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The net has emptied out. Compare scuppers in pictures 12647-E, 12651-E, and 12640-E to get an idea of quantity of fish in one haul. Provincetown, Massachusetts

The net has emptied out. Compare scuppers in pictures 12647-E, 12651-E...

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At the sugar beet unloading station a sample of each farmer's load is taken to determine the tare or quantity of soil adhering to the beets. This is deducted from the weight on which payment is based. Adams County, Colorado

At the sugar beet unloading station a sample of each farmer's load is ...

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.

Saboteur! Stop destroying that eraser, young lady. Last year 180 tons of rubber were used in such erasers -- the same quantity as would make 200,000 army gas masks

Saboteur! Stop destroying that eraser, young lady. Last year 180 tons ...

Public domain photograph - working class people, the 1930s United States, work, labor, worker, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Discuss sale of helium to Germany. Washington, D.C., May 11. Germany's request to buy a large quantity of helium for German- owned commercial airships was discussed by President Roosevelt and the U.S. Chief of Staff, Chief of Naval Operations, U.S. Solicitor General, and the Secretary of Interior. Shown leaving the conference are, left to right: Admiral William D. Leahy, chief of Naval operations; Solicitor General Robert H. Jackson, and Maj. General Malin Craig, chief of staff

Discuss sale of helium to Germany. Washington, D.C., May 11. Germany's...

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

Migrant packinghouse workers waiting around for work. Amount of work depends on quantity of produce available. If many truckloads come in, they may work all night, otherwise only an hour or two. If there is a drought or frost (freeze-out) they may have to wait six or eight weeks for the next crop. Belle Glade, Florida

Migrant packinghouse workers waiting around for work. Amount of work d...

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Women workers at quartermaster depot. Clothing for America's expanding army is being made by garment workers throughout the contry. This quartermaster corps depot employee is turning out regulation neckties in mass production quantity. Philadelphia Quartermaster Corps

Women workers at quartermaster depot. Clothing for America's expanding...

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.

In the war against waste, American housewives are learning the basic steps of wise buying: buy by weight, not by number; buy in quantity when savings come that way; compare cost per ounce with cost per pound; and read the scales carefully

In the war against waste, American housewives are learning the basic s...

Public domain photograph - United States during World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Stuffing box castings. A New York City instrument manufacturer is seeking rough casting and sand blasting facilities for the manufacture of eleven stuffing box castings, varying in weight from three quarters pound to two pounds. Material: soft steel, Navy specification forty-nine Sl, grade B. Quantity 200 to 300 each

Stuffing box castings. A New York City instrument manufacturer is seek...

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Production. Marine engines. Gears for marine engines for the Navy are produced in great quantity at a Midwest plant. The finest of material and workmanship go into their manufacture. Continental Motors, Michigan

Production. Marine engines. Gears for marine engines for the Navy are ...

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Some of the "Caesar Gang" boys demonstrating how to cull chickens to improve quality and quantity of product. Under direction of J. A. Wolfram County Agent, Webster Co. West Virginia. State 4 H Fair, Charleston, West Virginia. Oct. 13, 1921. Location: Charleston, West Virginia / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Some of the "Caesar Gang" boys demonstrating how to cull chickens to i...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of child, child labor, farmer, early 20th-century farm, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A new development. During the last few years, settlements of tourist cabins of this sort have sprung up in quantity on the outskirts of town. They compete seriously with the residents' business. Provincetown, Massachusetts

A new development. During the last few years, settlements of tourist c...

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Sonoma County, California. Trap-nests on a chicken ranch. The rancher is noting the weight of an egg just laid. He keeps check on the quantity and quality of each hen's eggs, thus producing high quality pedigreed eggs for breeding purposes

Sonoma County, California. Trap-nests on a chicken ranch. The rancher ...

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Migrant packinghouse workers crating celery. The amount of work depends on quantity of produce available. If many truckloads come in, they may work all night; otherwise, only an hour or two. If there is a frost (freeze-out) or drought, they may have to wait six or eight weeks for work in the next crop. Belle Glade, Florida

Migrant packinghouse workers crating celery. The amount of work depend...

