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Agriculture. Women on farms. There's a feminine hand at the controls of many of America's activities these days. Like many other farm wives whose husbands are engaged in war work, Mrs. William Wood manages a 120 acre farm in Colona, Michigan, with little male assistance. With a crop of corn, tomatoes and rasberries to harvest, she still finds time to care for her own Victory garden and to attend a first-aid class. And for the scrap drive Mrs. Wood salvaged 1,600 pounds of outworn metal and rubber articles from the farm, and contributed them to her local collection agency

Agriculture. Women on farms. There's a feminine hand at the controls o...

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.

Butte, Montana. Detail of scrap gathered in the salvage campaign

Butte, Montana. Detail of scrap gathered in the salvage campaign

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

Detroit, Michigan. Scrap collected for salvage at a rally sponsored by the Work Projects Administration (WPA) at the state fairgrounds

Detroit, Michigan. Scrap collected for salvage at a rally sponsored by...

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) was a New Deal program established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1935 as a response to the high unemployment during the Great Depression. The program put people t... More

Rural scrap salvage. Scrap rubber from the farm helps our war effort. Harvey Fischer of Dexter, Michigan, helped by two year-old Bobbie, was the first farmer in his state to cooperate with the rural scrap collection project sponsored by the War Production Board (WPB). The old metal and rubber from his farmyard brought him cash and at the same time provided essential materials for our armed forces

Rural scrap salvage. Scrap rubber from the farm helps our war effort. ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of working farmers, agriculture, farm, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Bags in the community scrap heap

Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Bags in the community scrap heap

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

Chicago (north), Illinois. Children bringing scrap to the block Office of Civilian Defense headquarters

Chicago (north), Illinois. Children bringing scrap to the block Office...

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

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Scrap Platform, 350 feet South of South Washington Avenue & River Street, Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Scrap Platfor...

Significance: The D,L & W's Scranton scrap platform held metal, rubber and other scrap collected from the Scranton division and yards. Scrap was sorted at the platform, and then recycled or sold. The faciliti... More

Loading scrap, Homestead Steel Works, Homestead, Pennsylvania

Loading scrap, Homestead Steel Works, Homestead, Pennsylvania

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

Loading scrap iron, St. Louis, Missouri

Loading scrap iron, St. Louis, Missouri

Public domain photograph of construction site, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Steel alloy manufacture. Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corporation, Brackenridge, Pennsylvania. Converting scrap iron and steel into high quality alloy steel. A workman adds alloying materials to the bath of molten steel in one of the thirty-five ton electric arc furnaces. These furnaces give faster heating and more accurate temperature control than do open hearth furnaces

Steel alloy manufacture. Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corporation, Brackenri...

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.

Rubber reclamation. Old rubber goes back to work. An automatic rotary knife removes the wire band portion of a scrap tire. The tire body is then ready to pass through various stages of the xylos reclamation process at a well-known rubber plant. The wire band portion, imcluding a very small amount of rubber, goes to a smelter for recovery of the metal

Rubber reclamation. Old rubber goes back to work. An automatic rotary ...

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

Rubber reclamation. Rubber harvest from scrapped tires. Reclaimed, dried scrap rubber is plasticized on the eighty-four-inch mill roll of a xylos process plant in the Midwest. Pigments are added to give the properties desired in the finished product. As it comes off the mill rolls, the reclaimed substance has regained the appearance of new rubber. Firestone

Rubber reclamation. Rubber harvest from scrapped tires. Reclaimed, dri...

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

Production. Milling machines and machine castings. In this pile of scrap cast iron there are old machine tool beds, foundry flasks, pipe, boilers, automobile engine blocks -- almost anything that a magnet will pick up. Location: large Midwest machine tool foundry

Production. Milling machines and machine castings. In this pile of scr...

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.

Fort Kent, Maine (vicinity). Salvage drive for scrap metal at 4:30 p.m.

Fort Kent, Maine (vicinity). Salvage drive for scrap metal at 4:30 p.m...

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.

Washington, D.C. Scrap salvage campaign, Victory Program. Retail junkyard

Washington, D.C. Scrap salvage campaign, Victory Program. Retail junky...

