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The Philippines, Porto Rico and Cuba - Uncle Sam's burden

The Philippines, Porto Rico and Cuba - Uncle Sam's burden

American soldier carrying three children on his back, wrapped in U.S. flag. Card no. : "9964". "No. 1" handwritten in ink before caption. Copyright by B.L. Singley.

It ought to be a happy new year Uncle Sam and his English cousin have the world between them / / Victor Gillam.

It ought to be a happy new year Uncle Sam and his English cousin have ...

Illustration showing Uncle Sam and John Bull standing back to back with a globe forming the torso of their bodies, each claiming half for themselves. Illus. in: Judge, v. 360, no. 899 (1899 January 7), cover. ... More

[Uncle Sam's girl-shower] / Nell Brinkley.

[Uncle Sam's girl-shower] / Nell Brinkley.

World War I drawing shows a shower of lovely girls floating down around Uncle Sam to offer their services for work in Washington. On the side, however, three girls show the problems they are encountering. One s... More

Uncle Sam's Follies, 12/24/25 - Public domain scan / photograph

Uncle Sam's Follies, 12/24/25 - Public domain scan / photograph

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

Uncle Sam names a committee of nine to consider legislation for Conservation of Country's Oil Resources. A Committee of None composed of three representatives of the Government, a like number from the petroleum industry and three representatives from the American Bar Association, were named by the Federal Oil Conservation Board today to consider a legislative program for the conservation of the country's natural petroleum resources. The Committee of Nine is shown standing in the photograph, left to right: W.S. Farish, Humble Oil Company, Texas; James A. Veasey, American Bar Association; Henry M. Bates, American Bar Association; Edward C. Finney, Assistant Secretary of Interior; Thes. A. O'Donnell, California Petroleum Company

Uncle Sam names a committee of nine to consider legislation for Conser...

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

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). Hundreds of skilled workers are engaged in the welding shop. Welded jointures have many advantages over riveted fittings, and welders are sought in increasing quantities for work on Uncle Sam's growing battle fleet

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). Hundreds of skilled workers are enga...

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

Women aircraft workers. Earnest girl workers for Uncle Sam assemble intricate electrical parts to be used in America's fighting planes at a large West Coast aircraft factory. The supervisor passes down the line, gives advice for speeding up operations, solves problems and keeps supplies flowing. Vega

Women aircraft workers. Earnest girl workers for Uncle Sam assemble in...

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

Fort Benning. Halftrac scout cars. Uncle Sam's drivers of the armored forces are the world's best. This corporal, tooling a haflftrac scout car through the training area at Fort Benning, Georgia, will give the Axis many worries

Fort Benning. Halftrac scout cars. Uncle Sam's drivers of the armored ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of knight armor, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Aluminum casting. Hundreds of delicate operations are required before aluminum parts for Uncle Sam's Army and Air Corps can be acquired. Here excess aluminum alloy is poured into a holding pot. Aluminum Industries Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio

Aluminum casting. Hundreds of delicate operations are required before ...

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

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

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

Public domain photograph of United States agriculture in the 1930s, country, farmer, farm, great depression, migration, dust bowl refugees, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Answering the call. Dozens of partially-machined tubes for medium caliber guns await finishing processes in an eastern arsenal. Every day finds Uncle Sam's defensive armament stronger

Answering the call. Dozens of partially-machined tubes for medium cali...

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Conversion. Safe and lock company. Assembling the weapons of Victory. In a factory which formerly manufactured safes and locks, Uncle Sam's armed forces are being provided with thirty-seven-millimeter guns and gun mounts to blast the Axis off the map. York Safe and Lock Company, York, Pennsylvania

Conversion. Safe and lock company. Assembling the weapons of Victory. ...

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Salvage. Chicago automobile graveyard. Idle scrap: it belongs in the scrap. Covering well over an acre of ground, this automobile graveyard in Chicago holds tons of vital scrap metal and rubber for which Uncle Sam has urgent need in the manufacture of armaments and other war materials

Salvage. Chicago automobile graveyard. Idle scrap: it belongs in the s...

