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Arab group at P.B.S. [i.e., Palestine Broadcasting Service]

Arab group at P.B.S. [i.e., Palestine Broadcasting Service]

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Arab staff at the P.B.S. [i.e., Palestine Broadcasting Service] Other smaller group with messenger boys

Arab staff at the P.B.S. [i.e., Palestine Broadcasting Service] Other ...

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This interesting combination of gauge house and navigation lightpole with service ladders and handrails developed into decorative features is typical of TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) navigation projects all up and down the river

This interesting combination of gauge house and navigation lightpole w...

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The cafeteria for construction employees of the Norris project was an attempt to produce a dignified architectural effect out of simple and, in part, unfinished local materials. After construction of the project it has been converted to other uses and is now in its tenth year of service

The cafeteria for construction employees of the Norris project was an ...

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

Apprentice seamen in the United States Maritime Service manning the yards on the square-rigged training ship "Joseph Conrad"

Apprentice seamen in the United States Maritime Service manning the ya...

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Radio artists, PBS [i.e., Palestine Broadcasting Service], Jerusalem

Radio artists, PBS [i.e., Palestine Broadcasting Service], Jerusalem

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Farmers repairing tractor at community service center. Faulkner County, Centerville, Arkansas (see general caption)

Farmers repairing tractor at community service center. Faulkner County...

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.

A community service tractor being operated. Claude Levesque on his farm near Van Buren, Maine

A community service tractor being operated. Claude Levesque on his far...

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

FSA (Farm Security Administration) cooperative bull, community service loan, in Breathitt County, near Jackson, Kentucky. This purebred Hereford bull was purchased by Mr. James H. Russell, FSA borrower, from Rouseau, Kentucky, in April 1939. See general caption number 3

FSA (Farm Security Administration) cooperative bull, community service...

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Army truck manufacture (Dodge). Cab assemblies entering huge rust-proofing ovens. In this process the raw sheet metal of the cabs is treated with various chemicals before any finishing coats are applied. This rust-proofing insures against the spread of rust in cases of accidents which damage the finish of the metal after the trunk has been put into service

Army truck manufacture (Dodge). Cab assemblies entering huge rust-proo...

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

Member of the Arizona part-time farms, Chandler Unit, in bedroom of his apartment on the project studying for civil service examination in poultry culture. Maricopa County, Arizona

Member of the Arizona part-time farms, Chandler Unit, in bedroom of hi...

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

PHS (United States Public Health Service) exhibit

PHS (United States Public Health Service) exhibit

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

Community service center. Faulkner County, Centerville, Arkansas

Community service center. Faulkner County, Centerville, Arkansas

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, warehouse, depot, train station, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The National Roster of Scientific and Specialized Personnel. The National Roster of Scientific and Specialized Personnel (under the joint administration of the Civil Service Commission and the National Resources Planning Board) employs this horizontal sorting machine as an aid in the exacting task of picking just the right combination of specifications. This machine selects from the prepared index cards the men who have the required specifications such as a definite specialization in one of the engineering fields, familiarity with certain languages, locations, marital status, ethnicity, age group, extent of education, etc.

The National Roster of Scientific and Specialized Personnel. The Natio...

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

War Production Board poster. Poster produced by the WPB for distribution to shipyards. The original is 28 1/2 inches by 40 inches and is printed in full color. It was designed by the Office of War Information (OWI) from a painting by C.C. Beall. Copies may be obtained from Central Distribution Service, Office of Emergency Management (OEM), 1516 14th Street, Northwest, Washington, D.C.

War Production Board poster. Poster produced by the WPB for distributi...

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

Absentee posters. An employee in the janitor service of the Winchester Repeating Arms Company, New Haven, Connecticut designed this poster which stresses the importance of full attendance to plant workers

Absentee posters. An employee in the janitor service of the Winchester...

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Alex G. Nordholm, Chief, Regional Service, War Production Drive Headquarters, speaking before labor-management committee members at Hazleton, July 30th

Alex G. Nordholm, Chief, Regional Service, War Production Drive Headqu...

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Alex G. Nordholm, Chief, Regional Service, War Production Drive Headquarters, speaking before labor-management committee members at Scranton, July 29th

Alex G. Nordholm, Chief, Regional Service, War Production Drive Headqu...

