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Hawthorne's birth place, Salem, Massachusetts.

Hawthorne's birth place, Salem, Massachusetts.

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Exchange Place, Providence, R.I.

Exchange Place, Providence, R.I.

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Commercial Place, Norfolk, Virginia - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Commercial Place, Norfolk, Virginia - Public domain image. Dry plate n...

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To the members of the Oregon State Pioneer Association. Greeting. The Third annual Rose Festival will take place in Portland the week of June 7-12 ... [Signed] Seneca Stouts, Chairman Home Coming day Committee Portland Rose Festival. June 7-12,

To the members of the Oregon State Pioneer Association. Greeting. The ...

Typewritten. 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 139, Folder 19b.

Exchange Place, Providence, R.I.

Exchange Place, Providence, R.I.

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Lehigh Apt., [Adams Mill Rd. and Lanier Place, Washington, D.C.]

Lehigh Apt., [Adams Mill Rd. and Lanier Place, Washington, D.C.]

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Campaign in Illinois. One of the big Woman's Party street banners being swung into place in Chicago by Miss Virginia Arnold, of Washington, national executive secretary of the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage. Democratic protest led to the removal of several of the banners after the necessary permission of owners of buildings had been secured and the street signs hung.

Campaign in Illinois. One of the big Woman's Party street banners bein...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Photograph of banner hanging from building. Banner: "Women voters, you have the vote. Get it for all American women. Vote against Wilson. He opposes national woman suffrage... More

[Row house, 717 Princeton Place, N.W., Washington, D.C.]

[Row house, 717 Princeton Place, N.W., Washington, D.C.]

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J.A. Reynolds, residence at 33 Beekman Place, New York, New York. General view, living room

J.A. Reynolds, residence at 33 Beekman Place, New York, New York. Gene...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic place interior, salon, hall lobby, living room, 18th-19th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Lightbrown sketches of houses. House on Hawthorne Place I

Lightbrown sketches of houses. House on Hawthorne Place I

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Lightbrown sketches of houses. House on Hawthorne Place VI

Lightbrown sketches of houses. House on Hawthorne Place VI

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Potomac Electric Power Co. substations. G Place N.W. substation

Potomac Electric Power Co. substations. G Place N.W. substation

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Poor white hallway, Georgetown, D.C. Seldom do these people have even the desire to clear up rubbish, and the broom shown here seems to be out of place

Poor white hallway, Georgetown, D.C. Seldom do these people have even ...

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Woman at sewing machine in New York City tailor shop on University Place near 11th Street

Woman at sewing machine in New York City tailor shop on University Pla...

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Barn erection. Nailing gable ends in place. Southeast Missouri Farms Project

Barn erection. Nailing gable ends in place. Southeast Missouri Farms P...

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

A black and white photo of a man building a house, Great Depression. F...

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

Southeast Missouri Farms Project. House erection. Shop assembled trusses are raised in place by regular erection crew of five men. No scaffolding is necessary for this operation

Southeast Missouri Farms Project. House erection. Shop assembled truss...

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New England hurricane. Tree down on H.L. Beer's place near Worcester, Massachusetts

New England hurricane. Tree down on H.L. Beer's place near Worcester, ...

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

Putting steel straps in place to hold pressed cotton after pressure has been removed, Lehi, Arkansas cotton gin

Putting steel straps in place to hold pressed cotton after pressure ha...

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

Section of a locomotive frame, which will be welded to replace a broken locomotive frame, Chicago, Ill. Workman is indicating what place must be cut. At the 40th Street shop of C&NWRR

Section of a locomotive frame, which will be welded to replace a broke...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a railway worker, railroad, locomotive repair shop, industrial facility, early 20th-century industry, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of men working in a field, North Carolina. Farm Security Administration photograph

A black and white photo of men working in a field, North Carolina. Far...

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A man sitting on top of a hay bale next to a horse. Great Depression FFSA / OWI Negatives

A man sitting on top of a hay bale next to a horse. Great Depression F...

