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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

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.

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.

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

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.

Panel from safety exhibit, c.1930s

Panel from safety exhibit, c.1930s

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

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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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...

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

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...

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

Self-sealing fuel tanks. These workers are applying covering to self-sealing tanks, an important safety development for military aircraft. Goodrich

Self-sealing fuel tanks. These workers are applying covering to self-s...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, assembly line, industrial facility, 1930s aviation, 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.

Spring pulpwood drive on the Brown Company timber holdings in Maine. The safety boom, a second boom to provide extra protection when towing the logs, is anchored temporarily while the steamer goes to pick up the full boom it is to tow across Mooselookmeguntic Lake

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

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

Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. Safety bar at the base of a crane

Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. Safety bar at the ...

Public domain photograph of a historic place in Maryland, 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

Industrial safety. Accident prevention. This shop worker is "asking for it." The use of a makeshift "ladder" like this is always hazardous--doubly so when heavy, bulky, or unwieldy objects are being put in place or removed

Industrial safety. Accident prevention. This shop worker is "asking fo...

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

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

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

Self-sealing fuel tanks. Not only as nurses behind the battle lines, but as workers in the factories 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 preparing a metal tank to receive bullet-sealing cover. Bullet-sealing covers are an important new safety development to military aviation. Goodrich

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

Picryl description: Public domain image of girl workers, child labor, working children, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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...

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

Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. A group of workers with their safety goggles

Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. A group of workers...

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

Safe clothes for women war workers. Woman's crowning glory is distinctly out of place in a machine shop--and decidedly dangerous besides, unless completely tacked away beneath a safety hat. Eunice Kimball, with hair dangerously disheveled, poses in Bendix Aviation Plant to illustrate how the safety-conscious woman worker will not look. Bendix Aviation Plant, Brooklyn, New York

Safe clothes for women war workers. Woman's crowning glory is distinct...

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

Bar Harbor, Maine. Civil Air Patrol base headquarters of coastal patrol no. 20. Intelligence officer checking safety equipment issued to the pilot and observer of a patrol plane, including rubber boat and life jacket "Mae West," inflatable by carbon dioxide gas cartridges; repair kit to mend bullet holes in the boat; and dye container to color water for better identification; flash light with red lens for identification by night; smoke bombs; water markers; Very pistols; and rubber watertight flying suit

Bar Harbor, Maine. Civil Air Patrol base headquarters of coastal patro...

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

Safety engineer with rock dust traps to prevent spread of mine explosions. Old Ben number eight. West Frankfort, Illinois

Safety engineer with rock dust traps to prevent spread of mine explosi...

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

Industrial safety. Accident prevention. Damaged and defective tools and equipment present serious hazards to workers. The splintered handle of this sledgehammer can cause dangerous injuries, delay production, ruin material, and lower plant morale

Industrial safety. Accident prevention. Damaged and defective tools an...

Public domain photograph of 1930s working-class Americans, 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. This girl is applying sealing ply material to a covered building form used in the manufacture of self-sealing fuel tanks, an important new safety development for military aircraft. Goodrich

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

Public domain photograph of the 1930s-1940s World War Two, armed forces, military production, 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

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

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

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-1940s industrial development, 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 image of cattle, livestock, farm animals, agriculture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

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

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

Public domain photograph of industrial architecture, factory building, 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...

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

Tennessee Valley Authority power and conservation. Fort Loudoun Dam construction. Working inside the sheet steel wall of the cofferdam at 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 precautions in the form of life preservers strapped to the backs of these workers

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

Bar Harbor, Maine. Civil Air Patrol base headquarters of coastal patrol no. 20. Full safety equipment for one pilot; rubber boat, paddles, seabucket, mending kit for bullet holes "Mae West" life preserver, and dye sack to stain the surrounding water and facilitate detection from the air

Bar Harbor, Maine. Civil Air Patrol base headquarters of coastal patro...

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

Buffalo, New York. Mrs. Grimm, a twenty-six year old widow with six children under twelve, works as a crane operator in a war plant. For work she wears slacks, which can be buttoned around, and safety shoes, which have inner metal plates in toes for protection from falling weights

Buffalo, New York. Mrs. Grimm, a twenty-six year old widow with six ch...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children in poverty during the Great Depression, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Bell Aircraft Corporation, Niagara Falls, New York. Safety goggles and masks are worn by workers on operations where their eyes might be endangered by metal fragments

Bell Aircraft Corporation, Niagara Falls, New York. Safety goggles and...

Public domain photograph of the United States in the 1930s, portraits, people, events, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Medical field service training school. Contents of the kit carried by a medical officer: surgical kit and instruments, iodine swabs, sterilizer, pill boxes, hypodermic case, diagnosis tags, adhesive tape, hypodermic needles, medicinal vials, tourniquet, safety pins, and gauze bandages

Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Medical field service training school. Content...

