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First food stamp. Washington, D.C., April 20. The first of the new surplus food stamps came of the presses at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing today. Latest of the administration's plans to reduce the farm surplus, the stamps, of yellow and blue, will be issued to persons on relief who in turn can trade each $1.00 stamp for food worth $1.50. Rochester, New York, will be one of the first half dozen cities to try the new stamp plan

First food stamp. Washington, D.C., April 20. The first of the new sur...

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National Capitol Press Inc. View of large presses of National Capitol Press Inc.

National Capitol Press Inc. View of large presses of National Capitol ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, workshop, workers, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Cotton seed oil running from hydraulic presses. Cotton seed oil mill. McLennan County, Texas

Cotton seed oil running from hydraulic presses. Cotton seed oil mill. ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a chamber, cell, interior, underground vault architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

New York, New York. Reel room of the New York Times newspaper. Transporting rolls of paper to presses. Each roll weighs about 1700 lbs pounds and will make about 1300 newspapers

New York, New York. Reel room of the New York Times newspaper. Transpo...

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Conversion. Silverware plant. Engineers and tool experts of a large Eastern silverware manufacturing company discuss blueprints on a bayonet order to be produced for the Army. Bayonet shown is the Springfield rifle type. The determination of management and workers alike to keep the presses rolling on war orders in this plant seems to indicate that these OEM (Office of Emergency Management) posters have been read. Oneida Ltd., Oneida, New York

Conversion. Silverware plant. Engineers and tool experts of a large Ea...

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

Dyna-Empire, Stewart Ave., Garden City. Drill presses

Dyna-Empire, Stewart Ave., Garden City. Drill presses

Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, structure, works, 19th-20th century industrial revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

[Stamping labels. Boston Index Card Co., 113 Purchase Street.] Location: [Boston, Massachusetts]. / [Lewis W. Hine]

[Stamping labels. Boston Index Card Co., 113 Purchase Street.] Locati...

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A man in a sailor's hat reading a newspaper - FSA / Office of War Information Photograph

A man in a sailor's hat reading a newspaper - FSA / Office of War Info...

Annotation on original negative jacket. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information ... More

Office equipment used by the War Production Board (WPB). These Webendorger automatic offset presses are the largest of the types of offset presses in the WPB's duplicating department. These machines are in operation twenty-four hours a day and turn out 5,000 prints an hour

Office equipment used by the War Production Board (WPB). These Webendo...

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Conversion. Automobile plant. Running an electric feeder conduit from a main power panel to relocated presses in a big automobile plant. The presses will work on hood side panels of 4 x 4 and 6 x 6 army trucks. Chevrolet Motors, Detroit, Michigan

Conversion. Automobile plant. Running an electric feeder conduit from ...

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Lititz, Pennsylvania. Press room of the Lititz Record-express printing company as the paper comes off the press in the foreground. Smaller presses are for other printing jobs which are becoming more and more necessary in order to keep the paper solvent, because national advertising has practically stopped since the war

Lititz, Pennsylvania. Press room of the Lititz Record-express printing...

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Punching out the jeeps. Parts for these hard-boiled little army cars are punched out on presses that used to produce high-priced automobiles. Assembly plants all over the country get the parts. Ford Lincoln plant, Michigan

Punching out the jeeps. Parts for these hard-boiled little army cars a...

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B & H Aircraft, Farmingdale, Long Island. Presses

B & H Aircraft, Farmingdale, Long Island. Presses

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Ledkote, Vernon Blvd., Astoria, Long Island. Group of presses

Ledkote, Vernon Blvd., Astoria, Long Island. Group of presses

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Union ticket office. 9 Astor House. Through tickets via Hudson River railroad, or Hudson River steamers ... New York, Harrison's Steam Presses, 1861.

Union ticket office. 9 Astor House. Through tickets via Hudson River r...

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 123, Folder 40.

Oil presses, oleomargarine department, Armour's, Chicago, U.S.A.

Oil presses, oleomargarine department, Armour's, Chicago, U.S.A.

Men working around table with oil press in background. 2348Y U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood.

[Watching the Herald presses, Herald Building, New York, N.Y.]

[Watching the Herald presses, Herald Building, New York, N.Y.]

