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Air Safety Conference. Washington, D.C. More than 200 representatives of the nation's airlines and technical experts from the U.S. Bureau of Air Commerce met at conference today to study recent air crashes with a view to preventing such accidents in the future. Gene Vidal, Director of the Bureau of Air, presided at the meeting which was held at the Department of Commerce. In the photograph, left to right: (seated) O.A. Patterson, President of United Airlines; E.E. Jett, Chief Engineer of Federal Communications; Sidney Shannon, Operations Manager Eastern Airlines; Eugene Vidal, Director of Bureau of Air Commerce; and Harland Hull, Chief Pilot of TWA

Air Safety Conference. Washington, D.C. More than 200 representatives ...

A group of men sitting around a table with a map. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

At historic Marathon--A group of orphans in care of Near East Relief brought out of Asia Minor to safety in Greece

At historic Marathon--A group of orphans in care of Near East Relief b...

Armenian and Greek orphans on steps of building, Marathon, Greece. Photograph by Near East Relief. Bain News Service photograph. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). No. 7009.

"Safety first" / Rolf Armstrong 1914 ; painted by Rolf Armstrong.

"Safety first" / Rolf Armstrong 1914 ; painted by Rolf Armstrong.

Illustration shows a steely-faced young man driving an automobile and a beautiful young woman sitting next to him and looking up at him. Illus. in: Puck, v. 76, no. 1974 (1915 January 2), cover. Copyright 1915... More

"Safety first" is the motto of Miss Mary Jayne of Keith's circuit

"Safety first" is the motto of Miss Mary Jayne of Keith's circuit

Mary Jayne seated in rocking chair with pistol strapped to her knee, claiming exemption from concealed weapon regulation by saying her thirty-two isn't a concealed weapon in these days of knee-length skirts. Na... More

White Sulphur Springs, W.VA, June 9. W.J. Davidson, left, of General Motors, Detroit, and Col. J.G. Vincent, of Packard Motors, Detroit, discuss safety driving, 6/9/36

White Sulphur Springs, W.VA, June 9. W.J. Davidson, left, of General M...

A black and white photo of two men. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Government discovers method to preserve movie film indefinitely. Washington, D.C., July 8. People living in the year 2000 will be able to see and hear today's history in the making through experiments on preserving movie film now being conducted by the National Bureau of Standards. The experts at the bureau recently completed "accelerated aging tests in which films in six months went through the effects of 50 years' storage in a cool dark room. These tests showed that cellulose, or explosive film, would last from 50 to 100 years. The new Safety or Acetate film "may be preserved for longer periods." Unofficially, the experts put the figure at several hundred years. The following set of pictures were made at the Bureau of Standards and the National Archives Building. (1) Accelerated aging, The stability of the films is tested similarly to paper. They are heated in this oven at 100 [degrees] C and tested for loss of flexibility and for evidences of chemical decomposition. Arnold Soorne, of the Bureau Staff, is picture making the test

Government discovers method to preserve movie film indefinitely. Washi...

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Washington, D.C., May 7. Schoolboy patrols from all over the eastern seabord staged their annual safety parade down Constitution Ave. today, Pennsylvania with 1500 youngsters, had the largest delegation in the parade, 5/7/38

Washington, D.C., May 7. Schoolboy patrols from all over the eastern s...

Public domain photograph of a parade in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

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

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

Tennessee Valley Authority power and conservation. Fort Loudoun Dam construction. A workman on a cofferdam of the new Fort Loudoun Dam, furthest upstream of the TVA's main Tennessee River projects. Scheduled for closure and first storage of water early in 1943, this dam will create a 15,000-acre lake reaching fifty-five miles upstream to the city of Knoxville. The reservoir will have a useful storage capacity of 126,000 acre-feet. Power installation of 64,000 kilowatts is authorized, with a possible ultimate of 96,000 kilowatts. Note safety precaution in the form of a life preserver strapped to this worker

Tennessee Valley Authority power and conservation. Fort Loudoun Dam co...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a power dam, cascade, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Industrial safety. Accident prevention. The employee who carries in such a way as to obscure his vision is not saving time--he is endangering himself and his fellow workers. A few extra trips, or the use of a truck when necessary, eliminates possible manhour loss from this hazard

Industrial safety. Accident prevention. The employee who carries in su...

