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Spiking and guiding logs up ramp into mill where they are sawed. Erwin, West Virginia

Spiking and guiding logs up ramp into mill where they are sawed. Erwin...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of lumber, lumberjack workers, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

North American P-51 fighters await flight tests on the flight ramp. The P-51 is the Army Air Force's newest fighter

North American P-51 fighters await flight tests on the flight ramp. Th...

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

North American P-51 fighters and B-25 bombers await test flights and delivery on North American's flight ramp

North American P-51 fighters and B-25 bombers await test flights and d...

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

Because of the rubber shortage, many planes roll along assembly lines and onto the flight ramp on wooden wheels

Because of the rubber shortage, many planes roll along assembly lines ...

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

[Parking garage, New Haven, Connecticut. Ramp access diagram]

[Parking garage, New Haven, Connecticut. Ramp access diagram]

Forms part of: The Paul Rudolph Archive. Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 2001:126.

Woody Boggs' ramp patch, Pettry Bottom

Woody Boggs' ramp patch, Pettry Bottom

Picryl description: Public domain image of a plant, botany, botanical illustration, botany, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Group of diners at the Pine Knob Ramp Supper on Drews Creek (L-R): Brian Gore, Brian Hubbard, Leslie Hubbard, Darwin Thomas, Nora Thomas

Group of diners at the Pine Knob Ramp Supper on Drews Creek (L-R): Br...

Event: Annual Pine Knob Ramp Supper on Drews Creek. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ramp bottoms, in the summer after the leaves have dried

Ramp bottoms, in the summer after the leaves have dried

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

Wheelchair ramp at Minneapolis Federal Building, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Wheelchair ramp at Minneapolis Federal Building, Minneapolis, Minnesot...

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Selfridge Field, Building No. 98, South of East Ramp, east of Taxiway F, Mount Clemens, Macomb County, MI

Selfridge Field, Building No. 98, South of East Ramp, east of Taxiway ...

Significance: Building 98 was erected as a functional power building adjacent to a pump station on the East Ramp and provided backup power to run airport facilities. Survey number: HAER MI-116-X

Selfridge Field, Building No. 98, South of East Ramp, east of Taxiway F, Mount Clemens, Macomb County, MI

Selfridge Field, Building No. 98, South of East Ramp, east of Taxiway ...

Significance: Building 98 was erected as a functional power building adjacent to a pump station on the East Ramp and provided backup power to run airport facilities. Survey number: HAER MI-116-X

U.S. Naval Air Station, Sea Plane Ramp, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

U.S. Naval Air Station, Sea Plane Ramp, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

Significance: Constructed in 1940, R8 is one of thirteen concrete ramps built along the seawall at Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola that facilitated the movement of seaplanes between the relatively tranquil wa... More

U.S. Naval Air Station, Sea Plane Ramp, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

U.S. Naval Air Station, Sea Plane Ramp, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

Significance: Constructed in 1940, R8 is one of thirteen concrete ramps built along the seawall at Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola that facilitated the movement of seaplanes between the relatively tranquil wa... More

Capital City Airport, Vector Construction, North side of Grand River Avenue, west ramp area, Lansing, Ingham County, MI

Capital City Airport, Vector Construction, North side of Grand River A...

Significance: The Vector Construction building represents the typical development of expanding modern airport services at Capital City Airport and the structures built to accommodate them, thereby contributing ... More

Selfridge Field, Building Nos. 20 & 21, East Ramp south of intersection of Wilbur Wright & Birch Streets, Mount Clemens, Macomb County, MI

Selfridge Field, Building Nos. 20 & 21, East Ramp south of intersectio...

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

Naval Hospital Philadelphia, Main Hospital Building, North end of Ramp A, north of Pattison Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Naval Hospital Philadelphia, Main Hospital Building, North end of Ramp...

Significance: Building 1, constructed between 1933 and 1935 as Naval Hospital Philadelphia's main hospital building, forms part of the original hospital complex built during the early 1930s. Incorporating the s... More

Naval Hospital Philadelphia, Main Hospital Building, North end of Ramp A, north of Pattison Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Naval Hospital Philadelphia, Main Hospital Building, North end of Ramp...

