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Du Pont smokeless shotgun powder - the standard of the world

Du Pont smokeless shotgun powder - the standard of the world

Print showing a brood of quail nesting in tall grass. Copyright 1913 by E.I. Dupont de Nemours Powder Company, Wilmington, Del.

Carpenter employed at Hercules powder plant in the parlor of Mrs. Prichard's boardinghouse. Radford, Virginia

Carpenter employed at Hercules powder plant in the parlor of Mrs. Pric...

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This movie tent opened with great expectations but closed down three days later for lack of attendance. At Kymulga, near Childersburg, Alabama. Kymulga is the closest village to the powder plant

This movie tent opened with great expectations but closed down three d...

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

In a trailer camp in Childersburg, Alabama. Many workmen and their families living here are either waiting for job openings or already have jobs at the nearby powder plant

In a trailer camp in Childersburg, Alabama. Many workmen and their fam...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a child of a farmer, migrant worker, Great Depression era, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A bunkhouse for workers in the nearby powder plant. Childersburg, Alabama

A bunkhouse for workers in the nearby powder plant. Childersburg, Alab...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of a factory, warehouse, commercial or industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Bunkhouses being built by a farmer in expectation of the increase in employment at the nearby powder plant. Childersburg, Alabama

Bunkhouses being built by a farmer in expectation of the increase in e...

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Kymulga trailer park built to accomodate workers as a result of the expected increase of employment at the nearby powder plant. Near Childersburg, Alabama

Kymulga trailer park built to accomodate workers as a result of the ex...

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Discarded stockingss go to war. Spools of silk thread, salvaged from discarded stockings ready for packing and shipment to weaving mills which will convert the thread into cloth for the making of powder bags

Discarded stockingss go to war. Spools of silk thread, salvaged from d...

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

Service Women's Lounge, Broad St. Station, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Powder room, from corner

Service Women's Lounge, Broad St. Station, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania....

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

Service Women's Lounge, Broad St. Station, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Powder room, large mirror

Service Women's Lounge, Broad St. Station, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania....

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Powder House, Green Street, Marblehead, Essex County, MA

Powder House, Green Street, Marblehead, Essex County, MA

Survey number: HABS MA-2-67 Building/structure dates: 1755 Initial Construction

State Powder Magazines & Administration Buildings, Charleston Neck, Charleston, Charleston County, SC

State Powder Magazines & Administration Buildings, Charleston Neck, Ch...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-6 Survey number: HABS SC-13-13 Building/structure dates: after 1820 Initial Construction

State Powder Magazines & Administration Buildings, Charleston Neck, Charleston, Charleston County, SC

State Powder Magazines & Administration Buildings, Charleston Neck, Ch...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-6 Survey number: HABS SC-13-13 Building/structure dates: after 1820 Initial Construction

Powder Magazine, Magazine Lane, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Powder Magazine, Magazine Lane, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-64 Survey number: HABS PA-124 Building/structure dates: 1808 Initial Construction

Fort de Chartres, Powder Magazine, Fort de Chartres State Park, Prairie du Rocher, Randolph County, IL

Fort de Chartres, Powder Magazine, Fort de Chartres State Park, Prairi...

Survey number: HABS IL-288 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000329

Presidio of San Francisco, Powder Magazine, Graham Street, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Presidio of San Francisco, Powder Magazine, Graham Street, San Francis...

Survey number: HABS CA-1213 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000232

Heckert Oil Pumping Jack, 0.6 mile North of Connoquenessing Creek, 0.15 mile East of Powder Mill Creek, Renfrew, Butler County, PA

Heckert Oil Pumping Jack, 0.6 mile North of Connoquenessing Creek, 0.1...

Significance: Historically significant as a relatively rare survivor of the early-twentieth-century oil industry in southwestern Pennsylvania; manufactured by a short-lived, small manufacturing division of the ... More

Powder Springs Bridge, Spanning Flat Creek at Dale Road, Powder Springs, Grainger County, TN

Powder Springs Bridge, Spanning Flat Creek at Dale Road, Powder Spring...

