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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...

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

Covering the beads. Beads are covered with sturdy fabric which builds back down into the sidewall of the finished tire for added strength. Passenger tires are normally supplied with only one wire bead, but truck tires usually have two or more, depending upon the size, weight and number of plies. Firestone (General Tires), Akron, Ohio

Covering the beads. Beads are covered with sturdy fabric which builds ...

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

Milwaukee Western Fuel Company. Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The car loading end of a bridge at the Seventeenth Street dock of the Milwaukee Western Fuel Company. The bucket drops coal into the hopper at the top, it is sized over screens, the proper size coal goes down the chute on the left into the car, and the rest goes down the chute on the right back on the coal pile

Milwaukee Western Fuel Company. Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The car loading ...

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

Substitute materials. Timber connectors. Constructed of wood reinforced with timber connectors, this 166 foot wide clear span mold loft building has been duplicated many times in shipyards on the Pacific, Atlantic and Gulf Coasts. The unobstructed floor of a mold loft is a giant drawing board. The many parts of merchant ships, such as plates, ribs, and bulk-heads are drawn on the floor in full size. From these drawings templates are made and from the templates the actual parts are fabricated

Substitute materials. Timber connectors. Constructed of wood reinforce...

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

Production. Milling machines and machine castings. A close-up of a milling operation on a large bed. Note the multiple-touch cutter, larger than an elephant's foot, turning at the left. Facing it on the other side of the casting is another cutter of the same size, milling the other side. Special fixtures and cutters are used for different shaped castings machined on this special milling machine, produced in a large Midwest machine tool plant

Production. Milling machines and machine castings. A close-up of a mil...

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

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.

Production. Milling machines and machine castings. Another scene in the runoff line where three-inch shells are being run through a centerless grinding machine which grinds them to exactly correct roundness, size, straightness and smoothness. Designed to be blown to bits as soon as possible, each shell must nevertheless be made and finished as carefully as if it were to last as long as the piston of an automobile engine

Production. Milling machines and machine castings. Another scene in th...

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

Manpower, junior size. These hardy determined young fighters of the Jamison Elementary School in Roanoke, Virginia, are bent upon doing their best as members of Uncle Sam's newest home front fighting team, the junior army. Their teacher is explaining the seriousness of Uncle Sam's scrap metal, rubber, and fats shortage and how they are to be mobilized to collect this vital scrap

Manpower, junior size. These hardy determined young fighters of the Ja...

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

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 of 1930s industry, war production in the United States free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Manpower, junior size. Two barefoot junior commandos in Roanoke, Virginia, wriggle their toes with delight as they study their instructions for collecting scrap for Uncle Sam's great army. Directions for the scrap collection were given to the children at the huge star-spangled rally that launched the campaign

Manpower, junior size. Two barefoot junior commandos in Roanoke, Virgi...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children of farmers, migrant workers, Great Depression era, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Manpower, junior size. Proud young fighters in Uncle Sam's junior army visit a scrap yard in Roanoke, Virginia to see for themselves what happens to the scrap they collect for our war industries. One of the workers explains to the children how the acetylene torch he holds cuts heavy metal into the shapes required for melting by the steel mills

Manpower, junior size. Proud young fighters in Uncle Sam's junior army...

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

Manpower, junior size. Nobody played hookey the day teacher Doris Jordan at Jamison Elementary School explained how every pupil can help win the war. These Roanoke, Virginia youngsters, along with some thirty million other young Americans, are being mobilized into the nation's newest home front fighters, the junior army, to collect scrap for ammunition

Manpower, junior size. Nobody played hookey the day teacher Doris Jord...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a classroom, college auditorium, school, students, teacher, teaching, studying, education, 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. Girls removing fat and bones from pork before cutting it down to size for pre-shrinkage

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.

One of the spinners in Whitnel Cotton Mfg. Co. N.C. She was 51 inches high. Had been in mill 1 year. Some at night. Runs 4 sides, 48 cents a day. When asked how old, she hesitated, then said "I don't remember." Then confidentially, "I'm not old enough to work, but I do just the same." Out of 50 employees, ten children about her size. See 463. Location: Whitnel, North Carolina.

