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Washington, Lewis County, Centralia. Railroad yard, looking down from highway bridge. Disaster to the town: the one remaining lumber mill burned down a week before. (Note smoke and wreckage)

Washington, Lewis County, Centralia. Railroad yard, looking down from ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, railway, train car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Smoke stacks - Color photograph, Kodachrome film transparencies

Smoke stacks - Color photograph, Kodachrome film transparencies

12002-28. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More

Smoke stacks - Color photograph, Kodachrome film transparencies

Smoke stacks - Color photograph, Kodachrome film transparencies

12002-28. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More

Smoke shrouds the Signa Bridge. Another target for "Operation Strangle," the Signa Bridge, west of Florence, was smashed by direct hits from Mediterranean Allied Air Force bombers

Smoke shrouds the Signa Bridge. Another target for "Operation Strangle...

Public domain photograph related to the history of Italy, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Copper smelter. Miami, Arizona - safety film negatives, Library of Congress

Copper smelter. Miami, Arizona - safety film negatives, Library of Con...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Tennessee Valley Authority production. Elemental phosphorus. A large electric phosphate smelting furnace used in the making of elemental phosphorus in a TVA chemical plant in the Muscle Shoals area. The phosphorus, used in the manufacture of incendiary bombs and shells and of material for "smoke," is produced by smelting phosphate rock, coke, and silica together in the electric furnaces and condensing the resulting phosphorus gases. When surplus phosphorus is available, it is converted into highly concentrated phosphatic fertilizer, much of which is shipped abroad under provisions of the Lend-Lease Bill

Tennessee Valley Authority production. Elemental phosphorus. A large e...

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.

Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co., Columbia Chemical Division. General view of plant XXVII

Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co., Columbia Chemical Division. General view o...

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

R.C. Hunzicker, residence in Smoke Rise, New Jersey. Master bedroom window

R.C. Hunzicker, residence in Smoke Rise, New Jersey. Master bedroom wi...

Public domain photograph of bedroom or living room, interior decor, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

R.C. Hunzicker, residence in Smoke Rise, New Jersey. Living room window

R.C. Hunzicker, residence in Smoke Rise, New Jersey. Living room windo...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a living room, fireplace, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

J.A. Talbot, residence at Smoke Rise, Butler, New Jersey. Master bedroom

J.A. Talbot, residence at Smoke Rise, Butler, New Jersey. Master bedro...

Public domain photograph of bedroom or living room, interior decor, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The darktown fire brigade-investigating a smoke: Parson-no sah de meetin house aint afire, but de congregation am takin a smoke of de world's best terbakker

The darktown fire brigade-investigating a smoke: Parson-no sah de meet...

Caricature issued as part of the "Darktown comics" series. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 1514.

Celebrated race of the steamers Robt. E. Lee and Natchez

Celebrated race of the steamers Robt. E. Lee and Natchez

O9466 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Donaldson (Wm. M.) & Co.

Destruction of the rebel ram "Arkansas": By the United State gunboat "Essex," on the Mississippi River, near Baton Rouge, August 4th 1862

Destruction of the rebel ram "Arkansas": By the United State gunboat "...

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 1708

The first smoke: All right - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Congress

The first smoke: All right - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Co...

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 2160

[Panoramic view of the aftermath of the San Francisco earthquake and fire, showing ruins of buildings and smoke]

[Panoramic view of the aftermath of the San Francisco earthquake and f...

No. 15. Copyright by Casey & Clancy, San Francisco, Cal. Public domain photograph - panorama, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

John Tidwell, a Cotton Mill Product. Doffer in Avondale Mills. Many of these youngsters smoke. Location: Birmingham, Alabama.

John Tidwell, a Cotton Mill Product. Doffer in Avondale Mills. Many of...

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

A steamboat race on the Mississippi, (between the Baltic & Diana)

A steamboat race on the Mississippi, (between the Baltic & Diana)

118 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Weingärtner. Published in: Viewpoints; a selection from the pictorial collections of t... More

Joseph Severio. Peanut vendor. 11 years of age. Pushing cart 2 years. Out after midnight on May 21, 1910. Ordinarily works 6 hours per day. Works of own volition. Don't smoke. All earnings go to father. Location: Wilmington, Delaware.

Joseph Severio. Peanut vendor. 11 years of age. Pushing cart 2 years. ...

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

Solvay Process Co.'s works, Syracuse [i.e. Solvay], N.Y.

Solvay Process Co.'s works, Syracuse [i.e. Solvay], N.Y.