Significance: The bridge is a representative example of the Pratt half-hip truss and of the work of the Converse Bridge Company of Chattanooga, Tennessee. Survey number: HAER TN-24 Building/structure dates: 1... More

Powder Springs Bridge, Spanning Flat Creek at Dale Road, Powder Springs, Grainger County, TN

Powder Springs Bridge, Spanning Flat Creek at Dale Road, Powder Spring...

Significance: The bridge is a representative example of the Pratt half-hip truss and of the work of the Converse Bridge Company of Chattanooga, Tennessee. Survey number: HAER TN-24 Building/structure dates: 1... More

Ogden Arsenal, Black Powder Screening Building, 7745 Navajo Way, Layton, Davis County, UT

Ogden Arsenal, Black Powder Screening Building, 7745 Navajo Way, Layto...

Significance: Building 2002 housed the Black Powder screening and blending operations for primers used in 37mm anti-tank ammunition that was produced at Ogden Arsenal during World War II. The building provides... More

Unknown, 1797, Essay on Charcoal and Gun Powder, with Chimney Plan
Powder River Bridge, County Road 269, Leiter, Sheridan County, WY

Powder River Bridge, County Road 269, Leiter, Sheridan County, WY

Significance: This through truss, consisting of a Pratt and a Warren span, presents classic configurations of the two truss types. One of the earlier rigid connected vehicular trusses in Wyoming, it presents a... More

Fort Spokane, Powder Magazine, Lincoln, Lincoln County, WA

Fort Spokane, Powder Magazine, Lincoln, Lincoln County, WA

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-27 Survey number: HABS WA-111-D

Monomoy Point Light Station, Approximately 3500 feet Northeast Powder Hole Pond, Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge, Chatham, Barnstable County, MA

Monomoy Point Light Station, Approximately 3500 feet Northeast Powder ...

Significance: Originally built in response to Federal period growth in coastal traffic, the Monomoy Point Light Station is now significant as an early example of cast-iron light construction for a secondary, fi... More

Fortin de San Jeronimo, Powder House, San Juan, San Juan Municipio, PR

Fortin de San Jeronimo, Powder House, San Juan, San Juan Municipio, PR

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-5 Survey number: HABS PR-46 Building/structure dates: ca. 1769 Initial Construction

Fort McHenry, Powder Magazine, East Fort Avenue at Whetstone Point, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Fort McHenry, Powder Magazine, East Fort Avenue at Whetstone Point, Ba...

Significance: This structure, built about 1800, in its original form played an important part in the bombardment of Fort McHenry, September 13-14, 1814. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structur... More

3600 Old Lost Mountain Road (House), Powder Springs, Cobb County, GA

3600 Old Lost Mountain Road (House), Powder Springs, Cobb County, GA

Significance: This vernacular dwelling with Greek Revival-style features retains its ca. 1850s central hallway design and use of materials. The building has been altered, but the changes are concentrated mostly... More

South Fork Powder River Bridge, On West Service Road of I-25, Kaycee, Johnson County, WY

South Fork Powder River Bridge, On West Service Road of I-25, Kaycee, ...

Public domain scan of architectural drawing, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Powder House, Mount Hope Street, Oldtown, North Attleboro, Bristol County, MA

Powder House, Mount Hope Street, Oldtown, North Attleboro, Bristol Cou...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-14 Survey number: HABS MA-148 Building/structure dates: 1768 Initial Construction

Benicia Arsenal, Powder Magazine No. 5, Junction of Interstate Highways 680 & 780, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Powder Magazine No. 5, Junction of Interstate Highway...

Significance: Part of post-Spanish-American War spurt in building, this powder magazine was part of a pair (see CA-1839-1). Building #13 (Powder Magazine No. 4) was demolished for a freeway intersection. / The... More

Benicia Arsenal, Powder Magazine No. 5, Junction of Interstate Highways 680 & 780, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Powder Magazine No. 5, Junction of Interstate Highway...