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

Chicago (north), Illinois. Children assembled in Office of Civilian Defense headquarters for a pep talk on the need of bringing in more scrap

Chicago (north), Illinois. Children assembled in Office of Civilian De...

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

Manpower, junior size. The charge of the scrap brigade in Roanoke, Virginia includes such methods of collection as this pony cart. The patriotic and energetic youngsters of the town are making an all-out effort to corner every available piece of scrap in the city, so that their soldier and sailor brothers will have the shells, guns, and tanks with which to beat the Axis

Manpower, junior size. The charge of the scrap brigade in Roanoke, Vir...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a cart, carriage, wagon, 18th-19th century design, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a pile of bags. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a pile of bags. Office of War Information P...

Actual size of negative is E (approximately 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War... More

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.

Washington, D.C. Scrap salvage campaign, Victory Program. Crane loads blocks of scrap metal onto a freight car in yard of wholesale junk company

Washington, D.C. Scrap salvage campaign, Victory Program. Crane loads ...

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.

A young boy is holding a bunch of sticks. Office of War Information Photograph

A young boy is holding a bunch of sticks. Office of War Information Ph...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

A group of men standing around a pile of rubble. Office of War Information Photograph

A group of men standing around a pile of rubble. Office of War Informa...

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Negative has a tape mask. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture D... More

Manpower, junior size. A couple of husky junior commandos add to a neighborhood scrap pile in Roanoke, Virginia. Bedsprings, coal buckets, bird cages, stoves--no piece of unused metal is safe from the hands of these patriotic youngsters, who are out to see that their older brothers in the armed forces have the guns, ships, and ammunition they need to beat the Axis

Manpower, junior size. A couple of husky junior commandos add to a nei...

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

A black and white photo of a group of people. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a group of people. Office of War Informatio...

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

A black and white photo of a fire hydrant. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a fire hydrant. Office of War Information P...

Title and other information from print in lot. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Butte, Montana. Unloading scrap from trucks during the scrap salvage campaign

Butte, Montana. Unloading scrap from trucks during the scrap salvage c...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Clarksville, Arkansas. Scrap in front of the courthouse

Clarksville, Arkansas. Scrap in front of the courthouse

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a historic courthouse building, court, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A group of men standing next to each other in front of a sign. Office of War Information Photograph

A group of men standing next to each other in front of a sign. Office ...

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

Detroit, Michigan. Scrap collected for salvage at a rally sponsored by the WPA (Work Projects Administration) at the state fairgrounds

Detroit, Michigan. Scrap collected for salvage at a rally sponsored by...

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) was a New Deal program established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1935 as a response to the high unemployment during the Great Depression. The program put people t... More

A man in a suit and tie smoking a cigarette. Office of War Information Photograph

A man in a suit and tie smoking a cigarette. Office of War Information...

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

Sheffield, Alabama. Reynolds Alloys Company. Shavings and scrap are remelted here and cast into pigs

Sheffield, Alabama. Reynolds Alloys Company. Shavings and scrap are re...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of farming, farmer, agriculture, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Washington, D.C. Scrap salvage campaign, Victory Program. These children are bringing piles of rags and metal objects down from an attic to contribute to the scrap collecting campaign

Washington, D.C. Scrap salvage campaign, Victory Program. These childr...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children, kids, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Salvage. Scrap for steel mills. To feed the nation's munitions furnaces, tons of scrap from America's attics and basements are collected every day. Here a junk dealer unloads his truck in a central depot, where the scrap will be segregated and graded for shipment to steel mills (Carnegie Steel, Chicago, Illinois)

Salvage. Scrap for steel mills. To feed the nation's munitions furnace...

Public domain photograph of Great Depression, farm, farmer, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

War production drive. Anthracite rallies. How the mines contribute to the nation's scrap pile was demonstrated by an enthusiastic miner during an anthracite rally--one of four held in Eastern Pennsylvania, September 28th through October 1st

War production drive. Anthracite rallies. How the mines contribute to ...

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

Rural scrap collection. The rural scrap collection project sponsored by the (WPB) War Production Board had excellent cooperation at Dexter, Michigan. Mr. John F. Hoey weighs a load from a local farm on the scales of his lumber, coal, grain and seed establishment. He was a big help to Mr. Dawson and Mr. Holland, who were in charge of the project. He also gave the use of several acres of land for a collection center

Rural scrap collection. The rural scrap collection project sponsored b...