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

Safety. Hindering war production. The driver fell asleep and, in the process, ruined a good truck, delayed an important lumber shipment, created a dangerous situation on the highway, and nearly cost a number of lives. Such accidents seriously hinder war production

Safety. Hindering war production. The driver fell asleep and, in the p...

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

A safety light at the end of a barge being towed by the Ernest T. Weir going down the Ohio River to Cincinnati

A safety light at the end of a barge being towed by the Ernest T. Weir...

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

Washington, D.C. Safety cap with visor for front protection and full out in back to keep long hair from becoming entangled in the machinery

Washington, D.C. Safety cap with visor for front protection and full o...

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

Spring pulpwood drive on the Brown Company timber holdings in Maine. The safety boom is anchored in a cove where it will not be in the way while the steamer is picking up the full boom

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

Washington, D.C. The U.S. Weather Bureau station at the National Airport. Pilots receive weather information by radio to insure safety in flight

Washington, D.C. The U.S. Weather Bureau station at the National Airpo...

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

Blue Island, Illinois. Bobby Senise is on the student safety patrol at school

Blue Island, Illinois. Bobby Senise is on the student safety patrol at...

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

Birney Safety Streetcar No. 224, Fort Smith Trolley Museum, Fort Smith, Sebastian County, AR

Birney Safety Streetcar No. 224, Fort Smith Trolley Museum, Fort Smith...

Significance: Streetcar Number 224 was built by the Saint Louis Car Company in 1926. It was bought that same year by the Fort Smith Light and Traction Company and served the Fort Smith, Van Buren area with dis... More

Bodie Island Light Station, Off Highway 12, Nags Head, Dare County, NC

Bodie Island Light Station, Off Highway 12, Nags Head, Dare County, NC

Significance: Bodie Island Light Station served as an important aid to navigation in a system of lighthouses guiding mariners along the hazardous waters of the Outer Banks of North Carolina, often referred to a... More

Bodie Island Light Station, Off Highway 12, Nags Head, Dare County, NC

Bodie Island Light Station, Off Highway 12, Nags Head, Dare County, NC

Significance: Bodie Island Light Station served as an important aid to navigation in a system of lighthouses guiding mariners along the hazardous waters of the Outer Banks of North Carolina, often referred to a... More

Bodie Island Light Station, Off Highway 12, Nags Head, Dare County, NC

Bodie Island Light Station, Off Highway 12, Nags Head, Dare County, NC

Significance: Bodie Island Light Station served as an important aid to navigation in a system of lighthouses guiding mariners along the hazardous waters of the Outer Banks of North Carolina, often referred to a... More

Bodie Island Light Station, Off Highway 12, Nags Head, Dare County, NC

Bodie Island Light Station, Off Highway 12, Nags Head, Dare County, NC

Significance: Bodie Island Light Station served as an important aid to navigation in a system of lighthouses guiding mariners along the hazardous waters of the Outer Banks of North Carolina, often referred to a... More

Bodie Island Light Station, Off Highway 12, Nags Head, Dare County, NC

Bodie Island Light Station, Off Highway 12, Nags Head, Dare County, NC

Significance: Bodie Island Light Station served as an important aid to navigation in a system of lighthouses guiding mariners along the hazardous waters of the Outer Banks of North Carolina, often referred to a... More

North Point Lighthouse, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI

North Point Lighthouse, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI

2003 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The North Point Lighthouse represents a time within Milwaukee history when maritime travel was quite vital to the economy. It was in an era when waterways we... More

Work with care - WPA poster, Public domain, Library of Congress

Work with care - WPA poster, Public domain, Library of Congress

Poster promoting safety in the workplace, showing a man with riveter. Date stamped on verso: Mar 27 1937. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of the WPA / Christopher D... More

Iditarod Trail Shelter Cabins, Safety Roadhouse, Port Safety, Nome Census Area, AK

Iditarod Trail Shelter Cabins, Safety Roadhouse, Port Safety, Nome Cen...

Survey number: HABS AK-5-L Public domain photograph - historical image of Alaska, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

First safety switch, Canadian Pacific Ry., Wapta Canyon, British Columbia

First safety switch, Canadian Pacific Ry., Wapta Canyon, British Colum...

Public domain photograph of a mountain pass, mountains, nature, mountain range, view, landscape, rocks, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Safety first sign in coal mine - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Safety first sign in coal mine - Glass negative photogrpah. Public dom...