Significance: Part of post-Spanish-American War spurt in building, this powder magazine was part of a pair (see CA-1839-1). Building #13 (Powder Magazine No. 4) was demolished for a freeway intersection. / The... More

Benicia Arsenal, Powder Magazine No. 5, Junction of Interstate Highways 680 & 780, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Powder Magazine No. 5, Junction of Interstate Highway...

Significance: Part of post-Spanish-American War spurt in building, this powder magazine was part of a pair (see CA-1839-1). Building #13 (Powder Magazine No. 4) was demolished for a freeway intersection. / The... More

Benicia Arsenal, Powder Magazine No. 2, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Powder Magazine No. 2, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Significance: This powder magazine, constructed in 1857, is almost an exact copy of the first stone magazine at the arsenal, which had been constructed the year before, and which also survives. Both are low, m... More

Kolb House, Powder Springs Road, Kennesaw, Cobb County, GA

Kolb House, Powder Springs Road, Kennesaw, Cobb County, GA

Significance: Relatively rare example of Georgia frontier vernacular architecture. Part of the Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park, which preserves and interprets the area where Federal forces, led by G... More

Kolb House, Powder Springs Road, Kennesaw, Cobb County, GA

Kolb House, Powder Springs Road, Kennesaw, Cobb County, GA

Significance: Relatively rare example of Georgia frontier vernacular architecture. Part of the Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park, which preserves and interprets the area where Federal forces, led by G... More

Kolb House, Powder Springs Road, Kennesaw, Cobb County, GA

Kolb House, Powder Springs Road, Kennesaw, Cobb County, GA

Significance: Relatively rare example of Georgia frontier vernacular architecture. Part of the Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park, which preserves and interprets the area where Federal forces, led by G... More

Kolb House, Powder Springs Road, Kennesaw, Cobb County, GA

Kolb House, Powder Springs Road, Kennesaw, Cobb County, GA

Significance: Relatively rare example of Georgia frontier vernacular architecture. Part of the Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park, which preserves and interprets the area where Federal forces, led by G... More

Picatinny Arsenal, 500 Area, Powder Factory & Power House, State Route 15 near I-80, Dover, Morris County, NJ

Picatinny Arsenal, 500 Area, Powder Factory & Power House, State Route...

Significance: Originally built as a depot for storage of powder and other armaments, during the 20th century Picatinny Arsenal became a leading facility for the research, development and production of munitions... More

Picatinny Arsenal, 500 Area, Powder Factory & Power House, State Route 15 near I-80, Dover, Morris County, NJ

Picatinny Arsenal, 500 Area, Powder Factory & Power House, State Route...

Significance: Originally built as a depot for storage of powder and other armaments, during the 20th century Picatinny Arsenal became a leading facility for the research, development and production of munitions... More

Picatinny Arsenal, 500 Area, Powder Factory & Power House, State Route 15 near I-80, Dover, Morris County, NJ

Picatinny Arsenal, 500 Area, Powder Factory & Power House, State Route...

Significance: Originally built as a depot for storage of powder and other armaments, during the 20th century Picatinny Arsenal became a leading facility for the research, development and production of munitions... More

Picatinny Arsenal, 500 Area, Powder Factory & Power House, State Route 15 near I-80, Dover, Morris County, NJ

Picatinny Arsenal, 500 Area, Powder Factory & Power House, State Route...

Significance: Originally built as a depot for storage of powder and other armaments, during the 20th century Picatinny Arsenal became a leading facility for the research, development and production of munitions... More

Picatinny Arsenal, 500 Area, Powder Factory & Power House, State Route 15 near I-80, Dover, Morris County, NJ

Picatinny Arsenal, 500 Area, Powder Factory & Power House, State Route...

Significance: Originally built as a depot for storage of powder and other armaments, during the 20th century Picatinny Arsenal became a leading facility for the research, development and production of munitions... More

Picatinny Arsenal, 500 Area, Powder Factory & Power House, State Route 15 near I-80, Dover, Morris County, NJ

Picatinny Arsenal, 500 Area, Powder Factory & Power House, State Route...