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

Salvage. Chicago automobile graveyard. Idle scrap: it belongs in the scrap. Covering well over an acre of ground, this automobile graveyard in Chicago holds tons of vital scrap metal and rubber for which Uncle Sam has urgent need in the manufacture of armaments and other war materials

Salvage. Chicago automobile graveyard. Idle scrap: it belongs in the s...

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Conversion. Floor waxer plant. These twenty-year-old lathes are producing equipment for Uncle Sam's armed forces twenty-two hours a day. Alive to the possibilities of converting old equipment to defense usage, the owner of this small Eastern factory bought and remodelled old equipment which is proving its mettle in 1942. Note overhead power-driven machinery. Floorola Products Inc., York, Pennsylvania

Conversion. Floor waxer plant. These twenty-year-old lathes are produc...

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

Women at war (Mrs. Smuda). "The sweetest lady I ever met.. Dear Mother, I won't forget." So reads this pillow, sent Mrs. Smuda by her youngest son now at camp. But unlike Whistler's immortalized parent, the mother of the Smuda family spends little time in an armchair. She's much too busy working for Uncle Sam at the Frankford Arsenal and taking active care of her home and family after hours

Women at war (Mrs. Smuda). "The sweetest lady I ever met.. Dear Mother...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of the 1930s - 1940s, woman, female portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Ain't you proud of your old Uncle Sam

Ain't you proud of your old Uncle Sam

by Fritz Arl and Hun S. Inger. (statement of responsibility) For voice and piano. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. (additional physical form) Staff notation. (language)

White cotton, black pickers and a gin. Humble and crude, but the crop Uncle Sam depends on to maintain his gold balance

White cotton, black pickers and a gin. Humble and crude, but the crop ...

J200226 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; J. C. Coovert; February 6, 1915. Printed on image: "Cirkut Photo by Coovert, Memphis, Tenn., U.S.A., copyright 1914".

[Fourth of July pageant at the American Colony, Jerusalem, showing women wearing red, white, and blue costumes carrying flags and a man and woman dressed as Uncle Sam and the Statue of Liberty]

[Fourth of July pageant at the American Colony, Jerusalem, showing wom...

In album: Portraits of the Vester and Whiting families and other members of the American Colony (Jerusalem), [p. 20, top] (http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.18415) Forms part of: Visual materials from the pape... More

The great fear of the period That Uncle Sam may be swallowed by foreigners : The problem solved.

The great fear of the period That Uncle Sam may be swallowed by foreig...

Print shows a one panel, three scene cartoon showing, in the first scene, an Irish man with the head of Uncle Sam in his mouth and a Chinese man with the feet of Uncle Sam in his mouth, in the second scene they... More

Uncle Sam Plantation, Convent, St. James Parish, LA

Uncle Sam Plantation, Convent, St. James Parish, LA

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Uncle Sam Plantation, Convent, St. James Parish, LA

Uncle Sam Plantation, Convent, St. James Parish, LA

Uncle Sam Plantation, Convent, St. James Parish, LA

Uncle Sam Plantation, Convent, St. James Parish, LA

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Uncle Sam Plantation, Convent, St. James Parish, LA

Uncle Sam Plantation, Convent, St. James Parish, LA

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Uncle Sam Plantation, Convent, St. James Parish, LA

Uncle Sam Plantation, Convent, St. James Parish, LA

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Hostile - but accommodating [Uncle Sam holding Army reduction bill, saying to Indian, with rifle at window, "Wait until Congress meets, and then I'll settle your account" - Indian replies, "Just send your army my way, and I'll reduce it without waiting for Congress"]

Hostile - but accommodating [Uncle Sam holding Army reduction bill, sa...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 44 (1877 Sept. 1), p. 448.

Uncle Sam's Indian policy - the government "ward" - "Ugh! Me got great fatehr's supplies; now me want pale face's scalp" [caricature of armed Indian coming out of jack-in-the-box "Indian reservation" and attacking a farmer, as soldier approaches from behind]

Uncle Sam's Indian policy - the government "ward" - "Ugh! Me got great...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 46 (1878 July 20), p. 344.

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Uncle Sam is expanding And so is E.E. Strauss & Co.'s business in high art tailoring.

Uncle Sam is expanding And so is E.E. Strauss & Co.'s business in high...