Picryl description: Public domain image related to an industrial revolution, industry history, factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Northwestern Branch, Smoke Stack, 5000 West National Avenue, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Northwestern Branch, Sm...

Significance: Building 106, Smoke Stack, is a reinforced concrete chimney constructed in 1922 to serve the engine and boiler house of the Northwestern Branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers... More

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Northwestern Branch, Smoke Stack, 5000 West National Avenue, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Northwestern Branch, Sm...

Significance: Building 106, Smoke Stack, is a reinforced concrete chimney constructed in 1922 to serve the engine and boiler house of the Northwestern Branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers... More

The levee-New Orleans - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Congress

The levee-New Orleans - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Congres...

Artist: William A. Walker (signature on image). Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 3750

The levee-New Orleans - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Congress

The levee-New Orleans - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Congres...

Artist: William A. Walker (signature on image). Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 3750

View of Lower Manhattan from the Manhattan Bridge, September 11, 2001

View of Lower Manhattan from the Manhattan Bridge, September 11, 2001

September 11 terrorist attacks, 9/11, documentary photographs. Public domain image of New York City buildings, cityscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Le roi promettant de venir a Paris avec sa famille. Salve d'Artillerie devant le Chateau de Versailles, le 6 Octobre 1789 Prieur inv. & del. ; Berthault sculp

Le roi promettant de venir a Paris avec sa famille. Salve d'Artillerie...

Print shows the departure from Versailles of Louis XVI and his family accompanied by a large mob of citizens, mostly women, who have come to excort them back to Paris. Illustration from: Collection complète de... More

[Close up view of front of locomotive, showing light, smoke stack and bell]

[Close up view of front of locomotive, showing light, smoke stack and ...

Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, engine, train, railroad, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Life sketches in the metropolis - Our homeless poor - Early morning in Donovan Lane, near the Five Points

Life sketches in the metropolis - Our homeless poor - Early morning in...

Homeless people in slum neighborhood. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 34, (1872 March 16), p. 5.

The Sugar harvest in Louisiana / Drawn by A.R. Waud.

The Sugar harvest in Louisiana / Drawn by A.R. Waud.

People harvesting sugar and sugar refinery in background. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1875 Oct. 30, p. 884.

Some casual cartoonlets - Public domain dedication image

Some casual cartoonlets - Public domain dedication image

Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Channeling machine and steam shovel, Livingstone Channel

Channeling machine and steam shovel, Livingstone Channel

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

Paper mills, Petoskey, Mich. - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Paper mills, Petoskey, Mich. - Public domain image. Dry plate negative...

Picryl description: Public domain image related to an industrial revolution, industry history, factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Walter Ray, 400 Walnut St. 8 years of age. Selling papers 1 year. Average earnings 35 cents per week. Selling papers own choice. Don't smoke. Earnings not needed at home. Visits saloons. Works 5 hours per day. Investigator, Edward F. Brown. Location: Wilmington, Delaware / Photo by Lewis W. Hine., May, 1910.

Walter Ray, 400 Walnut St. 8 years of age. Selling papers 1 year. Aver...

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

View from the county road of Scotia, Cal.

View from the county road of Scotia, Cal.

J172658 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright claimant's address: Pasadena, Cal. On front: "Largest Trees on Earth Series, #567." Copyright deposit; S. U. Bunnell; September 3, 1912; DLC/PP-1912:44504.

[Oil refining, Whiting, Indiana], engraving, Library of Congress

[Oil refining, Whiting, Indiana], engraving, Library of Congress

Print shows smokestacks with billowing smoke and train tracks. Public domain photograph - historical image of Indiana, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ruins of Jerash (Gerasa). Jerash village from the ruins. Picturesque smoke clouds reminiscent of ancient altar fires

Ruins of Jerash (Gerasa). Jerash village from the ruins. Picturesque s...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a romantic landscape with ruins, historical building, classical architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a train coming down the tracks, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of a train coming down the tracks, West Virgin...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Along the banks of the Port of Houston are several crushing plants for oyster shell. Oyster shell products are used for cement, roads and fertilizer. Houston, Texas

Along the banks of the Port of Houston are several crushing plants for...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Avram at home, enjoying his smoke through a Yemenite 'Shishy' in peace & comfort

Avram at home, enjoying his smoke through a Yemenite 'Shishy' in peace...

Public domain photograph related to Jewish history, Jews, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A Chicago and Northwestern railroad roundhouse, Chicago, Ill.