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

A poster comes to life. Standing in the white-hot glare of a twenty-five ton electric furnace where scrap metal and alloy materials are combined under terrific heat treatment, welder George Woolslayer tells Sergeant Vineyard and Chief Evans how this molten metal will be forged into the guns and tanks and ships with which they will beat the Axis. Allegheny-Ludlum Steel, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

A poster comes to life. Standing in the white-hot glare of a twenty-fi...

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

Washington, D.C. Scrap salvage campaign, Victory Program. Metal eagle from ship is among objects stored in warehouse of wholesale junk dealer

Washington, D.C. Scrap salvage campaign, Victory Program. Metal eagle ...

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

Detroit, Michigan. Audience at an entertainment at a scrap salvage rally sponsored by the Work Projects Administration (WPA) at the state fairgrounds

Detroit, Michigan. Audience at an entertainment at a scrap salvage ral...

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) was a New Deal program established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1935 as a response to the high unemployment during the Great Depression. The program put people t... More

Salvage. Requisitioning auto graveyard. U.S. marshals, accompanied by county police, raid the Colmar Manor, Maryland auto graveyard of the Lenox Motor Company. Donovan, the owner, has refused to sell scrap metal and rubber at established prices and the U.S. government requisitioned all the material on hand

Salvage. Requisitioning auto graveyard. U.S. marshals, accompanied by ...

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

A black and white photo of a man wearing a hat. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man wearing a hat. Office of War Informat...

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

Detroit, Michigan. Scrap collected for salvage at a rally sponsored by the Work Projects Administration (WPA) at the state fairgrounds

Detroit, Michigan. Scrap collected for salvage at a rally sponsored by...

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

A black and white photo of two children. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of two children. Office of War Information Pho...

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

A black and white photo of two women in a kitchen. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of two women in a kitchen. Office of War Infor...

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Divisi... More

Washington, D.C. Scrap salvage campaign, Victory Program. Loading scrap paper into a hydraulic press at a retail junk dealer's yard

Washington, D.C. Scrap salvage campaign, Victory Program. Loading scra...

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

Rural scrap collection. Farmyard scrap collected at the Wright farm, Dexter, Michigan was made into an impressive pile. Mr. Wright, shown adding still another piece, was one of the men who gave wholehearted help to the rural scrap collection project sponsored by the War Production Board (WPB)

Rural scrap collection. Farmyard scrap collected at the Wright farm, D...

Public domain photograph related to Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Manpower, junior size. "Who wants to be a junior commando?" teacher asks. Willing hands shoot up and eager voices cry "Yes!" Everyone in this Roanoke, Virginia class wants to be one of the thirty-million children banding together throughout the United States to form America's junior army, young fighters to collect scrap for ammunition

Manpower, junior size. "Who wants to be a junior commando?" teacher as...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a classroom, college auditorium, school, students, teaching, education, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Washington, D.C. Scrap salvage campaign, Victory Program. Scrap being weighed before their purchase by retail junk dealer

Washington, D.C. Scrap salvage campaign, Victory Program. Scrap being ...

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

Washington, D.C. Scrap salvage campaign, Victory Program. After bringing their scrap paper to school, each class stacks their contributions outside the classroom door. Here the student council is shown judging one pile. Classes compete for the greatest amount on a chart kept in the hall

Washington, D.C. Scrap salvage campaign, Victory Program. After bringi...

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

Detroit, Michigan. Scrap collected for salvage at a rally sponsored by the Work Projects Administration (WPA) at the state fairgrounds

Detroit, Michigan. Scrap collected for salvage at a rally sponsored by...

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) was a New Deal program established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1935 as a response to the high unemployment during the Great Depression. The program put people t... More

Rural scrap salvage. Scrap metal from the farm. Harvey Fischer of Dexter, Michigan unearthed a big collection of implement parts, truck parts, old pipe and valuable metal when he became the first Michigan farmer to cooperate with the scrap collection project sponsored by the War Production Board (WPB)

Rural scrap salvage. Scrap metal from the farm. Harvey Fischer of Dext...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a tractor, farming equipment, agriculture, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Get in the scrap. Conversion poster released by the Office for Emergency Management (OEM) to promote the collection of scrap metal, paper, rags and rubber

Get in the scrap. Conversion poster released by the Office for Emergen...