Advertising poster showing Uncle Sam straddling the globe, one foot on the Philippines and the other on Puerto Rico, as a man announces through a fog horn that "E.E.S. & Co's clothes are good clothes" from the ... More

Uncle Sam test brass alloys. Washington D.C. To determine the correct amount of alloys necessary for desired results in the making of castings and other uses, the U.S. Bureau of Standards is conducting daily tests. 600 different portions of the alloy are used at the present time. The tests are made with brass bars which are melted in a high frequency induction furnace and the temperatures are recorded before and during the pouring into the molds. In the photograph, left to right: H.V. Gardner, Lemuel D. Jones, and C.N. Saeger, Chief of the Experimental Foundry at the Bureau

Uncle Sam test brass alloys. Washington D.C. To determine the correct ...

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Uncle Sam's hallowe'en / Ehrhart., Political Cartoon

Uncle Sam's hallowe'en / Ehrhart., Political Cartoon

Illustration shows a vignette cartoon, with, at center, Uncle Sam looking into a mirror while descending a stairway in a hall, "Swallow" and "Watson" are standing in the hall, holding candles; in the vignette a... More

Uncle Sam and his search light looking over the "Port Arthur route".

Uncle Sam and his search light looking over the "Port Arthur route".

Bird's eye view. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. 2 copies

On Uncle Sam's farm / Keppler. - Political cartoon, public domain image

On Uncle Sam's farm / Keppler. - Political cartoon, public domain imag...

Illustration shows Woodrow Wilson as a farm-hand on Uncle Sam's farm, driving a horse team labeled "Democratic Senate" and "Democratic House" toward a plow labeled "Tariff Reform Pledges"; Uncle Sam is leaning ... More

Uncle Sam gets a reassuring view of what the new tariff will do to him / Kep.

Uncle Sam gets a reassuring view of what the new tariff will do to him...

Illustration shows Uncle Sam standing before two mirrors that distort the reflected image, one mirror is labeled "Seeing is Believing - the Republican Minority" and shows Uncle Sam as a tall, thin, gaunt figure... More

For Dixie and Uncle Sam during World War I

For Dixie and Uncle Sam during World War I

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The Liberty Loan is the cash register of patriotism Has Uncle Sam rung up your bond purchase yet? / / The Colonial Press, Philadelphia.

The Liberty Loan is the cash register of patriotism Has Uncle Sam rung...

Poster showing Uncle Sam at a cash register. Public domain reproduction of World War One war bonds advertisement propaganda poster, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Keep the stars shining for Uncle Sam - Join the Quartermaster Corps / John W. Sheeres - Q.M.C.

Keep the stars shining for Uncle Sam - Join the Quartermaster Corps / ...

Poster showing Uncle Sam in a quartermaster's uniform. Text continues: For your future success, be a business soldier in the United States Army. Enlistment for one or three years are [sic] now being made at [bl... More

Uncle Sam's Follies, 11/24/25 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Uncle Sam's Follies, 11/24/25 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public doma...

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Barrage balloon manufacture. All out for defense! Scrambling out of the zipper-covered "manhole" in the nose of a gigantic barrage balloon, this worker has finished patching, touching up and checking the great bag, and is ready to give the signal to deflate the balloon, pack it and ship it to Uncle Sam's army training fields where balloon squadrons are learning the technique of handling the blimp-sized gas bags. This ship is of the ballonet type. General Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio

Barrage balloon manufacture. All out for defense! Scrambling out of th...

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

Shipbuilding (Newport News). Behind the scaffolding is one of the most powerful ships ever built, the U.S.S. Alabama, which is scheduled to be launched in February, 1941. This 70 milllion dollar super dreadnought is one of several powerful additions to Uncle Sam's rapidly growing fleet under construction at the Norfolk Navy Yard

Shipbuilding (Newport News). Behind the scaffolding is one of the most...

