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Placing a bale of cotton into compressing unit. Compress, Houston, Texas. After going through compresser bale of cotton is about one third its original size. Houston, Texas

Placing a bale of cotton into compressing unit. Compress, Houston, Tex...

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Aluminum. Reynolds Metal Company, Louisville, Kentucky. Safely factors are not forgotten in rush orders for war production. This worker who handles hot ingots in the rolling mill, wears these size fifteen aluminum toe guards to protect his feet

Aluminum. Reynolds Metal Company, Louisville, Kentucky. Safely factors...

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Four Freedoms and Arsenal of Democracy posters. Checking over a dummy of hiArsenal of Democracy panel is the eminent posters artist Jean Carlu. The panel, which measured 15 by 30 feet, is on exhibit now at the National and Civilian Defense Exposition at Grand Central Palace, New York along with another of the same size representing the Four Freedoms. Shown under the auspices of the Office of Emergency Management (OEM), they will shortly be seen in a number of cities from coast to coast

Four Freedoms and Arsenal of Democracy posters. Checking over a dummy ...

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The four freedoms. The panel is part of an exhibit prepared for the Office of War Information by Jean Carlu, eminent poster artist. The actual size of the panel is 15 x 30 feet. Another montage of the same size, The Arsenal of Democracy, comprises a companion piece to "The Four Freedoms" panel and completes the exhibit. This exhibit will be shown by the OWI in scores of cities throughout the country

The four freedoms. The panel is part of an exhibit prepared for the Of...

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Picryl description: Public domain image of byciclyst, bike, bicycle wheel, sport event, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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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

Manpower, junior size. Junior commando spirits ran high when children of all creeds and colors sang together the national anthem. Roanoke, Virginia school children took the initiative in mobilizing the first intensified junior commando organization to collect scrap for America's fighting forces

Manpower, junior size. Junior commando spirits ran high when children ...

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Manpower, junior size. What's a home without its sidewalk scrap pile? Junior commandos of Roanoke, Virginia see to it that each home has given enough scrap to make the scrap collectors monthly visit worthwhile. When the truck appears, every youngster in the neighborhood pitches in to help load it

Manpower, junior size. What's a home without its sidewalk scrap pile? ...

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

Manpower, junior size. It takes a good right arm to collect all the household scrap that's needed for the nation's armaments, and these Roanoke, Virginia youngsters have just what it takes. Note the badge on the boy's collar; it reads "Lieutenant: Junior Commando Salvage Drive"

Manpower, junior size. It takes a good right arm to collect all the ho...

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Manpower, junior size. Soldiers without uniforms but determined home front fighters, nevertheless. These newly appointed junior commandos of Roanoke, Virginia, are so eager to get into the "scrap" that not even a heavy rain can stop them from work. They map plans for the distribution of leaflets on their block to inform housewives that the "Scrap for Victory" campaign is on

Manpower, junior size. Soldiers without uniforms but determined home f...

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NYA (National Youth Administration) work center, Brooklyn, New York. Two welders, who are receiving training in machine shop practice, building up an undersize shaft by arc welding to be re-machined to size

NYA (National Youth Administration) work center, Brooklyn, New York. T...

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

Anaconda smelter, Montana. Anaconda Copper Mining Company. Ore bins containing ore reduced in size to a maximum of one inch; from here the ore goes to the rollcrushers after water has been added

Anaconda smelter, Montana. Anaconda Copper Mining Company. Ore bins co...

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Production. Locomotives. The massive size of this locomotive boiler dwarfs the husky worker inside it. In addition to locomotives, the plant doing this work also turns out tanks and ship propellers. Baldwin Locomotive Works

Production. Locomotives. The massive size of this locomotive boiler dw...

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Manpower, junior size. Too young to help? Not the youngsters of Roanoke, Virginia. They're out to win the war by gathering up every piece of scrap metal, every bit of worn out rubber, and all waste fats and greases in the town

Manpower, junior size. Too young to help? Not the youngsters of Roanok...

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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...

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

Manpower, junior size. Johnny's got a man-sized job for the duration. His role in this war is a vital one, for every bit of household scrap must be collected to feed America's wartime steel furnaces. Like this Roanoke, Virginia youngster, boys and girls from coast to coast are organizing into squads to collect all available neighborhood scrap

Manpower, junior size. Johnny's got a man-sized job for the duration. ...