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First printing of food stamps. Washington, D.C., April 20. Food stamps, the latest in the administration's plans to reduce the farm surplus, came off the presses today at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Of yellow and blue, the stamps will be issued to persons on relief who will be able to cash each one dollar stamp for food worth a dollar and fifty cents. Imogene Stanhope, printer's assistant at the Bureau, is pictured pulling the first batch off the press

First printing of food stamps. Washington, D.C., April 20. Food stamps...

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Unloading one of the presses - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Unloading one of the presses - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domai...

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Tank armor Production. Brake presses flatten each piece of tank armor plate after flame-cutting and before machining. Every plane must be perfectly flat to ensure a tight fit in the tank. Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation. Farrell, Pennsylvania

Tank armor Production. Brake presses flatten each piece of tank armor ...

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New York, New York. Pressroom of the New York Times newspaper. Putting plates into presses before they start rolling

New York, New York. Pressroom of the New York Times newspaper. Putting...

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

New York, New York. Pressroom of the New York Times newspaper. As presses are rollig and finished papers start coming off (see background), pressmen read the paper to catch defective press work. Pressman in foreground is filling ink fount

New York, New York. Pressroom of the New York Times newspaper. As pres...

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R.E.F., Jericho Turnpike, Mineola, Long Island. Punch presses

R.E.F., Jericho Turnpike, Mineola, Long Island. Punch presses

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New York, New York. Reel room of the New York Times newspaper. In threading paper through presses two roles are pasted together by automatic paster so that presses never stop running

New York, New York. Reel room of the New York Times newspaper. In thre...

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New York, New York. Pressroom of the New York Times newspaper. Presses start rolling

New York, New York. Pressroom of the New York Times newspaper. Presses...

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Bags full of olive pulp in hydraulic presses for extraction of oil. The pulp is pressed two different times under differet degrees of pressure and this produces two distinct qualities of oil. Lindsay, California

Bags full of olive pulp in hydraulic presses for extraction of oil. Th...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, workshop, workers, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

National Capitol Press Inc. Two large color presses of National Capitol Press Inc.

National Capitol Press Inc. Two large color presses of National Capito...

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Unemployment census blanks prepared for mailing. Washington, D.C., Oct. 7. As rapidly as the presses in the Government Printing Office print the unemployment census blanks, workers trim and prepare them for mailing. 3,000,000 of the cards are printed daily as the pressmen keep the huge presses running on a 240hour schedule. 10737

Unemployment census blanks prepared for mailing. Washington, D.C., Oct...

A black and white photo of a group of people working in a factory, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Gift; Harris &... More

Congressional record has face lifted. Washington, D.C., Jan. 4. The first copy of the Congressional record for the 76th session came off the presses today with a new face. Rep. Joseph W. Byrns, Jr., examines a copy of the Congressman's 'bible' which will henceforth carry the United States Seal on the front page, 1/4/39

Congressional record has face lifted. Washington, D.C., Jan. 4. The fi...

A man sitting at a table reading a book. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Removing cakes of clay from one of a battery of filter presses. This operation precedes the pug mill. Shenango Pottery Works, Newcastle, Pennsylvania

Removing cakes of clay from one of a battery of filter presses. This o...

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Production. 105 millimeter shells. In a Midwest foundry where plumbing fixtures were formerly processed, hot billets, soon to become shells, are rolled from a butane gas furnace by a water cooled hook. The red-hot billets will next be transferred to hydraulic presses for further processing (Manitowac Shipyards)

Production. 105 millimeter shells. In a Midwest foundry where plumbing...

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[Employees at printing presses in the Bureau of Engraving and Printing]

[Employees at printing presses in the Bureau of Engraving and Printing...

Copyright by Waldon Fawcett. Public domain photograph of manufacturing workers, factory building, assembly line, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

National Capitol Press Inc. Small color presses of National Capitol Press Inc. II

National Capitol Press Inc. Small color presses of National Capitol Pr...

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PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT PRESSES BUTTON TO ILLUMINATE X-MAS TREE, 1933

PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT PRESSES BUTTON TO ILLUMINATE X-MAS TREE, 1933

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

Start the presses going!!!, Washington, D.C. October 10. This photo shows the newspaper reporters telephoning their editors the results the crop reports issued by the Federal Crop Reporting Board at three o'clock today. There was a mad scramble as the reporters dashed to the table where the reports lay, and then another as they rushed to the telephones to get the result in to their editors

Start the presses going!!!, Washington, D.C. October 10. This photo sh...