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Staff Sergeant William Light, Service Company, 12th Infantry (motor maintenance sergeant). Standing at attention weraing overseas cap and service uniform (a uniforn usually worn in garrisons in the summer). Arlington Cantonment, Arlington, Virginia

Staff Sergeant William Light, Service Company, 12th Infantry (motor ma...

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

Civilian defense. Here is a portable electric power saw to cut flooring and heavy beams. It is part of the equipment of the New York City Emergency Service truck displayed in October at the civilian defense show at Madison Square Garden by the New York Police Department. This saw, which operates on 110-volt direct current generated by the truck, can be used as far as 2000 feet from the truck

Civilian defense. Here is a portable electric power saw to cut floorin...

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.

Idaho state employment representative (left) talking to farm workers who live at the FSA (Farm Security Administration) migratory labor camp mobile unit. Wilder, Idaho. The state employment service has offices at most FSA camps

Idaho state employment representative (left) talking to farm workers w...

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

Creel room in action. Two spools are needed for each of the endless cords. As fast as a spool runs out, the auxiliary spool is immediately pulled into service. Each time one of the spools is replaced, the new spool is tied to the end of the spool which is unwinding so that there is never an interruption in any cord. Should a cord break, it is immediately replaced from an emergency spool until the break can be repaired. Firestone (General Tires), Akron, Ohio

Creel room in action. Two spools are needed for each of the endless co...

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Marines dress parade. The Marines paraded in honor of Colonel William T. Clement when he was presented the Navy Cross for distinguished service in the Philippines. The presentation was made on July 17, 1942, in the courtyard of the Marine barracks in Washington, D.C.

Marines dress parade. The Marines paraded in honor of Colonel William ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a uniform, military personnel, armed forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A poster comes to life. "I've been waitin' for this moment," said George Woolslayer as he shook hands with his poster-model colleagues, Sergeant Vineyard and Chief Evans, "and I'm mighty proud." Although Woolslayer was somewhat more voluble than his service friends, all of the men admitted to being thrilled at the meeting. None had met before. It was the soldier's and sailor's first visit to a steel mill and they watched the operations with interest and laid down a continuous barrage of questions. Working on a rush order, Woolslayer was not able to leave his job to meet the other two at the station, as had been originally planned. Introducing the men is Robert Foster, (second from left) Woolslayer's boss. Allegheny-Steel, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

A poster comes to life. "I've been waitin' for this moment," said Geor...

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

Marines dress parade. The Marines paraded in honor of Colonel William T. Clement when he was presented the Navy Cross for distinguished service in the Philippines. The presentation was made on July 17, 1942, in the courtyard of the Marine barracks in Washington, D.C.

Marines dress parade. The Marines paraded in honor of Colonel William ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a uniform, military personnel, armed forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Pennsylvania section of the war emergency twenty-four inch pipeline to carry oil from Texas fields to eastern refineries, completed in July 1943. Service truck

Pennsylvania section of the war emergency twenty-four inch pipeline to...

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

Harvesting embryonic membranes from eggs infected with louse-borne typhus. USPHS (United States Public Health Service) Rocky Mountain Laboratory, Hamilton, Montana

Harvesting embryonic membranes from eggs infected with louse-borne typ...

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

Testing yellow fever serum by injecting it into the brain of a monkey. USPHS (United States Public Health Service) Rocky Mountain Laboratory, Hamilton, Montana

Testing yellow fever serum by injecting it into the brain of a monkey....

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Summersville, West Virginia. United States employment service agent recruiting labor

Summersville, West Virginia. United States employment service agent re...

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Testing yellow fever serum by injecting it into white mice. USPHS (United States Public Health Service) Rocky Mountain Laboratory, Hamilton, Montana

Testing yellow fever serum by injecting it into white mice. USPHS (Uni...

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Doctor Herrald R. Cox who developed the method of producing typhus vaccine from infected eggs. USPHS (United States Public Health Service) Rocky Mountain Laboratory. Hamilton, Montana

Doctor Herrald R. Cox who developed the method of producing typhus vac...

