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Aluminum casting. Uncle Sam's soldiers on the production lines of defense pour a large magnesium casting. The molten alloy enters the runner box first. Magnesium is one of the most valuable metals for war production. Exact purpose of this casting is kept secret. Aluminum Industries Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio

Aluminum casting. Uncle Sam's soldiers on the production lines of defe...

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

Detroit, Michigan (vicinity). Chrysler Corporation Dodge truck plant. Row of Dodge Army command reconnaissance cars fresh from the production lines wait for final inspection before joining the fighting forces on all fronts

Detroit, Michigan (vicinity). Chrysler Corporation Dodge truck 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

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. American power in the air grows rapidly as machine guns of the finest quality pour from production lines to arm the planes that are coming steadily from other lines. These guns, entirely completed and ready to fire, await shipment from the large converted auto plant which made them. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. American power in the air g...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Lot catalog card states that the geographic location of images in lot is Akron, Ohio, but per caption is Lansing, Michigan. Title and other information... More

Winner of the plant award. New M-7 mobile howitzer carriages roll down the production lines of the American Locomotive Company in Schenectady, New York. These fast, easily maneuvered cannon carriers are typical of the new mechanized equipment being provided to American troops

Winner of the plant award. New M-7 mobile howitzer carriages roll down...

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

Conversion. Safety razor plant. Because of their dexterity and precision in the operation of light-duty machines, women are appearing in ever-increasing numbers on America's production lines. Here Estelle Wilson resharpens grinding wheel with a diamond point, first step toward converting one of a razor company's machines to war production work. Gillette

Conversion. Safety razor plant. Because of their dexterity and precisi...

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.

Negro men and women work side by side on the production lines at the Saint Louis, Missouri plant of the Airplane Division of the Curtiss-Wright Corporation. The male inspector in the rear checks the accuracy of the completed work of the women in the foreground

Negro men and women work side by side on the production lines at the S...

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

Production. B-24 bombers and C-87 transports. Ramy Presley sets Cleco fasteners with a pistol-like tool to hold a belly piece of a consolidated transport in place previous to riveting. This new transport, an adaptation of the B-24 bomber, is known as the C-87, and is now coming off the production lines of a Western plant in great numbers. It carries one of the greatest human or cargo loads of any plane now in mass production.

Production. B-24 bombers and C-87 transports. Ramy Presley sets Cleco ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. American power in the air grows rapidly as machine guns of the finest quality pour from our production lines to arm the planes that are coming steadily from other lines. These guns, entirely completed and ready to fire, await shipment from the large converted auto plant in which they were made. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. American power in the air g...

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

Detroit, Michigan (vicinity). Chrysler Corportation Dodge truck plant. Giant overhead cranes carry bodies for Dodge Army trucks along sections of the vast production lines

Detroit, Michigan (vicinity). Chrysler Corportation Dodge truck 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

Subcontracting aircraft parts. Here is one of the airplane sub-assembly production lines at an Ohio plant, which was a former airship dock. These are control surfaces for military aircraft, being assembled here for shipment to plane plants. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Subcontracting aircraft parts. Here is one of the airplane sub-assembl...

Public domain photograph of the 1930s-1940s World War Two, armed forces, military production, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. American power in the air grows rapidly as machine guns of the finest quality pour from our production lines. These guns, entirely completed and ready to fire, await shipment from the large converted auto plant in which they were made. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. American power in the air g...

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

Production. M-4 tanks. Mighty M-4 tanks are flowing in a strong, steady stream from the production lines of our arsenal of democracy. These bogie wheels being assembled in an Eastern plant give some idea of the massive construction of our new land battleships

Production. M-4 tanks. Mighty M-4 tanks are flowing in a strong, stead...

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

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. American power in the air grows rapidly as machine guns of the finest quality pour from production lines to arm the planes that are coming steadily from other lines. These guns, entirely completed and ready to fire, await shipment from the large converted auto plant which made them. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. American power in the air g...

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

Production. M-4 tanks. Parts for our new M-4 tanks flow in a strong, steady stream from the production lines of a big Eastern plant. Much valuable time is gained by the machining of these bogie-wheel brackets in gangs instead of singly

Production. M-4 tanks. Parts for our new M-4 tanks flow in a strong, s...