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

A man standing next to a horse in front of a barn. Great Depression FFSA / OWI Negatives

A man standing next to a horse in front of a barn. Great Depression FF...

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Alabama. Farmers during Great Depression. An old black and white photo of two women.

Alabama. Farmers during Great Depression. An old black and white photo...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a woman working, women labor, 1940s, economic conditions, home front, world war two, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Hanna furnaces of the Great Lakes Steel Corporation, Detroit, Mich. General view showing tank which stores gas from the coke oven. Square building and extension in middle ground is where coal is fed to a feeder belt and then transferred to a storage place on top of the coke oven. The coal is then dropped into three inverted bottle-like containers and from there fed directly into the coke ovens

Hanna furnaces of the Great Lakes Steel Corporation, Detroit, Mich. Ge...

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Carpenter at Hercules powder plant in his room in Sunday clothes, workclothes on the floor in front of him. He came here a month ago from Long Branch, West Virginia. Pays eight dollars a week room and board. Left his family at home. Would send for them if he could find a decent place to live. Radford, Virginia

Carpenter at Hercules powder plant in his room in Sunday clothes, work...

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

Michael Du Mond, former gunshop proprietor in Wisconsin, came to Hartford in August to work at Colts at forty dollars a week, and has received several raises since. It took him four months to find a place for his wife and two children, namely a hotel apartment for sixty dollars a month, eating all meals out. Now they have a very hot small attic apartment, third floor, for thirty dollars a month, and no place for children to play. Hartford, Connecticut

Michael Du Mond, former gunshop proprietor in Wisconsin, came to Hartf...

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

Traffic on the main street of Fayetteville, North Carolina at about five o'clock, when the workers start coming out of Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Seen from the "old market place" in the center of Fayetteville

Traffic on the main street of Fayetteville, North Carolina at about fi...

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Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). The push for the navy is supplied by huge propellers such as these. This four-bladed monster, cast in one place, is being inspected before it is installed on a warship

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). The push for the navy is supplied by...

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

Door assembled in place alongside old door. Screen door construction demonstration. Charles County, La Plata, Maryland

Door assembled in place alongside old door. Screen door construction d...

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

Threshing wheat on Beerman's ranch at Emblem, Wyoming. He has about 160 acres (quarter section), about forty-three in wheat, the rest in oats, beans, and alfalfa. This year he is getting between fifty-five and sixty bushels per acre, whereas ordinarily he gets about forty bushels wheat per acre. He has lived on the place forty years and owned it for the past twenty.

Threshing wheat on Beerman's ranch at Emblem, Wyoming. He has about 16...

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Steers. Cruzen Ranch, Valley County, Idaho. Mr. Cruzen buys in the early spring, feeds grass during summer, and sells off every steer on place in the fall

Steers. Cruzen Ranch, Valley County, Idaho. Mr. Cruzen buys in the ear...

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Helper on wagonload of wheat to be threshed on Beerman's ranch at Emblem, Wyoming. He has about 150 acres in all (quarter section), about forty-three in wheat; the rest in oats, beans, and alfalfa. This year they are getting between fifty-five and sixty bushels wheat per acre, whereas ordinarily he gets about forty bushels per acre. He has lived on the place forty years, owned it for the past twenty years

Helper on wagonload of wheat to be threshed on Beerman's ranch at Embl...

Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, railway, train car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Decatur, Alabama. Ingalls Shipbuilding Company. Lowering into place one of the sides of the stern of a barge under construction

Decatur, Alabama. Ingalls Shipbuilding Company. Lowering into place on...

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Columbia Steel Company at Geneva, Utah. Steel and concrete go into place rapidly as a new steel mill takes form. The new plant will make important additions to the vast amount of steel needed for the war effort

Columbia Steel Company at Geneva, Utah. Steel and concrete go into pla...

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Transformer manufacture. Forming the heart of the giant transformers which manufacture power for America's war production plants, these spools of copper wire are lifted by a crane, guided into place by a worker. Westinghouse, Sharon, Pennsylvania

Transformer manufacture. Forming the heart of the giant transformers w...