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Borger, Texas. Loading a truck with gasoline for service station distribution

Borger, Texas. Loading a truck with gasoline for service station distr...

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

Father Smith, colored pastor, conducting Massachusetts at a Negro Catholic church service on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois

Father Smith, colored pastor, conducting Massachusetts at a Negro Cath...

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Agriculture. Guayule cultivation. Mature guayule shrubs, about five years old. In harvesting, the entire shrub is dug up since rubber occurs in both roots and branches. Guayule plantings will produce an estimated 600 tons of rubber in 1943, provide a crop in 1944 which should yield 33,000 tons and a harvest in 1945 to yield 47,000 tons. An annual production of 70,000 tons to 80,000 tons will materialize if full capacity of nurseries now being built is utilized. This program is part of the Department of Agriculture's Emergency Rubber Project administered by the Forest Service under congressional authorization "to make available a source of crude rubber for emergency and defense uses"

Agriculture. Guayule cultivation. Mature guayule shrubs, about five ye...

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

Batavia, New York (vicinity). Elba FSA (Farm Security Administration) farm labor camp. West Virginia folks applying for work at the United States employment service

Batavia, New York (vicinity). Elba FSA (Farm Security Administration) ...

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

Hutchinson, Minnesota. Selective Service registration

Hutchinson, Minnesota. Selective Service registration

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

Dr. Cox removing brain of typhus-infected guinea pig. USPHS (United States Public Health Service) Rocky Mountain Laboratory, Hamilton, Montana

Dr. Cox removing brain of typhus-infected guinea pig. USPHS (United St...

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Agriculture. Guayule cultivation. A young field of guayule at the end of the first growing season in the Salinas Valley of California. Plants were transplanted from the nursery in May; picture taken the following fall. Guayule plantings will produce an estimated 600 tons of rubber in early 1943, provide a crop in 1944 which should yield 33,000 tons and a harvest in 1945 to yield 47,000 tons. An annual production of 70,000 tons to 80,000 tons will materialize if full capacity of nurseries now being built is utilized. Addition: This program is part of the Department of Agriculture's Emergency Rubber Project, administered by the Forest Service under congressional authorization "to make available a source of crude rubber for emergency and defense uses"

Agriculture. Guayule cultivation. A young field of guayule at the end ...

Public domain photograph of rural California, dust bowl refugees, 1930s-1940s, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Harvesting embryos containing yellow fever vaccine virus. USPHS (United States Public Health Service) Rocky Mountain Laboratory, Hamilton, Montana

Harvesting embryos containing yellow fever vaccine virus. USPHS (Unite...

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Fort Knox. Machine guns. The .45 caliber Thompson sub-machine gun, familiarly known as the Tommy gun, is a hand weapon for which every branch of the service finds many uses. Its portability and effectiveness makes it a favorite of our modern Army

Fort Knox. Machine guns. The .45 caliber Thompson sub-machine gun, fam...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a military person with a firearm, machine gun, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Dr. E.A. Steinhaus examining bacteria cultures from insects and ticks. USPHS (United States Public Health Service) Rocky Mountain Laboratory, Hamilton, Montana

Dr. E.A. Steinhaus examining bacteria cultures from insects and ticks....

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Lititz, Pennsylvania. Elizabeth Almoney, who has three sons and three brothers in the service, in her yard on Sunday

Lititz, Pennsylvania. Elizabeth Almoney, who has three sons and three ...

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Salinas, California. Pouring sand into guayule planter at the nursery. The guayule project is under the supervision of the U.S. States Forest Service

Salinas, California. Pouring sand into guayule planter at the nursery....

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Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Mrs. Elouise J. Ellis has been appointed by the civil service to be senior supervisor in the assembly and repairs department at the Naval air base in Corpus Christi, Texas. She buoys up feminine morale in her department by arranging suitable living conditions for out-of-state employees and by helping them with their personal problems

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Mrs. Elouise J. Ellis has been ...

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Brownsville, Texas. Retired army officer registering men for Selective Service at the Chamber of Commerce

Brownsville, Texas. Retired army officer registering men for Selective...