Public domain photograph of life in the USA during the 1930s-1940s, war, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a man and two children. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man and two children. Office of War Infor...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Scrap Platform, 350 feet South of South Washington Avenue & River Street, Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Scrap Platfor...

Significance: The D,L & W's Scranton scrap platform held metal, rubber and other scrap collected from the Scranton division and yards. Scrap was sorted at the platform, and then recycled or sold. The faciliti... More

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Scrap Platform, 350 feet South of South Washington Avenue & River Street, Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Scrap Platfor...

Significance: The D,L & W's Scranton scrap platform held metal, rubber and other scrap collected from the Scranton division and yards. Scrap was sorted at the platform, and then recycled or sold. The faciliti... More

Scrap book on law and politics, men and times /

Scrap book on law and politics, men and times /

A collection of speeches. Sabin 71951 LC copy has "Contents," p. [403]-404, incorrectly placed between second prelim. leaf and p. 1. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Also avai... More

Western Marine & Salvage Co., Alex, Virginia

Western Marine & Salvage Co., Alex, Virginia

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

A black and white photo of a crane hanging from a building. Great Depression FFSA / OWI Negatives

A black and white photo of a crane hanging from a building. Great Depr...

Public domain photograph related to Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Scrap and salvage depot, Butte, Mont.

Scrap and salvage depot, Butte, Mont.

Public domain photograph - Montana Folklife collection, ethnography, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Scrap and salvage depot, Butte, Mont.

Scrap and salvage depot, Butte, Mont.

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.

Steel alloy manufacture. America builds for its Arsenals of Democracy. Workers ramming in the bottom of a new thirty-five ton electric melting furnace which two days later was placed in operation to produce steel alloys from scrap iron and steel. This plant is being expanded at record speed to keep up with the even increasing needs of the national defense production program. Allegheny Ludlum, Brackenridge, Pennsylvania

Steel alloy manufacture. America builds for its Arsenals of Democracy....

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

Old gates turned in for scrap. Inspecting the gates of the old McLean Mansion, now government property, which are to be torn down for scrap. Left to right: Lessing J. Rosenwald, director, War Production Board (WPB) Conservation Division; Robert C. Waldie, project manager, Defense Homes Corporation; Clifton E. Mack, director, Procurement Division, Treasury Department. The old gates and the iron fence in front of the property will add 40,000 pounds to the nation's scrap pile

Old gates turned in for scrap. Inspecting the gates of the old McLean ...

Public domain photograph related to Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Charging one of the 180-ton hearth furnaces at a Midwest plant with pig iron. The charge consists of about fifty-two percent steel scrap and forty-eight percent molten iron

Charging one of the 180-ton hearth furnaces at a Midwest plant with pi...

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

Industrial salvage. Marine iron and steel scrap. Iron and steel scrap, left over from the repair and replacement of marine boilers, turbine engines and other equipment, now ready for removal from the Seabrook, Louisiana yard of the Standard Dredging Corporation. Much of the old metal from heavy dredgers and from Eagle boats of the last war will go to sea again in our new merchant ships and fighting craft. Standard Dredging Corporation

Industrial salvage. Marine iron and steel scrap. Iron and steel scrap,...

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.

Washington, D.C. Scrap salvage campaign, Victory Program. "Old Ironsides" is written on this stove found in warehouse of wholesale junk dealer

Washington, D.C. Scrap salvage campaign, Victory Program. "Old Ironsid...

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

Detroit, Michigan. Entertainers performing at a scrap salvage rally sponsored by the Work Projects Administration (WPA) at the state fairgrounds

Detroit, Michigan. Entertainers performing at a scrap salvage rally sp...

Public domain photograph of music festival, musicians, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Detroit, Michigan. Scrap collected for salvage at a rally sponsored by the Work Projects Administration (WPA) at the state fairgrounds

Detroit, Michigan. Scrap collected for salvage at a rally sponsored by...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an automobile, 1940s car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Washington, D.C. Scrap salvage campaign, Victory Program. Electro-magnet loads metal scrap onto freight car in wholesale junkyard

Washington, D.C. Scrap salvage campaign, Victory Program. Electro-magn...