Significance: Building 1, constructed between 1933 and 1935 as Naval Hospital Philadelphia's main hospital building, forms part of the original hospital complex built during the early 1930s. Incorporating the s... More

Naval Hospital Philadelphia, Main Hospital Building, North end of Ramp A, north of Pattison Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Naval Hospital Philadelphia, Main Hospital Building, North end of Ramp...

Significance: Building 1, constructed between 1933 and 1935 as Naval Hospital Philadelphia's main hospital building, forms part of the original hospital complex built during the early 1930s. Incorporating the s... More

[African American guiding log from water onto saw mill ramp, Newport News, Virginia, 1900]

[African American guiding log from water onto saw mill ramp, Newport ...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). LOT subdivision subject: Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute - Vocational Training.

A couple of men standing next to each other, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A couple of men standing next to each other, West Virginia. Farm Secur...

Public domain photograph - United States during the 1930s and 1940s, Farm Security Administration, New Deal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

World's Fair views. Perisphere bridge, trylon and ramp

World's Fair views. Perisphere bridge, trylon and ramp

Picryl description: Public domain image of a modernist architecture building, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions. The New York World's Fair was a large international exposition held in New Yo... More

Mrs. John Taylor, residence in Stockton, New Jersey. Barn ramp

Mrs. John Taylor, residence in Stockton, New Jersey. Barn ramp

Public domain photograph of a barn, farm, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Country School, Weston, Massachusetts. Ramp

The Country School, Weston, Massachusetts. Ramp

Picryl description: Public domain image of a school hall, building, education facility, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Handicap ramp. Wayne N. Aspinall Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Grand Junction, Colorado

Handicap ramp. Wayne N. Aspinall Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse,...

Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. In 2010, the Federal Building & US Courthouse received $15M... More

Capital City Airport, Hughes Flying Service, North side of Grand River Avenue, west ramp area, Lansing, Ingham County, MI

Capital City Airport, Hughes Flying Service, North side of Grand River...

Significance: The Hughes Flying Service buildings are significant for their role in the training of pilots during World War II under the Civilian Pilots Training Program. Future commercial pilots enrolled in t... More

Capital City Airport, Hughes Flying Service, North side of Grand River Avenue, west ramp area, Lansing, Ingham County, MI

Capital City Airport, Hughes Flying Service, North side of Grand River...

Significance: The Hughes Flying Service buildings are significant for their role in the training of pilots during World War II under the Civilian Pilots Training Program. Future commercial pilots enrolled in t... More

Logging in the Cascade Mountains, near Seattle, Wash.: Boom Shingle Bolts and Bolt Puncher [man standing on boards across stream, guiding logs coming down ramp into stream], Skagit River, Near Lyman, Wash.

Logging in the Cascade Mountains, near Seattle, Wash.: Boom Shingle Bo...

Photo copyrighted by Darius Kinsey. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Wash. Shagit R.; Wash. Cascade Mtns.; Lumbering Wash.; Shelf.

[Unidentified ramp on field, Washington, D.C.]

[Unidentified ramp on field, Washington, D.C.]

Public domain photograph of cabinet, bureau, office, 1920s - 1930s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Production. Fifty-foot steel ramp boats. A fifty-foot steel ramp boat, just completed at a Southern boatyard, makes a trial run. Boats of this kind are used in making beach landings of men, tanks, and other equipment on hostile shores. The yard is also making torpedo boats, smaller wooden ramp boats, and other Navy craft

Production. Fifty-foot steel ramp boats. A fifty-foot steel ramp boat,...

Public domain photograph of a boat, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Manpower. Boatyard workers. Installing one of the twin diesel engines which will power a fifty-foot steel ramp boat to be used in making beach landings of men, tanks and equipment on enemy shores. The large Southern boatyard doing the work is also turning out motor torpedo boats, smaller wooden ramp boats and other Navy craft

Manpower. Boatyard workers. Installing one of the twin diesel engines ...

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

Production. Fifty-foot steel ramp boats. Producing fifty-foot steel ramp boats in one of the plants of a large Southern boat building company. In addition to these steel ramp boats, the company is also making wooden ramp boats, torpedo boats and other Navy craft. Boats were under construction on these lines before the building was completed. Higgins Industries

Production. Fifty-foot steel ramp boats. Producing fifty-foot steel ra...