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Unemployment census blanks prepared for mailing. Washington, D.C., Oct. 7. As rapidly as the presses in the Government Printing Office print the unemployment census blanks, workers trim and prepare them for mailing. 3,000,000 of the cards are printed daily as the pressmen keep the huge presses running on a 240hour schedule. 10/7/37

Unemployment census blanks prepared for mailing. Washington, D.C., Oct...

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Nutrition in industry. Little time is lost by these war plant employees at meal times. No one needs to go over 250 feet to return with a nourishing piping-hot mid-day meal. Complete satisfaction with the well-balanced meals provided is evidenced by the facial expressions of the workers, as they relax during lunch beside one of the massive punch presses which they operate

Nutrition in industry. Little time is lost by these war plant employee...

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New York, New York. Reel room of the New York Times newspaper. Transporting rolls of paper to presses. Each roll weighs about 1700 lbs pounds and will make about 1300 newspapers

New York, New York. Reel room of the New York Times newspaper. Transpo...

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

Two men working on a machine in a factory. Office of War Information Photograph

Two men working on a machine in a factory. Office of War Information P...

Annotation on original negative jacket. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information ... More

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Sheet metal parts for United Nations war planes are best treated in great ovens as quickly as they are formed on the hydraulic and toggle presses at the Inglewood, California plant of North American Aviation, Incorporated. 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. Sheet metal parts for Unite...

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

National Capitol Press Inc. Three small color presses of National Capitol Press Inc.

National Capitol Press Inc. Three small color presses of National Capi...

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Maintenance man at the Combustion Engineering Co. working at the largest cold steel hydraulic press in the world, Chattanooga, Tenn. This press can shape steel plates several inches in thickness

Maintenance man at the Combustion Engineering Co. working at the large...

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

Jalopies for defense. The press is closing in on this old auto body. Powerful hydraulic bailing presses are used to compress the sheet metal of the auto body into small compact bundles. Discarded automobiles provide an average of more than 1500 pounds apiece of the huge quantities of scrap metal needed for defense production

Jalopies for defense. The press is closing in on this old auto body. P...

Picryl description: Public domain image related to death, funeral, burial, monument, cemetery, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Conversion. Auto radiators to army helmets. Steel helmets for the Army. Continuous chain conveyors in the stamping department of a converted auto radiator plant where presses form helmets from sheet steel and trim them at the edges. McCool Radiator Company, Detroit, Michigan

Conversion. Auto radiators to army helmets. Steel helmets for the Army...

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Stepping up jeep production. Fericute presses in a plant converted from the making of high-priced automobiles stamp out small parts for shipment to various assembly plants where tough little army cars are made. Ford Lincoln plant, Michigan

Stepping up jeep production. Fericute presses in a plant converted fro...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

National Capitol Press Inc. Small presses of National Capitol Press Inc.

National Capitol Press Inc. Small presses of National Capitol Press In...

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National Capitol Press Inc. Small color presses of National Capitol Press Inc. I

National Capitol Press Inc. Small color presses of National Capitol Pr...

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Working on the hydraulic presses at cotton seed mill. McLennan County, Texas

Working on the hydraulic presses at cotton seed mill. McLennan County,...

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Befire dies are shipped they are tested on these tryout presses where the new dies are put into actual use and their operation scrutinized very closely by expert machinists. Plant of Frederick Colman & Sons, Inc., Detroit, Michigan

Befire dies are shipped they are tested on these tryout presses where ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

New York, New York. Pressroom of the New York Times newspaper. Transporting plates from shaver to presses on truck. Each plate weighs about fifty pounds, is made of lead alloy and is remelted after each printing in Autoplate

New York, New York. Pressroom of the New York Times newspaper. Transpo...