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

Detroit, Michigan. Entertainers performing at a scrap salvage rally sponsored by the Work Projects Administration (WPA) at the state fairgrounds

Detroit, Michigan. Entertainers performing at a scrap salvage rally sp...

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) was a New Deal program established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1935 as a response to the high unemployment during the Great Depression. The program put people t... More

Judy takes a shot at the Axis. Judy Canova, star of stage and screen, opens her personal salvage drive for scrap rubber by aiming a well-placed shot at the Axis. She's donating her trusty slingshot to the drive. The scarcity of crude rubber is serious, and reclaimed rubber made from scrap must take up part of the slack. All Americans are being urged to continue to donate used or worn out rubber articles to the nation's scrap piles

Judy takes a shot at the Axis. Judy Canova, star of stage and screen, ...

Detroit, Michigan. Scrap collected for salvage at a rally sponsored by the Work Projects Administration (WPA) at the state fairgrounds

Detroit, Michigan. Scrap collected for salvage at a rally sponsored by...

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) was a New Deal program established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1935 as a response to the high unemployment during the Great Depression. The program put people t... More

San Juan Bautista, California. Schoolchildren collecting scrap metal for war

San Juan Bautista, California. Schoolchildren collecting scrap metal f...

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

San Juan Bautista, California. Schoolchildren with scrap metal for war

San Juan Bautista, California. Schoolchildren with scrap metal for war

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

Detroit, Michigan. Jitterbug dancing as part of the entertainment at a scrap salvage rally sponsored by the Work Project Administration (WPA) at the state fairgrounds

Detroit, Michigan. Jitterbug dancing as part of the entertainment at a...

Public domain photograph of music festival, band, orchestra, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Washington, D.C. Scrap salvage campaign, Victory Program. Car headlights glare up among objects in wholesale junkyard

Washington, D.C. Scrap salvage campaign, Victory Program. Car headligh...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an automobile, 1940s car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

San Juan Bautista, California. Schoolchildren parading with scrap metal they have collected for the war

San Juan Bautista, California. Schoolchildren parading with scrap meta...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children in poverty, child labor, Great Depression, 1930s, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Butte, Montana. Trucks full of scrap during the salvage campaign

Butte, Montana. Trucks full of scrap during the salvage campaign

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

Manpower, junior size. Door-to-door salesmen for their Uncle Sam, these Roanoke, Virginia youngsters are scouring the neighborhoods for scrap metal and rubber which will be processed into vital war materials

Manpower, junior size. Door-to-door salesmen for their Uncle Sam, thes...

Public domain photograph of Great Depression, farm, farmer, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Manpower, junior size. The charge of the scrap brigade in Roanoke, Virginia includes such methods of collection as this pony cart. The patriotic and energetic youngsters of the town are making an all-out effort to corner every available piece of scrap in the city, so that their soldier and sailor brothers will have the shells, guns, and tanks with which to beat the Axis

Manpower, junior size. The charge of the scrap brigade in Roanoke, Vir...

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

Washington, D.C. Scrap salvage campaign, Victory Program. Children bringing their weekly contribution of scrap paper to school

Washington, D.C. Scrap salvage campaign, Victory Program. Children bri...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a picnic in the park, outdoor activity, leisure time, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Washington, D.C. Scrap salvage campaign, Victory Program. After saleable parts are removed from old cars, the cars are burned in order to strip them of useless materials and to obtain metal skeleton for scrap

Washington, D.C. Scrap salvage campaign, Victory Program. After saleab...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an automobile, 1940s car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A group of men standing next to each other. Office of War Information Photograph

A group of men standing next to each other. Office of War Information ...

Public domain photograph related to Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Detroit, Michigan. Scrap collected for salvage at a rally sponsored by the WPA (Work Projects Administration) at the state fairgrounds

Detroit, Michigan. Scrap collected for salvage at a rally sponsored by...

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.

Manpower, junior size. A couple of husky junior commandos add to a neighborhood scrap pile in Roanoke, Virginia. Bedsprings, coal buckets, bird cages, stoves--no piece of unused metal is safe from the hands of these patriotic youngsters, who are out to see that their older brothers in the armed forces have the guns, ships, and ammunition they need to beat the Axis

Manpower, junior size. A couple of husky junior commandos add to a nei...