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

Shipbuilding. "Liberty" ships. Welding is one of the most important advances in shipbuilding during the present century with the torch resulting in immense savings in time, material and weight in the building of ships. This welder is joining side plates to angle frames forming section of the propeller shaft tunnels on a new member of Uncle Sam's "Liberty fleet," under construction at a large Eastern shipyard.All parts are prefabricated in thus huge Eastern plant which formerly turned out freight cars. The completed sections are then carried six miles to the ways on flat cars

Shipbuilding. "Liberty" ships. Welding is one of the most important ad...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a church, crypt, chamber, underground vault architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A little miss hitting the mark. Although her mind is far from vengeance to be wrecked on the Axis powers, this little lady is contributing to their defeat. She has gathered up an old bicycle tire and other odds and ends to contribute to the scrap rubber collection drive. Reclaimed rubber made from these materials is playing an imcreasingly important part in the war effort. Large percentages of "reclaim" are now being used in many material articles, such as combat tires, self-sealing gas tanks, etc.. Help build up Uncle Sam's scrap rubbe pile by contributing any no longer used rubber articles you may have

A little miss hitting the mark. Although her mind is far from vengeanc...

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

Oil burners to machine gun parts. A battery of oil burners ready for shipment. Now undergoing conversion to production of machine gun parts for Uncle Sam's army, this plant has only a small percentage of its equipment still producing oil burners. Those still rolling off the assembly lines are sent primarily to U.S. Army agencies or shipped abroad under lend-lease contracts. Reif-Rexoil Company, Buffalo, New York

Oil burners to machine gun parts. A battery of oil burners ready for s...

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

Production. Minesweepers. One of Uncle Sam's new minesweepers, just launched at an Eastern shipyard. After a few final touches it will be ready to put to sea. Gibbs Cass Company

Production. Minesweepers. One of Uncle Sam's new minesweepers, just la...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship, navy, harbor, maritime photograph, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Conversion. Toy factory. Lucille Ciecko is one of the thousands of workers turning their skill today to the production of vital parts of Uncle Sam's war machine. Here she is shown at her peacetime work, drilling castings for toy locomotives in a large Eastern plant. Today she uses the same press, with different drills, to make the holes in parachute flare casings through which wires are inserted. A. C. Gilbert Company, New Haven, Connecticut

Conversion. Toy factory. Lucille Ciecko is one of the thousands of wor...

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

New York, New York finale in a play on America at war, given by students of public school eight in an Italian-American district. Left to right: Uncle Sam, soldier, sailor, Chinese soldier, farmer, housewife

New York, New York finale in a play on America at war, given by studen...

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America always! First and last! if you're loyal to Uncle Sam

America always! First and last! if you're loyal to Uncle Sam

words & music by Lew Sully. (statement of responsibility) For voice and piano. "Columbia's battle song"--Caption. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. (additional physical form) S... More

Uncle Sam's pet pups! Or, Mother Bank's last refuge

Uncle Sam's pet pups! Or, Mother Bank's last refuge

A crude woodcut satire showing Harrison luring "Mother Bank," Jackson, and Van Buren into a barrel of "Hard Cider." Jack Downing chases Jackson and Van Buren toward the barrel as Mother Bank crawls into it. Whi... More

Uncle Sam needs you - Public domain World War One sheet music

Uncle Sam needs you - Public domain World War One sheet music

lyric by Jac. Trop ; music by Samuel Medwedosko. (statement of responsibility) For voice and piano. Manuscript in ink. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. (additional physical fo... More

God bless the boys of Uncle Sam

God bless the boys of Uncle Sam

words by Albert Finn ; music by Mae Miller. (statement of responsibility) For voice and piano. "Published as a supplement to "The Forum"." "To the employees of the New York world who have enlisted in the servic... More

Uncle Sam, we'll carry on! - Public domain World War One sheet music

Uncle Sam, we'll carry on! - Public domain World War One sheet music

Words and music by L. B. Curtiss. (statement of responsibility) For voice and piano. Staff notation. (language)

Uncle Sam Plantation, Convent, St. James Parish, LA

Uncle Sam Plantation, Convent, St. James Parish, LA

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Uncle Sam protecting his property against the encroachments of his cousin John

Uncle Sam protecting his property against the encroachments of his cou...

Northern fears of European intervention in the Civil War on behalf of the South are manifest here.Uncle Sam, in the form of a bearded Union soldier (closely resembling Abraham Lincoln), unceremoniously routs Jo... More

What to do with them [caricature of Uncle Sam serving rum, cigars, and weapons to captured Apache Indians]

What to do with them [caricature of Uncle Sam serving rum, cigars, and...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 56 (1883 June 23), p. 292.