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

Tank manufacture (Chrysler). This is a radial drill with index fixtures, for drilling and tapping holes in the drive housing for the Chrysler medium tank, the M-3. These twenty-eight ton steel monsters are being turned out in quantity by 10,000 workers at the huge Chrysler tank arsenal in Detroit

Tank manufacture (Chrysler). This is a radial drill with index fixture...

Picryl description: Public domain image of industrial or agricultural worker, 1930s, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions. show less

Here is one of the old-fashioned rolling machines which may still be found, in diminishing quantity in rubber plants in the Netherlands East Indies. These workers are flattening latex slices into sheet for shipment

Here is one of the old-fashioned rolling machines which may still be f...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s US industrial development, Second World War, US war production, indusry, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

U.S. tanks with British crews do sterling work in the battles of "Knightsbridge" and "The Cauldron." The American "General Grant" tank, which has arrived in quantity in the Middle East throughout the winter took Rommel's Afrika Corps by surprise. Together with the lighter "General Stuart" tank, also American built, it has been mainly responsible, manned by British crews, for holding up the new German drive toward Egypt

U.S. tanks with British crews do sterling work in the battles of "Knig...

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White House Secretary and medicine cabinet taken from White House in 1812. Washington, D.C., April 26. Stephen Early, Secretary to President Roosevelt with a mahogany brass bound medicine chest which was taken from the White House by a British sailor during the War of 1812 and returned yesterday by descendants of the sailor. The chest, in perfect condition, still contained the medicines, with the addition of a quantity of hemlock bark, an herb used by sailors to prevent scurvy

White House Secretary and medicine cabinet taken from White House in 1...

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

Boeing Flying Fortresses. Latest Boeing Flying Fortresses. This, the newest and most formidable in the Boeing Flying Fortress series, is [described by] the War Department as "bigger and more deadly" than any of its predecessors. This new airplane, a key weapon in America's war program, is now in mass production at the Boeing Aircraft Company. Under a special tri-company production pool arrangement, it is also being built in quantity by the Douglas Aircraft Company and by the Vega Aircraft Company, a subsidiary of Lockheed Corporation

Boeing Flying Fortresses. Latest Boeing Flying Fortresses. This, the n...

Public domain photograph of the United States military and military-industrial complex before World War Two, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Food in England. Old grass slopes are plowed for planting at Worchester, England. Many acres left uncultivated before the war are being utilized to produce the greatest quantity of food possible

Food in England. Old grass slopes are plowed for planting at Worcheste...

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Boeing Flying Fortresses. Latest Boeing Flying Fortresses.This, the newest and most formidable in the Boeing Flying Fortress series, is the B-17E described by the War Department as "bigger and more deadly" than any of its predecessors. This new airplane, key weapon in America's war program, is now in mass production at the Boeing Aircraft Company. Under a special tri-company production pool arrangement, it is also being built in quantity by the Douglas Aircraft Company and by the Vega Aircraft Company, a subsidiary of Lockheed Aircraft Corporation

Boeing Flying Fortresses. Latest Boeing Flying Fortresses.This, the ne...

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

Production. Marine engines. Marine engine crankshafts for the Navy are produced in great quantity at a Midwest plant. The finest of material and workmanship go into their manufacture. Continental Motors, Michigan

Production. Marine engines. Marine engine crankshafts for the Navy are...

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

First war ration book. Facsimile of war ration book no. 1 to be used to ration sugar, issued today by the Office of Price Administration (OPA). Each stamp will be used to purchase a quantity of sugar still to be determined. When the sugar ration plan goes into effect, a specific stamp will be designed for use each week. Books under the direction of local rationing boards. Printing of the books will start next week

First war ration book. Facsimile of war ration book no. 1 to be used t...

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One of the essential materials in the making of life preservers for our navy is kapok, which we obtain in quantity only from the Dutch East Indies and the Philippines. Here it has been baled and is ready for shipment from a Dutch East Indies plantation

One of the essential materials in the making of life preservers for ou...