Significance: Originally built as a depot for storage of powder and other armaments, during the 20th century Picatinny Arsenal became a leading facility for the research, development and production of munitions... More

Picatinny Arsenal, 500 Area, Powder Factory & Power House, State Route 15 near I-80, Dover, Morris County, NJ

Picatinny Arsenal, 500 Area, Powder Factory & Power House, State Route...

Significance: Originally built as a depot for storage of powder and other armaments, during the 20th century Picatinny Arsenal became a leading facility for the research, development and production of munitions... More

Picatinny Arsenal, 500 Area, Powder Factory & Power House, State Route 15 near I-80, Dover, Morris County, NJ

Picatinny Arsenal, 500 Area, Powder Factory & Power House, State Route...

Significance: Originally built as a depot for storage of powder and other armaments, during the 20th century Picatinny Arsenal became a leading facility for the research, development and production of munitions... More

Picatinny Arsenal, 500 Area, Powder Factory & Power House, State Route 15 near I-80, Dover, Morris County, NJ

Picatinny Arsenal, 500 Area, Powder Factory & Power House, State Route...

Significance: Originally built as a depot for storage of powder and other armaments, during the 20th century Picatinny Arsenal became a leading facility for the research, development and production of munitions... More

Silver's wash powder, saves time, labor, money!

Silver's wash powder, saves time, labor, money!

LOT subject: Washing powders. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyright by Ziegler & Smith.

Confederate States Powder Works Chimney, Goodrich Street, Augusta, Richmond County, GA

Confederate States Powder Works Chimney, Goodrich Street, Augusta, Ric...

Survey number: HABS GA-1101 Public domain photograph related to Confederate States of America, American Civil War, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Palm Beach residence. Robert D. Huntington, residence on Travellers Way, powder room

Palm Beach residence. Robert D. Huntington, residence on Travellers Wa...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a living room, salon, office, late 19th-century interior, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Making tortillas in bake shop, San Antonio, Texas. Tortillas are made of corn flour which is very finely ground and mashed corn. No moisture or baking powder or salt is added

Making tortillas in bake shop, San Antonio, Texas. Tortillas are made ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of catering, dinner table arrangement, caterer, restaurant, food, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Unpicked cotton lying in field in front of billboard offering to cash powder plant paychecks. Many, who in other years would be picking cotton, are now employed at the powder plant. Millington, Tennessee

Unpicked cotton lying in field in front of billboard offering to cash ...

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

Workers from the nearby powder plant waiting for dinner on the porch of their boarding house. Childersburg, Alabama

Workers from the nearby powder plant waiting for dinner on the porch o...

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

Filling out applications for employment at the Du Pont powder plant near Childersburg, at the employment office in Sylacauga, Alabama

Filling out applications for employment at the Du Pont powder plant ne...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a child of a farmer, migrant worker, Great Depression era, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The Kymulga Trailer park, just completed, and ready to accommodate future employees at the nearby powder works. Near Childersburg, Alabama

The Kymulga Trailer park, just completed, and ready to accommodate fut...

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

A black and white photo of a street at night. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a street at night. Office of War Informatio...

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

Workers from the nearby powder plant having dinner at their boarding house in Childersburg, Alabama

Workers from the nearby powder plant having dinner at their boarding h...

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

Childersburg, Alabama. Cousa Court defense housing project. Dupont powder plant defense worker, Albert Forest Smith, JR., and his wife, Fay Saunders Smith, look forward to using their car for the duration of the war, by slow driving and constant care

Childersburg, Alabama. Cousa Court defense housing project. Dupont pow...

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Childersburg, Alabama. Cousa Court defense housing project. Mr. Smith and his wife, both defense workers in the Dupont powder plant, follow the course of the war through the local paper

Childersburg, Alabama. Cousa Court defense housing project. Mr. Smith ...