Two obstacles that must be removed before Uncle Sam can drive on / Dalrymple.

Two obstacles that must be removed before Uncle Sam can drive on / Dal...

Print shows President McKinley standing on the roadside near a large rock labeled "Unsetteld Tariff Question", as Vice President Hobart and members of McKinley's cabinet attempt to clear the roadway by removing... More

Our country - Uncle Sam. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Our country - Uncle Sam. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Figure of Uncle Sam with flag. Photoprint copyrighted by Joseph Randall Blanchard This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Uncle Sam (Symbol) 1898; Flags U.S. 1898; Patriot... More

Members of Uncle Sam's infant class - Igorotte Filipinos, Igorotte Village, World's Fair, St. Louis

Members of Uncle Sam's infant class - Igorotte Filipinos, Igorotte Vil...

Photograph shows five males posed, standing, full length. Stereo copyrighted by C.L. Wasson (International View Co.). This record contains unverified data from caption card.

This is where your Uncle Sam stops to think

This is where your Uncle Sam stops to think

On signs: "New short-cut tariff road"; "Old straight highway"; "New trail to Armageddon." On rock: "Prosperity." (DLC/PP-1932:0042). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Publis... More

Fire proof records of the name and address of every man who carried Uncle Sam's War Risk Insurance are moulded upon metal tested to a white hot heat. ...

Fire proof records of the name and address of every man who carried Un...

Female employees working at file cabinets in the Bureau of War Risk Insurance. No. 3367. National Photo Company Collection.

Portrait photo of Directors of Uncle Sam's Follies

Portrait photo of Directors of Uncle Sam's Follies

Louise and Jack Hoffman, dance teachers, full-length portrait, posed as if dancing. National Photo Company Collection.

Uncle Sam seeking way to improve theaters for talkies. How to improve theaters for talking motion pictures is a problem now being tackled by the Bureau of Standards. V.L. Chrisler of the Sound Section, who looks like he is imprisoned in stocks, is really studying the "echo effect" in this room and his body and the observing instruments are enclosed so as not to interfere with the tests. It has been found that cushioned seats in talking picture theaters aid in the absorption of the "echo effect"

Uncle Sam seeking way to improve theaters for talkies. How to improve ...

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

Uncle Sam's labor musketeers. Washington, D.C., Aug. 26. Assistant Secretary of Labor Edward F. McGrady reported to his Chief, Secretary Perkins today on the current labor situation. McGrady reported everything q[...] but intimated there might be trouble in the maritime field, 8/26/37

Uncle Sam's labor musketeers. Washington, D.C., Aug. 26. Assistant Sec...

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

Appointed tub thumper for Uncle Sam. Washington, D.C., Sept. 6. Ben M. Cherrington, of the University of Denver, has just been named Chief of a new division in the State Department just established by Secretary Hull, and which will be known as the "Division of Cultural Relations." The new division, long anticipated, has been characterized as a step by the U.S. Government to disseminate American propaganda abroad in the same manner that numerous European governments now are disseminating their respective propaganda throughout the world by radio broadcasts, national literature, posters, and lecturers traveling abroad, 9/6/38

Appointed tub thumper for Uncle Sam. Washington, D.C., Sept. 6. Ben M....

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

Uncle Sam Plantation, Convent vic., St. James Parish, Louisiana

Uncle Sam Plantation, Convent vic., St. James Parish, Louisiana

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Chrysler tank arsenal. Another day's work done. These are workers at the huge Chrysler tank arsenal, near Detroit, where 10,000 men are producing M-3 tanks, twenty-eight ton rolling arsenals which promise to make Uncle Sam's mechanized forces the equal of any in the world in striking power

Chrysler tank arsenal. Another day's work done. These are workers at t...

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Shipbuilding. "Liberty" ships. All assembled and ready to go in place. Prefabrication of sections such as this in a nearby plant formerly making freight cars saves weeks in the building of ships for Uncle Sam's new merchant fleet. This piece is being hoisted into place, and soon the welder will begin his vital work. Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards Inc., Baltimore, Maryland

Shipbuilding. "Liberty" ships. All assembled and ready to go in place....