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

Production. Fifty-foot steel ramp boats. Three fifty-foot steel ramp boats, just completed at a Southern boatyard, await trial runs. Boats of this kind are used in making beach landings of men, tanks and other equipment on hostile shores. The yard is also making torpedo boats, smaller wooden ramp boats and other Navy craft

Production. Fifty-foot steel ramp boats. Three fifty-foot steel ramp b...

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

Production. Fifty-foot steel ramp boats. A new fifty-foot steel ramp boat, which has just passed its trial runs at a Southern boatyard, is removed from the water to be prepared for railroad shipment. Boats of this kind are used in making beach landings of men, tanks and other equipment on hostile shores. They are powered by twin diesel engines. Higgins Industries

Production. Fifty-foot steel ramp boats. A new fifty-foot steel ramp b...

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

Production. Fifty-foot steel ramp boats. Gas welding a plate for a fifty-foot steel ramp boat in a Southern yard, building boats used in landing men, tanks and other equipment on hostile shores. Torpedo boats, smaller wooden ramp boats and other Navy craft are also made at this yard

Production. Fifty-foot steel ramp boats. Gas welding a plate for a fif...

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.

A painter on the flight ramp marks off the transparent enclosure on a North American B-25 bomber before adding the camouflage paint of the United States Army Air Force. Windows covered with brown paper

A painter on the flight ramp marks off the transparent enclosure on a ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a pilot, aviator, aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

North American employees gather on the flight ramp during lunch period to see the ships they helped build perform

North American employees gather on the flight ramp during lunch period...

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

Selfridge Field, Building Nos. 1412, 1434, Castle Avenue west of West Ramp, Mount Clemens, Macomb County, MI

Selfridge Field, Building Nos. 1412, 1434, Castle Avenue west of West ...

Significance: Buildings 1412 & 1434 are utilitarian buildings whose role was essential in the operation of the SAC district, which occupies a distinct district at Selfridge that was self contained and isolated... More

Selfridge Field, Building No. 98, South of East Ramp, east of Taxiway F, Mount Clemens, Macomb County, MI

Selfridge Field, Building No. 98, South of East Ramp, east of Taxiway ...

Significance: Building 98 was erected as a functional power building adjacent to a pump station on the East Ramp and provided backup power to run airport facilities. Survey number: HAER MI-116-X

U.S. Naval Air Station, Sea Plane Ramp, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

U.S. Naval Air Station, Sea Plane Ramp, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

Significance: Constructed in 1940, R8 is one of thirteen concrete ramps built along the seawall at Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola that facilitated the movement of seaplanes between the relatively tranquil wa... More

Capital City Airport, Hughes Flying Service, North side of Grand River Avenue, west ramp area, Lansing, Ingham County, MI

Capital City Airport, Hughes Flying Service, North side of Grand River...

Significance: The Hughes Flying Service buildings are significant for their role in the training of pilots during World War II under the Civilian Pilots Training Program. Future commercial pilots enrolled in t... More

Capital City Airport, Hughes Flying Service, North side of Grand River Avenue, west ramp area, Lansing, Ingham County, MI

Capital City Airport, Hughes Flying Service, North side of Grand River...

Significance: The Hughes Flying Service buildings are significant for their role in the training of pilots during World War II under the Civilian Pilots Training Program. Future commercial pilots enrolled in t... More

Selfridge Field, Building Nos. 20 & 21, East Ramp south of intersection of Wilbur Wright & Birch Streets, Mount Clemens, Macomb County, MI

Selfridge Field, Building Nos. 20 & 21, East Ramp south of intersectio...

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

Naval Hospital Philadelphia, Main Hospital Building, North end of Ramp A, north of Pattison Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Naval Hospital Philadelphia, Main Hospital Building, North end of Ramp...

Significance: Building 1, constructed between 1933 and 1935 as Naval Hospital Philadelphia's main hospital building, forms part of the original hospital complex built during the early 1930s. Incorporating the s... More

Naval Hospital Philadelphia, Main Hospital Building, North end of Ramp A, north of Pattison Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Naval Hospital Philadelphia, Main Hospital Building, North end of Ramp...

