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Bridgeton, New Jersey. FSA (Farm Security Administration) agricultural workers' camp. The prefabricated houses, made from materials not affected by wartime shortages, are put together with wooden pegs

Bridgeton, New Jersey. FSA (Farm Security Administration) agricultural...

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

Agricultural. Mexican cotton pickers. Trailing oversize sacks behind them, these Mexican workers are doing a good turn for their American neighbors. With serious shortages threatening ruin to Texas harvests. Mexican workers stepped into the breach and saved the crops, vital to the war effort

Agricultural. Mexican cotton pickers. Trailing oversize sacks behind t...

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Bridgeton, New Jersey. FSA (Farm Security Administration) agricultural workers' camp. Prefabricated houses made from materials not affected by wartime shortages

Bridgeton, New Jersey. FSA (Farm Security Administration) agricultural...

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Notions which have not been curtailed by the War Production Board in consequence of metal shortages

Notions which have not been curtailed by the War Production Board in c...

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"Can I wear it today?" Attractive playsuits for daughter can be made from that old housedress, the one with the splitting seams, and Junior's first long pants (no cuffs) can emerge from father's old overcoat. With shortages of wool and other materials that are needed by the armed forces, it's wise, mother, to conserve clothing by altering and
Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. Auto "graveyards" where old worn out automobiles are stripped of usable parts. Non-ferrous materials are burned out and the steel chassis and bodies are sent on to scrap iron and steel dealers. Such yards as these supply tons of scrap iron, steel and rubber yearly which is now being used to alleviate shortages in

Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. Auto "graveyards" where old worn o...

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Bridgeton, New Jersey. FSA (Farm Security Administration) agricultural workers' camp. Pre-fabricated houses, made from materials not affected by wartime shortages, at the camp

Bridgeton, New Jersey. FSA (Farm Security Administration) agricultural...

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Bridgeton, New Jersey. FSA (Farm Security Administration) agricultural workers' camp. Putting up a prefabricated house made from materials not affected by wartime shortages

Bridgeton, New Jersey. FSA (Farm Security Administration) agricultural...

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Notions which have not been curtailed by the War Production Board in consequence of metal shortages

Notions which have not been curtailed by the War Production Board in c...

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Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. Waste materials from heaps such as these are a rich source of scrap materials for conversion into vitally needed defense material. Efforts are now being made to collect all such materials to alleviate threatened shortages (U.S. Route 1, Baltimore-Washington Highway, August 1941)

Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. Waste materials from heaps such as...

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.

Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. Auto "graveyards" where old worn out automobiles are stripped of usable parts. Non-ferrous materials are burned out and the steel chassis and bodies are sent on to scrap iron and steel dealers. Such yards as these supply tons of scrap iron, steel and rubber yearly which is now being used to alleviate shortages in

Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. Auto "graveyards" where old worn o...

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.

Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. Auto "graveyards" where old worn out automobiles are stripped of usable parts. Non-ferrous materials are burned out and the steel chassis and bodies are sent on to scrap iron and steel dealers. Such yards as these supply tons of scrap iron, steel and rubber yearly which is now being used to alleviate shortages in vital defense materials (U.S. Route 1, Baltimore-Washington Highway, August 1941)

Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. Auto "graveyards" where old worn o...

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

Fort Kent, Maine. Garage which was closed because of shortages and has been proposed as a building to house a textile plant

Fort Kent, Maine. Garage which was closed because of shortages and has...

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Bridgeton, New Jersey. FSA (Farm Security Administration) agricultural workers' camp. Putting up a prefabricated house made from materials not affected by wartime shortages

Bridgeton, New Jersey. FSA (Farm Security Administration) agricultural...

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Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. Auto "graveyards" where old worn out automobiles are stripped of usable parts. Non-ferrous materials are burned out and the steel chassis and bodies are sent on to scrap iron and steel dealers. Such yards as these supply tons of scrap iron, steel and rubber yearly which is now being used to alleviate shortages in vital defense materials (U.S. Route 1, Baltimore-Washington Highway, August 1941)

Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. Auto "graveyards" where old worn o...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a quarry, excavation or mining site, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. Waste materials from heaps such as these are a rich source of scrap materials for conversion into vitally needed defense material. Efforts are now being made to collect all such materials to alleviate threatened shortages (U.S. Route 1, Baltimore-Washington Highway, August 1941)

Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. Waste materials from heaps such as...