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

Summersville, West Virginia. Men came down from the hills to talk to the United States employment service agent about work in the harvest in other states

Summersville, West Virginia. Men came down from the hills to talk to t...

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Women Accepted for Voluntary Emergency Service. Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, becomes the home for WAVES in training. Here, midshipmen take on heavy schedule to learn the duties of an officer in the U.S. Naval Reserve. Officers on parade. Ensigns march in the regimental review

Women Accepted for Voluntary Emergency Service. Smith College, Northam...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a uniform, military personnel, armed forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Batavia, New York. Elba FSA (Farm Security Administration) farm labor camp. West Virginia workers waiting outside the United States Employment Service office

Batavia, New York. Elba FSA (Farm Security Administration) farm labor ...

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Testing yellow fever serum by injecting into brain of monkey. USPHS (United States Public Health Service) Rocky Mountain Laboratory. Hamilton, Montana

Testing yellow fever serum by injecting into brain of monkey. USPHS (U...

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Idaho Falls, Idaho. Selective Service registration for men forty-five to sixty-five

Idaho Falls, Idaho. Selective Service registration for men forty-five ...

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

Glencoe, Minnesota. Selective Service registration for men twenty to forty-four not previously registered

Glencoe, Minnesota. Selective Service registration for men twenty to f...

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

Washington, D.C. Sergeant George Camblair taking his girlfriend dancing at the United Service Organization (USO) during a weekend furlough

Washington, D.C. Sergeant George Camblair taking his girlfriend dancin...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a dance club, dancing couple, tango, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Willamette National Forest, Lane County, Oregon. Outdoor fireplace built by the U.S. Forest Service in one of the many roadside camps

Willamette National Forest, Lane County, Oregon. Outdoor fireplace bui...

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

Daniel Field, Georgia. Air Service Command. Learning to use a gas mask

Daniel Field, Georgia. Air Service Command. Learning to use a gas mask

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Aircraft warning service. Pips and standards are pushed into place by volunteer plotters before the watchful eyes of representatives of the air units who sit in a balcony overlooking the board. The Army, the Navy or the Civil Aeronautics Administration must identify all the planes whose standards are placed on the map. Otherwise, the Army Interceptor Command order fighter planes to take off after the unknown plane

Aircraft warning service. Pips and standards are pushed into place by ...

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

Warner Robins, Georgia. Air Service Command, Robins Field. Parachute men of an air depot group inspecting a parachute

Warner Robins, Georgia. Air Service Command, Robins Field. Parachute m...

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Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Motor tune-up. Flight service mechanics are shown here warming up the motor of a Vultee "Vengeance" dive bomber prior to the ship's take-off for a test flight at the Nashville Division of Vultee Aircraft Inc. 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. Motor tune-up. Flight ser...

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

Greenville, South Carolina. Air Service Command. The 1147th quartermaster service group

Greenville, South Carolina. Air Service Command. The 1147th quartermas...

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Washington, D.C. Two French sailors who missed their train explain their plight to a French-speaking volunteer at the United Nations service center and are set on the right course

Washington, D.C. Two French sailors who missed their train explain the...

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

Saint Petersburg, Florida. Officer candidate Victor D. Reed at a United States service training station

Saint Petersburg, Florida. Officer candidate Victor D. Reed at a Unite...

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Warner Robins, Georgia. Air Service Command, Robins Field. Mechanics removing the cowling of one of the engines of a B-24 bomber

Warner Robins, Georgia. Air Service Command, Robins Field. Mechanics r...

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

Washington, D.C. Hugh Massman makes a phone call to the United Nations Service Center nursery to check up on the behavior of his young son, who is being taken care of for the afternoon

Washington, D.C. Hugh Massman makes a phone call to the United Nations...

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

Greenville, South Carolina. Air Service Command. In the welding shop of the 35th service squadron of the engineering line

Greenville, South Carolina. Air Service Command. In the welding shop o...

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Hoffman Island, New York. Gyro compass and steering class at the United States Maritime Service training station

Hoffman Island, New York. Gyro compass and steering class at the Unite...

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Washington, D.C. A sailor getting some help in wrapping his Christmas gifts at the United Nations service center

Washington, D.C. A sailor getting some help in wrapping his Christmas ...