One of the spinners in Whitnel Cotton Mfg. Co. N.C. She was 51 inches ...

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

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...

Public domain photograph of Middle East, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Plan and elevations of a church. Side elevation, plan of cupola, "size and shape of the glass" (i.e., interior window elevation)]

[Plan and elevations of a church. Side elevation, plan of cupola, "siz...

Illus. in: The American Builder's Companion, plate B following p. 100.

An Esquimau family and igloo--exact reproduction in size and shape of their snow huts. World's Fair, St. Louis, U.S.A.

An Esquimau family and igloo--exact reproduction in size and shape of ...

H56842 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by C.L. Wasson. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The very smallest boy is Henry Fournier, 261 Jefferson Ave., Castle Hill, has worked 2 months in #2 Spinning Room. The next in size is Adelard Gagnon, 32 Perkins St., works in Spinning Room. Next in size (front row) is Adelard Dion i.e. Dionne, 1 Palmer St., works in #1Spinning Room. Smallest in back row is Albert Valbert, 14 Park St. Location: Salem, Massachusetts

The very smallest boy is Henry Fournier, 261 Jefferson Ave., Castle Hi...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2630. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Cheering on the sidelines. Annapolis, MD, April 16. The Naval Academy here held its 20th Annual Navy Junior Boxing Championships with all the formality bestowed upon big college bouts, but the fighters were all pre-high school size, ranging from 3 to 14 years. Gene Fairfax, Captain of the Academy boxing team refereed and Spike Webb, Navy Coach, officiated. Here is a group of the fighters cheering on a pair of their fellows, 4-15-39

Cheering on the sidelines. Annapolis, MD, April 16. The Naval Academy ...

A black and white photo of a group of kids in a boxing ring. 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. Comparison of the standard x-ray film holder and the 4x5 film holder used in the x-ray camera

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

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

An old photo of a woman and a child reading newspapers. Great Depression FFSA / OWI Negatives

An old photo of a woman and a child reading newspapers. Great Depressi...

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

Production. Copper. Part of a group of five Symons short-head cone crushers for reducing the coarse copper ore to a smaller size at the Magna mill of the Utah Copper Company where vast quantities of copper ore are treated

Production. Copper. Part of a group of five Symons short-head cone cru...

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

Sacker selects potatoes for size and quality at Klamath County, Oregon

Sacker selects potatoes for size and quality at Klamath County, Oregon

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.

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. J.P. Kane, local defense housing manager, gives B.J. Rogan and his family a preview of their new home. 56 of the 300 defense homes now under construction in Erie, Pennsylvania had been completed when these pictures were made (July 1941). The others were scheduled for occupancy by the first of October 1941. There are four units to a building, each with a combination living-dining room, kitchen, bath, and one to three bedrooms, depending on the size of the family

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. J.P. Kane, local defense housing ...

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And, furthermore, ladies and gents -- at any rate, that's what the speaker might be saying. We wouldn't know. He is merely part of a 5 x 7 1/2 foot section of the Four Freedoms panel on display at Grand Central Palace, New York at the National and Civiliab Defense Exposition. This panel, 15 x 30 feett, and another of the same size representing the Arsenal of Democracy were designed for the Office of Emergency Managemen (OEM) by the eminent poster artist Jean Carlu. This technique has been used only once before. These panels will be soon be sent for display to a number of cities from coast to coast

And, furthermore, ladies and gents -- at any rate, that's what the spe...

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

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

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

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, politician, meeting, civil rights movement, African Americans, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, 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...

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

Manpower, junior size. "After this old tire's been done over, it will make twelve gas masks. Just think! You'll save the lives of twelve soldiers!" These fifth graders in the Gainsboro Elementary School in Roanoke, Virginia had been gathering scrap on their own, even before the junior commandos were organized there. Eagerly, they listen to teacher Nettie Traynham tell them that now--along with thirty-million other young Americans--they are part of America's junior army to collect scrap for our fighting men

Manpower, junior size. "After this old tire's been done over, it will ...

