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Shipbuilding. "Liberty" ships. Ships for war has meant the rehabilitation of numerous odd pieces of equipment unused for long periods, both in shipyards and in various other plants engaged in production of parts for ships. A discarded steam locomotive in a large Eastern plant is being turned up for use once again. All parts are prefabricated in this huge Eastern plant which formerly turned out freight cars. The completed sections are then carried six miles to the ways on flat cars. Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards Inc., Baltimore, Maryland

Shipbuilding. "Liberty" ships. Ships for war has meant the rehabilitat...

Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, train car, railroad, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Shipbuilding. "Liberty" ships. Ships for war has meant the rehabilitation of numerous odd pieces of equipment unused for long periods, both in shipyards and in various other plants engaged in production of parts for ships. Here an old junked flat car crane in a large Eastern plant is being turned up for use once again. All parts are prefabricated in this huge Eastern plant which formerly turned out freight cars. Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards Inc., Baltimore, Maryland

Shipbuilding. "Liberty" ships. Ships for war has meant the rehabilitat...

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

Schedule of the French and Dutch loans : shewing the periods of their redemption, with the annual interest payable thereon until their final extinction, for which provision is yet to be made.

Schedule of the French and Dutch loans : shewing the periods of their ...

Imprint from Evans. Formerly ascribed to the press of John Dunlap in the Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 31, p. 958 (#515); but later volumes reject Dunlap as printer. Cf. JCC, v. 33, p. 753. Evans 200... More

A suggestion The national labor union is composed of hundreds of thousands of American citizens, joined in every State in organized associations, and holding their meetings at stated periods under rule ... [Washington, D. C. n. d.].

A suggestion The national labor union is composed of hundreds of thous...

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 210, Folder 19.

Shipbuilding. "Liberty" ships. Ships for war has meant the rehabilitation of numerous odd pieces of equipment unused for long periods, both in shipyards and in various other plants engaged in production of parts for ships. A discarded steam locomotive in a large Eastern yard is being tuned up for use once again. All parts are prefabricated in this huge Eastern plant which formerly turned out freight cars. The completed sections are then carried six miles to the ways on flatcars. Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards Inc., Baltimore, Maryland

Shipbuilding. "Liberty" ships. Ships for war has meant the rehabilitat...

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

Fort Benning machine gunners. Members of an American machine gun crew rest up between periods of intensive activity which is part of their their training course at Fort Benning, Georgia

Fort Benning machine gunners. Members of an American machine gun crew ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military training, armed forces fort, camp, exercise activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Wagon tracks down the dry bed of the Colorado River at Colorado, Texas. Rivers and streams of the Southwest are often dry during periods of drought

Wagon tracks down the dry bed of the Colorado River at Colorado, Texas...

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

Pershing long-time aide promoted to rank of Colonel. Washington, D.C., March 30. Capt. George E. Adamson, left, Quartermaster Corps, U.S. Army, whose nomination as Military Secretary to the General of the Armies with the rank of Colonel was confirmed by the Senate today, is pictured taking the oath as administered by Maj. General Emory C. Adams, Adjutant General. Col. Adamson has been Military Secretary to General Pershing for approximately 23 years, including the periods of the punitive expedition into Mexico, the World War, and the period subsequent to the World War. 3-30-39

Pershing long-time aide promoted to rank of Colonel. Washington, D.C.,...

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

A meal on the march. Machine hands in the tool and die room of a converted automobile plant take lunch periods right on the job. The slotting machine behind them perforates metal shapes used in the production of army "jeeps" and tanks. Ford Lincoln plant, Michigan

A meal on the march. Machine hands in the tool and die room of a conve...

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

Wagon tracks down the dry bed of the Colorado River at Colorado, Texas. Rivers and streams of the Southwest are often dry during periods of drought

Wagon tracks down the dry bed of the Colorado River at Colorado, Texas...

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

Gas rationing booklet. This is the inside of the front cover and the first page of the new "A" gasoline coupon book, which motorists in the East Coast rationed area will need to obtain their basic rations of gasoline when the coupon plan goes into effect in July. Instructions appearing inside the front cover warn holders against tearing out the coupons and presenting them loose at a service station. The six coupons on the first page are marked "A-1," which means they may be used at any time during the first two months after the plan goes into effect. Coupons on the following pages are numbered "A-2," "A-3," etc., and will be good during the respective two-month periods. The book rations gasoline for the period of one year

Gas rationing booklet. This is the inside of the front cover and the f...

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

St. Charles Parish, Louisiana. Public pasture land inside the Mississippi levee which is valuable during low water periods

St. Charles Parish, Louisiana. Public pasture land inside the Mississi...

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

Homes of oil field workers. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. During periods of unemployment laundry work is done

Homes of oil field workers. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. During periods of...

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

Periods of time / by Lily E. White, Portland, Or.

Periods of time / by Lily E. White, Portland, Or.