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A group of girl workers at Greenabaum's Cannery, Seaford, Del. The girls in the front row are "cappers" and "layers." They range from 6 years of age up. Working from 10 to 12 hours per day. Among the unguarded belting machinery of the Cannery. Location: Seaford, Delaware.

A group of girl workers at Greenabaum's Cannery, Seaford, Del. The gir...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph group portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Safety parade, [12/1/22] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Safety parade, [12/1/22] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Public domain photograph of military parade, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Treasury girls, Safety parade, [11/1/22]

Treasury girls, Safety parade, [11/1/22]

Public domain photograph of military activity, parade, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Safety parade, 12/1/22 - Public domain demonstration photograph

Safety parade, 12/1/22 - Public domain demonstration photograph

A group of people riding in a horse drawn carriage. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

"Sentinels of Safety" awarded by "The Explosives Engineer," 6/16/25

"Sentinels of Safety" awarded by "The Explosives Engineer," 6/16/25

Responsible post. Washington, D.C., Sept. 28. A post, which probably carries with it more responsibility than any other in the field of aviation, is held by Richard C. Gazley, New Chief of the Safety and Planning Division of the Bureau of Air Commerce, U.S. Department of Commerce. All problems relating to aircraft, airports, air transport, education, international relations, power plants, and radio development come under his direct supervision. One of the most important phases of his job is the developing and testing of all new safety devices for aircraft. In this picture, Gazley is shown inspecting an audio meter for testing radio receiving apparatus.

Responsible post. Washington, D.C., Sept. 28. A post, which probably c...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, aviator, 1910s-1920s, early 20th-century aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Be wise Don't play with firecrackers : Department of Health, New York City.

Be wise Don't play with firecrackers : Department of Health, New York ...

Poster warning of the dangers of playing with firecrackers, showing the face of a boy with an injured eye. Date stamped on verso: Apr 16 1937. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress... More

A black and white photo of a train full of people, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of a train full of people, West Virginia. Farm...

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

Members of new Air Safety Board. Washington, D.C., Aug. 22. Thomas O. Hardin, member of the new Air Safety Board, pictured at his desk shortly after taking the Oath of Office today, 8/22/38

Members of new Air Safety Board. Washington, D.C., Aug. 22. Thomas O. ...

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

Jewish factories in Palestine on Plain of Sharon & along the coast to Haifa. Richon le Zion. Okava safety blade factory. Printing on the blades

Jewish factories in Palestine on Plain of Sharon & along the coast to ...

Public domain photograph of 1920s Israel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Safety inspector. This man uses a special lamp to test for gas throughout the mine. Old Ben number eight, West Frankfort, Illinois (see 26980-D)

Safety inspector. This man uses a special lamp to test for gas through...

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

Electric Institute of Washington, Potomac Electric Power Co. Sign extolling safety

Electric Institute of Washington, Potomac Electric Power Co. Sign exto...

Public domain photograph of commerce and advertising, 1920s-1930s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Panel from safety exhibit - safety film negatives, Library of Congress

Panel from safety exhibit - safety film negatives, Library of Congress

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

Conversion. Watch cases to war production. Last of the old order. A half-emptied box at a punch press holds the final batch of brass parts for women's compacts to be processed in a Kentucky watch case factory before complete conversion to war prodution. Note safety cords attached to operator's arms. Wadsworth Watch Company, Louisville, Kentucky

Conversion. Watch cases to war production. Last of the old order. A ha...

Public domain photograph of indoor, interior activity, America in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Self-sealing fuel tanks. Not only as nurses behind the battle lines, but as workers in the factory producing important war goods, women are doing much to win this war and to spare the lives of the men doing the actual fighting. These girls are fitting inner ply to a building form, a safety development for military aircraft. Goodrich

Self-sealing fuel tanks. Not only as nurses behind the battle lines, b...

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

Wilson Dam, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Workers at safety meeting

Wilson Dam, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Workers at saf...

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

Conversion. Safety razor plant. Closeup of grinder converted from production of safety razors to tool-posts. Only conversion necessary in this instance is of the tool holding the V-block, which is held in place by the magnetic chuck. Gillette

Conversion. Safety razor plant. Closeup of grinder converted from prod...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of an office worker, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Washington, D.C. The U.S. Weather Bureau station at the National Airport. Pilots receive weather information by radio to insure safety in flight

Washington, D.C. The U.S. Weather Bureau station at the National Airpo...