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

An Ohio manufacturer is looking for two and thirteen-sixteenths inch and three and three-sixteenths inch automatic screw machine facilities for the machining of large quantities of steel fuse parts. Item: inner can. Material: cold rolled steel tubing two and thirteen-sixteenths inch diameter by three inches. Tolerances: plus or minus --1. Quantity: five-hundred daily. Machines needed: automatic screw machine two and thirteen-sixteenths inch capacity, drill jig, single spindle tapper. Item: outer can. Material: cold rolled steel tubing three and three-sixteenths inch diameter by eight inches. Tolerances: plus .002 minus .000. Quantity: 500 daily. Machines needed: automatic screw machine, three and three-sixteenths inch capacity, drill jig, tapper, milling machine. A government procurement agency is seeking a contractor with facilities for forging heat treating and machining bulkheads. These parts are twenty-one inches in diamerter by eight inches. Material: steel, alloy CM. Dimensions: twenty-one inches in diameter by eight inches. Tolerances: close. Quantity: 500 to 6000 pieces per month

An Ohio manufacturer is looking for two and thirteen-sixteenths inch a...

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Spring pulpwood drive on the Brown Company timber holdings in Maine. Woodsmen appreciate the quality and quantity of the four meals the cooks prepare every day during the drive season

Spring pulpwood drive on the Brown Company timber holdings in Maine. W...

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

Land office treasury warrant, No. To the principal surveyor of any county within the Commonwealth of Virginia. This shall be your warrant, survey and lay off in on or more surveys, for his heirs or assigns, the quantity acres of land due unto in

Land office treasury warrant, No. To the principal surveyor of any cou...

Blank form dated in mss. 15 July 1780.; Not in Evans. 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; Portfo... More

By the United States in Congress assembled, February 17, 1783 : Whereas by the eighth article of the confederation and perpetual union, it is agreed and declared, that all charges of war ... shall be defrayed out of a common treasury ... Resolved, that the legislature of each state be, and they are hereby required, to take such measures as shall appear to them most effectual for obtaining a just and accurate account of the quantity of land in such state ...

By the United States in Congress assembled, February 17, 1783 : Wherea...

Caption title. Prionter from Evans. Includes a resolution of the Continental Congress dated Apr. 18, 1783, imposing duties on imported goods. Evans 18232 Journals of the Continental Congress, 404 LC copy signed... More

Migrant packinghouse workers' camp. If there is a frost (freeze-out) or drought, they may have to wait six or eight weeks for work in the next crop. The amount of work depends on quantity of produce available. If many truckloads come in, they may work all night. Otherwise only an hour or two. Belle Glade, Florida

Migrant packinghouse workers' camp. If there is a frost (freeze-out) o...

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

Tank manufacture (Chrysler). This is a radial drill with index fixtures, for drilling and tapping holes in the 4,000 pound turret casting for the mounting plate of the 37 mm anti-aircraft gun of the Chrysler medium tank, the M-3. These twenty-eight ton steel monsters are being turned out in quantity by 10,000 workers at the huge Chrysler tank arsenal in Detroit

Tank manufacture (Chrysler). This is a radial drill with index fixture...

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

[Arms] By His Excellency Sir William Howe, K. B. General and Commander in Chief, &c. &c. &c. Whereas a considerable quantity of naval stores is known to be in this City [requiring the enumeration and prohibiting the sale, under penalty of forfei

[Arms] By His Excellency Sir William Howe, K. B. General and Commander...

Evans 15816. 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 145, Folder 15.

At a General Assembly of the Governor and company of the State of Connecticut, holden at Hartford on the second Thursday of May, 1780. An act for ascertaining the quantity of grain, flour, meal, salt, rum, salted pork and beef, in this state, an

At a General Assembly of the Governor and company of the State of Conn...

Washington papers. V.154 n. 38 Mss.Div.; Imprint 3. 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; Portfoli... More

At a General Assembly of the Governor and company of the State of Connecticut, holden at Hartford, on the second Thursday of October, 1780. An act for collecting and storing a quantity of provisions, for the use of the Continental army and the f

At a General Assembly of the Governor and company of the State of Conn...

Imprint 3.; Not in Evans. 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 3, Folder 55.