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"Here's where your parachute came from," Deena Clark, civilian defense volunteer tells Technical Sergeant Leo Matkins of the Army Air Corps. The worn out nylon stockings in this barrel full of salvaged stockings will be reprocessed and made into parachutes for army fliers, tow ropes for glider planes and other war material. The worn out silk stockings return to service as powder bags for the Army's big guns. The collection is typical of the thousands of salvage stations in retail stores throughout the country, which have collected 626,127 pounds of old silk and nylon stockings in three months. The campaign is directed by local salvage committees

"Here's where your parachute came from," Deena Clark, civilian defense...

Picryl description: Public domain image related to politics, political campaigns, committee, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (vicinity). Montour no. 4 mine of the Pittsburgh Coal Company. Ramming home a powder charge

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (vicinity). Montour no. 4 mine of the Pittsbu...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a coal mine, mining, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Roanoke station of the Norfolk and Western Railroad, Roanoke, Virginia. Powder room

Roanoke station of the Norfolk and Western Railroad, Roanoke, Virginia...

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

Santa Ana River Hydroelectric System, SAR-1 Powder Magazine, Redlands, San Bernardino County, CA

Santa Ana River Hydroelectric System, SAR-1 Powder Magazine, Redlands,...

Survey number: HAER CA-130-M Building/structure dates: 1898 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1905 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1904 Subsequent Work

State Powder Magazines & Administration Buildings, Charleston Neck, Charleston, Charleston County, SC

State Powder Magazines & Administration Buildings, Charleston Neck, Ch...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-6 Survey number: HABS SC-13-13 Building/structure dates: after 1820 Initial Construction

Powder Works Bridge, Spanning San Lorenzo River, Keystone Way, Paradise Park, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz County, CA

Powder Works Bridge, Spanning San Lorenzo River, Keystone Way, Paradis...

type-4 Smith Truss; 180' long; 2 span Significance: Powder Works Bridge is the second oldest of twenty-one extant Smith truss covered bridges in the United States. It was built in 1872 for the California Powde... More

Heckert Oil Pumping Jack, 0.6 mile North of Connoquenessing Creek, 0.15 mile East of Powder Mill Creek, Renfrew, Butler County, PA

Heckert Oil Pumping Jack, 0.6 mile North of Connoquenessing Creek, 0.1...

Significance: Historically significant as a relatively rare survivor of the early-twentieth-century oil industry in southwestern Pennsylvania; manufactured by a short-lived, small manufacturing division of the ... More

Heckert Oil Pumping Jack, 0.6 mile North of Connoquenessing Creek, 0.15 mile East of Powder Mill Creek, Renfrew, Butler County, PA

Heckert Oil Pumping Jack, 0.6 mile North of Connoquenessing Creek, 0.1...

Significance: Historically significant as a relatively rare survivor of the early-twentieth-century oil industry in southwestern Pennsylvania; manufactured by a short-lived, small manufacturing division of the ... More

DuPont Powder Mill, Hagley Museum, on Brandywine River, Greenville, New Castle County, DE

DuPont Powder Mill, Hagley Museum, on Brandywine River, Greenville, Ne...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-6, FN-7 Survey number: HABS DE-2 Building/structure dates: 1822 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000259

Fort Spokane, Powder Magazine, Lincoln, Lincoln County, WA

Fort Spokane, Powder Magazine, Lincoln, Lincoln County, WA

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-27 Survey number: HABS WA-111-D

Fort Spokane, Powder Magazine, Lincoln, Lincoln County, WA

Fort Spokane, Powder Magazine, Lincoln, Lincoln County, WA

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-27 Survey number: HABS WA-111-D

Monomoy Point Light Station, Approximately 3500 feet Northeast Powder Hole Pond, Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge, Chatham, Barnstable County, MA

Monomoy Point Light Station, Approximately 3500 feet Northeast Powder ...

Significance: Originally built in response to Federal period growth in coastal traffic, the Monomoy Point Light Station is now significant as an early example of cast-iron light construction for a secondary, fi... More

Greenway Court, Powder House, State Route 658 vicinity, White Post, Clarke County, Virginia

Greenway Court, Powder House, State Route 658 vicinity, White Post, Cl...