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

Madelon O'Leary operates a punch press in a well-cut, one-piece overall. Trim--and plenty of room for action. Visor-front cap completely covers hair for safety and essential neatness

Madelon O'Leary operates a punch press in a well-cut, one-piece overal...

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

[Memorial Hall. Quotation from James Madison, beginning "The safety and happiness of society ...." Library of Congress James Madison Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Memorial Hall. Quotation from James Madison, beginning "The safety an...

Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

Dinner 2-1/2 miles underground--miners with safety lamp, in a soft coal mine, Illinois

Dinner 2-1/2 miles underground--miners with safety lamp, in a soft coa...

H31780 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph of industrial revolution, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Birney Safety Streetcar No. 224, Fort Smith Trolley Museum, Fort Smith, Sebastian County, AR

Birney Safety Streetcar No. 224, Fort Smith Trolley Museum, Fort Smith...

Significance: Streetcar Number 224 was built by the Saint Louis Car Company in 1926. It was bought that same year by the Fort Smith Light and Traction Company and served the Fort Smith, Van Buren area with dis... More

Brookrace Estate, Bounded to north by Roxiticus Road, west by Union School House Road, south by Pleasant Valley Road, & east by private lands, Morristown, Morris County, NJ

Brookrace Estate, Bounded to north by Roxiticus Road, west by Union Sc...

Significance: Bookrace Estate includes buildings and structural remains from three centuries of use. 18th century land uses included two homes, a grist mill and structures related to an adjacent iron forge. In ... More

Bodie Island Light Station, Off Highway 12, Nags Head, Dare County, NC

Bodie Island Light Station, Off Highway 12, Nags Head, Dare County, NC

Significance: Bodie Island Light Station served as an important aid to navigation in a system of lighthouses guiding mariners along the hazardous waters of the Outer Banks of North Carolina, often referred to a... More

Bodie Island Light Station, Off Highway 12, Nags Head, Dare County, NC

Bodie Island Light Station, Off Highway 12, Nags Head, Dare County, NC

Significance: Bodie Island Light Station served as an important aid to navigation in a system of lighthouses guiding mariners along the hazardous waters of the Outer Banks of North Carolina, often referred to a... More

Bodie Island Light Station, Off Highway 12, Nags Head, Dare County, NC

Bodie Island Light Station, Off Highway 12, Nags Head, Dare County, NC

Significance: Bodie Island Light Station served as an important aid to navigation in a system of lighthouses guiding mariners along the hazardous waters of the Outer Banks of North Carolina, often referred to a... More

Bodie Island Light Station, Off Highway 12, Nags Head, Dare County, NC

Bodie Island Light Station, Off Highway 12, Nags Head, Dare County, NC

Significance: Bodie Island Light Station served as an important aid to navigation in a system of lighthouses guiding mariners along the hazardous waters of the Outer Banks of North Carolina, often referred to a... More

Bodie Island Light Station, Off Highway 12, Nags Head, Dare County, NC

Bodie Island Light Station, Off Highway 12, Nags Head, Dare County, NC

Significance: Bodie Island Light Station served as an important aid to navigation in a system of lighthouses guiding mariners along the hazardous waters of the Outer Banks of North Carolina, often referred to a... More

Naval Air Station Fallon, 100-man Fallout Shelter, 800 Complex, off Carson Road near intersection of Pasture & Berney Roads, Fallon, Churchill County, NV

Naval Air Station Fallon, 100-man Fallout Shelter, 800 Complex, off Ca...

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

Lazaretto Quarantine Station, Gate, Wanamaker Avenue and East Second Street, Essington, Delaware County, PA

Lazaretto Quarantine Station, Gate, Wanamaker Avenue and East Second S...

Survey number: HABS PA-6659-B Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington State, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Harding reviewing safety parade, 12/1/22

Harding reviewing safety parade, 12/1/22

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

Demonstration of auto safety fender, 9/11/25

Demonstration of auto safety fender, 9/11/25

Public domain photograph of an automobile, 1920s car, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

New aviation safety test made. Tests conducted by the Bureau of Standards have indicated than an aviator may exert a pull of approximately 1,000 pounds on his safety belt without breaking it. The photograph shows M.M. Kiley of the Bureau standing beside the machine used in stretching the belts still they were broken

New aviation safety test made. Tests conducted by the Bureau of Standa...

Public domain photograph of people in office, interior, the 1910s-1920s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Can you stop? - Speed and stopping distance - Iowa State Safety Council / designed & produced by Iowa Art Program.