Migrant packing house worker. If there is a frost or drought, they may have to wait six or eight weeks for work in the next crop. The amount of work depends on quantity of produce available. If many truckloads come in, they work all night; otherwise, only an hour or two. Belle Glade, Florida

Migrant packing house worker. If there is a frost or drought, they may...

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

A black and white photo of a woman selling grapes. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a woman selling grapes. Office of War Infor...

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

At a General Assembly of the Governor and company of the state of Connecticut, holden at Hartford, (by special order of his Excellency the Governor,) on the 7th day of April, A. D. 1779. An act for ascertaining the quantity of grain, flour and m

At a General Assembly of the Governor and company of the state of Conn...

A sketch of the northern part of the "Million Acres" on the Kennebec River with certain timber lots laid down theron, and coloured, which have been applied for : the number of acres in each lot has not been measur'd, but the quantity estimated by appraisers.

A sketch of the northern part of the "Million Acres" on the Kennebec R...

Partial cadastral map showing timber lots (tinted yellow), lot numbers, and lot acreages. Covers a portion of the Kennebec River region of Maine that is centered on the confluence of the Kennebec and Dead River... More

Lawrence Township : a list of the settlers names and lots in Lawrence Township by the resurvey in 1834 having reference to the numbers of the lots in each survey as numbers on their respective maps the quantity in the resurvey & in the 1 & 2d purchase.

Lawrence Township : a list of the settlers names and lots in Lawrence ...

Shows land ownership, lands of the William Bingham estate, acreages, and lot dimensions in Lawrence Township, Tioga County, Pa. Title on label affixed to verso: Lawrence. From the William Bingham estate maps. P... More

By the United States in Congress assembled, February 17, 1783 : Whereas by the eighth article of the confederation and perpetual union, it is agreed and declared, that all charges of war ... shall be defrayed out of a common treasury ... Resolved, that the legislature of each state be, and they are hereby required, to take such measures as shall appear to them most effectual for obtaining a just and accurate account of the quantity of land in such state ...

By the United States in Congress assembled, February 17, 1783 : Wherea...

Caption title. Prionter from Evans. Includes a resolution of the Continental Congress dated Apr. 18, 1783, imposing duties on imported goods. Evans 18232 Journals of the Continental Congress, 404 LC copy signed... More

Statement of the quantity of improved and unimproved land, and also the population, in the different parts of the county of Sussex, as proposed to be divided, beginning on the Musconetcong river where the East and West Jersey line crosses, and r

Statement of the quantity of improved and unimproved land, and also th...

America's petroleum industries pour out fuel and lubricants for the United Nations. At an oil well in the U.S. Southwest state of Oklahoma, oil drillers are using tools called "tongs" which are clamped on the drill stem to screw on a new section of stem or to unscrew the stem, section by section, after the drilling far below the earth's surface is finished. This procedure is common in modern rotary drilling for oil . The well pictured here is being drilled by a "wildcat" organization of drillers, which means they are formed in a group independent of any of the great oil companies. The well, if successful, will contribute to the vast quantity of oil being poured overseas to the U.S. armed forces and the United Nations for the successful waging of the war. The predictable total of U.S. oil production in 1944, according to a U.S. oil company official, is 1,601,2500,000 barrels produced by thousands of wells such as this one. Some U.S. oilwells today are drilled to a depth of three miles (4.8 kilometers) underground

America's petroleum industries pour out fuel and lubricants for the Un...

Public domain photograph - United States during World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

In the House of representatives. Feb. 14, 1776. Whereas the honorable the Continental Congress have desired this Court to make application to the several towns in this Colony, to know what quantity of silver and gold can be procured in exchange

In the House of representatives. Feb. 14, 1776. Whereas the honorable ...

Positive Photostat. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. 2 duplicate copies Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 39, Folder ... More

At a General Assembly of the Governor and company of the state of Connecticut, holden at Hartford, (by special order of his Excellency the Governor,) on the 7th day of April, A. D. 1779. An act for ascertaining the quantity of grain, flour and m

At a General Assembly of the Governor and company of the state of Conn...