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

Forty-two keys to victory. This man was once a skilled worker in a typewriter factory. He's still a skilled worker in the same factory, but instead of typewriters he's now assembling war items. Although Army and Navy demands for typewriters are increasing, the manufacute of these machines will have ceased by the end of the year. That's why the government needs your typewriter -- if it's of standard size and a model made no earlier than 1935

Forty-two keys to victory. This man was once a skilled worker in a typ...

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Synthetic rubber (Ameripol). After the milling process, where crumbs of synthetic rubber are pressed into sheets, then trimmed to size and cooled, the sheets are placed in these charging and discharging vacuum dryers. Goodrich

Synthetic rubber (Ameripol). After the milling process, where crumbs o...

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.

Women in industry. Tool production. Two to a machine, these young employees of a Midwest drill and tool company are operating cylindrical grinders. This work is delicate and difficult, for the drills must be tapered accurately to size. The drills will be used in manufacture of guns, ships, tanks and in all war production where metal must be worked. Republic Drill and Tool Company, Chicago, Illinois

Women in industry. Tool production. Two to a machine, these young emp...

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

Conversion. Automobiles to 40 mm. anti-aircraft guns. 40 mm. anti-aircraft gun barrels for the U.S. Army are machined and finished in a former automobile plant. First they are cut to size and then their centers located. After that, they go down long machining lines where they are finished by mass production methods. Never before has any manufacturer attempted to make gun barrels of this size on a mass production basis. Chrysler Corporation, Highland Park, Detroit

Conversion. Automobiles to 40 mm. anti-aircraft guns. 40 mm. anti-airc...

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

Sonoma County, California. Noting weight of a freshly-laid egg at a chicken ranch. By using trap-nests the rancher can determine the number and size of eggs each hen lays and thus produce high quality, pedigreed eggs

Sonoma County, California. Noting weight of a freshly-laid egg at a ch...

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

Production. Pipe fittings. Pipe fittings for the Army. A power saw cuts a pipe elbow to size in a Midwest plant. Elbows are cut to any length and angle from bent pipe

Production. Pipe fittings. Pipe fittings for the Army. A power saw cut...

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

Another champ aids Army and Navy. Cortez W. Peters, world's champion portable typist, is shown with 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. The typewriters were taken from three business schools which Mr. Peters operates in Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Maryland, and Chicago, Illinois

Another champ aids Army and Navy. Cortez W. Peters, world's champion p...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of an office worker, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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...

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

Lufkin, Texas. Southland paper mill. An eighteen foot long roll of newsprint which will be cut to size as ordered by the customer

Lufkin, Texas. Southland paper mill. An eighteen foot long roll of new...

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

Rear view of new C-82 showing twin boom tail and square interior. This is the first war plane designed solely for hauling military cargo. It is in the 50,000 pound class and in its weight and bulk carrying capacity, will enable the air transport of ninety percent of the heavy equipment of a standard triangular Infantry Division. It may be used to carry troops, paratroops, and equipment up to the size of tanks

Rear view of new C-82 showing twin boom tail and square interior. This...

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

Shrunk to their proper size at last - an edifying sight in the United States Senate / Keppler.

Shrunk to their proper size at last - an edifying sight in the United ...

Print shows members of the U.S. Senate looking down on five diminutive members seated in the front, they are identified as "Hill Repudiated by New York", "Murphy Repudiated by New York", "Gorman Repudiated by M... More

Smallest boy does not work in the mill. The rest do. Great Falls Mfg. Co., Somersworth, N.H. Boy next in size to that one is James Carrigan, 24 Highland St. The other small boy is Fred Bushey, 42 Main Street. One of the smaller ones said he has been in the mill for three years. Location: Somersworth, New Hampshire.

Smallest boy does not work in the mill. The rest do. Great Falls Mfg. ...