Picryl description: Public domain image of people, meeting, eating, drinking, food, beverage, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Where the jeeps come from. A row of Fericute presses in a plant that had produced high-priced automobiles is now stamping out small parts for the tough little army machine. The parts are shipped to assembly plants all over the coutry. Ford Lincoln plant, Michigan

Where the jeeps come from. A row of Fericute presses in a plant that h...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Subcontracting aircraft parts. These workers at the huge airship dock, now converted to war production, are preparing dies for insertion in a powerful hydraulic press. Many parts of the aircraft for democracy are stamped out in presses such as these. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Subcontracting aircraft parts. These workers at the huge airship dock,...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Women in war. Supercharger plant workers. A man-sized machine and a man-sized job are effectively handled by 21-year-old Virginia Grochowski of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Employed by a Midwest supercharger plant, this former hosiery mill worker operates these giant drill presses as expertly as any man. Allis Chalmers Manufacture Company

Women in war. Supercharger plant workers. A man-sized machine and a ma...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, workshop, workers, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Conversion. Watch cases to war production. Squaring away for war Production. When the last batch of watch cases goes down the line of punch presses at a Kentucky factory, the trained operator will begin turning out compass cases, radio parts and small carbine machine gun parts for our armed forces. Note safety cords on all except second worker. He's die maker seting up a new job. Wadsworth Watch Company, Louisville, Kentucky

Conversion. Watch cases to war production. Squaring away for war Produ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Dyna-Empire, Stewart Ave., Garden City. Drill presses with girls

Dyna-Empire, Stewart Ave., Garden City. Drill presses with girls

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, workshop, workers, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

PRESIDENT OPENS NORRIS DAM. WASHINGTON, D.C. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT PRESSES THE GOLD KEY IN THE WHITE HOUSE WHICH GAVE THE SIGNAL IN NORRIS, TENNESSEE FOR THE LOWERING OF THE SLUICE GATES WHICH PLACED THE NORRIS DAM IN OPERATION

PRESIDENT OPENS NORRIS DAM. WASHINGTON, D.C. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT PRESS...

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Production. Airplane manufacture, general. The sculptor's art plays an important part in making dies for the production of modern airplanes. An old master at the Inglewood, California plant of North American Aviation, Incorporated works with plaster mixed to the proper consistency by a young woman assistant. From his plaster models will be made the metal dies with which plane parts are formed in hydraulic presses. 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. The sculptor's art plays an...

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

Cotton seed oil running from hydraulic presses. Cotton seed oil mill. McLennan County, Texas

Cotton seed oil running from hydraulic presses. Cotton seed oil mill. ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a chamber, cell, interior, underground vault architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). This is one of the huge machine shops, where many of the 26,000 workers in the yard fashion metal parts for the ships under construction for the Navy. Heavy anchor chains are among the parts produced here, and powerful presses are used in the various machining operations

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). This is one of the huge machine shop...

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New York, New York. Pressroom of the New York Times newspaper. Pressman reading first edition as it comes off presses on conveyor, to detect defective press work

New York, New York. Pressroom of the New York Times newspaper. Pressma...

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

Eric Weidemeyer, 2080 Jericho Turnpike, New Hyde Park. Drill presses

Eric Weidemeyer, 2080 Jericho Turnpike, New Hyde Park. Drill presses

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Norfleet Plantation, Cotton Press, Albermarle Street (moved from Norfleet Plantation), Tarboro, Edgecombe County, NC

Norfleet Plantation, Cotton Press, Albermarle Street (moved from Norfl...

Survey number: HABS NC-60 Building/structure dates: ca. 1840 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1860 Subsequent Work

[Glazier Stove Company, stamping press, Chelsea, Mich.]

[Glazier Stove Company, stamping press, Chelsea, Mich.]

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Vesuvius Furnace, Denver vic., Lincoln County, North Carolina

Vesuvius Furnace, Denver vic., Lincoln County, North Carolina

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Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. A building truckload of discarded automobiles stripped of all usable parts and non-ferrous materials is delivered to a scrap iron dealer's processing plant in Baltimore, Maryland. This steel will be baled in huge hydraulic presses and sent to steel mills to feed the ever hungry furnaces now turning out steel for the national defense production program

Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. A building truckload of discarded ...

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New York, New York. Reel room of the New York Times newspaper. Preparing to thread paper through presses

New York, New York. Reel room of the New York Times newspaper. Prepari...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph related to mass media, press, newspaper, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. Marine boilers. Forging hammers and heavy punch presses used in a Midwest plant to produce hydraulic fittings and other essential Army equipment

Production. Marine boilers. Forging hammers and heavy punch presses us...