Significance: Building 1, constructed between 1933 and 1935 as Naval Hospital Philadelphia's main hospital building, forms part of the original hospital complex built during the early 1930s. Incorporating the s... More

Naval Hospital Philadelphia, Main Hospital Building, North end of Ramp A, north of Pattison Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Naval Hospital Philadelphia, Main Hospital Building, North end of Ramp...

Significance: Building 1, constructed between 1933 and 1935 as Naval Hospital Philadelphia's main hospital building, forms part of the original hospital complex built during the early 1930s. Incorporating the s... More

Naval Hospital Philadelphia, Main Hospital Building, North end of Ramp A, north of Pattison Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Naval Hospital Philadelphia, Main Hospital Building, North end of Ramp...

Significance: Building 1, constructed between 1933 and 1935 as Naval Hospital Philadelphia's main hospital building, forms part of the original hospital complex built during the early 1930s. Incorporating the s... More

Naval Hospital Philadelphia, Main Hospital Building, North end of Ramp A, north of Pattison Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Naval Hospital Philadelphia, Main Hospital Building, North end of Ramp...

Significance: Building 1, constructed between 1933 and 1935 as Naval Hospital Philadelphia's main hospital building, forms part of the original hospital complex built during the early 1930s. Incorporating the s... More

[Harold Bride, surviving wireless operator of the TITANIC, with feet bandaged, being carried up ramp of ship]

[Harold Bride, surviving wireless operator of the TITANIC, with feet b...

J169614 U.S. Copyright Office. No copyright renewal. This record contains unverified data from caption card, with subsequent revisions. Caption card tracings: BI; Ships Disasters; Ships TITANIC.

A black and white photo of men loading barrels, Louisiana. Farmers during Great Depression

A black and white photo of men loading barrels, Louisiana. Farmers dur...

Public domain photograph - United States during the 1930s and 1940s, Farm Security Administration, New Deal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a man pulling logs, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of a man pulling logs, West Virginia. Farm Sec...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of lumber, lumberjack workers, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A man standing next to a pile of wood, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A man standing next to a pile of wood, West Virginia. Farm Security Ad...

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

A black and white photo of a group of men, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of a group of men, West Virginia. Farm Securit...

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

World's Fair night views. Perisphere and ramp II

World's Fair night views. Perisphere and ramp II

Public domain photograph of midcentury American architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description The New York World's Fair was a large international exposition held in New York C... More

This Negro employee at North American Aviation tows planes into place on the flight ramp

This Negro employee at North American Aviation tows planes into place ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a pilot, aviator, aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Kansas City, Kansas. A partial view of the flight ramp at North American Aviation, Inc.

Kansas City, Kansas. A partial view of the flight ramp at North Americ...

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

Production. Fifty-foot steel ramp boats. Night view of one of the four plants of a Southern boat building company now producing ramp boats, torpedo boats and other Navy craft. Production of fifty-foot steel ramp boats was underway before the building itself was completed. Higgins Industries

Production. Fifty-foot steel ramp boats. Night view of one of the four...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s bridge, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Production. Small ramp boats. A tow of wooden ramp boats used for landing men and equipment on beaches. These thirty-six-foot boats, just launched at a large Southern shipyard, will soon be delivered to the Navy. The high bottom-hinged sterns of these boats are used as ramps to make fast, dryshod landings at beach locations of any kind. Higgins Industries

Production. Small ramp boats. A tow of wooden ramp boats used for land...

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

Production. Fifty-foot steel ramp boats. An electric arc welder "runs a bead" on a joint in a fifty-foot steel ramp boat on the production line of a Southern boat building equipment on hostile shores. The plant is also turning out torpedo boats, smaller wooden ramp boats and other Navy craft. Higgins Industry

Production. Fifty-foot steel ramp boats. An electric arc welder "runs ...

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

Production. B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bombers. Final installations on North American B-25 bombers are made on the flight ramp of the Inglewood, California, plant, before they move to the flight test line. In addition to the battle-tested B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, this plant produces the P-51 "Mustang" fighter plane which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

Production. B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bombers. Final installations on Nort...