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

Size up your savings. W. S. S. War Savings Stamps issued by the United States government Your savings account tells a story. Can you improve that story? Buy war Savings stamps-Regularly. Issued by the United States government. Treasury Departmen

Size up your savings. W. S. S. War Savings Stamps issued by the United...

At top of page. Thrift sign No. 2. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 242, Folder 2.

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. Placing a patient against an old style x-ray film holder

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

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Army uniform trouser manufacture. Kane Manufacturing Company, Louisville, Kentucky. 1300 trousers a day ranging in size from a small size of 28-inch waist and 29-inch leg to a large size of 46-inch waist and 33-inch leg. These trousers are made to rigid specifications, furnished by the Army Quartermaster Corps. This straight-knife cutting machine cuts 42 wool or 63 cotton pair of trousers at one operation

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

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War... More

Conversion. Copper and brass processing. Drawing seamless copper tube. Rough cast tubes tapered at one end to fit through a die are gripped in the tongs of the electric motor-driven vehicle on the drawbench and pulled or "drawn" through the die to be reduced to the desired size. Tubes usually are redrawn many times; each successive "draw" reduces the diameter, and increases the length. Brass tubes need to be annealed or softened between each draw, but copper tubes can be drawn several times without intermediate annealing. The tapered nose of the tubes may be seen just behind the drawbench operator. Chase Copper and Brass Company, Euclid, Ohio

Conversion. Copper and brass processing. Drawing seamless copper tube....

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

Attention! change in size or color of a wart or mole

Attention! change in size or color of a wart or mole

Public domain photograph of decorated book cover, binding, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Nathaniel P. Banks to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, October 20, 1862 (Size of Lee's army)

Nathaniel P. Banks to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, October 20, 1862 (Size...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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 12 x 40 inches and 28 12 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...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa... More

Manpower, junior size. Junior commandos of Roanoke, Virginia, follow up on their fat collection drive with a visit to the local rendering plant to see what happens to the household fats they have collected during the week. They're learning firsthand how explosives are derived from bacon grease and meat fats

Manpower, junior size. Junior commandos of Roanoke, Virginia, follow u...

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

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? ...

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

Great Falls, Montana. Anaconda Wire and Cable Company. Workmen putting unfinished rod into rolls of a finishing mill; from the wire bar to the finished rod, the processes of rolling are repeated so that the rod gets smaller and smaller until it is reduced to the desired size

Great Falls, Montana. Anaconda Wire and Cable Company. Workmen putting...

Picryl description: Public domain image of workers, labor, 1940s, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Nathaniel P. Banks to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, October 20, 1862 (Size of Lee's army)

Nathaniel P. Banks to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, October 20, 1862 (Size...

Nathaniel P. Banks to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, October 20, 1862 (Size of Lee's army)

Nathaniel P. Banks to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, October 20, 1862 (Size...

Nathaniel P. Banks to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, October 20, 1862 (Size of Lee's army)

Nathaniel P. Banks to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, October 20, 1862 (Size...

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...

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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Before Monopoly Committee. Washington, D.C., Nov. 11. Ernest T. Weir, arch-foe of the New Deal and Chairman of the National Steel Corporation, suggested before the National Monopoly Committee that it was 'easier for a company our size to operate and make a profit than a company with the size and ramifications of the U.S. Steel Corporation.' A.F. Feller, Counsel for the Committee and Special Assistant to the Attorney General, termed this statement by Weir the important yet made before the committee

Before Monopoly Committee. Washington, D.C., Nov. 11. Ernest T. Weir, ...

A black and white photo of two men sitting next to each other, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Gift; Harris & Ewi... More

Rags. Collection and processing. A portion of the sorting room in a large Eastern rag processing plant. In this room new rag remnants, consisting chiefly of cuttings received from clothing factories, are sorted. The rags are classified and separated according to the type of cloth; colored rags are graded according to the ease with which they can be bleached. The baskets in back of the women are filled with rags that have been sorted and classified. The women work in teams of two; it takes a team about two hours to sort the rags in one full bale. In another part of the plant, a room of the same size and general appearance as this is used for sorting used rags. Shapiro Company, Baltimore, Maryland

Rags. Collection and processing. A portion of the sorting room in a la...

