch, displaying awards ...

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

Wife of ranch owner on party line phone. Quarter Circle 'U' Ranch, Montana

Wife of ranch owner on party line phone. Quarter Circle 'U' Ranch, Mon...

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

Certified samples of cotton in compress. These certified samples are held by the owner of the cotton so that it can be delivered without further sampling when so much cotton of a certain staple and grade is bought and delivered through the cotton exchange. Port of Houston, Texas

Certified samples of cotton in compress. These certified samples are h...

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

The Star Lunch, just outside the shipyard at Bath, Maine. About two hundred men come in for lunch every day. The owner had to build an addition to the restaurant to make room for all the men during lunch hour rush

The Star Lunch, just outside the shipyard at Bath, Maine. About two hu...

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

Gas rationing booklet. This is the front conver of the "A" gasoline coupon book, which motorists in the East Coast rationed area will need to obtain their basic ration of gasoline when the coupon plan goes into effect in July. The front cover will carry a description of the car for which the booklet is issued, as well as the name and address of the owner. The other coupon books used in the plan will resemble the "A" book, except in the order of printing and the number of coupons

Gas rationing booklet. This is the front conver of the "A" gasoline co...

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

Owner and operator of chicken farm near Haymarket, Virginia

Owner and operator of chicken farm near Haymarket, Virginia

Picryl description: Public domain image of a farmer, 1930s, 20th-century dust bowl era, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Owner of a chicken farm milks the cow. Near Haymarket, Virginia

Owner of a chicken farm milks the cow. Near Haymarket, Virginia

Picryl description: Public domain image of a farmer, 1930s, 20th-century dust bowl era, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Conversion. Floor waxer plant. Through the skill and ingenuity of the entire personnel of this small Eastern manufacturing firm, machinery formerly used in production of floor waxers has been converted to production of war essentials. Pictured here are the shop's owner (right) and night foreman, both of whom were instrumental in making the change. Floorola Products Inc., York, Pennsylvania

Conversion. Floor waxer plant. Through the skill and ingenuity of the ...

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

Conversion. Floor waxer plant. The owner of this small Eastern floor waxer plant (left) has planned for and almost completed conversion of his equipment to accomodate the defense production for which he has subcontracted. This five-spindle drill press, once used in manufacture of floor waxing machines, has been equipped with special chuck and drill for production of anti-aircraft guns. Floorola Products Inc., York, Pennsylvania

Conversion. Floor waxer plant. The owner of this small Eastern floor w...

Public domain photograph of laboratory, scientist, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

San Augustine, Texas. A meeting of the town council to discuss buying a new water tank to replace the one which was destroyed by the March tornado. Left to right around the table: Troy Mitchell, city manager; J.W. Ritchie, tinner; H.D. Clark, department store owner; Mayor Alonzo Rushing, druggist; Mr. Ramsey, city attorney; R.V. Hall, grocer; Clyde Smith, grocer; and Frank Phillips, city secretary

San Augustine, Texas. A meeting of the town council to discuss buying ...

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

San Augustine, Texas. Jack Mathews, owner of a grocery and feed store

San Augustine, Texas. Jack Mathews, owner of a grocery and feed store

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

Barn whose owner has civic pride in Wright, Texas

Barn whose owner has civic pride in Wright, Texas

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Chris Betts, former part owner of the Falls View Grill, and one of the central figures in the Hot Texas Wiener business in the Paterson area since WWII.

Chris Betts, former part owner of the Falls View Grill, and one of the...

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

In 2008, nearly 90 years after it was built, this 1919 gas station in El Paso, Texas, was restored by antiques business owner Rod Davenport

In 2008, nearly 90 years after it was built, this 1919 gas station in ...

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

It may not be a surprise to learn that the owner of Marathon, Texas's, "Big Hair" beauty shop is the sister of the owner of an art gallery in town

It may not be a surprise to learn that the owner of Marathon, Texas's,...