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

Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. Safety bulletin

Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. Safety bulletin

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

The Higgins shipyards, New Orleans, Louisiana. Safety hats

The Higgins shipyards, New Orleans, Louisiana. Safety hats

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

Follow safety rules. Poster distributed by War Production Board (WPB) to war plants. The original is 22 inches and is printed in full color. Copies may be obtained from War Production Drive Headquarters, 1210 Raleigh Hotel, Washington, D.C.

Follow safety rules. Poster distributed by War Production Board (WPB) ...

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

Men learning how to properly enter one of the life rafts on all PBY planes as part of a course in life saving and water safety for sailors at the naval operating base at Key West, Florida, under the supervision of C. Ben Stanton

Men learning how to properly enter one of the life rafts on all PBY pl...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a ship, docks, navy, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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

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

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 women are working on building forms used in the manufacture of self-sealing fuel tanks, an important new safety development for military aircraft. Goodrich

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

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

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

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

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

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 worker, labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, 1930s, mid-20th-century industrial photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Buffalo, New York. Symington-Gould, makers of tank, ship and railroad parts. Sand slinger operated by a woman. Sand is forced onto pattern with air pressure. The operator wears safety goggles and a dust-proof noseguard to protect herself from ricocheting sand and must rest every twenty minutes or so

Buffalo, New York. Symington-Gould, makers of tank, ship and railroad ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship in New York harbor, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Captain Redfern, safety director for the Associated Transport Company, talking with truck drivers at a coffee stop on U.S. Highway 29 near Greenville, Alabama

Captain Redfern, safety director for the Associated Transport Company,...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, politician, meeting, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. Safety man at the base of a crane

Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. Safety man at the ...

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

Dangerous entrance to barn on a farm near North Branford, Connecticut (safety film)

Dangerous entrance to barn on a farm near North Branford, Connecticut ...

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

Silo leaning dangerously on a farm in North Branford, Connecticut (safety film)

Silo leaning dangerously on a farm in North Branford, Connecticut (saf...

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

War Production Board (WPB) safety poster. Safety poster produced by the WPB for distribution to war plants. The original poster is available in two sizes: 28 1/2 x 40 inches and 28 1/2 x 20 inches. Of the larger size, 50,000 have been printed. Of the smaller size, 175,000. Colors are black and red. Requests should be sent to the Distribution Section, Office of War Information (OWI), Washington, D.C.

War Production Board (WPB) safety poster. Safety poster produced by th...

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

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

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

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, politician, meeting, civil rights movement, African Americans, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Industrial safety. Accident prevention. This shop worker is "asking for it." The use of a makeshift "ladder" like this is always hazardous--doubly so when heavy, bulky, or unwieldy objects are being put in place or removed

Industrial safety. Accident prevention. This shop worker is "asking fo...

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

Self-sealing fuel tanks. Touching up with an air buffer the inside of a self-sealing fuel tank, working on the fitting for pipes, one of which carries the fuel to the motor and the other of which is the tank motors. These tanks are an important safety development for military development. Goodrich

Self-sealing fuel tanks. Touching up with an air buffer the inside of ...

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.

Self-sealing fuel tanks. Ready for shipment, this self-sealing fuel tank is about to be boxed and shipped. These tanks are a vitally important safety development in military aircraft. Goodrich

Self-sealing fuel tanks. Ready for shipment, this self-sealing fuel ta...

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

Industrial safety. Accident prevention. A safe grinding job. Both operator and helper are protected by proper goggles and the exhaust hood over the grinding wheel carrying away the greater part of the ground-off particles. Each man is very careful to sterilize goggles that have been worn by other workers

Industrial safety. Accident prevention. A safe grinding job. Both oper...

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.

Bar Harbor, Maine. Civil Air Patrol base headquarters of coastal patrol no. 20. Intelligence officer checking safety equipment issued to the pilot and observer of a patrol plane, including rubber boat and life jacket "Mae West," inflatable by carbon dioxide gas catridges; repair kit to mend bullet in the boat; and dye container to color water for better identification; flashlight with red lens for identification by night; smoke bombs; water markers; Very pistols; and rubber watertight flying suit

Bar Harbor, Maine. Civil Air Patrol base headquarters of coastal patro...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a boat in a harbor, water, fishing boat, 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.

Bar Harbor, Maine. Civil Air Patrol base headquarters of coastal patrol no. 20. Pilot checking his safety equipment with an intelligence officer. The object in his hand is a plug to screw into bullet holes in the rubber boat

Bar Harbor, Maine. Civil Air Patrol base headquarters of coastal patro...