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.

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 photograph of a car, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Price control. Anti-inflation window display. Well designed because it is easily read, this poster illustrates the correct method for displaying ceiling price items on the Office of Price Administration's (OPA) cost-of-living commodity list, established for all goods essential to the daily requirements of the average family. These lists must clearly identify each item, stating size or quantity and ceiling price

Price control. Anti-inflation window display. Well designed because it...

Public domain photograph of pharmacy, convenience store, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a man working on a machine. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man working on a machine. Office of War I...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Nathaniel P. Banks to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, October 20, 1862 (Size of Lee's army)

Nathaniel P. Banks to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, October 20, 1862 (Size...

Nathaniel P. Banks to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, October 20, 1862 (Size of Lee's army)

Nathaniel P. Banks to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, October 20, 1862 (Size...

Nathaniel P. Banks to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, October 20, 1862 (Size of Lee's army)

Nathaniel P. Banks to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, October 20, 1862 (Size...

George H. Thomas to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, November 15, 1864 (Telegram reporting size of Gen. Gillem's force)

George H. Thomas to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, November 15, 1864 (Tele...

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...

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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Wonderful dwarf. The ladies and gentlemen of Boston, and vicinity are respectfully informed that Sally Marietta Snow, the smallest and most interesting person of her size ever seen in America, aged nine years, and weighing only sixteen pounds, w

Wonderful dwarf. The ladies and gentlemen of Boston, and vicinity are ...

[Normal liver cells, abnormal liver cells that have increased in size, and abnormal liver cells that have decreased in size demonstrate that disease alters cells; with surrounding text]

[Normal liver cells, abnormal liver cells that have increased in size,...

Illus. and text in: Die Cellularpathologie / Rudolf Ludwig Karl Virchow. Berlin : A. Hirschwald, 1858, p. 58. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1... More

Army uniform trouser manufacture. Kane Manufacturing Company, Louisville, Kentucky. 1300 trousers a day ranging in size from a small size of 28-inch waist and 29-inch leg to a large size of 46-inch waist and 33-inch leg. These trousers are made to rigid specifications, furnished by the Army Quartermaster Corps. This straight-knife cutting machine cuts 42 wool or 63 cotton pair of trousers at one operation

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

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Manpower, junior size. Excited school children craned their necks to watch the Jefferson High drum and bugle corps march into the auditorium. The "military band" opened the junior commando rally in Roanoke, Virginia, launching the campaign to collect scrap

Manpower, junior size. Excited school children craned their necks to w...

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

Manpower, junior size. Her arms are full of shells and guns and parts for ships and tanks. One of the Roanoke, Virginia junior commandos, this youngster has collected every piece of scrap in the neighborhood to help make armaments to beat the Axis

Manpower, junior size. Her arms are full of shells and guns and parts ...

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

Boston and Maine railroad shops at Billerica, Massachusetts. Bolts, from the smallest to the largest, and according to size, are sorted

Boston and Maine railroad shops at Billerica, Massachusetts. Bolts, fr...

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Production. War housing trailers. Constructed of four-foot sections, the prefabricated Westcraft housing home is sold in 12 x 16 or 12 x 20 size. It may be added to at will, providing separate bedrooms, garage, etc. The model pictured here comprises a combination living-bedroom, bathroom and kitchen. It sells for eleven hundred fifty dollars, furnished as shown. Made by Western Trailer Company of Los Angeles whose principal war effort is the production of war housing trailers

Production. War housing trailers. Constructed of four-foot sections, t...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s train station, train car, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A bronze replica (one-fifth size) of the Statue of Liberty, Birmingham, Alabama

A bronze replica (one-fifth size) of the Statue of Liberty, Birmingham...