Survey number: HABS VA-108-B Building/structure dates: ca. 1752 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000829

Powder House, Wiscasset, Lincoln County, ME

Powder House, Wiscasset, Lincoln County, ME

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Fort McHenry, Powder Magazine, East Fort Avenue at Whetstone Point, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Fort McHenry, Powder Magazine, East Fort Avenue at Whetstone Point, Ba...

Significance: This structure, built about 1800, in its original form played an important part in the bombardment of Fort McHenry, September 13-14, 1814. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structur... More

Fort Mifflin, Powder Magazine, Mud Island, Marine & Penrose Ferry Roads, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Fort Mifflin, Powder Magazine, Mud Island, Marine & Penrose Ferry Road...

Significance: The earth-covered west magazine, built about 1866, contains fine example of brick barrel vaulting. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-141 Survey number: HABS PA-1225-G... More

South Fork Powder River Bridge, On West Service Road of I-25, Kaycee, Johnson County, WY
South Fork Powder River Bridge, On West Service Road of I-25, Kaycee, Johnson County, WY

South Fork Powder River Bridge, On West Service Road of I-25, Kaycee, ...

Public domain scan of settlement or building architecture plan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Powder River Bridge, U.S. Highway 14/16, Arvada, Sheridan County, WY

Powder River Bridge, U.S. Highway 14/16, Arvada, Sheridan County, WY

Significance: The Powder River Bridge is a three-span, steel rigid connected continuous Pratt Deck truss. As one of only two major highway deck trusses built in Wyoming, and the only continuous vehicular truss... More

Benicia Arsenal, Powder Magazine No. 5, Junction of Interstate Highways 680 & 780, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Powder Magazine No. 5, Junction of Interstate Highway...

Significance: Part of post-Spanish-American War spurt in building, this powder magazine was part of a pair (see CA-1839-1). Building #13 (Powder Magazine No. 4) was demolished for a freeway intersection. / The... More

Benicia Arsenal, Powder Magazine No. 2, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Powder Magazine No. 2, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Significance: This powder magazine, constructed in 1857, is almost an exact copy of the first stone magazine at the arsenal, which had been constructed the year before, and which also survives. Both are low, m... More

Benicia Arsenal, Powder Magazine No. 2, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Benicia Arsenal, Powder Magazine No. 2, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Significance: This powder magazine, constructed in 1857, is almost an exact copy of the first stone magazine at the arsenal, which had been constructed the year before, and which also survives. Both are low, m... More

Fort Missoula, Powder Magazine, Missoula, Missoula County, MT

Fort Missoula, Powder Magazine, Missoula, Missoula County, MT

Significance: Fear of the recent Indian uprisings led to the establishment of a military post here, six miles southeast of Hell Gate Pass, to protect the Mullan Road. This all important link between Walla Wall... More

Kolb House, Powder Springs Road, Kennesaw, Cobb County, GA

Kolb House, Powder Springs Road, Kennesaw, Cobb County, GA

Significance: Relatively rare example of Georgia frontier vernacular architecture. Part of the Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park, which preserves and interprets the area where Federal forces, led by G... More

Kolb House, Powder Springs Road, Kennesaw, Cobb County, GA

Kolb House, Powder Springs Road, Kennesaw, Cobb County, GA

Significance: Relatively rare example of Georgia frontier vernacular architecture. Part of the Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park, which preserves and interprets the area where Federal forces, led by G... More

Picatinny Arsenal, 500 Area, Powder Factory & Power House, State Route 15 near I-80, Dover, Morris County, NJ

Picatinny Arsenal, 500 Area, Powder Factory & Power House, State Route...

Significance: Originally built as a depot for storage of powder and other armaments, during the 20th century Picatinny Arsenal became a leading facility for the research, development and production of munitions... More

Picatinny Arsenal, 500 Area, Powder Factory & Power House, State Route 15 near I-80, Dover, Morris County, NJ

Picatinny Arsenal, 500 Area, Powder Factory & Power House, State Route...