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Noon, Saturday, May 22, 1909. Young girls working in Amoskeag mills, Manchester, N.H. Many this size (and smaller) work here. Location: Manchester, New Hampshire.

Noon, Saturday, May 22, 1909. Young girls working in Amoskeag mills, M...

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MSS [i.e., manuscript] photographed for. Prof. Kelsey, Nov. 1920. Size of book 22.5 x 16 cm

MSS [i.e., manuscript] photographed for. Prof. Kelsey, Nov. 1920. Size...

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MSS [i.e., manuscript] photographed for. Prof. Kelsey, Nov. 1920. Size of book 22.5 x 16 cm

MSS [i.e., manuscript] photographed for. Prof. Kelsey, Nov. 1920. Size...

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Ickes and Senator Guffey drop contributions in flood relief box at White House. Washington D.C. Callers on President Roosevelt today were reminded of the public's problem in the flood situation. A white enameled chest, about the size of a bread box, was put on a table in the lobby of the executive offices to receive flood contributions. Secretary of Interior Harold Ickes (left) and Senator Joseph Guffey, of Pennsylvania, pictured as they drop their contributions in the box

Ickes and Senator Guffey drop contributions in flood relief box at Whi...

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Transportation Building covering 15.6 acres, second in size at the exposition, Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, U. S. A.

Transportation Building covering 15.6 acres, second in size at the exp...

H60542 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 8550. Public domain photograph of a landmark building, world heritage site, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Navy opens bids for battle wagons. Washington, D.C., Nov. 2. The Navy opened bids today on construction of three 35,000 ton battleships today, all bids specified that the dreadnaughts be completed within 52 months. The guns, armor plate, and other accessories to be furnished by the Government cost an estimated 15,000,000 dollars per ship. The ships are the first of that size to be built in 15 years. Seated, left. Admiral William Leahy, Chief of Naval Operations, and Sec. of the Navy Claude Swanson, right. Standing - left- Rear Admiral William G. Du Bose, Chief of the Bureau of Construction and Repair and right- Rear Admiral Charles Conard, Chief of the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, 11/2/38

Navy opens bids for battle wagons. Washington, D.C., Nov. 2. The Navy ...

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

Detroit, Michigan. New method of making x-ray photographs size 4x5 inches instead of larger. Used at the Herman Kiefer Hospital for Communicable Diseases to show various stages of tuberculosis. The x-ray plate is contained in the apparatus in front of the girl. The apparatus in the foreground contains an x-ray tube

Detroit, Michigan. New method of making x-ray photographs size 4x5 inc...

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Protectors of the Four Freedoms raise Old Glory by the Office of Emergency Management's (OEM) huge Four Freedoms photomontage at the National and Civilian Defense Exposition in Grand Central Palace, New York. This panel, which measures 15 x 30 feet, and another of equal size entitled Arsenal of Democracy were designed by Jean Carlu, eminent poster artist, in accordance with a new technic in montage used only once before. The sections are 2 1/2 feet square. The panels will shortly be seen in a number of other cities

Protectors of the Four Freedoms raise Old Glory by the Office of Emerg...

Public domain photograph of United States in World War Two, home front, industrial military production, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Manpower, junior size. This gingham-clad member of the nation's junior army, in Roanoke, Virginia, would rather rummage through a musty attic for scrap rubber and metal than play hopscotch-- when her country needs all the scrap that she and thirty-million other school children can collect

Manpower, junior size. This gingham-clad member of the nation's junior...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a school, preschool, children, education, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Grant County, Oregon. Malheur National Forest. Lumberjack measures "scales" log. He keeps a record of how many and what size logs are cut and estimates board feet which are cut

Grant County, Oregon. Malheur National Forest. Lumberjack measures "sc...

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.

Synthetic rubber (Ameripol). This is the cutting and trimming table, where newly-rolled sheets of synthetic rubber are cut to size for the drying pans. Goodrich

Synthetic rubber (Ameripol). This is the cutting and trimming table, w...

Public domain photograph - working class people, the 1930s United States, work, labor, worker, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Butte, Montana. Anaconda Copper Mining Company. First step in making bits for a pneumatic drilling machine is to heat a rod of the proper size; this rod is placed into machine which punches and forms the bit; this process is called drop forging. Bit plant of the Anaconda Copper Mining Company

Butte, Montana. Anaconda Copper Mining Company. First step in making b...