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

Production. M-4 tanks. Treads for M-4 tanks awaiting installation as the powerful mobile forts roll down the production lines of the American Locomotive Company in Schenectady, New York

Production. M-4 tanks. Treads for M-4 tanks awaiting installation as t...

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

Production. Fifty-foot steel ramp boats. Steel ramp boats, fifty feet long, powered by twin diesel engines, are being made in great numbers at a large Southern boat building yard. Two of the ramp boats, one with the ramp partly lowered, shown at the right. The materials in the foreground are for the construction of buildings that will house the production lines, which have heretofore been in the open. Higgins Industries

Production. Fifty-foot steel ramp boats. Steel ramp boats, fifty feet ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a dock, harbor, boats, water, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. B-17F heavy bombers. Two soldiers of the production lines at the Long Beach, California, plant of Douglas Aircraft Company. The woman in the foreground works inside of a B-17F heavy bomber nacelle; the woman in the background moves spot-welded wing sheets. Better known as the "Flying Fortress," the B-17F is a later model of the B-17, which distinguished itself in action in the South Pacific, over Germany and elsewhere. It is a long range, high altitude, heavy bomber with a crew of seven to nice men and with armament sufficient to defend itself on daylight missions

Production. B-17F heavy bombers. Two soldiers of the production lines ...

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

Winner of the plant award. New M-7 mobile howitzer carriages roll down the production lines of the American Locomotive Company in Schenectady, New York. These fast, easily maneuvered cannon carriers are typical of the new mechanized equipment being provided to American troops

Winner of the plant award. New M-7 mobile howitzer carriages roll down...

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

Production. B-24 bombers and C-87 transports. Juanita Reviers, expert aircraft mechanic, uses a portable electric drill on the belly covering of a consolidated transport plane converted from a B-24 bomber. These new transports, now going down the production lines of a big Western plant, carry one of the greatest human or cargo loads of any plane now in mass production

Production. B-24 bombers and C-87 transports. Juanita Reviers, expert ...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Detroit, Michigan (vicinity). Chrysler Corporation Dodge truck plant. Row of Dodge Army command reconnaissance cars fresh from the production lines wait for final inspection before joining the fighting forces on all fronts

Detroit, Michigan (vicinity). Chrysler Corporation Dodge truck plant. ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military vehicle, automobile, tractor truck, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. M-4 tanks. M-4 tanks and M-7 mobile howitzer carriages roll off the production lines of the American Locomotive Company in Schenectady, New York. A portion of an M-7 shows in the right foreground, followed by three M-4's and another M-7

Production. M-4 tanks. M-4 tanks and M-7 mobile howitzer carriages rol...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a tank, military activity, armed forces world wat two, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. M-4 tanks. Treads for M-4 tanks awaiting installation as the powerful mobile forts roll down the production lines of the American Locomotive Company in Schenectady, New York

Production. M-4 tanks. Treads for M-4 tanks awaiting installation as t...

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

A black and white photo of people working in a factory. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of people working in a factory. Office of War ...

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

A group of men sitting around a wooden table. Office of War Information Photograph

A group of men sitting around a wooden table. Office of War Informatio...

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

Aluminum casting. Uncle Sam's soldiers on the production lines of defense pour a large magnesium casting. The molten alloy enters the runner box first. Magnesium is one of the most valuable metals for war production. Exact purpose of this casting is kept secret. Aluminum Industries Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio

Aluminum casting. Uncle Sam's soldiers on the production lines of defe...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Subcontracting aircraft parts. Here is one of the airplane sub-assembly production lines at an Ohio plant, which was a former airship dock. These are control surfaces for military aircraft, being assembled here for shipment to plane plants. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Subcontracting aircraft parts. Here is one of the airplane sub-assembl...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Production. B-24 bombers and C-87 transports. Ramy Presley sets Cleco fasteners with a pistol-like tool to hold a belly piece of a consolidated transport in place previous to riveting. This new transport, an adaptation of the B-24 bomber, is known as the C-87, and is now coming off the production lines of a Western plant in great numbers. It carries one of the greatest human or cargo loads of any plane now in mass production