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.

Production. War housing trailers. The front end section of a war housing trailer goes into place at the Los Angeles plant of Western Trailer Company. Plastic wheel wells, which will shortly be covered by cabinet work, are made of paper impregnated with a special hardening solution and formed over molds. This material is a very satisfactory substitute for the steel formerly used

Production. War housing trailers. The front end section of a war housi...

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

Decatur, Alabama. Ingalls Shipbuilding Company. A section of a ship's bottom being lowered into place. The signal means "boom up"

Decatur, Alabama. Ingalls Shipbuilding Company. A section of a ship's ...

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

New York, New York. Italian-American shoemaker on duty as an air raid warden at sector headquarters on Waverly Place

New York, New York. Italian-American shoemaker on duty as an air raid ...

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Bethlehem Fairfield shipyards, near Baltimore, Maryland. Construction of a Liberty ship. On the twenty-fourth day the ship is ready for launching. The christening platform is in place

Bethlehem Fairfield shipyards, near Baltimore, Maryland. Construction ...

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Fort Madison, Iowa. W. Phillips pushing a truck wheel in place under an engine being wheeled at the Shopton locomotive shops of the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad

Fort Madison, Iowa. W. Phillips pushing a truck wheel in place under a...

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

New York, New York. Air raid wardens having a meeting at sector headquarters on Waverly Place. The two men in the center on the couch are Italian-American

New York, New York. Air raid wardens having a meeting at sector headqu...

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Arlington, Virginia. Citizens being checked to verify payment of poll tax and proper registration before receiving ballots for the national presidental election. A fire hose wagon is in the background of the firehouse where the voting is taking place

Arlington, Virginia. Citizens being checked to verify payment of poll ...

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

Harvey Newins, residence at 1 Beekman Place, New York City. Guest room bed

Harvey Newins, residence at 1 Beekman Place, New York City. Guest room...

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Harvey Newins, residence at 1 Beekman Place, New York City. Dining room II

Harvey Newins, residence at 1 Beekman Place, New York City. Dining roo...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic place interior, salon, hall lobby, living room, 18th-19th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Houses for Britain. Workmen putting front door into place in model of pre-fabricated temporary emergency house of the type which it is planned to ship to Great Britain under lend-lease, at Scott Circle, Washington, D.C.

Houses for Britain. Workmen putting front door into place in model of ...

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

[Paul Rudolph's penthouse apartment, 23 Beekman Place, New York City. Plan, second level. Photograph]

[Paul Rudolph's penthouse apartment, 23 Beekman Place, New York City. ...

Forms part of: The Paul Rudolph Archive. Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 2001:126.1.4

A Sophisticated new concept in discotheques, Later at Act II (is the name of the place)

A Sophisticated new concept in discotheques, Later at Act II (is the n...

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John Bowman pitching horseshoes with Michael Bowman looking on at the Posey-Saxon swimming hole and summer horseshoe meeting place

John Bowman pitching horseshoes with Michael Bowman looking on at the ...

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

Mrs. Surratt's boarding house, on left, place where Lincoln conspirators met. 604 H St., NW, Washington, D.C.

Mrs. Surratt's boarding house, on left, place where Lincoln conspirato...

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of District of Columbia Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Pr... More

Mt. Vernon Place United Methodist Church, NW, Washington, D.C.

Mt. Vernon Place United Methodist Church, NW, Washington, D.C.

Founded in 1850 as a local church in Washington, D.C. for the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. What started with 50 members quadrupled in size until the Civil War when membership dropped significantly. After ... More

Gallery Place on 7th Street, NW in Washington, D.C.

Gallery Place on 7th Street, NW in Washington, D.C.

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Photograph taken in the 1980s before they were demolish... More

Thomas Parsomidis, Shoe Shinning [i.e., Shining] Parlor, 8 North Main St. Boy said business is bad. Place closed most of the time. He and another own the shop. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts.