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

Gasoline rationing poster. Poster distributed to gasoline stations and garages to educate motorists on need for fuel rationing. The original, size 20 inches by 28 1/2 inches, is printed in red and black on white and was produced by the Bureau of Publications and Graphics

Gasoline rationing poster. Poster distributed to gasoline stations and...

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. 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, chariot, 18th-19th century design, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Manpower, junior size. Saturday's a holiday for most of the nation's small-fries, but to these youngsters of Roanoke, Virginia, it's fat collection day. As part of their junior commando activities, these boys and girls collect all fats and greases from local housewives during the week, and turn it over to school authorities on Saturday. From here, the fats are sent to a rendering plant where precious glycerin will be derived from it

Manpower, junior size. Saturday's a holiday for most of the nation's s...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of worker, marketplace, vendor, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, 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...

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

Manpower, junior size. "Helping Uncle Sam is the best possible work for you," Mrs. Bertha Traynham, an evangelist, tells her grandchildren, junior commandos in Roanoke, Virginia. The children have brought her leaflets explaining the necessity of the scrap collection drive

Manpower, junior size. "Helping Uncle Sam is the best possible work fo...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children in poverty during the Great Depression, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. Tin smelting. Unstacking bags of raw tin ore from South America and feeding the material to the crusher of a Southern smelter. The crusher reduces the larger particles to uniform size and discharges ore ready for the first stages of the smelting operation. The plant is already producing large quantities of tin for the countless war needs of the United Nations. Additional processing units now being added assure a much heavier output in the near future

Production. Tin smelting. Unstacking bags of raw tin ore from South Am...

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Lufkin, Texas. Southland paper mill. Rolls of newsprint coming off the winding machine where it has been cut to the size ordered by customers

Lufkin, Texas. Southland paper mill. Rolls of newsprint coming off the...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a machine, industrial equipment, engine, generator, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Noon, Saturday, May 22, 1909. Young girls working in Amoskeag mills, Manchester, N.H. Many this size (and smaller) work here. Location: Manchester, New Hampshire.

Noon, Saturday, May 22, 1909. Young girls working in Amoskeag mills, M...

Picryl description: Public domain image of girl workers, child labor, working children, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Some of doffers and the Superintendent, Catawba Cotton Mill, Newton, N.C. Ten small boys and girls about this size out of a force of 40 employees. Location: Newton, North Carolina.

Some of doffers and the Superintendent, Catawba Cotton Mill, Newton, N...

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The superintendent and one of the spinners, Catawba Cotton Mills, Newton, N.C. Others smaller still. Ten boys and girls this size and smaller out of a force of 40 employees. Location: Newton, North Carolina.

The superintendent and one of the spinners, Catawba Cotton Mills, Newt...

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.

Pilaster capital, full size, interior of dome

Pilaster capital, full size, interior of dome

U.S. Capitol (drawing). This record contains unverified data from caption card.

[Life size statues surrounding tomb of Maximilian I, Hofkirche, Innsbruck, Austria]

[Life size statues surrounding tomb of Maximilian I, Hofkirche, Innsbr...

In album: Prague, Innsbruck, Munich, Nuremberg, Dresden, Berlin, Hombourg, Edinburgh, opposite p. 159. No. R28A.

Scotland Neck Cotton Mill. Group showing some of the youngest workers taken in the mill at starting time. Tiniest girl, one apparently 8 or 9, I saw at work at her knitting machine perched up on a box, as she was too short to reach. The next in size I saw raveling. Both were steady workers. Location: Scotland Neck, North Carolina.

Scotland Neck Cotton Mill. Group showing some of the youngest workers ...

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[Alterations to the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building ("gutters and battens"), Washington, D.C. Detailed section of all ridge and hip battens. Full size]

[Alterations to the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building ("gu...

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Bureau of Standards puts ruge insulator through pressure tests. Washington, D.C., Nov. 30. H.L. Whitemore, (left), chief of the Engineering Mechanics section, National Bureau of Standards, and Dr. A.H. Stand, make a final check of the huge 1600[?] pound porcelain insulator before subjecting it to 2,180,000 pounds pressure in the Bureau's hydraulic jack. The insulator, one of the few of its size in existence, will serve as a base for a 640 foot mast at Radio Station WGY, Schenectady, New York. One of the insulators successfully stood the pressure to 800,000 pounds while the second broke when the pressure was boosted to 2,180,000 pounds. The hydraulic jack is capable of exerting 10,000,000 pounds pressure

Bureau of Standards puts ruge insulator through pressure tests. Washin...