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

Jamaica, particulars of valuable Estates : known as "Hopewell," in the Parish of Saint Andrew, in the Island of Jamaica containing 170 acres or thereabouts : "Mount Horeb and West Vale" Estate in the parishes of Saint Andrew and Portland, in the same Island, containing together 311 acres or thereabouts : and of four available town lots known as lots 51, 55, 57, and 61, on the north side Port Royal Street, Kingston, in the same Island : and of a valuable town lot know as lot 62 on the south side of Port Royal Street aforesaid, with the Warf belonging thereto, and of a valuable town lot, in Manchester Square, Kingston together with the buildings, fixtures and stock thereon : which will be sold by auction, in eight lots, by Messrs. Hards, Vaughan, & Jenkinson, before James Fleming, Esq., Q.C., and Reginald John Cust, Esq., Commissioners for Sale of Incumbered Estates in the West Indies, at the Sale Room of the Commissioners

Jamaica, particulars of valuable Estates : known as "Hopewell," in the...

Title from accompanying text. "In the matter of the Estate of David Judah Alberga and Benjamin Alberga." "Sale on Wednesday, the 22nd day of May, 1878." Accompanied by text: In the Court of the Commissioners fo... More

The Schooner yacht magic of the N.Y. Yacht Club: Franklin Osgood Esq. owner and commander

The Schooner yacht magic of the N.Y. Yacht Club: Franklin Osgood Esq. ...

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 5830

[John I. Taylor, 1911 Red Sox owner, at League Meetings, Waldort Astoria Hotel, NYC (baseball)]

[John I. Taylor, 1911 Red Sox owner, at League Meetings, Waldort Astor...

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[Wife of Red Sox owner, J.J. Lannin & Percy Haughton, pres. of Boston Braves (baseball)]

[Wife of Red Sox owner, J.J. Lannin & Percy Haughton, pres. of Boston ...

Photograph shows Hannah J. Furlong Lannin and Percy Duncan Haughton (1876-1925) at the 1916 World Series. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2014)

Group of tobacco pickers in Bermant plantation, 3 were 10 yrs., 3 were 11 yrs., 13 were 12, 12 were 13 yrs., 2 - 14 yrs. old. The owner said, "They all get $1.25 a day." Location: Rockwell, Connecticut. / L.W. Hine.

Group of tobacco pickers in Bermant plantation, 3 were 10 yrs., 3 were...

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The home on the Levi Mills farm near Spencer, Iowa. Before this farm was rented to Mills this year it was owner-operated. Farm is eighty acres. The owner built up this farm by diversified farming, especially with hogs. Tenant rents on crop share lease

The home on the Levi Mills farm near Spencer, Iowa. Before this farm w...

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A black and white photo of a destroyed building, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photograph

A black and white photo of a destroyed building, Great Depression. FSA...

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This man was a tenant on the same farm for eighteen years. He has six children. This year he was forced into status of day laborer on the same farm. The farm owner employed twenty-three tenant families last year. This year, the same acreage, using tractors, requires seven families. Ellis County, Texas

This man was a tenant on the same farm for eighteen years. He has six ...

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Plantation owner's home. Marshallville, Georgia

Plantation owner's home. Marshallville, Georgia

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Junkyard owner, near Abbeville, Louisiana

Junkyard owner, near Abbeville, Louisiana

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Son of the owner of the ranch resting after the roundup. Cattle ranch near Marfa, Texas

Son of the owner of the ranch resting after the roundup. Cattle ranch ...

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A black and white photo of a man wearing a hat. Farmers during Great Depression

A black and white photo of a man wearing a hat. Farmers during Great D...

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A black and white photo of a man on a horse herding cattle, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photograph

A black and white photo of a man on a horse herding cattle, Great Depr...

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Tobacco barns. Negro owner living in Mebane in prosperous Negro settlement between Carr and Cedar Grove, Orange County, North Carolina. See general notes on subregion. September 28, 1939. Number three

Tobacco barns. Negro owner living in Mebane in prosperous Negro settle...

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Corral of Mexican farm owner, Hidalgo County, Texas

Corral of Mexican farm owner, Hidalgo County, Texas

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A black and white photo of a cow eating grass, Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph

A black and white photo of a cow eating grass, Virginia. Farm Security...

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Mrs. Compton and her four year-old son, Billy, taking sticks of tobacco out of barn to strip house. They are tenants and the Negro owner lives in Mebane. This is a part of a prosperous Negro settlement between Carr and Cedar Grove, Orange County, North Carolina. See captions 52055-D and 52080-D. See general notes on subregion. September 28, 1939. Number four

Mrs. Compton and her four year-old son, Billy, taking sticks of tobacc...

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