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Shipbuilding. "Liberty" ships. This is the midship section of a new member of the Liberty Fleet, nearing completion at a large Eastern shipyard. In the background is a maze of scaffolding and cranes typical of the scene in many large American shipyards as builders work to make Uncle Sam master of the seas

Shipbuilding. "Liberty" ships. This is the midship section of a new me...

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Shipbuilding (Newport News). Thousands of workers contribute thousands of skills in the building of ships for Uncle Sam's growing Navy. This worker is topping punching holes on a ship's frame

Shipbuilding (Newport News). Thousands of workers contribute thousands...

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Shipbuilding. "Liberty" ships. This maze of rolling cranes, at a large Eastern shipyard is a typical scene in many large shipyards at work on ships for Uncle Sam's Navy and merchant fleet. Stocks of material are piled up for the cranes to take to vessels under construction so there is no delay in production while waiting for sections or materials. All parts are prefabricated in this huge Eastern plant which formerly turned out freight cars. The completed sections are then carried six miles to the ways on flat cars. Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards Inc., Baltimore, Maryland

Shipbuilding. "Liberty" ships. This maze of rolling cranes, at a large...

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Aluminum casting. Closeup of the bright aluminum alloy being poured into molds. There may be no more aluminum for coffee percolators these days; it's going instead toward a much more vital purpose--war essentials for Uncle Sam's armed forces. Destination of the finished aluminum products is secret--but they'll probably end up as jeeps or airplane engine parts. Aluminum Industries Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio

Aluminum casting. Closeup of the bright aluminum alloy being poured in...

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

Salvage. Backwoods auto graveyard. Maybe the one that got away was bigger, but this is a fair-sized catch for Uncle Sam's scrap drive. From the depths of a small lake near Zachow, Wisconsin hundreds of ancient jalopies are being resurrected by a Zachow auto dealer, who had been dumping cars into the lake for 20 years. A grappling hook, operated from a cable-way system, brings in the old chassis shown here

Salvage. Backwoods auto graveyard. Maybe the one that got away was big...

Picryl description: Public domain image of fishing, fishing boat, river, lake, nature, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Women in industry. Aircraft motor workers. A million dollar baby, not in terms of money but in her value to Uncle Sam, twenty-one-year-old Eunice Hancock, erstwhile five-and-ten-cent store employee, operates a compressed-air grinder in a Midwest aircraft motor plant. With no previous experience, Eunice quickly mastered the techniques of her war job and today is turning out motor parts with speed and skill. Note protective mask and visor, two vital safety accessories

Women in industry. Aircraft motor workers. A million dollar baby, not ...

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.

Women in industry. Aircraft motor workers. A million dollar baby, not in terms of money but in her value to Uncle Sam, twenty-one-year-old Eunice Hancock, erstwhile five-and-ten-cent store employee, operates a compressed-air grinder in a Midwest aircraft motor plant. With no previous experience, Eunice quickly mastered the techniques of her war job and today is turning out motor parts with speed and skill. Note protective mask and visor, two vital safety accessories

Women in industry. Aircraft motor workers. A million dollar baby, not ...

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.

Transformer manufacture. Ready to be sent to aluminum and magnesium plants are these power transformers manufactured by a large Eastern electrical company. Along this aisle of the plant, are other transformers in every stage of manufacture. They are essential to almost every phase of Uncle Sam's war production effort. Westinghouse, Sharon, Pennsylvania

Transformer manufacture. Ready to be sent to aluminum and magnesium pl...

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Fort Benning. Rifleman. Garand rifle. When Uncle Sam makes big medicine against his enemies, he puts in strong ingredients. An American infantryman with a Garand rifle to meet the Army's high standards of workmanship

Fort Benning. Rifleman. Garand rifle. When Uncle Sam makes big medicin...

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

Fort Story coast defense. Target practice at Fort Story, Virginia. This soldier analyzes hits and misses at the control post of one of Uncle Sam's coast artillery batteries..

Fort Story coast defense. Target practice at Fort Story, Virginia. Thi...