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.

Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. Waste materials from heaps such as these are a rich source of scrap materials for conversion into vitally needed defense material. Efforts are now being made to collect all such materials to alleviate threatened shortages (U.S. Route 1, Baltimore-Washington Highway, August 1941)

Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. Waste materials from heaps such as...

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.

Bridgeton, New Jersey. FSA (Farm Security Administration) agricultural workers' camp. Prefabricated houses made from material not affected by wartime shortages

Bridgeton, New Jersey. FSA (Farm Security Administration) agricultural...

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Bridgeton, New Jersey. FSA (Farm Security Administration) agricultural workers' camp. Putting up a prefabricated house made from materials not affected by wartime shortages

Bridgeton, New Jersey. FSA (Farm Security Administration) agricultural...

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

Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. Auto "graveyards" where old worn out automobiles are stripped of usable parts. Non-ferrous materials are burned out and the steel chassis and bodies are sent on to scrap iron and steel dealers. Such yards as these supply tons of scrap iron, steel and rubber yearly which is now being used to alleviate shortages in vital defense materials (U.S. Route 1, Baltimore-Washington Highway, August 1941)

Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. Auto "graveyards" where old worn o...

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Production. Willow Run bomber plant. Steady of eye and hand, women workers at the great Willow Run bomber plant are among those throughout the country who are relieving serious shortages of skilled workers by doing such semi-skilled jobs as the one shown here. She's welding parts of the cooling system direct to the supercharger. Ford plant, Willow Run

Production. Willow Run bomber plant. Steady of eye and hand, women wor...

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Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. Waste materials from heaps such as these are a rich source of scrap materials for conversion into vitally needed defense material. Efforts are now being made to collect all such materials to alleviate threatened shortages (U.S. Route 1, Baltimore-Washington Highway, August 1941)

Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. Waste materials from heaps such as...

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.

Bridgeton, New Jersey. FSA (Farm Security Administration) agricultural workers' camp. Putting up a prefabricated house made from materials not affected by wartime shortages

Bridgeton, New Jersey. FSA (Farm Security Administration) agricultural...

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Bridgeton, New Jersey. FSA (Farm Security Administration) agricultural workers' camp. Putting up a prefabricated house made from materials not affected by wartime shortages

Bridgeton, New Jersey. FSA (Farm Security Administration) agricultural...

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Magnesium is used to make light, strong casting for airplane engines. As insurance against possible shortages of this vital metal, Ford has built its own magnesium foundry. The pot in this photo has just been removed from one of the furnace. This pot holds 100 pounds of the magnesium alloy, which is about to be cast into parts for Pratt and Whitney airplane engines. Ford River Rouge Foundry

Magnesium is used to make light, strong casting for airplane engines. ...

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Bridgeton, New Jersey. FSA (Farm Security Administration) agricultural workers' camp. Putting up a prefabricated house made from materials not affected by wartime shortages

Bridgeton, New Jersey. FSA (Farm Security Administration) agricultural...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a construction site, wooden frame, timber, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Bridgeton, New Jersey. FSA (Farm Security Administration) agricultural workers' camp. Putting up a prefabricated house made from materials not affected by wartime shortages

Bridgeton, New Jersey. FSA (Farm Security Administration) agricultural...

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Bridgeton, New Jersey. FSA (Farm Security Administration) agricultural workers' camp. Putting up a prefabricated house made from materials not affected by wartime shortages

Bridgeton, New Jersey. FSA (Farm Security Administration) agricultural...

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Bridgeton, New Jersey. FSA (Farm Security Administration) agricultural workers' camp. Putting up a prefabricated house made from materials not affected by wartime shortages

Bridgeton, New Jersey. FSA (Farm Security Administration) agricultural...