Can you stop? - Speed and stopping distance - Iowa State Safety Counci...

Safety poster features a chart including miles per hour, feet per second, and estimated distance required to react, brake, and stop a vehicle. Date stamped on verso: Sep 16 1940. Work Projects Administration Po... More

PRESIDENT PRESENTS SCHIFF TROPHY. WASHINGTON, D.C. DECEMBER 14. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT TODAY PRESENTED THE SCHIFF TROPHY TO COMMANDER ROBERT FULLER, COMMANDING OFFICER OF VP SQUADRON SEVEN OF THE FLEET BASE FORCE AT SAN DIEGO. THE TROPHY IS AWARDED ANNUALLY TO THE NAVAL FLYING UNIT WHICH HAS THE BEST RECORD FOR THE YEAR IN SAFETY IN THE AIR. COMMANDER FULLER ON THE LEFT IS BEING CONGRATULATED BY THE PRESIDENT, WHILE HERBERT SCHIFF, DONOR OF THE TROPHY, AND CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS ADMIRAL WILLIAM LEAHY, LOOK ON

PRESIDENT PRESENTS SCHIFF TROPHY. WASHINGTON, D.C. DECEMBER 14. PRESID...

Public domain photograph related to Franklin Delano Roosevelt, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Jewish factories in Palestine on Plain of Sharon & along the coast to Haifa. Richon Le Zion. The Okava safety blade factory. Sharpening

Jewish factories in Palestine on Plain of Sharon & along the coast to ...

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

Steel production. Molten steel for war industries. A ladle of molten iron is poured into an opne hearth furnace for coversion into steel. Note safety latch on the crane hook. Republic, Youngstown

Steel production. Molten steel for war industries. A ladle of molten i...

Public domain photograph of indoor, interior activity, America in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Panel from safety exhibit - safety film negatives, Library of Congress

Panel from safety exhibit - safety film negatives, Library of Congress

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

Tennessee Valley Authority power and conservation. Fort Loudoun Dam construction. A workman on a cofferdam of the new Fort Loudoun Dam, furthest upstream of the TVA's main Tennessee River projects. Scheduled for closure and first storage of water early in 1943, this dam will create a 15,000-acre lake reaching fifty-five miles upstream to the city of Knoxville. The reservoir will have a useful storage capacity of 126,000 acre-feet. Power installation of 64,000 kilowatts is authorized, with a possible ultimate of 96,000 kilowatts. Note safety precaution in the form of a life preserver strapped to this worker

Tennessee Valley Authority power and conservation. Fort Loudoun Dam co...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a farmer, 1930s, 20th-century dust bowl era, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Industrial safety. Accident prevention. A cluttered work bench is hazardous. This worker could be seriously injured by thoughtlessly raising his head a trifle. In addition, the disorder creates a hazard in the aisles

Industrial safety. Accident prevention. A cluttered work bench is haza...

Public domain photograph of manufacturing, industry, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Tennessee Valley Authority power and conservation. Fort Loudoun Dam construction. A workman on a cofferdam of the new Fort Loudoun Dam, furthest upstream of the TVA's main Tennessee River projects. Scheduled for closure and first storage of water early in 1943, this dam will create a 15,000-acre lake reaching fifty-five miles upstream to the city of Knoxville. The reservoir will have a useful storage capacity of 126,000 acre-feet. Power installation of 64,000 kilowatts is authorized, with a possible ultimate of 96,000 kilowatts. Note safety precaution in the form of a life preserver strapped to this worker

Tennessee Valley Authority power and conservation. Fort Loudoun Dam co...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a power dam, cascade, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Wilson Dam, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Safety meeting

Wilson Dam, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Safety meeting

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

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. WAACs at Daytona Beach, Florida, learn how to rescue floats. The float is made of wooden platform supported by inflated barracks tied beneath the platform. Careful swimming enables the rescuers to tow the victim to safety

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. WAACs at Daytona Beach, Florida, learn h...

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

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (vicinity). Montour no. 4 mine of the Pittsburgh Coal Company. Testing for gas with a safety lamp; if there is gas, the lamp will burn with a blue flame. The screening keeps the open flame confined but lets the gas in

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

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

Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Safety record at Vultee's Nashville plant. Department safety record board showing the number of work days one department spent on the production of "Vengeance" dive bombers without a lost-time accident. The "Vengeance" (A-31) was originally designed for the French. It was later adopted by the RAF (Royal Air Force) and still later by the U.S. Army Air Forces. It is a single-engine, low-wing plane, carrying a crew of two men and having six machine guns of varying calibers

Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Safety record at Vultee's...