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Saint Petersburg, Florida. Bakery school of the United States Maritime Service training station

Saint Petersburg, Florida. Bakery school of the United States Maritime...

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

Daniel Field, Georgia. Air Service Command. Learning close order drill on the parade ground

Daniel Field, Georgia. Air Service Command. Learning close order drill...

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Washington, D.C. In the library at the United Nations service center. Boys are urged to take books back to camp with them

Washington, D.C. In the library at the United Nations service center. ...

Picryl description: Public domain American History photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Medical field service training school. U.S. Army doctors marching to afternoon classes to the music of a band druing their five-week course

Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Medical field service training school. U.S. Ar...

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Washington, D.C. Children playing in the nursery at the United Nations service center while their mother makes arrangements for continuing their journey

Washington, D.C. Children playing in the nursery at the United Nations...

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

Carlisle, Pennsylvania. U.S. Army medical field service school. Army doctors starting from the barracks on a practice road march. Mileage is increased each time they march

Carlisle, Pennsylvania. U.S. Army medical field service school. Army d...

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Washington, D.C. Service men waiting for a bus at the Greyhound bus terminal

Washington, D.C. Service men waiting for a bus at the Greyhound bus te...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a funeral, military activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Washington, D.C. A young couple picking up their child who was taken care of in the nursery at the United Nations service center while they spent the day shopping

Washington, D.C. A young couple picking up their child who was taken c...

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Oswego, New York. A Chinese in the U.S. Army and two American soldiers reading in the Oswego USO (United Service Organizations) club

Oswego, New York. A Chinese in the U.S. Army and two American soldiers...

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Robins Field, Warner Robins, Georgia. Members of a U.S. Army Air Service command unit

Robins Field, Warner Robins, Georgia. Members of a U.S. Army Air Servi...

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Conservation. Glass gauges replacing steel. Brigadier General H.F. Safford, Chief of theProduction Service Branch, Ordnance Department, examines an exhibit of standard types of new glass gauges which replace steel gauges at the Frankford Arsenal. Glass gauges are lighter and cheaper than steel, permit greater visibility in inspection, are not as much affected by room temperatures and heat of operators' hands, are not corroded by perspiration, need no protection against rusting, do not acquire burrs that would change the effective sizes. They can save the annual use of 250 tons of critical tool steel in government arsenals alone

Conservation. Glass gauges replacing steel. Brigadier General H.F. Saf...

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Japanese-American volunteers. First volunteer in the Territory of Hawaii to take the oath of induction into the U.S. Army Combat Regiment being organized for Americans of Japanese ancestry, Mitsuru Doi, eighteen, of Lihue, Kauai, pledges allegiance to the United States as Major Charles V. McManus, adjutant of the Kauai Service Command administers the oath. Doi was born at Loloa, but lived in Lihue and worked as station attendant at the Kapaia Garage. He applied for voluntary induction on January 30, two days after Washington announced formation of the combat unit. "I'm going to be a darn good soldier," Doi said after taking the oath. "I'm just waiting to begin training and get into action."

Japanese-American volunteers. First volunteer in the Territory of Hawa...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

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.

Tire recapping. Recapping a worn passenger car tire. Reclaimed camelback rubber is applied after the old tread surface of the tire has been ground down evenly and coated with rubber adhesive. The plan to recap passenger tires with reclaimed rubber camelback, approved by rubber director William M. Jeffers, was put into effect in February 1943 to reduce the demand for replacement tires and still keep civilian cars in service

Tire recapping. Recapping a worn passenger car tire. Reclaimed camelba...

Public domain photograph of a machine part, motor, equipment, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Washington, D.C. Servicemen using and inspecting the laundry facilities at the United Nations service center

Washington, D.C. Servicemen using and inspecting the laundry facilitie...

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Washington, D.C. A girl Marine at the reception desk in the lobby of the United Nations service center

Washington, D.C. A girl Marine at the reception desk in the lobby of t...

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Washington, D.C. Checkrooms at the United Nations service center

Washington, D.C. Checkrooms at the United Nations service center

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

Arab staff at P.B.S. [i.e., Palestine Broadcasting Service] Small group of 9

Arab staff at P.B.S. [i.e., Palestine Broadcasting Service] Small grou...