Thomas Parsomidis, Shoe Shinning [i.e., Shining] Parlor, 8 North Main ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of city street life, vendor, shop sign, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

New Bedford, Pennsylvania. An eating place near the Greyhound bus stop

New Bedford, Pennsylvania. An eating place near the Greyhound bus stop

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[Two illustrations, one depicting couple lounging in front of fire place, another depicting Native Americans dancing or performing a ceremony and carrying weapons, one drinks from a bottle]

[Two illustrations, one depicting couple lounging in front of fire pla...

Caption for illus. at lower right reads: Social life in the occident. A western house-warming. Illus. in: Puck, 1886 Sept. 29, p. 69.

Main Street and Market Square [i.e. Commercial Place], Norfolk, Virginia

Main Street and Market Square [i.e. Commercial Place], Norfolk, Virgin...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a historic market square, downtown, commercial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC INFORMATION. EXTERIOR OF QUARTERS ON JACKSON PLACE

COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC INFORMATION. EXTERIOR OF QUARTERS ON JACKSON PLACE

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Watts Bar steam plant. Detailed view of entrance portion of steam plant. For general description see K 2675. Large opening leads to lobby which gives access to stairs, overlook balcony, and toilets. Lobby is separated from turbine hall by a similar glazed opening. A direct view can be had from outside toward impressive generators. Note hooded slits which take place of windows in boiler room portion. Design facilities blackout and, also, prevents annoyance from soot which normally accumulates on glass panes

Watts Bar steam plant. Detailed view of entrance portion of steam plan...

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Starts electric ball rolling. Morris L. Cooke, head of Rural Electrification Administration, puts his approval on seven rural projects which will place electricity in about 7,000 [...] farm [...] homes at a cost of $1,274,000. These homes, in the most part, have never been lighted by electricity. The projects are in Indiana, Tennessee, Ohio, Texas, Iowa, and Nebr. About 1,125 miles of lines will be constructed. 11/4/35

Starts electric ball rolling. Morris L. Cooke, head of Rural Electrifi...

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

BREAKS UP CABINET MEETING. WASHINGTON, D.C. MAY 21. THE SUDDEN AND SURPRISING APPEARANCE OF SECRETARY OF THE NAVY SWANSON AT THE WHITE HOUSE, CAUSED PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT TO ADJOURN THE CABINET MEETING THAT WAS TAKING PLACE. SEC. SWANSON HAD BEEN ILL FOR SEVERAL MONTHS, BUT IS NOW ON THE WAY TO RECOVERY

BREAKS UP CABINET MEETING. WASHINGTON, D.C. MAY 21. THE SUDDEN AND SUR...

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

The home of Max Sparks and family near Long Lake, Wisconsin. The family was forced to move from the place they were buying to this shack because of inability to pay three dollars monthly which was the basis of the contract. In moving from one county to another they have jeopardized their qualifications for receiving relief

The home of Max Sparks and family near Long Lake, Wisconsin. The famil...

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

Southeast Missouri Farms Project. Field house erection. Fitting gable ends in place

Southeast Missouri Farms Project. Field house erection. Fitting gable ...

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

Middleton Place, Ashley River vic., Dorchester County, South Carolina

Middleton Place, Ashley River vic., Dorchester County, South Carolina

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

Middleton Place, Ashley River vic., Dorchester County, South Carolina

Middleton Place, Ashley River vic., Dorchester County, South Carolina

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Southeast Missouri Farms Project. House erection. Fastening gable end in place

Southeast Missouri Farms Project. House erection. Fastening gable end ...

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A black and white photo of a group of men in a field, North Carolina. Farm Security Administration photograph

A black and white photo of a group of men in a field, North Carolina. ...

Public domain photograph of military personnel, army, militia, infantry, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a group of men in a field, North Carolina. Farm Security Administration photograph

A black and white photo of a group of men in a field, North Carolina. ...

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

Adding a length of drilling pipe at oil well in Seminole oil field, Oklahoma. Clamps are put in place

Adding a length of drilling pipe at oil well in Seminole oil field, Ok...