Elderly woman holding an infant in cradleboard, half-length portrait, facing front, seated against a wall.

Immediate legislation needed to take profits out of war, Legion commander tells House committee. Washington D.C. Testifying before the House Military Affairs Committee today, National Commander Harty Colmery, of the American Legion, declared that the European situation had caused a "very definate" public demand for legislation to "take the profits out of war" appearing as the first witness in the Sheppard-Hill bill hearings providing for industrial mobilization and powers for the President to fix price ceilings during war periods, Colmery asserted that the measure would be a powerful deterrent to war

Immediate legislation needed to take profits out of war, Legion comman...

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

Sheet metal class. Riveting and punching. Prep Technology class. Six periods a week. See 4168. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Sheet metal class. Riveting and punching. Prep Technology class. Six p...

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

Home and family of oil field roustabout. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. During periods of unemployment the woman takes in washing and ironing

Home and family of oil field roustabout. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Duri...

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

Daniel Field, Georgia. Air Service Command. Learning to identify aircraft in a machine which shows models in various positions, against various colored backgrounds, at varying intensities of light and for short or long periods of time

Daniel Field, Georgia. Air Service Command. Learning to identify aircr...

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

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Men and women employees on the "swing shift" of North American's Inglewood, California, aircraft plant, enjoy their lunch periods. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 ("Billy Mitchell) bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, and the P-51 ("Mustang") fighter plane, which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Men and women employees on...

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

Southfields, New York. Interracial activities at Camp Nathan Hale, where children are aided by the Methodist Camp Service. Comic papers are very popular during the campers' free periods

Southfields, New York. Interracial activities at Camp Nathan Hale, whe...

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

[Houses of the Romanesque, Medieval, and Renaissance periods in the History of Habitation exhibit, Paris Exposition, 1889]

[Houses of the Romanesque, Medieval, and Renaissance periods in the Hi...

Originals in PR12, LOT 6634. Public domain photograph of Paris Exposition Universelle, 1889, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Before Senate Civil Liberties Committee. Washington, D.C., April 15. Testifying before the Senate Civil Liberties Committee today, George S. Ward, Secretary of the Harlan County, Ky., Coal Operators Association, said his organiziation had doubled its assessment on member coal companies three times in the past four years during periods of union mine organization drives. The annual income for the organization from company members is between $60,000 and $70,000 and is derived from an ordinary assessment of 1/2 cent per ton levied on coal produced, 4/15/1937

Before Senate Civil Liberties Committee. Washington, D.C., April 15. T...

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

Government discovers method to preserve movie film indefinitely. Washington, D.C., July 8. People living in the year 2000 will be able to see and hear today's history in the making through experiments on preserving movie film now being conducted by the National Bureau of Standards. The experts at the bureau recently completed "accelerated aging tests in which films in six months went through the effects of 50 years' storage in a cool dark room. These tests showed that cellulose, or explosive film, would last from 50 to 100 years. The new Safety or Acetate film "may be preserved for longer periods." Unofficially, the experts put the figure at several hundred years. The following set of pictures were made at the Bureau of Standards and the National Archives Building. (1) Accelerated aging, The stability of the films is tested similarly to paper. They are heated in this oven at 100 [degrees] C and tested for loss of flexibility and for evidences of chemical decomposition. Arnold Soorne, of the Bureau Staff, is picture making the test

Government discovers method to preserve movie film indefinitely. Washi...

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

Australia in the war. One member of each Australian tank crew remain continuously on guard during periods of inactivity. These are American tanks furnished under lend-lease

Australia in the war. One member of each Australian tank crew remain c...

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

Basketball players resting between periods. Eufaula, Oklahoma

Basketball players resting between periods. Eufaula, Oklahoma

Picryl description: Public domain image of a sports competition, athletics team, athlete, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Washington, D.C. Students in the Woodrow Wilson High School infirmary are attended by the school nurse. Those who are not able to take strenuous exercise may rest here during their gymnasium periods

Washington, D.C. Students in the Woodrow Wilson High School infirmary ...

Public domain photograph related to Woodrow Wilson High School, Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

An historical atlas, in a series of maps of the world as known at different periods, constructed upon an uniform scale, and coloured according to the political changes of each period /

An historical atlas, in a series of maps of the world as known at diff...

"The description and historical portion of this work will be found in a volume entitled Universal history, by Edward Quin" [issued in 1838 (i.e. 1837) reprinted from the first edition of the Historical atlas, p... More

[A series of statistical charts illustrating the condition of the descendants of former African slaves now in residence in the United States of America] Conjugal condition of American Negroes according to age periods.

[A series of statistical charts illustrating the condition of the desc...