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Detroit, Michigan. New method of making x-ray photographs size 4x5 inches instead of larger. Used at the Herman Kiefer Hospital for Communicable Diseases to show various stages of tuberculosis. An x-ray tube.

Detroit, Michigan. New method of making x-ray photographs size 4x5 inc...

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Detroit, Michigan. New method of making x-ray photographs size 4x5 inches instead of larger. Used at the Herman Kiefer Hospital for Communicable Diseases to show various stages of tuberculosis. The patient is placed in front of a flurescent screen and this screen is photographed on ordinary photographic film by means of a lens of larger aperture

Detroit, Michigan. New method of making x-ray photographs size 4x5 inc...

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Forging die block. A Long Island manufacturer of a variety of forgings is seeking complete tool and die shop facilities for the production of a number of forging die blocks similar to the item illustrated. The die forging blocks vary in size from two by four by six inches to eight by ten by twelve inches in general. Facilities capable of turning out large quantities--fifty to several hundred weekly--are desired

Forging die block. A Long Island manufacturer of a variety of forgings...

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

Four Freedoms and Arsenal of Democracy posters. Ready to go is the huge 15 x 30 foot Arsenal of Democracy montage deseigned by Jean Carlu, eminent poster artist, for exhibition at the National and Civilian Defense Exposition in New York and in many other cities throughout the country. The panel is divided into 2 1/2 foot squares. The artist seems pleased with his work, which is only the second time this particular montage technique has been used. Behind him are figures from the Four Freedoms panel, which equal in size to the Arsenal of Democracy. Both panels were prepared for the Office of Emergency Management (OEM)

Four Freedoms and Arsenal of Democracy posters. Ready to go is the hug...

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

"Open the doors," says Jean Carlu, eminent poster artist, to Manager Sloan of the National and Civilian Defense Exposition at New York's Grand Central Palace. In the background is part of the 15 x 30 foot poster Carlu designed for the Office of Emergency Management (OEM). The panel shown represents the Arsenal of Democracy while another of equal size is entitled The Four Freedoms. These panels, designed according to a technique in photomontage used only once before, will be seen in a number of cities from coast to coast

"Open the doors," says Jean Carlu, eminent poster artist, to Manager S...

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

Conversion. Fuel oil to coal heating system. Guests can keep warm and tanks can crash German lines at the same time as a result of this Washington hotel's conversion from a fuel oil to a coal heating system. The man installing the coal plant appears dwarfed by the tremendous size of the furnace

Conversion. Fuel oil to coal heating system. Guests can keep warm and ...

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Ben Bow chromite mill, Stillwater County, Montana. Symons crusher which reduces the chrome ore in size

Ben Bow chromite mill, Stillwater County, Montana. Symons crusher whic...

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.

Cincinnati, Ohio. Preparing canned pork (Russian: "svinaia tushonka") for lend-lease shipment to the USSR at the Kroger grocery and baking company. Women trimming the pork to size before treating it for twenty percent shrinkage. Left to right: Dorothy Roland, ex-housewife; Flora Keeton, ex-housewife; Susan Brown, packer; Edith Bixton, telephone operator

Cincinnati, Ohio. Preparing canned pork (Russian: "svinaia tushonka") ...

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

Simplified sewing methods now being taught to thousandes of American women through stores, pattern companies, and radio show how to assemble a pattern as Cynthia is doing. As they did in the last war, thousands of women are asking for sewing instructions. Streamlined methods make sewing quick and easy. To save fabric and time, size corrections are quickly made on paper before the goods is cut

Simplified sewing methods now being taught to thousandes of American w...

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The United States National Arboretum was established in 1927 by an Act of Congress. It is 446 acres in size and is located in NE, Washington, D.C.

The United States National Arboretum was established in 1927 by an Act...

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of District of Columbia Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Pr... More

Ah! There, my size, I'll steal you; Comic song

Ah! There, my size, I'll steal you; Comic song

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

Minnie Thomas, 9 years old, showing average size of sardine knife used in cutting. Some of the children used a knife as large as this. Minnie works regularly in Seacoast Canning Co., Factory #7, mostly in the packing room, and when very busy works nights. Cuts some, also cartons. She says she earns $2.00 some days, packing. Location: Eastport, Maine.