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

General town meeting place: the park. Lakeland, Florida

General town meeting place: the park. Lakeland, Florida

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

A black and white photo of a group of men sitting at a table, Florida. Farm Security Administration photograph

A black and white photo of a group of men sitting at a table, Florida....

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

General town meeting place: the park. Lakeland, Forida

General town meeting place: the park. Lakeland, Forida

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

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

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

Public domain photograph of a historic place in Florida, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A group of men sitting on top of a wooden bench, North Carolina. Farm Security Administration photograph

A group of men sitting on top of a wooden bench, North Carolina. Farm ...

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 group of men standing next to each other in a field, North Carolina. Farm Security Administration photograph

A group of men standing next to each other in a field, North Carolina....

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

A black and white photo of a person's hand on a tree, North Carolina. Farm Security Administration photograph

A black and white photo of a person's hand on a tree, North Carolina. ...

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

Mrs. Elmer Thomas, migrant to California, putting the front seat of their truck in place preparatory to departure from Muskogee, Oklahoma

Mrs. Elmer Thomas, migrant to California, putting the front seat of th...

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

Putting the nose section of a mighty transport plane in place in the fuselage mating fixture at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, Texas

Putting the nose section of a mighty transport plane in place in the f...

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

An old photo of a man sitting on a bench, Florida. Farm Security Administration photograph

An old photo of a man sitting on a bench, Florida. Farm Security Admin...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of worker, marketplace, vendor, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A group of men standing next to a pile of plants, North Carolina. Farm Security Administration photograph

A group of men standing next to a pile of plants, North Carolina. Farm...

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

Civilian defense poster. There's a place for every American in the Civilian Defense program as proclaimed in the striking poster above, designed by Charles Tudor, and issued today in two colors by the Office of War Information (OWI). The poster emphasizes the basic emblem of the Office of Civilian Defense. It is printed in red and blue, and is being distributed by state and local defense councils throughout the nation. Poster designed by Charles Tudor, distributed by the Office of Civilian Defense. It is printed in red and blue on white. Copies may be obtained from state and local councils

Civilian defense poster. There's a place for every American in the Civ...

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

Main hotel in Ouray, Colorado. This is a historic old meeting place where the old timers talked over plans and developments when the town and section was booming

Main hotel in Ouray, Colorado. This is a historic old meeting place wh...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commercial building, downtown, shopping center, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Place for stovepipe is obtained by leaving a hole in the roof of an adobe house. Costilla, New Mexico

Place for stovepipe is obtained by leaving a hole in the roof of an ad...

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

Florida migratory agricultural workers arrive at their new home near Onley, Virginia. There is no store at this place and the only drinking water is at the next farm

Florida migratory agricultural workers arrive at their new home near O...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Spanish-American farmer fitting floor step into place. Amalia, New Mexico. The Spanish-Americans are adept in carpentry and cabinet work

Spanish-American farmer fitting floor step into place. Amalia, New Mex...

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

Tractors have taken the place of the mule and the plow on Hopson Plantation, where day labor is used almost exclusively, displacing the old tenants on the place. Clarksdale, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi

Tractors have taken the place of the mule and the plow on Hopson Plant...

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

Tractors have taken the place of the mule and the plow on Hopson Plantation where day labor is used almost exclusively, displacing the old tenants on the place. Clarksdale, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi

Tractors have taken the place of the mule and the plow on Hopson Plant...

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

A black and white photo of a small cabin in the snow, Vermont. Farm Security Administration photogrpaph.

A black and white photo of a small cabin in the snow, Vermont. Farm Se...

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

Mr. and Mrs. George Hutton, their son, and grandson at dinner. The younger Mr. Hutton homesteaded his own place, but he is now a widower and lives and farms with his father. Pie Town, New Mexico

Mr. and Mrs. George Hutton, their son, and grandson at dinner. The you...

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

Tractors have taken the place of the mule and the plow on Hopson Plantation where day labor is used almost exclusively, displacing the old tenants on the place. Clarksdale, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi

Tractors have taken the place of the mule and the plow on Hopson Plant...