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

Charles E. Wilson, executive vice-chairman of the War Production Board (WPB), and staff. Standing, left to right: Arthur L. Hawley, assistant to Mr. Wilson; Carroll K. Shaw, executive officer; Ray C. Ellis, director of the Radio Division; T.P. Wright, director, Resources Controll Office, Aircraft Production Board; L.R. Boulware, Office of the Controller of Shipbuilding; M. Joseph Meehan, associate director, Office of Progress Reports; William B. Murphy, director of Facilities Division; William K. Frank, director, General Industrial Equipment Division; A.H. Bunker, director, Aluminum and Magnesium Division; John S. Chaffee, deputy director, Tools Division; R.L. Vaniman, director, Automotive Division; Curtis E. Calder, director general for operations; Ralph J. Cordiner, director general of War Production Scheduling; Captain J.O. Gawne, director, Shipbuilding Division; Francis M. Shields, director, Safety and Technical Equipment Supplies Division; Mordecai Ezekiel, assistant to Mr. Wilson; Fred Searls, Jr., director, Facilities Bureau; James N. Nicely, assistant to Mr. Searls

Charles E. Wilson, executive vice-chairman of the War Production Board...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of an office worker, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

War workers' nursery. Knowing her five-year-old will be well cared for while she works in war industry, Mrs. J.E. Schroeder leaves her son Bryan at his nursery school and starts off to work. With the youngster's safety off her mind, she'll be able to concentrate fully upon her job

War workers' nursery. Knowing her five-year-old will be well cared for...

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

Spring pulpwood drive on the Brown Company timber holdings in Maine. The lake steamer's motor boat tows the safety boom to a cove on the shore so it will not be in the way when the steamer picks up the full boom. Later it will be put around the full boom as extra protection for the haul down the lake

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

San Antonio, Texas. The gags about women drivers fall flat at the United States Army quartermaster depot, where 35 young ladies are replacing men drivers and have rolled up an enviable service and safety record. They handle all types of equipment. They are lined up in their regulation uniforms consisting of blue slacks, coat, and overseas cap, white shirt, dark brown or blue socks, and brown oxfords

San Antonio, Texas. The gags about women drivers fall flat at the Unit...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military personnel, army, group photograph, armed people in uniform, war inspection, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Spring pulpwood drive on the Brown Company timber holdings in Maine. The lake steamer's motor boat tows the safety boom to a cove on the shore so it will not be in the way when the steamer picks up the full boom. Later it will be put around the full boom as extra protection for the haul down the lake

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

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

Connellsville Coal & Coke Region, Connellsville, Fayette County, PA

Connellsville Coal & Coke Region, Connellsville, Fayette County, PA

See also HAER PA-259 for related documentation. Includes photographs & written data. Significance: Considered among the world's richest mineral deposits, the Pittsburgh seam of coal underlying portions of Fayet... More

Bodie Island Light Station, Off Highway 12, Nags Head, Dare County, NC

Bodie Island Light Station, Off Highway 12, Nags Head, Dare County, NC

Significance: Bodie Island Light Station served as an important aid to navigation in a system of lighthouses guiding mariners along the hazardous waters of the Outer Banks of North Carolina, often referred to a... More

Bodie Island Light Station, Off Highway 12, Nags Head, Dare County, NC

Bodie Island Light Station, Off Highway 12, Nags Head, Dare County, NC

Significance: Bodie Island Light Station served as an important aid to navigation in a system of lighthouses guiding mariners along the hazardous waters of the Outer Banks of North Carolina, often referred to a... More

Bodie Island Light Station, Off Highway 12, Nags Head, Dare County, NC

Bodie Island Light Station, Off Highway 12, Nags Head, Dare County, NC

Significance: Bodie Island Light Station served as an important aid to navigation in a system of lighthouses guiding mariners along the hazardous waters of the Outer Banks of North Carolina, often referred to a... More

Bodie Island Light Station, Off Highway 12, Nags Head, Dare County, NC

Bodie Island Light Station, Off Highway 12, Nags Head, Dare County, NC

Significance: Bodie Island Light Station served as an important aid to navigation in a system of lighthouses guiding mariners along the hazardous waters of the Outer Banks of North Carolina, often referred to a... More