Minnie Thomas, 9 years old, showing average size of sardine knife used...

Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Whitnel (N.C.) Cotton Mills. Everyone in this family except the mother, works in the mill. Father earns $1.00 a day. Smallest girl, Annie Philips, been there only a few months, earns nearly a dollar a day. Next in size, Clara Phillips, 13 years old, Been there 3 or 4 years, earns over a dollar a day. Next, Daisy Philips. Next, Mary Philips. A dollar a day each. Oldest is married and husband is in the mill. The superintendent said it is unusual for the father to work when children get large enough to work. He usually loafs. That's why the mills are so full of children. Location: Whitnel, North Carolina.

Whitnel (N.C.) Cotton Mills. Everyone in this family except the mother...

Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Noon, Saturday, May 22, 1909. Young girls working in Amoskeag Mills, Manchester, N.H. Many this size (and smaller) work here. Location: Manchester, New Hampshire.

Noon, Saturday, May 22, 1909. Young girls working in Amoskeag Mills, M...

Picryl description: Public domain image of girl workers, child labor, working children, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Jewish factories in Palestine on Plain of Sharon & along the coast to Haifa. Tell Karaneh Springs near Acre. Fish farm. Typical large size carp

Jewish factories in Palestine on Plain of Sharon & along the coast to ...

Public domain photograph, 1930s-1940s Jerusalem, Palestine, History of Israel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Detroit, Michigan. New method of making x-ray photographs size 4x5 inches instead of larger, used at the Herman Kiefer Hospital for Communicable Diseases to show various stages of tuberculosis. X-ray operator with an electrical tube in use. This room is lined with lead and the operator looks through the glass into the room where the patient is

Detroit, Michigan. New method of making x-ray photographs size 4x5 inc...

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

War ration book no. 3. This new ration book, replacement for present books when their stamps are used up, will be distributed during the early summer. It contains four pages of "point" stamps, similar to the point stamps in war ration book 2, though slightly different in design and printed in brown ink. It also contains four pages of "unit" stamps for the type of rationing now used for sugar, coffee, and shoes. Each page of fourty-eight stamps bears the design of a different war machine, including guns, tanks, aircraft carriers and planes. One of each of these stamps is reproduced separately below the picture of the book. Important note: Actual dimensions of the point ration stamps are 7/8 inch x 1 inch, while the unit stamps are 7/16 inch x 1 inch. The U.S. Secret Service requests that ration stamps not be reproduced in actual size, but less than 3/4 or over 1 1/2 times. Also, stamps should not be reproduced in color. This photograph, if reproduced, same size, meets these requirements

War ration book no. 3. This new ration book, replacement for present b...

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

Lumber is sawed to size and order at the United Producers and Consumer Cooperative at Phoenix, Arizona

Lumber is sawed to size and order at the United Producers and Consumer...

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.

Army uniform trouser manufacture. Kane Manufacturing Company, Louisville, Kentucky. Packing trousers for the expanding defense Army. Each case holds 75 trousers of a given size. This plant is producing 1300 pair of khaki and wool serge trousers a day to the rigid specifications of the Army Quartermaster Corps

Army uniform trouser manufacture. Kane Manufacturing Company, Louisvil...

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

Boston and Maine railroad shops at Billerica, Massachusetts. Tremendous piles of spikes will be sorted out according to size and put away in kegs for salvage purposes

Boston and Maine railroad shops at Billerica, Massachusetts. Tremendou...

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

Boston and Maine railroad shops at Billerica, Massachusetts. Sorting iron washers according to size. Many of these will be used over and over again

Boston and Maine railroad shops at Billerica, Massachusetts. Sorting i...

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

Synthetic rubber (Ameripol). This is the cutting and trimming table, where newly-rolled sheets of synthetic rubber are cut to size for the drying pans. Goodrich

Synthetic rubber (Ameripol). This is the cutting and trimming table, w...

Public domain photograph - working class people, the 1930s United States, work, labor, worker, 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.

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.

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...

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

Fiberglass manufacture, Owens-Corning, Toledo, Ohio. This is the machine that forms clear glass marbles in a plant of the Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corporation. Marbles are fed as raw material into electric furnaces from which they are drawn into fibers one-twentieth the size of human hair

Fiberglass manufacture, Owens-Corning, Toledo, Ohio. This is the machi...