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Conversion. Toy factory. Presses that once turned out metal toys and motion picture projectors are now being converted to production of filter boxes to be used in jeeps and tanks. Keystone

Conversion. Toy factory. Presses that once turned out metal toys and m...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Norfleet Plantation, Cotton Press, Albermarle Street (moved from Norfleet Plantation), Tarboro, Edgecombe County, NC

Norfleet Plantation, Cotton Press, Albermarle Street (moved from Norfl...

Survey number: HABS NC-60 Building/structure dates: ca. 1840 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1860 Subsequent Work

Stamping labels. Boston Index Card Co., 113 Purchase Street. Location: Boston, Massachusetts. Lewis W. Hine

Stamping labels. Boston Index Card Co., 113 Purchase Street. Location:...

In album: Miscellaneous. Title from NCLC caption card for Hine no. 4702. Hine no. 4703. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General info... More

To the public A false and garbled statement having been given by some of the presses, and letter-writers from this city, as well as by W. Montgomery, relative to the difficulty between himself and myself, and that matter having undergone investi

To the public A false and garbled statement having been given by some ...

Page Order: Leaflet 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 197, Folder 5.

[New York, N.Y., watching the Herald presses, HeraldBuilding]

[New York, N.Y., watching the Herald presses, HeraldBuilding]

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Production. Airplanes. The air compressor room of a large Western aircraft plant. Here, compressors made by the Chicago Pneumatic Tool Company serve rivet guns, air drills, paint sprays, hydraulic presses, and other air-operated equipment

Production. Airplanes. The air compressor room of a large Western airc...

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New York, New York. Reel room of the New York Times newspaper. In threading paper through presses two rolls of paper are pasted together by automatic paster so that presses never stop moving

New York, New York. Reel room of the New York Times newspaper. In thre...

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The ladies of the Presbyterian Aid Society will give a tea party at the church this Thursday evening, Sept. 17, '85 ... [Woonsocket, S. D.] Times Presses [1885].

The ladies of the Presbyterian Aid Society will give a tea party at th...

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 13, Folder 6b.

Two men working on a machine in a factory. Office of War Information Photograph

Two men working on a machine in a factory. Office of War Information P...

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

Women aircraft workers. Hands that rocked the cradle operate drill presses today, and surpass their male competitors in speed and precision of work. Site: a West Coast aircraft plant. Lockhead

Women aircraft workers. Hands that rocked the cradle operate drill pre...

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Conversion. Auto radiators to army helmets. The front visor of a steel army helmet is "spanked," or formed into shape. The helmet had an oval shape before this operation, which is performed on one of the many presses of an Eastern plant that formerly made automobile radiators. McCool Radiator Company, Detroit, Michigan

Conversion. Auto radiators to army helmets. The front visor of a steel...

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.

National Capitol Press Inc. View of large presses of National Capitol Press Inc

National Capitol Press Inc. View of large presses of National Capitol ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, workshop, workers, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Stamps ready for ocean hops. The new Trans-Pacific flight stamps, to be used on the Pan-American Airways run from San Francisco to the Orient, are coming off the presses of the Bureau of Engraving. Secretary Daniel C. Roper, left, and PMG James Farley inspect a sheet of the stamps as the pressed turned out the first of the series. 11/8/35

Stamps ready for ocean hops. The new Trans-Pacific flight stamps, to b...

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Maintenance mechanic in largest coal press in world, Combustion Engineering Co., Chattanooga, Tenn

Maintenance mechanic in largest coal press in world, Combustion Engine...

12002-35. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More

Maintenance man at the Combustion Engineering Co. working at the largest cold steel hydraulic press in the world, Chattanooga, Tenn. This press can shape steel plates several inches in thickness

Maintenance man at the Combustion Engineering Co. working at the large...

12002-35. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More

A black and white photo of a man working on a machine. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man working on a machine. Office of War I...

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

To the public A false and garbled statement having been given by some of the presses, and letter-writers from this city, as well as by W. Montgomery, relative to the difficulty between himself and myself, and that matter having undergone investi

To the public A false and garbled statement having been given by some ...

Page Order: Leaflet 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 197, Folder 5.