This statue was commissioned by Frank Park Samford as the symbol for the Liberty National Life Insurance Company. Created by sculptors Archer and Lee Lawrie, it was placed atop Liberty National's home office bu... More

The Queen of Peace Shrine in Port Arthur, Texas. This Hoa-Binh (Area of Peace), features gardens and statue of Mary three times life size was built by parishioners of Queen of Vietnam Martyr's Catholic Church in gratitude for their escape from Asia and the city that welcomed them

The Queen of Peace Shrine in Port Arthur, Texas. This Hoa-Binh (Area o...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More

Nathaniel P. Banks to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, October 20, 1862 (Size of Lee's army)

Nathaniel P. Banks to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, October 20, 1862 (Size...

George H. Thomas to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, November 15, 1864 (Telegram reporting size of Gen. Gillem's force)

George H. Thomas to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, November 15, 1864 (Tele...

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)

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...

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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Robert Magee (smallest). 270 Suffolk St., Apparently 12 years old Been working in Mule Room #1, Merrimac Mill, Lowell, 1 year. Michael Keefe (next in size), 32 Marion St., been working in #1 Mule Room, Merrimac Mill, Lowell, for 8 months, about 13 or 14. Cornelius Hurley, 298 Adams St., been at work in #1 Mule Room, Merimac Mill, Lowell, for 6 months, about 13 or 14. Location: South Framingham, Massachusetts.

Robert Magee (smallest). 270 Suffolk St., Apparently 12 years old Been...

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Dimension lumber plant at Tygart Valley Homesteads, West Virginia. They cut wood to size as ordered by furniture companies

Dimension lumber plant at Tygart Valley Homesteads, West Virginia. The...

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Waste wood. Note large size which would make good firewood. Left on site of small abandoned sawmill, recently moved between Antioch Church and Highway 54. Southern part of Orange County, North Carolina. See general caption notes on subregion. September 27, 1939. Number two and caption 52101-D

Waste wood. Note large size which would make good firewood. Left on si...

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Protectors of the Four Freedoms raise Old Glory by the Office of Emergency Management's huge Four Freedoms montage at the Natinoal Civilian and 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 technique in montage used only once before.

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

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Salvage. New York local story. Keys to Uncle Sam's arsenal for democracy. Ranging in size form a tiny jewelcase opener to a massive half-pound brass device used in a French chateau grilled door, a donor turns over to the salvage drive more than 200 keys weighing five pounds, one ounce to Mrs. Mortimer Hess, vice chairman of the Women's Division of the New York City Salvage Committee at its headquarters in the Channing Building. Soon these keys will be on their way to the smelters to refine into new steel and brass to make America's guns and cartridges

Salvage. New York local story. Keys to Uncle Sam's arsenal for democra...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of the 1930s - 1940s, woman, female portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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...

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

Great Falls, Montana. Anaconda Wire and Cable Company. Workmen putting unfinished rod into rolls of a finishing mill; from the wire bar to the finished rod, the processes of rolling are repeated so that the rod gets smaller and smaller until it is reduced to the desired size

Great Falls, Montana. Anaconda Wire and Cable Company. Workmen putting...

Picryl description: Public domain image of workers, labor, 1940s, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of two women with umbrellas. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of two women with umbrellas. Office of War Inf...

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

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...

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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...

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

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)

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)

Cutting sheet steel to size, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Cutting sheet steel to size, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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

Army uniform trouser manufacture. Kane Manufacturing Company, Louisville, Kentucky. 1300 trousers a day ranging in size from a small size of 28-inch waist and 29-inch leg to a large size of 46-inch waist and 33-inch leg. These trousers are made to rigid specifications, furnished by the Army Quartermaster Corps. This straight-knife cutting machine cuts 42 wool or 63 cotton pair of trousers at one operation

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

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War... More

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

Four Freedoms and Arsenal of Democracy posters. This worker is completing the border on the 15 x 30 foot Arsenal of Democracy photomontage. On the other side of the scaffolding was the Four Freedoms panel, equal in size. The two were displayed in Defense Square, Washington 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. This worker is complet...

Public domain photograph of early 20th-century New York metropolis cityscape, buildings, 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. ...

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

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