Picryl description: Public domain image of the British Empire armed forces, 19th-20th century war and military conflict, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

New Orleans, Louisiana. Ramp boats on railroad cars

New Orleans, Louisiana. Ramp boats on railroad cars

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

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship hull, port, harbor, water way, maritime architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship hull, port, harbor, ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a boat in a harbor, water, fishing boat, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Group of diners at the Drews Creek Church ramp supper (L-R): Marvin Turner, Linda Burgin, Lisa Lattes, Hodding Carter, Amy Austin, Bruce Burgin

Group of diners at the Drews Creek Church ramp supper (L-R): Marvin T...

Event: "The Pine Knob Ramp Supper held by the Delbert Church at the Ramp House at the head of Drews Creek." Event: Ramp Supper at Delbert Church.

Children at the Drews Creek Church ramp supper (L-R): Bradley, from Fairdale, WV second grade; Allison, from Rock Creek, WV, kindergarten; Holly, from Dry Creek, WV, first grade

Children at the Drews Creek Church ramp supper (L-R): Bradley, from F...

Event: Ramp Supper at Delbert Church. Public domain photograph - American children, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Selfridge Field, Building Nos. 1412, 1434, Castle Avenue west of West Ramp, Mount Clemens, Macomb County, MI

Selfridge Field, Building Nos. 1412, 1434, Castle Avenue west of West ...

Significance: Buildings 1412 & 1434 are utilitarian buildings whose role was essential in the operation of the SAC district, which occupies a distinct district at Selfridge that was self contained and isolated... More

Selfridge Field, Building Nos. 1412, 1434, Castle Avenue west of West Ramp, Mount Clemens, Macomb County, MI

Selfridge Field, Building Nos. 1412, 1434, Castle Avenue west of West ...

Significance: Buildings 1412 & 1434 are utilitarian buildings whose role was essential in the operation of the SAC district, which occupies a distinct district at Selfridge that was self contained and isolated... More

Selfridge Field, Building No. 98, South of East Ramp, east of Taxiway F, Mount Clemens, Macomb County, MI

Selfridge Field, Building No. 98, South of East Ramp, east of Taxiway ...

Significance: Building 98 was erected as a functional power building adjacent to a pump station on the East Ramp and provided backup power to run airport facilities. Survey number: HAER MI-116-X

Frogtown District, Bounded by Jones, I-66 Ramp, & West Boundary Streets, Savannah, Chatham County, GA

Frogtown District, Bounded by Jones, I-66 Ramp, & West Boundary Street...

Survey number: HABS GA-196 Public domain photograph - Georgia folklife collection, ethnography, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Selfridge Field, Building Nos. 20 & 21, East Ramp south of intersection of Wilbur Wright & Birch Streets, Mount Clemens, Macomb County, MI

Selfridge Field, Building Nos. 20 & 21, East Ramp south of intersectio...

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

Selfridge Field, Building Nos. 20 & 21, East Ramp south of intersection of Wilbur Wright & Birch Streets, Mount Clemens, Macomb County, MI

Selfridge Field, Building Nos. 20 & 21, East Ramp south of intersectio...

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

Naval Hospital Philadelphia, Main Hospital Building, North end of Ramp A, north of Pattison Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Naval Hospital Philadelphia, Main Hospital Building, North end of Ramp...

Significance: Building 1, constructed between 1933 and 1935 as Naval Hospital Philadelphia's main hospital building, forms part of the original hospital complex built during the early 1930s. Incorporating the s... More

Naval Hospital Philadelphia, Main Hospital Building, North end of Ramp A, north of Pattison Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Naval Hospital Philadelphia, Main Hospital Building, North end of Ramp...

Significance: Building 1, constructed between 1933 and 1935 as Naval Hospital Philadelphia's main hospital building, forms part of the original hospital complex built during the early 1930s. Incorporating the s... More

Naval Hospital Philadelphia, Main Hospital Building, North end of Ramp A, north of Pattison Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Naval Hospital Philadelphia, Main Hospital Building, North end of Ramp...