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Parke, Davis and Company, manufacturing chemists, Detroit, Michigan. Production of empty gelatin capsules in a special size

Parke, Davis and Company, manufacturing chemists, Detroit, Michigan. P...

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MSS [i.e., manuscript] photographed for. Prof. Kelsey, Nov. 1920. Size of book 22.5 x 16 cm

MSS [i.e., manuscript] photographed for. Prof. Kelsey, Nov. 1920. Size...

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[Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Neptune Plaza. Full size details of stonework, approaches, west front]

[Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Neptune Plaza. Full size detail...

Sheet no. 644. H. Sill Oct. 1894. Public domain photograph of architecture design drawing, building plan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

In the late afternoon shadows steal over the surfaces of ancient columns of the Acropolis softening their worn and ragged edges These columns standing for centuries despite the elements and are huge in size. Mr. Carpenter tries to encircle one with his arms.

In the late afternoon shadows steal over the surfaces of ancient colum...

Photographs show ruins of the Acropolis and Frank Carpenter putting his arms around a column, Athens, Greece.

[New York City Police dept. activities: taking Bertillon measurements--hand size]

[New York City Police dept. activities: taking Bertillon measurements-...

Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. Photo by Bain News Service. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: Bertillon syst... More

Group. Smallest boy is Stanislaus Beauvais, 25 Pingree St., works on #2 Spinning Room, has been there two years. Next smallest boy is Percy Dupell (back of Stanislaus), 15 Perkins St., has worked in #1 Spinning Room two months. The next in size is Joseph Richard, (see #2626). Location: Salem, Massachusetts.

Group. Smallest boy is Stanislaus Beauvais, 25 Pingree St., works on #...

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[Alterations to the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building ("gutters and battens"), Washington, D.C. Construction details of batten roof. Full size]

[Alterations to the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building ("gu...

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Locust plagues in Palestine. Methods of fighting the locust plague. One of the pits inside the zinc wall. From 1 to 2 sq. [i.e., square] meters in size

Locust plagues in Palestine. Methods of fighting the locust plague. On...

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Newsboys getting the papers just after the arrival of the morning train, Montrose, Colorado. While there is a daily paper in this town here as in most towns of this size, the papers from the larger cities are popular

Newsboys getting the papers just after the arrival of the morning trai...

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War Production Board (WPB) safety poster. Safety poster produced by the WPB for distribution to war plants. The original poster is available in two sizes: 28 1/2 x 40 inches and 28 1/2 x 20 inches. Of the larger size, 50,000 have been printed. Of the smaller size, 175,000. Colors are black and red. Requests should be sent to the Distribution Section, Office of War Information (OWI), Washington, D.C.

War Production Board (WPB) safety poster. Safety poster produced by th...

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Production. Copper. Interior of large ball mill showing the iron balls which grind the ore to a fine size for subsequent treatment by flotation at one of the mills of the Utah Copper Company in Magna and Arthur in Utah

Production. Copper. Interior of large ball mill showing the iron balls...

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Son of Spanish-American farmer sawing slabs of wood to size for use in roof construction, Amalia, New Mexico

Son of Spanish-American farmer sawing slabs of wood to size for use in...

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War Manpower Commission poster. Farm labor poster distributed to Department of Agriculture. War boards for display in small town post offices, community centers and other public buildings. The original, size 28 1/2 inches by 40 inches, is printed in yellow and black on white and is from a photograph by Carola Gregor who specializes in outdoor photography of children and youth. Copies of the poster may be obtained by writing to the War Manpower Commission, Washington, D.C.

War Manpower Commission poster. Farm labor poster distributed to Depar...

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"Open the doors," says Jean Carlu, eminent poster artist, to Manager Sloan of the National and Civilian Defense Exposition at New York's Grand Central Palace. In the background is part of the 15 x 30 foot poster Carlu designed for the Office of Emergency Management (OEM). The panel shown represents the Arsenal of Democracy while another of equal size is entitled The Four Freedoms. These panels, designed according to a technique in photomontage used only once before, will be seen in a number of cities from coast to coast

"Open the doors," says Jean Carlu, eminent poster artist, to Manager S...

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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...

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Fiberglass manufacture, Owens-Corning, Toledo, Ohio. Wafer-thin sheets of bonded glass fiber are cut to size, inspected and packaged by workers like these in a plant of Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corporation. They are retainer mats being supplied under Army and Navy specifications for storage batteries in submarines, tanks, and rough-riding reconnaisance cars

Fiberglass manufacture, Owens-Corning, Toledo, Ohio. Wafer-thin sheets...