Production. Marine engines. Camshafts for marine engines for the Navy are produced in great quantity at a Midwest plant. The finest of material and workmanship go into their manufacture. Continental Motors, Michigan

Production. Marine engines. Camshafts for marine engines for the Navy ...

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Daring robbery $20 reward. My store on E street, between 6th and 7th Navy Yar, Washington, was robbed on Saturday morning the 21st inst., by some villain or villains, who carried off a quantity of groceries and dry goods ... The above rew

Daring robbery $20 reward. My store on E street, between 6th and 7th N...

Reward. 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 200, Folder 10.

New-York, Committee Chamber, 29th May, 1775. Whereas the public service of the Colony may render large supplies of the following articles absolutely necessary ... [Ten articles of supply not to be disposed of, and requiring report of quantity on

New-York, Committee Chamber, 29th May, 1775. Whereas the public servic...

Imprint 3.; On verso: S; May 29, 1775. 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 108, Folder 22.

For sale. The quantity of 389,565 acres of farm lands, in sixty adjoining and adjacent tracts, fit for wheat, rye and other grain, cattle, tobacco and cotton. These lands (except one tract) are situated in the county of Rutherford, District of M

For sale. The quantity of 389,565 acres of farm lands, in sixty adjoin...

North Carolina- lands for sale.; On verso: 09-83-443.20. 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; Po... More

Spring pulpwood drive on the Brown Company timber holdings in Maine. Woodsmen appreciate the quality and quantity of the four meals the cooks prepare for them every day during the drive season

Spring pulpwood drive on the Brown Company timber holdings in Maine. W...

The above plan is a discription of a new township containing the quantity of seven and a half mile of land & water, granted by the General Court to the proprietors of Bakerstown so call'd, lying & being in the county of Cumberland ... Deld. at Falmouth, 4th September 1765.

The above plan is a discription of a new township containing the quant...

Scale ca. 1:43,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Oriented with north toward the upper right. "A true copy compared, A. Oliver, sect." Includes text. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 833 Available... More

Price control. Anti-inflation window display. Well designed because it is easily read, this poster illustrates the correct method for displaying ceiling price items on the Office of Price Administration's (OPA) cost-of-living commodity list, established for all goods essential to the daily requirements of the average family. These lists must clearly identify each item, stating size or quantity and ceiling price

Price control. Anti-inflation window display. Well designed because it...

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Daring robbery $20 reward. My store on E street, between 6th and 7th Navy Yar, Washington, was robbed on Saturday morning the 21st inst., by some villain or villains, who carried off a quantity of groceries and dry goods ... The above rew

Daring robbery $20 reward. My store on E street, between 6th and 7th N...

Reward. 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 200, Folder 10.

No. 4. Statement of the quantity of spirits, molasses, coffee, cocoa and sugar of the growth, produce_c. of foreign countries exported from the United States commencing on the 1st day of October, 1814, and ending on the 30th day of September, 18

No. 4. Statement of the quantity of spirits, molasses, coffee, cocoa a...

On verso: 1818 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 191, Folder 3c.

In the House of representatives. Feb. 14, 1776. Whereas the honorable the Continental Congress have desired this Court to make application to the several towns in this Colony, to know what quantity of silver and gold can be procured in exchange

In the House of representatives. Feb. 14, 1776. Whereas the honorable ...

Positive Photostat. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. 2 duplicate copies Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 39, Folder ... More

Land office treasury warrant, No. To the principal surveyor of any county within the Commonwealth of Virginia. This shall be your warrant, survey and lay off in on or more surveys, for his heirs or assigns, the quantity acres of land due unto in

Land office treasury warrant, No. To the principal surveyor of any cou...

Blank form dated in mss. 15 July 1780.; Not in Evans. 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; Portfo... More

At a General Assembly of the Governor and company of the State of Connecticut, holden at Hartford on the second Thursday of May, 1780. An act for ascertaining the quantity of grain, flour, meal, salt, rum, salted pork and beef, in this state, an

At a General Assembly of the Governor and company of the State of Conn...

Washington papers. V.154 n. 38 Mss.Div.; Imprint 3. 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; Portfoli... More