Production. B-24 bombers and C-87 transports. Ramy Presley sets Cleco ...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Production. M-4 tanks. Parts for our new M-4 tanks flow in a strong, steady stream from the production lines of a big Eastern plant. Much valuable time is gained by the machining of these bogie-wheel brackets in gangs instead of singly

Production. M-4 tanks. Parts for our new M-4 tanks flow in a strong, s...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Negro men and women work side by side on the production lines at the Saint Louis, Missouri plant of the Airplane Division of the Curtiss-Wright Corporation. The male inspector in the rear checks the accuracy of the completed work of the women in the foreground

Negro men and women work side by side on the production lines at the S...

Image source: Curtiss-Wright photo from OWI. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More informa... More

Production. M-4 tanks. Mighty M-4 tanks are flowing in a strong, steady stream from the production lines of our arsenal of democracy. These bogie wheels being assembled in an Eastern plant give some idea of the massive construction of our new land battleships

Production. M-4 tanks. Mighty M-4 tanks are flowing in a strong, stead...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa... More

Production. M-4 tanks. Treads for M-4 tanks awaiting installation as the powerful mobile forts roll down the production lines of the American Locomotive Company in Schenectady, New York

Production. M-4 tanks. Treads for M-4 tanks awaiting installation as t...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa... More

Individual attention for the big shells. Visual inspection during manufacture of shells for the Army's new guns. Thousands of these are coming down the production lines at a large eastern arsenal

Individual attention for the big shells. Visual inspection during manu...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Caption edited by agency. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United Sta... More

Individual attention for the big shells. Visual inspection during manufacture of shells for the Army's new guns. Thousands of these are coming down the production lines at a large eastern arsenal

Individual attention for the big shells. Visual inspection during manu...

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

Detroit, Michigan (vicinity). Chrysler Corporation Dodge truck plant. With quick, nimble fingers, many women are doing their share to make sure that swift, powerful Dodge Army trucks keep coming off the production lines

Detroit, Michigan (vicinity). Chrysler Corporation Dodge truck 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

Production. B-17F heavy bombers. Two soldiers of the production lines at the Long Beach, California, plant of Douglas Aircraft Company. The woman in the foreground works inside of a B-17F heavy bomber nacelle; the woman in the background moves spot-welded wing sheets. Better known as the "Flying Fortress," the B-17F is a later model of the B-17, which distinguished itself in action in the South Pacific, over Germany and elsewhere. It is a long range, high altitude, heavy bomber with a crew of seven to nice men and with armament sufficient to defend itself on daylight missions

Production. B-17F heavy bombers. Two soldiers of the production lines ...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

A group of men sitting around a table. Office of War Information Photograph

A group of men sitting around a table. Office of War Information Photo...

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

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. American power in the air grows rapidly as machine guns of the finest quality pour from our production lines. These guns, entirely completed and ready to fire, await shipment from the large converted auto plant in which they were made. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. American power in the air g...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Lot catalog card states that the geographic location of images in lot is Akron, Ohio, but per caption is Lansing, Michigan. Title and other information... More

A black and white photo of two men sitting at a table. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of two men sitting at a table. 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

Production. B-24 bombers and C-87 transports. Juanita Reviers, expert aircraft mechanic, uses a portable electric drill on the belly covering of a consolidated transport plane converted from a B-24 bomber. These new transports, now going down the production lines of a big Western plant, carry one of the greatest human or cargo loads of any plane now in mass production.

Production. B-24 bombers and C-87 transports. Juanita Reviers, expert ...

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

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. American power in the air grows rapidly as machine guns of the finest quality pour from our production lines to arm the planes that are coming steadily from other lines. These guns, entirely completed and ready to fire, await shipment from the large converted auto plant in which they were made. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. American power in the air g...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Lot catalog card states that the geographic location of images in lot is Akron, Ohio, but per caption is Lansing, Michigan. Title and other information... More

A black and white photo of an old tank. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of an old tank. Office of War Information Phot...

Actual size of negative is E (approximately 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Divisi... More