Significance: Originally built as a depot for storage of powder and other armaments, during the 20th century Picatinny Arsenal became a leading facility for the research, development and production of munitions... More

Picatinny Arsenal, 500 Area, Powder Factory & Power House, State Route 15 near I-80, Dover, Morris County, NJ

Picatinny Arsenal, 500 Area, Powder Factory & Power House, State Route...

Significance: Originally built as a depot for storage of powder and other armaments, during the 20th century Picatinny Arsenal became a leading facility for the research, development and production of munitions... More

Picatinny Arsenal, 500 Area, Powder Factory & Power House, State Route 15 near I-80, Dover, Morris County, NJ

Picatinny Arsenal, 500 Area, Powder Factory & Power House, State Route...

Significance: Originally built as a depot for storage of powder and other armaments, during the 20th century Picatinny Arsenal became a leading facility for the research, development and production of munitions... More

Picatinny Arsenal, 500 Area, Powder Factory & Power House, State Route 15 near I-80, Dover, Morris County, NJ

Picatinny Arsenal, 500 Area, Powder Factory & Power House, State Route...

Significance: Originally built as a depot for storage of powder and other armaments, during the 20th century Picatinny Arsenal became a leading facility for the research, development and production of munitions... More

Picatinny Arsenal, 500 Area, Powder Factory & Power House, State Route 15 near I-80, Dover, Morris County, NJ

Picatinny Arsenal, 500 Area, Powder Factory & Power House, State Route...

Significance: Originally built as a depot for storage of powder and other armaments, during the 20th century Picatinny Arsenal became a leading facility for the research, development and production of munitions... More

Picatinny Arsenal, 500 Area, Powder Factory & Power House, State Route 15 near I-80, Dover, Morris County, NJ

Picatinny Arsenal, 500 Area, Powder Factory & Power House, State Route...

Significance: Originally built as a depot for storage of powder and other armaments, during the 20th century Picatinny Arsenal became a leading facility for the research, development and production of munitions... More

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

Construction workers at Hercules powder plant in their room in boardinghouse. Radford, Virginia

Construction workers at Hercules powder plant in their room in boardin...

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

A group of men standing in front of a building. Office of War Information Photograph

A group of men standing in front of a building. Office of War Informat...

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

FSA (Farm Security Administration) defense housing project seen from the acreage of an old homestead which will be included in the expanding home village of the Hercules Powder Company workers. Radford, Virginia

FSA (Farm Security Administration) defense housing project seen from t...

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

Dormitory and utility trailers for workers at the Atlas Powder Company near Ravenna, Ohio

Dormitory and utility trailers for workers at the Atlas Powder Company...

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Fred B. Williams from Savannah, Georgia, a safety engineer at the powder plant, leaving his home at 803 9th Street. Sunset Village, Radford, Virginia. FSA (Farm Security Administration) project for defense workers

Fred B. Williams from Savannah, Georgia, a safety engineer at the powd...

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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (vicinity). Montour no. 4 mine of the Pittsburgh Coal Company. After a face of coal has been "cleaned up', an electrically driven cutter undercuts the face with a three foot deep cut. Above this undercut, and near the roof of the face, holes are drilled which take the powder or Cordox shell, for shooting down or blasting the cool

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (vicinity). Montour no. 4 mine of the Pittsbu...

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Discarded stockingss go to war. Bales of discarded silk stockings averaging about 1,000 pounds ready for shipment for reprocessing into powder bags

Discarded stockingss go to war. Bales of discarded silk stockings aver...

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Edgar W. Heller, residence at 368 Mt. Prospect Ave., Newark, New Jersey Powder room, fireplace

Edgar W. Heller, residence at 368 Mt. Prospect Ave., Newark, New Jerse...

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Powder Magazine, Magazine Lane, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Powder Magazine, Magazine Lane, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-64 Survey number: HABS PA-124 Building/structure dates: 1808 Initial Construction

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