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

Pickwick Dam. End of spillway section of dam showing service stair and heavy concrete buttresses, surmounted by light fixtures, which act as bumpers for the great gantry cranes that travel on the spillway deck and operate the gates

Pickwick Dam. End of spillway section of dam showing service stair and...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a modernist architecture building, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Another view of Cove Lake State Park with the inn in the foreground and some of the tourists' cabins in the back. Located on a main highway, both a restaurant and overnight cabins fill an important need of the tourist traffic which, in turn, is important to the valley. In addition, it has become a favorite point for local recreation. The standards of space layout, finish, furnishings, and service have performed as models for this area of the valley

Another view of Cove Lake State Park with the inn in the foreground an...

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

Re-employment service office. Newport News, Virginia

Re-employment service office. Newport News, Virginia

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic place interior, salon, hall lobby, living room, 18th-19th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Radio artists, PBS [i.e., Palestine Broadcasting Service], Jerusalem

Radio artists, PBS [i.e., Palestine Broadcasting Service], Jerusalem

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Inside a truck service station on U.S. 1 (New York Avenue), Washington, D.C.

Inside a truck service station on U.S. 1 (New York Avenue), Washington...

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Member of the service department of the United Producers and Consumers Cooperative winding an armature. He was sent by the cooperative to Chicago to learn his trade

Member of the service department of the United Producers and Consumers...

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American "Fairchild" aircraft. American "Fairchild" amphibian aircraft being used by the Air Sea Rescue Service of the Middle East Command in their search over the Mediterrinean for pilots who have been forced down into the sea

American "Fairchild" aircraft. American "Fairchild" amphibian aircraft...

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Trucks in service station on Bladensburg Road, Washington, D.C., route U.S. No. 1

Trucks in service station on Bladensburg Road, Washington, D.C., rout...

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Truck in trucker's service station on New York Avenue at Bladensburg Road, Washington, D.C., along U.S. No. 1

Truck in trucker's service station on New York Avenue at Bladensburg R...

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Farmers and wives tufting mattress in making-unit. Community service center, Faulkner County, Centerville, Arkansas (see general caption)

Farmers and wives tufting mattress in making-unit. Community service c...

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Warren G. Bailey, Regional Coordinator, Priorities Division, Field Service, Office of Production Management (OPM)

Warren G. Bailey, Regional Coordinator, Priorities Division, Field Ser...

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Aircraft tire manufacture. Every airplane tire for military aircraft is carefully balanced on a special machine to guarantee flawless performance in service. Inspector is making final check on airplane tires destined for military service. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Aircraft tire manufacture. Every airplane tire for military aircraft i...

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White Plains, Greene County, Georgia. Service in the Methodist Church

White Plains, Greene County, Georgia. Service in the Methodist Church

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John Marshall Evans, Radioman, first class. Radioman Evans' uniform is the white service dress worn both aboard the ship and at shore station during the summer months or in the tropics. Naval Air Station, Anacostia, Washington, D.C. August 21, 1941

John Marshall Evans, Radioman, first class. Radioman Evans' uniform is...

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Giant tire manufacturer. Giant vulcanizer used in the vulcanization of bullet-sealing gasoline tanks, eight-foot high bomber tires and huge 3,600-pound earth mover tires. This unit at a large Eastern tire plant is the largest of its kind in the world. It must be thoroughly and constantly inspected as it is in frequent service on war production. Here the inspector is checking the steam and pressure fittings. The mold, when open, stands more than two-and-a-half stories high and weighs over 300,000 pounds. Firestone

Giant tire manufacturer. Giant vulcanizer used in the vulcanization of...

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Testing yellow fever serum by injecting it into white mice. USPHS (United States Public Health Service) Rocky Mountain Laboratory, Hamilton, Montana

Testing yellow fever serum by injecting it into white mice. USPHS (Uni...

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The sterility of each batch of vaccine is tested before it leaves the laboratory. Rocky Mountain Laboratory. Hamilton, Montana (USPHS--United States Public Health Service)

The sterility of each batch of vaccine is tested before it leaves the ...

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