R. Hoe. & co. manufacturers of single and double cylinder printing machines, Washington and Smith hand presses, self-inking machines, steam engines, cast steel saws, machinery, &c. &c. &c ... New York. Geo. W. Wood. printer. [c. 1846].

R. Hoe. & co. manufacturers of single and double cylinder printing mac...

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 120, Folder 2b.

The ladies of the Presbyterian Aid Society will give a tea party at the church this Thursday evening, Sept. 17, '85 ... [Woonsocket, S. D.] Times Presses [1885].

The ladies of the Presbyterian Aid Society will give a tea party at th...

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 13, Folder 6b.

Craddock's, Garrison vic., Baltimore County, Maryland

Craddock's, Garrison vic., Baltimore County, Maryland

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

Battery of hydraulic presses and machine for removing cotton seed oil cake from mats after the oil has been removed. Cotton seed oil mill. McLennan County, Texas

Battery of hydraulic presses and machine for removing cotton seed oil ...

Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, structure, works, 19th-20th century industrial revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Conversion. Auto radiators to army helmets. Heavy presses trim the edges of army helmets that have been formed on drawing presses. All these presses, which were stamping out auto radiator parts a short time ago, were retooled for conversion to war work. McCool Radiator Company, Detroit, Michigan

Conversion. Auto radiators to army helmets. Heavy presses trim the edg...

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

New York, New York. Reel room of the New York Times newspaper. In threading paper through presses, two rolls of paper are pasted together by automatic paster so that presses never stop moving

New York, New York. Reel room of the New York Times newspaper. In thre...

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R. Hoe. & co. manufacturers of single and double cylinder printing machines, Washington and Smith hand presses, self-inking machines, steam engines, cast steel saws, machinery, &c. &c. &c ... New York. Geo. W. Wood. printer. [c. 1846].

R. Hoe. & co. manufacturers of single and double cylinder printing mac...

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 120, Folder 2b.

Maintenance mechanic in largest coal press in world, Combustion Engineering Co., Chattanooga, Tenn.

Maintenance mechanic in largest coal press in world, Combustion Engine...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, workshop, workers, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. The sculptor's art plays an important part in making dies for the production of modern airplanes. An old master at the Inglewood, California, plant of North American Aviation, Incorporated works with plaster mixed to the proper consistency by a young woman assistant. From his plaster models will be made the metal dies with which plane parts are formed in hydraulic presses. 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. The sculptor's art plays a...

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

New York, New York. Pressroom of the New York Times newspaper. Presses start rolling

New York, New York. Pressroom of the New York Times newspaper. Presses...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph related to mass media, press, newspaper, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Ledkote, Vernon Blvd., Astoria, Long Island. Three presses

Ledkote, Vernon Blvd., Astoria, Long Island. Three presses

Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Before dies are shipped they are tested in actual use in tryout presses, where their operations are closely scrutininzed by expert die makers. One of these has just placed the die in the tryout press shown here. Frederick Colman & Sons, Inc., Detroit, Michigan

Before dies are shipped they are tested in actual use in tryout presse...

Picryl description: Public domain image related to death, coffin, funeral, burial, monument, cemetery, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Stamping labels. Boston Index Card Co., 113 Purchase Street. Location: Boston, Massachusetts Lewis W. Hine

Stamping labels. Boston Index Card Co., 113 Purchase Street. Location:...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 4702. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the ... More

Office equipment used by the War Production Board (WPB). These Webendorger automatic offset presses are the largest of the types of offset presses in the WPB's duplicating department. These machines are in operation twenty-four hours a day and turn out 5,000 prints an hour

Office equipment used by the War Production Board (WPB). These Webendo...

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Divisi... More

R. Hoe. & co. manufacturers of single and double cylinder printing machines, Washington and Smith hand presses, self-inking machines, steam engines, cast steel saws, machinery, &c. &c. &c ... New York. Geo. W. Wood. printer. [c. 1846].

R. Hoe. & co. manufacturers of single and double cylinder printing mac...

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 120, Folder 2b.

R. Hoe. & co. manufacturers of single and double cylinder printing machines, Washington and Smith hand presses, self-inking machines, steam engines, cast steel saws, machinery, &c. &c. &c ... New York. Geo. W. Wood. printer. [c. 1846].

R. Hoe. & co. manufacturers of single and double cylinder printing mac...

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 120, Folder 2b.

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