Significance: Building 1, constructed between 1933 and 1935 as Naval Hospital Philadelphia's main hospital building, forms part of the original hospital complex built during the early 1930s. Incorporating the s... More

[African American man standing on platform or loading dock with large barrels and a ramp to a structure in the background with a large vat or silo, in Georgia]

[African American man standing on platform or loading dock with large ...

In album (disbound): Negro life in Georgia, U.S.A., compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 3, no. 235. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in ... More

Suburban concourse with ramp, Grand Central Terminal, N.Y. Central Lines, New York

Suburban concourse with ramp, Grand Central Terminal, N.Y. Central Lin...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a basement, underground, lobby, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Recreational structures. Development of difficult topography at the ramp leading to one of TVA's (Tennessee Valley Authority) boat harbors on Norris Lake. Semi-concealed structure is public comfort station

Recreational structures. Development of difficult topography at the ra...

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Negro stevedores "snaking" drums down ramp to boat, New Orleans, Louisiana

Negro stevedores "snaking" drums down ramp to boat, New Orleans, Louis...

Public domain photograph of aircraft engine, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Production. Fifty-foot steel ramp boats. Cordage fenders for use on fifty-foot steel ramp boats under construction at a Southern boatyard. These fenders are made of jute rope to save the manila cordage formerly employed for this purpose. The steel ramp boats on which they will be used are for the landing of men, tanks and other equipment on hostile shores

Production. Fifty-foot steel ramp boats. Cordage fenders for use on fi...

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

Production. Small ramp boats. Small wooden ramp boats for landing men and equipment on beaches, under construction at a Southern shipyard. The frames of these thirty-six-foot carriers are made of prefabricated parts and sections. The completed boats are launched by crane and delivered in tows of six to eight. Higgins Industries

Production. Small ramp boats. Small wooden ramp boats for landing men ...

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.

Production. Fifty-foot steel ramp boats. Cordage fenders for use on fifty-foot steel ramp boats under construction at a Southern boatyard. These fenders are made of jute rope to save the manila cordage formerly employed for this purpose. The steel ramp boats on which they will be used are for the landing of men, tanks and other equipment on hostile shores

Production. Fifty-foot steel ramp boats. Cordage fenders for use on fi...

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

Manpower. Boatyard workers. This drill press operator is one of many efficient workers producing steel ramp boats which will be used in making beach landings of men, tanks and other equipment on enemy shores. The yard is also turning out motor torpedo boats, smaller wooden ramp boats and other Navy craft. Higgins Industries

Manpower. Boatyard workers. This drill press operator is one of many e...

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

New Orleans, Louisiana. Ramp boats under construction at the Higgins shipyards

New Orleans, Louisiana. Ramp boats under construction at the Higgins s...

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

New Orleans, Louisiana. Ramp boats under construction at the Higgins shipyards

New Orleans, Louisiana. Ramp boats under construction at the Higgins s...

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

Coal river. Woody Boggs's ramp patch. Southern West Virginia.

Coal river. Woody Boggs's ramp patch. Southern West Virginia.

As the women cleaning ramps in the "ramp circle" on Drews Creek made clear (see ramp essay), you can start your own ramp patch from the small rootlets leftover from the cleaning process. Many domesticated ramp ... More

Mae Bongalis and John Flynn, at the 1995 Ramp Supper

Mae Bongalis and John Flynn, at the 1995 Ramp Supper

Event: The 1995 Pine Knob Ramp Supper on Drews Creek. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Foreground (L-R): Judy Griffey, Shirley Tyler, and Edna Turner at the Drews Creek Church ramp supper. Quilts hanging in the background are for sale.

Foreground (L-R): Judy Griffey, Shirley Tyler, and Edna Turner at the...

Event: Ramp Supper at Delbert Church. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Selfridge Field, Building Nos. 1412, 1434, Castle Avenue west of West Ramp, Mount Clemens, Macomb County, MI

Selfridge Field, Building Nos. 1412, 1434, Castle Avenue west of West ...

Significance: Buildings 1412 & 1434 are utilitarian buildings whose role was essential in the operation of the SAC district, which occupies a distinct district at Selfridge that was self contained and isolated... More

Selfridge Field, Building Nos. 1412, 1434, Castle Avenue west of West Ramp, Mount Clemens, Macomb County, MI

Selfridge Field, Building Nos. 1412, 1434, Castle Avenue west of West ...