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Fort Benning. Parachute troops. Picture of a man doing a good job. He's one of Uncle Sam's student paratroopers at Fort Benning, Georgia, but the way he's getting his chute under control would be credit to an oldtimer. A few minutes ago this man bailed out of a high-speed plane at a point calculated to bring him to the spot where he is landing. Good work, soldier

Fort Benning. Parachute troops. Picture of a man doing a good job. He'...

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Japanese enlistment. These Americans of Japanese ancestry are about to enter their draft board at Waipahu, Territory of Hawaii, to apply for voluntary induction into the U.S. Army. They intend to fight for Uncle Sam as member of a combat regiment made up of 1,500 American citizens of Japanese ancestry. Yoshito Matsusaka (right), thirty-six, is a former lieutenant in the U.S. Army Reserve

Japanese enlistment. These Americans of Japanese ancestry are about to...

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Uncle Sam needs that extra shovelful / F. Sindelar.

Uncle Sam needs that extra shovelful / F. Sindelar.

Poster showing Uncle Sam taking hold of a man's arm as the man shovels coal into a furnace. United States Fuel Administration. Text continues: Help Uncle Sam to win the war by following these directions: 1. Fir... More

Uncle Sam's pet pups! Or, Mother Bank's last refuge

Uncle Sam's pet pups! Or, Mother Bank's last refuge

A crude woodcut satire showing Harrison luring "Mother Bank," Jackson, and Van Buren into a barrel of "Hard Cider." Jack Downing chases Jackson and Van Buren toward the barrel as Mother Bank crawls into it. Whi... More

My Uncle Sam - Public domain World War One sheet music

My Uncle Sam - Public domain World War One sheet music

words by H.J. Smith ; music from an old American air. (statement of responsibility) For voice and piano. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. (additional physical form) Staff nota... More

[Golden Eyes with Uncle Sam (dog)]

[Golden Eyes with Uncle Sam (dog)]

Illustration shows a young woman, "Golden Eyes," dressed in a khaki-colored dress and cap standing with a collie dog named Uncle Sam who holds a "Liberty bond" on his collar. A nude kewpie-like figure bangs a d... More

Uncle Sam hold our flag up high

Uncle Sam hold our flag up high

This is a public-domain musical notation scan. There were many music publishers in the United States during the 1900s. Some of the most well-known ones include G. Schirmer, Inc., Boosey & Hawkes, and Hal Leonar... More

There will be no change of pilots Uncle Sam: "Thanks, awfully, Alton, but Mr. Roosevelt has proved himself a strong, conservative pilot, and a change is not desirable" / / Leon Barritt.

There will be no change of pilots Uncle Sam: "Thanks, awfully, Alton, ...

Print of cartoon showing Theodore Roosevelt at the helm of the "ship of state" guided by the "prosperity compass" as Uncle Sam explains to Alton B. Parker that he will not need to steer the ship.

There will be no change of pilots Uncle Sam: "Thanks, awfully, Alton, but Mr. Roosevelt has proved himself a strong, conservative pilot, and a change is not desirable" / / Leon Barritt.

There will be no change of pilots Uncle Sam: "Thanks, awfully, Alton, ...

Print of cartoon showing Theodore Roosevelt at the helm of the "ship of state" guided by the "prosperity compass" as Uncle Sam explains to Alton B. Parker that he will not need to steer the ship.

Boys and girls! You can help your Uncle Sam win the war - save your quarters, buy War Savings Stamps / James Montgomery Flagg ; American Lithographic Co., N.Y.

Boys and girls! You can help your Uncle Sam win the war - save your qu...

Poster showing Uncle Sam offering War Savings Stamps to a boy and girl. W.S.S. War Savings Stamps issued by the United States government. Form A-51.

Batter up, Uncle Sam is at the plate

Batter up, Uncle Sam is at the plate

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The Indian question answered [Indian labeled "U.S." standing with rifle and woman labeled "Canada" saying to a troubled Uncle Sam, "Well, Uncle Sam, I have no trouble with my Indian ..."]

The Indian question answered [Indian labeled "U.S." standing with rifl...

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Uncle Sam's neglected farm / J. Keppler.

Uncle Sam's neglected farm / J. Keppler.