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

Example of how NOT to put up electric wires on a farm near North Branford, Connecticut (safety film)

Example of how NOT to put up electric wires on a farm near North Branf...

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

Safety equipment. Rubber lifeboats. Aftermath. Safely back at base with their now historic rubber life raft which will be placed on permanent exhibition at the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis. Anthony J. Pastula, AOM2c, Gene D. Aldrich, RM3c, and Harold F. Dixon, ACMM. This picture was made weeks after their ordeal of thirty-four days in this tiny craft in which they sailed some 1200 miles after their Navy bomber was forced down in the South Pacific. Dixon has received the Navy Cross, his companions commendations for their exploits

Safety equipment. Rubber lifeboats. Aftermath. Safely back at base wit...

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

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.

Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. Safety man at the base of a crane

Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. Safety man at the ...

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

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

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

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

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Brooklyn, New York. Ventilating engineer testing safety devices in a factory

Brooklyn, New York. Ventilating engineer testing safety devices in a f...

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Industrial safety. Accident prevention. Cluttered aisles not only cause painful accidents like this, but are known to lower plant morale and efficiency. Clean, clear aisles are important helps to safety and production. Bethesda, Maryland

Industrial safety. Accident prevention. Cluttered aisles not only caus...

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Dangerous electric outlet on a farm near North Branford, Connecticut (safety film)

Dangerous electric outlet on a farm near North Branford, Connecticut (...

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Self-sealing fuel tanks. Not only as nurses behind the battle lines, but as workers in the factories 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 women are doing the final finishing work on bullet-sealing fuel tanks, a new development vitally important to the safety of military aviators. Goodrich

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

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

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

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Tennessee Valley Authority power and conservation. Fort Loudoun Dam construction. Ready for action against saboteurs is the hand and weapon of a public safety service officer at 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

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

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Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. Twenty-one WAAC Third Officers lin0d up at edge of the swimming pool in regulation winter uniforms. These girls, having passed Red Cross water safety tests will instruct recruits to be trained at the second WAAC training center in Daytona Beach, Florida

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. Twenty-one WAAC Third Officers lin0d up ...

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Tennessee Valley Authority power and conservation. Fort Loudoun Dam construction. Placing a structural member for the cofferdam at 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 precautions in the form of life preservers strapped to the backs of these workers

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

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

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

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

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

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Bar Harbour, Maine. Civil Air Patrol base headquarters of coastal patrol no. 20. Officer checking the safety gear, which includes a rubber boat, a "Mae West" life preserver, flares, see andho, patching equipment for mending machine gun holes in the boat, a Very pistol, a flash light with red lens, and a dye bag which is broken when in the water to facilitate detection by rescue planes

Bar Harbour, Maine. Civil Air Patrol base headquarters of coastal patr...

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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 women are working on building forms used in the manufacture of self-sealing fuel tanks, an important new safety development for military aircraft. Goodrich

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

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Self-sealing fuel tanks. Removing building forms inside a vulcanized self-sealing fuel tank, an important safety development for military aircraft. Goodrich

Self-sealing fuel tanks. Removing building forms inside a vulcanized s...

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Buffalo, New York. Symington-Gould, makers of tank, ship, and railroad parts. Sand slinger operated by a woman. Sand is forced onto pattern with air pressure. The operator wears safety goggles and a dust-proof noseguard to protect herself from ricocheting sand and must rest every twenty minutes or so

Buffalo, New York. Symington-Gould, makers of tank, ship, and railroad...

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Bar Harbor, Maine. Civil Air Patrol base headquarters of coastal patrol no. 20. Intelligence officer checking safety equipment issued to the pilot and observer of a patrol plane, including rubber boat and life jacket "Mae West," inflatable by carbon dioxide gas cartridges; repair kit to mend bullet holes in the boat; and dye container to color water for better identification; flash light with red lens for identification by night; smoke bombs; water marker; Very pistols; and rubber watertight flying suit

Bar Harbor, Maine. Civil Air Patrol base headquarters of coastal patro...

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Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. A safety sign concerning gasoline truck

Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. A safety sign conc...

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Brooklyn, New York. Ventilating engineer testing safety devices in a factory

Brooklyn, New York. Ventilating engineer testing safety devices in a f...

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Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Medical field service training school. Contents of a medical soldier's pouches which are carried on each side by straps: different types of bandages, safety pins, emergency medical tags for identification of wounded, scissors, adhesive tape, thermometer, iodine swabs, tourniquet and aromatic spirits

Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Medical field service training school. Content...

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Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). Shirley Hogge is listed on the rools as a chipper and caulker, but actually his job is to draw cartoons and safety posters. Most of his posters are on the all-important subject of safety on the job. He is believed to be the only cartoonist employed in a government navy yard

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). Shirley Hogge is listed on the rools...

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

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