Significance: Buildings 1412 & 1434 are utilitarian buildings whose role was essential in the operation of the SAC district, which occupies a distinct district at Selfridge that was self contained and isolated... More

Capital City Airport, Hughes Flying Service, North side of Grand River Avenue, west ramp area, Lansing, Ingham County, MI

Capital City Airport, Hughes Flying Service, North side of Grand River...

Significance: The Hughes Flying Service buildings are significant for their role in the training of pilots during World War II under the Civilian Pilots Training Program. Future commercial pilots enrolled in t... More

Capital City Airport, Hughes Flying Service, North side of Grand River Avenue, west ramp area, Lansing, Ingham County, MI

Capital City Airport, Hughes Flying Service, North side of Grand River...

Significance: The Hughes Flying Service buildings are significant for their role in the training of pilots during World War II under the Civilian Pilots Training Program. Future commercial pilots enrolled in t... More

Selfridge Field, Building Nos. 20 & 21, East Ramp south of intersection of Wilbur Wright & Birch Streets, Mount Clemens, Macomb County, MI

Selfridge Field, Building Nos. 20 & 21, East Ramp south of intersectio...

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

Naval Hospital Philadelphia, Main Hospital Building, North end of Ramp A, north of Pattison Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Naval Hospital Philadelphia, Main Hospital Building, North end of Ramp...

Significance: Building 1, constructed between 1933 and 1935 as Naval Hospital Philadelphia's main hospital building, forms part of the original hospital complex built during the early 1930s. Incorporating the s... More

Motor boat trip around the Dead Sea. On Masada. Climbers by aid of rope reaching the ramp

Motor boat trip around the Dead Sea. On Masada. Climbers by aid of rop...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a mountain cliff view, natural rocky landscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Men spiking logs to go to ramp into sawmill. It was working only halftime and was even slower in winter. "It's kinder hard them times. Concrete and steel's taking the place of lumber nowadays. Erwin, West Virginia

Men spiking logs to go to ramp into sawmill. It was working only halft...

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

A couple of men standing on top of a wooden bridge, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A couple of men standing on top of a wooden bridge, West Virginia. Far...

Public domain photograph - United States during the 1930s and 1940s, Farm Security Administration, New Deal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Production. Fifty-foot steel ramp boats. Mounting the power plant of a fifty-foot steel ramp boat in a Southern boatyard. This ramp boat, which will be used in landing men, tanks and other equipment on hostile shores, is powered by twin diesel engines. At this same boat yard are made torpedo boats, smaller wooden ramp boats and other Navy craft

Production. Fifty-foot steel ramp boats. Mounting the power plant of a...

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

A partial view of North American's flight ramp, with P-51 fighters getting final adjustments before flight tests and paint

A partial view of North American's flight ramp, with P-51 fighters get...

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

Manpower. Boatyard workers. An electric arc welder at a large Southern boatyard examines a bead he has just run on a steel ramp which will be used in making beach landings of men, tanks, and other equipment on hostile shores. The yard is also turning out motor torpedo boats, smaller wooden ramp boats and other Navy craft. Higgins Industries

Manpower. Boatyard workers. An electric arc welder at a large Southern...

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

Production. Fifty-foot steel ramp boats. Launching a fifty-foot steel ramp boat, just completed at a Southern boatyard. Boats of this kind, powered by twin diesel engines, are used in making beach landings of men, tanks and other equipment on hostile shores. After a trial run this boat will be removed from the water and prepared for railroad shipment

Production. Fifty-foot steel ramp boats. Launching a fifty-foot steel ...

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

Patrons on the ramp house porch (L-R): Mary Hufford, John Flynn, Mae Bongalis, Lois and Lloyd Burnside

Patrons on the ramp house porch (L-R): Mary Hufford, John Flynn, Mae ...

Event: Pine Knob Ramp Supper on Drews Creek (an annual event).

Jenny Bonds, one of the founders of the ramp supper, serving coffee

Jenny Bonds, one of the founders of the ramp supper, serving coffee

Event: Ramp Supper at Delbert Church. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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