Print shows Puck's "Independent Party" figure, holding a hoe labeled "Civil Service Reform" and talking to Uncle Sam who is sitting on a fence while two figures argue on the right, one is labeled "Democrat, Bou... More

Uncle Sam's picnic / Dalrymple., Political Cartoon

Uncle Sam's picnic / Dalrymple., Political Cartoon

Print shows Uncle Sam helping four little girls labeled "Philippines, Ladrones, Porto [i.e. Puerto] Rico, [and] Cuba" onto a wagon filled with many other young children, including "Hawaii"; two horses harnessed... More

Dog Show 1908: St. Bernards, "Uncle Sam"

Dog Show 1908: St. Bernards, "Uncle Sam"

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Mail brought to Washington by Former [...]ddies in Air Mail Service. [...]huge batch of mail for Col. Charles A. Lindbergh [...]rt and Harry G. Smith, night flyers in Uncle Sam's [...]ce, arrived in Washington today. Both of these [...]ddies" of Col. Lindbergh. In the photograph, left [...] liam Mooney, Washington Postmaster; Shirley J. Shor [...]mith

Mail brought to Washington by Former [...]ddies in Air Mail Service. [...

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Interesting job with Uncle Sam. Washington, D.C., Oct. 13. One volt after another is all in the day's work for Mrs. L.H. Brickwedde, who is a battery expert for the National Bureau of Standards. Using a potentiometer - or in other words, a standard cell comparator - Miss Brickwedde is shown calibrating standard cells in terms of priority standards of the electro motive force. 10/13/37

Interesting job with Uncle Sam. Washington, D.C., Oct. 13. One volt af...

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Look out for Uncle Sam's cash. Washington, D.C., March 4. These two women, Mrs. Blair [Marion Glass] Banister (left), Assistant U.S. Treasurer, and Mrs. Nellie Tayloe Ross, Director of the Mint, play important roles in the handling of Uncle Sam's huge money base. Mrs. Ross is a former Governor of Wyoming while Mrs. Banister is a sister of Senator Carter Glass of Virginia, 3/4/38

Look out for Uncle Sam's cash. Washington, D.C., March 4. These two wo...

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Responsible for Uncle Sam's stamp collection. Washington, D.C., March 16. As Head of the State Exhibition Room of the U.S. Post Office Department, Miss Alice Caruthers is responsible for over half-million dollars of stamps on display for the public. Stamps of every denomination from the first issue to the most recent ones are on exhibition every day. Miss Caruthers is from Kentucky, 3/16/38

Responsible for Uncle Sam's stamp collection. Washington, D.C., March ...

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Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). These are some of the 26,000 men whose hands are fashioning powerful new additions to Uncle Sam's rapidly expanding naval forces. A few miles away at the yards of the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, other thousands are also coming off their shifts. This scene is typical of dozens of shipyards throughout the nation. Shipyard workers have a lot to smile about, for invariably they have done their work so well and efficiently that production is ahead of schedule

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). These are some of the 26,000 men who...

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Shipbuilding (Newport News). These workers are red-leading a plate, to prevent corrosion. Only the highest quality materials will serve for the new warcraft under construction for Uncle Sam's two-ocean fleet

Shipbuilding (Newport News). These workers are red-leading a plate, to...

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Women aircraft workers. Men and women work together training planes for Uncle Sam's fighing flyers at a West Coast plant. Here, Mrs. Fern Evans, Pearl Harbor widow, works on a radio bracket for a bomber with a young mechanic. Mrs. Evans, who had no previous mechanical experience when she applied for work in February, now reads blueprints and is able to proceed with various accessory assemblies for bombers with little supervision from leadmen

Women aircraft workers. Men and women work together training planes fo...

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Conversion. Jukebox plant. Completed push-button panels for jukeboxes are stacked by an employee of a large Eastern concern whose product will shortly switch from amusement devices to electrical equipment for Uncle Sam's army and navy. Rudolph Wurlitzer, North Tonawanda, New York

Conversion. Jukebox plant. Completed push-button panels for jukeboxes ...

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One of the many intricate performances necessary to the production of aluminum parts for Uncle Sam's mechanized army involves the tapping of a pound tilting type crucible furnace to obtain flow of molten metal into the smaller pot. Aluminum Industries

One of the many intricate performances necessary to the production of ...

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