Line graph shows percentage of African American men and women who are single, married, or widowed by age. Title from LOT 11931, no. 37; part title from item. Chart prepared by Atlanta University students for th... More

Gas rationing booklet. This is the inside of the front cover and the first page of the new "A" gasoline coupon book, which motorists in the East Coast rationed area will need to obtain their basic rations of gasonline when the coupon plan goes into effect in July. Instructions appearing inside the front cover warn holders against tearing out the coupons and presenting them loose at a service station. The six coupons on the first page are market "A," which means they may be used at any time during the month after the plan goes into effect. Coupons on the following pages are numbered, "A-2," "A-3" etc., and will be good during the respective month periods. The book rations gasoline for the period of one year

Gas rationing booklet. This is the inside of the front cover and the f...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, assembly line, industrial facility, 1930s aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. Airplanes. A canteen on the grounds of a large Western aircraft plant serves workers hot food, drinks, and refreshments during the lunch periods of all shifts

Production. Airplanes. A canteen on the grounds of a large Western air...

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

Production. Naval gun mounts. Periods of relaxation are short for the men who make big naval gun mounts in a Midwest facotry. A quick lunch, a few hands of cards, and they're back at the job of providing Uncle Sam the tools of war. Westinghouse, Louisville, Kentucky

Production. Naval gun mounts. Periods of relaxation are short for the ...

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

Schedule of the French and Dutch loans : shewing the periods of their redemption, with the annual interest payable thereon until their final extinction, for which provision is yet to be made.

Schedule of the French and Dutch loans : shewing the periods of their ...

Imprint from Evans. Formerly ascribed to the press of John Dunlap in the Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 31, p. 958 (#515); but later volumes reject Dunlap as printer. Cf. JCC, v. 33, p. 753. Evans 200... More

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. A scene in the WAAC squad room in Daytona Beach, Florida where members gather during leisure periods on Saturday afternoon. The WAACs are using local hotels for their quarters

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. A scene in the WAAC squad room in Dayton...

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

An historical atlas, in a series of maps of the world as known at different periods, constructed upon an uniform scale, and coloured according to the political changes of each period /

An historical atlas, in a series of maps of the world as known at diff...

"The description and historical portion of this work will be found in a volume entitled Universal history, by Edward Quin" [issued in 1838 (i.e. 1837) reprinted from the first edition of the Historical atlas, p... More

Table shewing the amount of principal (on the calculation of 100 dollars) redeemed at certain quarter-yearly periods until its final extinction, by the United States, of their stock bearing an interest of six per cent. per annum, arising from th

Table shewing the amount of principal (on the calculation of 100 dolla...

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 228, Folder 40.

Radio "Czar" criticizes Federal Communications Commission. Washington, D.C., June 6. Meeting here today [...] 200(?) radio representatives heard Mark Ethridge, president of the National Association of Broadcasters, criticize the practice of licensing [...] for six-month periods as "unfair" to broadcasters. Ethridge let go his blast as the radio officials gathered at the first session of the hearing which opened today before the Federal Trade Commission on proposed changes in rules and regulations for the broadcasting industry, 6/6/38

Radio "Czar" criticizes Federal Communications Commission. Washington,...

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

Pershing long-time aide promoted to rank of Colonel. Washington, D.C., March 30. Capt. George E. Adamson, left, Quartermaster Corps, U.S. Army, whose nomination as Military Secretary to the General of the Armies with the rank of Colonel was confirmed by the Senate today, is pictured taking the oath as administered by Maj. General Emory C. Adams, Adjutant General. Col. Adamson has been Military Secretary to General Pershing for approximately 23 years, including the periods of the punitive expedition into Mexico, the World War, and the period subsequent to the World War. 3-30-39

Pershing long-time aide promoted to rank of Colonel. Washington, D.C.,...

Two men standing next to each other in front of a painting, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Gift; Harris & Ewing,... More

Schedule of the French and Dutch loans : shewing the periods of their redemption, with the annual interest payable thereon until their final extinction, for which provision is yet to be made.

Schedule of the French and Dutch loans : shewing the periods of their ...

Imprint from Evans. Formerly ascribed to the press of John Dunlap in the Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 31, p. 958 (#515); but later volumes reject Dunlap as printer. Cf. JCC, v. 33, p. 753. Evans 200... More

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Thousands of North American Aviation's employees at Inglewood, California, attend company-sponsored shows at the recreation center during lunch periods. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 ("Billy Mitchell") bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, and the P-51 ("Mustang") fighter plane, which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Thousands of North American...

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

Two women "swing shift" employees at North American "talk over" the day's events as they eat lunch at their benches. The company broadcasts news and music throughout the plant during lunch periods

Two women "swing shift" employees at North American "talk over" the da...

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

Schedule of the French and Dutch loans : shewing the periods of their redemption, with the annual interest payable thereon until their final extinction, for which provision is yet to be made.

Schedule of the French and Dutch loans : shewing the periods of their ...

Imprint from Evans. Formerly ascribed to the press of John Dunlap in the Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 31, p. 958 (#515); but later volumes reject Dunlap as printer. Cf. JCC, v. 33, p. 753. Evans 200... More