Bodie Island Light Station, Off Highway 12, Nags Head, Dare County, NC

Bodie Island Light Station, Off Highway 12, Nags Head, Dare County, NC

Significance: Bodie Island Light Station served as an important aid to navigation in a system of lighthouses guiding mariners along the hazardous waters of the Outer Banks of North Carolina, often referred to a... More

Bodie Island Light Station, Off Highway 12, Nags Head, Dare County, NC

Bodie Island Light Station, Off Highway 12, Nags Head, Dare County, NC

Significance: Bodie Island Light Station served as an important aid to navigation in a system of lighthouses guiding mariners along the hazardous waters of the Outer Banks of North Carolina, often referred to a... More

Bodie Island Light Station, Off Highway 12, Nags Head, Dare County, NC

Bodie Island Light Station, Off Highway 12, Nags Head, Dare County, NC

Significance: Bodie Island Light Station served as an important aid to navigation in a system of lighthouses guiding mariners along the hazardous waters of the Outer Banks of North Carolina, often referred to a... More

A bivouack in safety or Florida troops preventing a surprise

A bivouack in safety or Florida troops preventing a surprise

Another parody of Van Buren administration efforts to end the long and costly Second Seminole War in Florida. The War Department was regularly subjected to public and congressional attacks for cruelty, waste, a... More

Harding reviewing safety parade, 12/1/22

Harding reviewing safety parade, 12/1/22

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

Safety parade, P.O. group, 12/1/22

Safety parade, P.O. group, 12/1/22

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Save your eyes - use your goggles

Save your eyes - use your goggles

Poster for WPA Illinois Safety Division promoting safety and use of proper eye protection. Date stamped on verso: Apr 28 1937. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of th... More

Cellar ceilings must be fire-retarded Keep cellars clean / / MW [monogram].

Cellar ceilings must be fire-retarded Keep cellars clean / / MW [monog...

Poster promoting use of fire retardant materials in home construction, showing a couple trapped in burning house. Date stamped on verso: Apr 16 1937. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of C... More

The "trip" coming out of the mines at the end of the day shift. Maidsville, West Virginia. This mine had many safety regulations. The men must be seated until motor is stopped and then the cars emptied, one by one

The "trip" coming out of the mines at the end of the day shift. Maidsv...

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Panel from safety exhibit, c.1930s

Panel from safety exhibit, c.1930s

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Children play in safety in the FHA (Federal Housing Administration) low income housing project at Holyoke, Massachusetts

Children play in safety in the FHA (Federal Housing Administration) lo...

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Steel production. Steel production in war time. A ladle of molten iron from a blast furncace is poured into an open hearth furnace for conversion into steel. Note the safety latch on the crane hook. Republic, Youngstown

Steel production. Steel production in war time. A ladle of molten iron...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a damaged, burned, or destroyed building, natural disaster, war destruction, ruins, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Self-sealing fuel tanks. This worker is applying covering to self-sealing tanks, an important safety development for military aircraft. Goodrich

Self-sealing fuel tanks. This worker is applying covering to self-seal...

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

Wilson Dam, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Safety meeting

Wilson Dam, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Safety meeting

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Conversion. Safety razor plant. Operation of surface grinder in production of V-blocks for the machine that makes America's war machine. Women are rapidly being drafted to fill men's jobs on light-duty machines as this

Conversion. Safety razor plant. Operation of surface grinder in produc...

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.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (vicinity). Montour no. 4 mine of the Pittsburgh Coal Company. Miners getting their head and safety lamps

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

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Self-sealing fuel tanks. The workers are placing unvulcanized self-sealing fuel tanks in the vulcanizer, to weld the component parts securely together. These tanks are a valuable safety development in military aircraft. Goodrich

Self-sealing fuel tanks. The workers are placing unvulcanized self-sea...

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Tennessee Valley Authority power and conservation. Fort Loudoun Dam construction. A crew of huskies at work near the cofferdam of the new Fort Loudoun Dam, furthest upsteam of the TVA's main Tennessee River projects. Scheduled for closure and first storage of water early in 1943, this dam will create a 15,000-acre lake reaching fifty-five miles upstream to the city of Knoxville. The reservoir will have a useful storage capacity of 126,000 acre-feet. Power installation of 64,000 kilowatts is authorized, with a possible ultimate of 96,000 kilowatts. Note safety precautions in the form of life preservers on the backs of the men

Tennessee Valley Authority power and conservation. Fort Loudoun Dam co...

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