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

Tractors have taken the place of the mule and the plow on Hopson plantation, where day labor is used almost exclusively, displacing the old tenants on the place. Clarksdale, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi

Tractors have taken the place of the mule and the plow on Hopson plant...

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

Day labor now is used almost exclusively on Hopson Plantation, displacing the old tenants on the place. Cotton choppers are hired in nearby towns for seventy-five cents to one dollar a day and trucked to the plantation. Clarksdale, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi

Day labor now is used almost exclusively on Hopson Plantation, displac...

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New machine to speed up statistics of census of 1940. Washington, D.C., Dec. 2. Back in 1870, it took 7 years to compile statistics from the facts taken by census takers, but in the next 10 years, Herman Hollerith invented a 'unit tabulator,' shown on left of photo being operated by Operator Ann Oliver. This machine is fed cards containing census information at the rate of 400 a minute and from these, 12 separate bits of statistical information is extracted. Not so long ago, Eugene M. La Boiteaux, Census Bureau inventor, turned out a smaller, more compact machine, which extracts 58 statistics from 150 cards per minute. This machine is shown on the right and is being operated by Virginia Balinger, Assistant Supervisor of the current Inquiry Section. With the aid of this machine, statistical information from the 1940 census is expected to be compiled in 2 1/2 years. The secret of the machine lies in the cards. The written information taken by census takers is brought in and the data translated into code numbers which are punched on the card, and the legible data is locked up in vaults away from prying eyes. Cards are fed into the machine, sensitive steel fingers feel out the punches, set up electrical impulses, and in no time at all, the card has set down on the large sheet just what statistic from each individual goes in what place

New machine to speed up statistics of census of 1940. Washington, D.C....

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Negro woman who has not yet found a place to move out of the Hinesville Army camp area. Near Hinesville, Georgia

Negro woman who has not yet found a place to move out of the Hinesvill...

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Four Freedoms and Arsenal of Democracy posters. Assembly workers are nearly ready to put the final section of the huge 15 x 30 foot photmontage The Four Freedoms in place. On the other side of the scaffolding was the Arsenal of Democracy panel, equal in size. The two were displayed in Defense Square, Washington for a month beginning November 7, 1941. Designed for the Office of Emergency Management (OEM) by the eminent poster artist Jean Carlu, they were shown first in New York and after the Washington showing went on a tour of many cities throughout the country

Four Freedoms and Arsenal of Democracy posters. Assembly workers are n...

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William F. Crosby, residence on Stellar Place, Pelham Manor, New York. Model railroad, Mr. Crosby at work

William F. Crosby, residence on Stellar Place, Pelham Manor, New York....

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Mr. George Perry, one of the farmers still in the Pine Camp expansion area near New York. He has not yet been able to find a place to move to

Mr. George Perry, one of the farmers still in the Pine Camp expansion ...

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Window frame with screen supplied. The top strip has been nailed in place. The screen is then stretched and fastened at the sill. Screening demonstration. Charles County, La Plata, Maryland

Window frame with screen supplied. The top strip has been nailed in pl...

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And this is also a poor place. Sunlight causes some foods to fade. Direct sunshine makes too much heat for the jars

And this is also a poor place. Sunlight causes some foods to fade. Dir...

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Threshing wheat on Beerman's ranch at Emblem, Wyoming. He has about 160 acres (quarter section), about forty-three in wheat, the rest in oats, beans, and alfalfa. This year he is getting between fifty-five and sixty bushels per acre, whereas ordinarily he gets about forty bushels wheat per acre. He has lived on the place forty years and owned it for the past twenty.

Threshing wheat on Beerman's ranch at Emblem, Wyoming. He has about 16...

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Production. Parachute cloth and shrouds. Silk parachute cloth is washed in an Eastern plant in this continuous machine, following a de-gumming process. Some of this silk, which came from Japan, may pay a surprise visit on its place of origin

Production. Parachute cloth and shrouds. Silk parachute cloth is washe...

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