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Production. Airplane maufacture, general. Even scraps of rope are reclaimed for remaking into sturdy new lines at the Long Beach, California, plant of Douglas Aircraft Company. Most important of the many types of aircrafts made at this plant are the B-17F ("Flying Fortress") heavy bomber, the A-20 ("Havoc") assault bomber and the C-47 heavy transport plane for the carrying of troops and cargo

Production. Airplane maufacture, general. Even scraps of rope are recl...

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

Greenbelt, Maryland. Federal housing project. Mrs. Leslie Atkins keeps scraps and supplies in the seat of her sewing machine stool

Greenbelt, Maryland. Federal housing project. Mrs. Leslie Atkins keeps...

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

Scraps of paper blowing on bridge, St. Louis, Missouri

Scraps of paper blowing on bridge, St. Louis, Missouri

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

Washington, D.C. Volunteers sorting wool scraps at the Red Cross

Washington, D.C. Volunteers sorting wool scraps at the Red Cross

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

Harry Kaplan (right) showing blanket which he has made from waste scraps of cloth. Jersey Homesteads, Hightstown, New Jersey

Harry Kaplan (right) showing blanket which he has made from waste scra...

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.

Salvaging scraps on the streets of Paris

Salvaging scraps on the streets of Paris

Photograph shows man pulling cart filled with scraps and rags as other man pushes from behind.

Waiting for scraps from the Thanksgiving table / Dalrymple.

Waiting for scraps from the Thanksgiving table / Dalrymple.

Print shows Richard Croker sitting at a table, sharpening a large knife; there is a turkey labeled "Patronage of Greater N.Y." on a platter on the table. A small a dog labeled "Platt", sitting on a hassock next... More

Washington, D.C. Scrap salvage campaign, Victory Program. Picking up iron scraps from floor with a magnet in warehouse of a wholesale junk company

Washington, D.C. Scrap salvage campaign, Victory Program. Picking up i...

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.

Scraps of paper - Public domain dedication image

Scraps of paper - Public domain dedication image

(DLC/PP-1933:0112). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Chicago Tribune, July 10, 1916.

Douglas Aircraft's salvage queen. Annette del Sur, an office employee at Douglas Aircraft, Long Beach, California, poses atop a pile of aluminum scraps collected at the plant to help publicize Uncle Sam's salvage campaign. The earings and hair ornaments are fashioned from aluminum turnings. Douglas Aircraft Company

Douglas Aircraft's salvage queen. Annette del Sur, an office employee ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an ornamental print, pattern design, mannerism, baroque, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Greenbelt, Maryland. Federal housing project. Mrs. Leslie Atkins sewing. The papier-mache form is a mold of her own figure. The sewing machine folds into the table when not in use. Scraps and materials can be kept inside the stool which opens up

Greenbelt, Maryland. Federal housing project. Mrs. Leslie Atkins sewin...

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

A black and white photo of a kitchen with pots and pans. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a kitchen with pots and pans. Office of War...

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

Waiting for scraps from the Thanksgiving table / Dalrymple.

Waiting for scraps from the Thanksgiving table / Dalrymple.

Print shows Richard Croker sitting at a table, sharpening a large knife; there is a turkey labeled "Patronage of Greater N.Y." on a platter on the table. A small a dog labeled "Platt", sitting on a hassock next... More

Thomas Jefferson, no date, Miscellaneous Scraps

Thomas Jefferson, no date, Miscellaneous Scraps

Miscellaneous Scraps Public domain scan of Thomas Jefferson correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Thomas Jefferson, no date, Miscellaneous Scraps

Thomas Jefferson, no date, Miscellaneous Scraps

Miscellaneous Scraps Public domain scan of Thomas Jefferson correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Washington, D.C. The District Red Cross is collecting, as part of the war conservation program, scraps of wool from tailors, manufacturers, and individuals. Here a group of volunteer women are sorting them and cutting off the threads to prepare the wool for reprocessing. There is a nationwide drive to eliminate trouser cuffs and other unnecessary parts of garments

Washington, D.C. The District Red Cross is collecting, as part of the ...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Washington DC during the First World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Honey Brook, Pennsylvania (vicinity). Boiling down meat scraps which remain from butchering on an Amish farm

Honey Brook, Pennsylvania (vicinity). Boiling down meat scraps which r...

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

Why greases must be saved. A soldier of the home front--and there's one in every American kitchen--saves all waste fats and greases so that they can be processed into ammunition for America's soldiers on the battlefronts. Pan and broiler drippings, deep fats, renderings from bacon rinds, these are some of the fats which should be put through a strainer to remove meat scraps and other solids, and poured into wide-mouthed cans such as coffee or fat cans

Why greases must be saved. A soldier of the home front--and there's on...

Scraps of local history. Extracts from the first town book of Newton Township continued. At a town meeting held at Newton, for ye ad Township, this 13th day of ye first month, Anno Domini 1733 ... [Printed after 1870].

Scraps of local history. Extracts from the first town book of Newton T...