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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...

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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...

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Anaconda smelter, Montana. Anaconda Copper Mining Company. Repairing roll crusher; in this crusher ore is reduced in size from a maximum of one inch to the fineness of coarse sand

Anaconda smelter, Montana. Anaconda Copper Mining Company. Repairing r...

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Three-inch A.A. cartridge cases. Antiaircraft cartridge cases must be correct in size. A careful gauge inspection assures precision

Three-inch A.A. cartridge cases. Antiaircraft cartridge cases must be ...

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Aids Army and Navy typewriter drive. Cortez W. Peters, world's champion portable typist, recently turned in ten late model standard size typewriters which he turned over to the government to aid the drive for 600,000 machines for the Army and Navy. Mr. Peters operates three business schools in Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Maryland, and Chicago, Illinois

Aids Army and Navy typewriter drive. Cortez W. Peters, world's champio...

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Conversion. Automobiles to 40 mm. anti-aircraft guns. To ensure maximum efficiency, every 40 mm. anti-aircraft gun barrel made in this former automobile plant is checked and double checked. Here an inspector is examining the size of the bore in an army barrel. Chrysler Corporation, Highland Park, Detroit

Conversion. Automobiles to 40 mm. anti-aircraft guns. To ensure maximu...

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How to conserve household gas. Turning the gas as high as possible causes waste. A moderate flame will heat foods just as rapidly as a high flame. For more efficient cooking, use a pot with a flat bottom and straight sides. If the stove is equipped with different size burners, use small burners for small pots and large burners for large utensils

How to conserve household gas. Turning the gas as high as possible cau...

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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...

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War production drive poster. Poster distributed by the Ordnance Department, U.S. Army, to labor management committees. The original, size 28 1/2 inches by 40 inches, may be obtained from war production drive headquarters, War Production Board (WPB), Washington, D.C.

War production drive poster. Poster distributed by the Ordnance Depart...

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On right hand of front row is Arthur Houle, 24 E. Gardner St., fifth floor of Spinning Room #2. Left hand end front row is John Parent, 14 Congress St., Spinning Room #2, fifth floor. Smallest in back row is John Delisle, 14 Congress St., Spinning Room #2, fifth floor. Next size in back row is Joseph Bondreault, 40 Perkins St., Spinning Room #2, Fifth floor. Ne[x]t in size in back row is Arthur Dandurand, 24 E. Gardner St., (may be 14, not sure) works in Spinning Room #1, fifth floor. Location: Salem, Massachusetts.

On right hand of front row is Arthur Houle, 24 E. Gardner St., fifth f...

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Printing the new small size currency at the Bureau of Printing and Engraving

Printing the new small size currency at the Bureau of Printing and Eng...

Photograph shows a man standing by a printing press while four women and two men sit at a table nearby. In album: Washington, D.C., 1 June 1929 to 27 Sept. 1929, v. 3, Herbert E. French, National Photo Company... More

One year of reciprocal aid. Food is probably the most important contribution of Australia to the supplies of the U.S. armed forces stationed in the Pacific. She sent shiploads to our beleaguered men at Bataan and has increased her contributions as the size of our forces has grown. The U.S. ships practically no food to our troops in Australia and New Zealand. The Americans are supplied on the spot, and the space thus freed in our ships is used for tanks, planes and amunitions

One year of reciprocal aid. Food is probably the most important contri...

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Four Freedoms and Arsenal of Democracy posters. Assembly workers have nearly finished setting up the huge 15 x 30 foot photomontage The Four Freedoms. On the other side of the scaffolding was the Arsenal of Democracy panel, equal in size. The two were displayed in Defense Square, Washington for a month beginning November 7, 1941. Designed for the Office of Emergency Management (OEM) by the eminent poster artist Jean Carlu, they were shown first in New York and after the Washington showing went on a tour of many cities throughout the nation

Four Freedoms and Arsenal of Democracy posters. Assembly workers have ...

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Washington, D.C. Preparing the defense bond sales photomural to be installed in the Grand Central terminal, New York, in the photographic laboratory of the FSA (Farm Security Administration). Finished print tacked to enlarging easel to show size

Washington, D.C. Preparing the defense bond sales photomural to be ins...

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