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

Butte, Montana. Collecting scrap during the salvage campaign

Butte, Montana. Collecting scrap during the salvage campaign

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

Salvage. Scrap for steel mills. A worker guides the magnet which unloads steel scrap from open freight cars to the waiting charging boxes in a Chicago steel mill. Drawn by an engine, these boxes will be brought directly to the furnace room, where they will be processed into steel for guns and ships

Salvage. Scrap for steel mills. A worker guides the magnet which unloa...

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

New York, New York. Czechoslovakian Jew encountered at Astor Place about midnight. He has been in America since 1905, has been on relief eight years; spends all spare time collecting scrap for defense; picked up paper because he cannot afford to buy one. However, he keeps up with the times; was out for a stroll after listening to the radio all evening. He is talking with a sailor from Texas who happened by

New York, New York. Czechoslovakian Jew encountered at Astor Place abo...

Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Washington, D.C. Scrap salvage campaign, Victory Program. Wholesale junkyard beside siding in rear background. Truck in right foreground is being weighed on platform scale before unloading

Washington, D.C. Scrap salvage campaign, Victory Program. Wholesale ju...

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

Butte, Montana. Eating lunch at the scrap salvage campaign

Butte, Montana. Eating lunch at the scrap salvage campaign

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

Manpower, junior size. She's put her playthings aside for a more important game. This Roanoke, Virginia youngster is one of America's thousands of school age boys and girls who are self-appointed scrap collectors for the duration

Manpower, junior size. She's put her playthings aside for a more impor...

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Scrap collection. Junk man pushing his cart loaded with a day's pickings on his way to sell the paper, cardboard and rags to a large scrap dealer. Shapiro Company, Baltimore, Maryland

Scrap collection. Junk man pushing his cart loaded with a day's pickin...

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.

Lititz, Pennsylvania. Scrap collection drive. Each household placed its contribution on the sidewalk. It was picked up by local trucks whose owners had volunteered their services for civilian defense. Rug and old clothes for rag scrap

Lititz, Pennsylvania. Scrap collection drive. Each household placed it...

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Lititz, Pennsylvania. In curb scrap collection drive, one housewife donated a sewing machine

Lititz, Pennsylvania. In curb scrap collection drive, one housewife do...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a cart, carriage, wagon, 18th-19th century design, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Washington, D.C. Scrap salvage campaign, Victory Program. Opening up hydraulic press showing paper ready for baling

Washington, D.C. Scrap salvage campaign, Victory Program. Opening up h...

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Metal scrap salvage. The rural scrap collection project sponsored by the War Production Board (WPB) received a good load at the Dexter, Michigan farm of Harvey Fischer, first farmer in his state to sell old metal and rubber to the government

Metal scrap salvage. The rural scrap collection project sponsored by t...

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A black and white photo of a crane. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a crane. Office of War Information Photogra...

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

Conversion. Rendering of household fats. Bagging finished meat scrap at a fat rendering plant. This material, made from cracklings produced in the rendering of waste household fats, is used as animal food. It contains fifty percent of proteins, free fatty acids, some grease and waste ash. It is important in that it aids directly in the raising of animals used for human food

Conversion. Rendering of household fats. Bagging finished meat scrap a...

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

New York, New York. Italian-American boys at the Sullivan Street depot separating scrap which they have collected. Each kind of scrap goes into a separate pile

New York, New York. Italian-American boys at the Sullivan Street depot...

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Chicago (north), Illinois. Children bringing scrap to the block Office of Civilian Defense headquarters

Chicago (north), Illinois. Children bringing scrap to the block Office...

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

Scrap book on law and politics, men and times /

Scrap book on law and politics, men and times /

A collection of speeches. Sabin 71951 LC copy has "Contents," p. [403]-404, incorrectly placed between second prelim. leaf and p. 1. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Also avai... More

Other junk (See #2962). A pile of scrap machinery outside the Carolina Cotton Mill. This kind cost money. Who cares about the other kind?. Location: [Spartanburg, South Carolina].

Other junk (See #2962). A pile of scrap machinery outside the Carolina...

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