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

Bridgeton, New Jersey. FSA (Farm Security Administration) agricultural workers' camp. Putting up a prefabricated house made from materials not affected by wartime shortages

Bridgeton, New Jersey. FSA (Farm Security Administration) agricultural...

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Notions which have not been curtailed by the War Production on board in consequence of metal shortages

Notions which have not been curtailed by the War Production on board i...

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Bridgeton, New Jersey. FSA (Farm Security Administration) agricultural workers' camp. Prefabricated houses made from materials not affected by wartime shortages

Bridgeton, New Jersey. FSA (Farm Security Administration) agricultural...

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Bridgeton, New Jersey. FSA (Farm Security Administration) agricultural workers' camp. Prefabricated houses made from materials not affected by wartime shortages

Bridgeton, New Jersey. FSA (Farm Security Administration) agricultural...

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Bridgeton, New Jersey. FSA (Farm Security Administration) agricultural workers' camp. Pre-fabricated houses, made from materials not affected by wartime shortages, at the camp

Bridgeton, New Jersey. FSA (Farm Security Administration) agricultural...

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

Bridgeton, New Jersey. FSA (Farm Security Administration) agricultural workers' camp. Putting up a prefabricated house made from materials not affected by wartime shortages

Bridgeton, New Jersey. FSA (Farm Security Administration) agricultural...

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

Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. Waste materials from heaps such as these are a rich source of scrap materials for conversion into vitally needed defense material. Efforts are now being made to collect all such materials to alleviate threatened shortages (U.S. Route 1, Baltimore-Washington Highway, August 1941)

Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. Waste materials from heaps such as...

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Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. Waste materials from heaps such as these are a rich source of scrap materials for conversion into vitally needed defense material. Efforts are now being made to collect all such materials to alleviate threatened shortages (U.S. Route 1, Baltimore-Washington Highway, August 1941)

Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. Waste materials from heaps such as...

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

Bridgeton, New Jersey. FSA (Farm Security Administration) agricultural workers' camp. Putting up a prefabricated house made from materials not affected by wartime shortages

Bridgeton, New Jersey. FSA (Farm Security Administration) agricultural...

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

Bridgeton, New Jersey. FSA (Farm Security Administration) agricultural workers' camp. Putting up a prefabricated house made from materials not affected by wartime shortages

Bridgeton, New Jersey. FSA (Farm Security Administration) agricultural...

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Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. This gaunt row of discarded boilers represent a potential source of tons of steel for national defense production. House wreckers supply tons of cast iron and steel scrap that can be converted into steel to alleviate threatened shortages of this vital defense material (U.S. Route 1, Baltimore-Washington Highway,

Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. This gaunt row of discarded boiler...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building interior, power generator, furnace, boiler, 20th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Bridgeton, New Jersey. FSA (Farm Security Administration) agricultural workers' camp. Putting up a prefabricated house made from materials not affected by wartime shortages

Bridgeton, New Jersey. FSA (Farm Security Administration) agricultural...

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Bridgeton, New Jersey. FSA (Farm Security Administration) agricultural workers' camp. Putting up a prefabricated house made from materials not affected by wartime shortages

Bridgeton, New Jersey. FSA (Farm Security Administration) agricultural...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a construction site, wooden frame, timber, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. Willow Run bomber plant. Steady of eye and hand, women workers at the great Willow Run bomber plant are among those throughout the country who are relieving serious shortages of skilled workers by doing such semi-skilled jobs as the one shown here. She's welding parts of the cooling system direct to the supercharger. Ford plant, Willow Run

Production. Willow Run bomber plant. Steady of eye and hand, women wor...

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Production. Aircraft engines. Reconditioning used spark plugs for reuse in testing airplane motors, Mighnon Gunn operates this small testing machine with speed and precision although she was new to the job two months ago. A former domestic worker, this young woman is now a willing and efficient war worker, one of many women who are relieving labor shortages in war industries throughout the country. Melrose Park, Buick plant

Production. Aircraft engines. Reconditioning used spark plugs for reus...

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