A Chicago and Northwestern railroad roundhouse, Chicago, Ill.

Public domain image of a historic building, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Smoke stacks - A couple of smoke stacks in the air

Smoke stacks - A couple of smoke stacks in the air

Public domain photograph of air pollution, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Dubuque, Iowa. The smoke comes from Dubuque's largest industry, the sash and door mills

Dubuque, Iowa. The smoke comes from Dubuque's largest industry, the sa...

Public domain photograph of industrial architecture, factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Pittsburgh Crucible Steel Company of Midland, Pennsylvania

The Pittsburgh Crucible Steel Company of Midland, Pennsylvania

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

Tennessee Valley Authority production. Elemental phosphorus. A Negro worker tending an electric phosphate smelting furnace which is producing elemental phosphorus at a TVA chemical plant in the Muscle Shoals area. The phosphorus, used in the manufacture of incendiary bombs and shells and of material for "smoke," is produced by smelting phosphate rock, coke and silica together in the electric furnaces and condensing the resulting phosphorus gases. When surplus phosphorus is available it is converted into highly concentrated phosphate fertilizer, much of which is shipped abroad under provisions of the Lend-Lease Bill

Tennessee Valley Authority production. Elemental phosphorus. A Negro w...

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.

Bar Harbor, Maine. Civil Air Patrol base headquarters of coastal patrol no. 20. Intelligence officer checking safety equipment issued to the pilot and observer of a patrol plane, including rubber boat and life jacket "Mae West," inflatable by carbon dioxide gas catridges; repair kit to mend bullet in the boat; and dye container to color water for better identification; flashlight with red lens for identification by night; smoke bombs; water markers; Very pistols; and rubber watertight flying suit

Bar Harbor, Maine. Civil Air Patrol base headquarters of coastal patro...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a boat in a harbor, water, fishing boat, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A.D. Morkish, residence in Smoke Rise, New Jersey. Exterior

A.D. Morkish, residence in Smoke Rise, New Jersey. Exterior

Public domain photograph of a house, cottage, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Grand centennial smoke: history in vapor

Grand centennial smoke: history in vapor

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 2688

The great naval battle off Cavite (Manila Bay), fought May 1st, 1898, 5:30 A.M. till 12:50 P.M. (noon)

The great naval battle off Cavite (Manila Bay), fought May 1st, 1898, ...

Copyright by Kurz & Allison. Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bartlett & Greene's free and bonded warehouses and elevators / Endicott & Co., Lith.

Bartlett & Greene's free and bonded warehouses and elevators / Endicot...

Print shows the E.B. Bartlett & Co. warehouse in Red Hook, Brooklyn, New York.

Bird's eye view of Mauch Chunk, from Mount Pisgah tow[ard Le]high Gap in the distance / Js. Queen delt. ; ambrotype of H. P. Osborn, Bethlehem.

Bird's eye view of Mauch Chunk, from Mount Pisgah tow[ard Le]high Gap ...

Print showing the town of Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania with Lehigh Canal, railroad, and mountains in distance. (DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress. Accession bo... More

Hailing a steamboat - Drawing. Public domain image.

Hailing a steamboat - Drawing. Public domain image.

Family of picnickers hailing a Mississippi river steamboat. Public domain photograph of steamboat ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

In the tracks of the fire demon, eighty city blocks, $100,000,000.00 gone up in smoke, Baltimore, Md.

In the tracks of the fire demon, eighty city blocks, $100,000,000.00 g...

View of ruins. Stereo copyrighted by Keystone View Co. No. 13230. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geog.; Fires.

Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.

Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.

A black and white photo of smoke billowing from a factory, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Portraits and news photographs by Washington, D.C.-based firm, showing people, events, architecture in... More

Puck magazine cover - If bronze could change! / Keppler.

Puck magazine cover - If bronze could change! / Keppler.

Illustration shows an unhappy Statue of Liberty; her torch spewing smoke of "Lawlessness", her tablet states "The Unwritten Law", and she is holding a handgun and a rope labeled "Lynching". Illus. in: Puck, v.... More

Home again -- as the steamer docks

Home again -- as the steamer docks

(DLC/PP-1935:0140). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Collier's weekly, 42:4 (Jan. 2, 1909).

Burning of Harlin Market, July 6, 1909

Burning of Harlin Market, July 6, 1909

Photograph shows people on street and retreating from buildings on fire; black smoke fills the air in Wenatchee, Washington. Copyright 1909 by Gagnon. Copyright title: Wenatchee, Wash. Burning of Harlin Market. No. 104.

Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.

Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.

A black and white photo of a ship in the ocean, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Portraits and news photographs by Washington, D.C.-based firm, showing people, events, architecture in Washington... More

[Harry Silverstein, Newsboy, 703 W. 6th St., 7 years old. Sells papers, (selling 3 months average earnings 25 cents per week). Father working Morocco Mills, earns $18 weekly. Boy's earnings not needed at home. Don't smoke. Visits saloons. Works 8 hours per day. Edward F. Brown, Investigator. ]. Location: Wilmington, Delaware / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

[Harry Silverstein, Newsboy, 703 W. 6th St., 7 years old. Sells papers...

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

Whaling station on California coast [with insert of man on rock looking in telescope]

Whaling station on California coast [with insert of man on rock lookin...

Public domain photograph of rural landscape, California, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Al. Brown, newsboy, 219 W. 2nd [3rd?] St. 11 years of age. Selling newspaper 3 years. Average earnings 50 cents per week. Father merchant tailor, $26 weekly. Selling papers own choice. Earnings not needed at home. Don't smoke. Visits saloons. Works 7 hours a day. Wants money to spend . Investigator, Edward F. Brown. Location: Wilmington, Delaware / Photo by Lewis W. Hine., May, 1910.

Al. Brown, newsboy, 219 W. 2nd [3rd?] St. 11 years of age. Selling new...

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

The wire mill, Donora, PA.

The wire mill, Donora, PA.

Wire mills spewing smoke along the Monongahela River, Donora, Pennsylvania. J139851? U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Bruce Dresbach, Donora, Pa.

After dinner smoke, portrait of american indian man

After dinner smoke, portrait of american indian man

Navajo Indian, seated by campfire, smoking cigarette. 201165 U.S. Copyright Office. Photograph copyrighted by William J. Carpenter, 1915.

Lucere, a Mexican boy gets a smoke from the Red Cross Lady. St. Denis Hospital. Lucere, a Mexican boy gets a smoke from the Red Cross Lady at AMERICAN RED CROSS Hospital 41, Saint Denis

Lucere, a Mexican boy gets a smoke from the Red Cross Lady. St. Denis ...

Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card. Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: Hine. Group title: Military Hospitals. Gift; American National Red Cross 1944 and... More

Dead Sea Album, prepared for the Palestine Potash Ltd. A smoke and chat en route

Dead Sea Album, prepared for the Palestine Potash Ltd. A smoke and cha...

Picryl description: Public domain image of fishing, fishing boat, river, lake, nature, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Scotch machine, Washington, D.C., September 8. This machine, exhibited at the World Power Conference which is being held here, is devised so as to use every inch of matter contained in coal. The coal is put in the rettort and heated to a temperature of 1832 degrees. From the smoke and gas, Tar, Ammonium Sulphite, sulphur, light oils and gas are derived and from the tar, medicines, aromatic oils, perfumes, dyes, and acids are derived. From the light oils, motor fuel is obtained. In short: this machine wastes nothing at all

Scotch machine, Washington, D.C., September 8. This machine, exhibited...

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

Rex Inman, farmer, near Estherville, Iowa, rolling a cigarette. Very few farmers smoke "tailor mades"

Rex Inman, farmer, near Estherville, Iowa, rolling a cigarette. Very f...

Picryl description: Public domain image of industrial or agricultural worker, 1930s, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions. show less

A black and white photo of an old truck, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of an old truck, West Virginia. Farm Security ...

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

A black and white photo of a train on the tracks, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of a train on the tracks, West Virginia. Farm ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a locomotive, train cars, railroad tracks, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Negro sharecropper house. Note chimney leanto with kitchen stove pipe stuffed through side of wall and cap off with joint of tobacco flue to keep smoke from blowing back into house. Note also flower garden protected by slender fence of lathes. Person County, North Carolina

Negro sharecropper house. Note chimney leanto with kitchen stove pipe ...

Public domain photograph related to race relations, African Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Smoke stacks - Two smoke stacks emiting from the top of a building

Smoke stacks - Two smoke stacks emiting from the top of a building

Public domain photograph of air pollution, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Dubuque, Iowa. Smoke from sash and door mills

Dubuque, Iowa. Smoke from sash and door mills

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

[Pearl Harbor naval base and U.S.S. Shaw ablaze after the Japanese attack]

[Pearl Harbor naval base and U.S.S. Shaw ablaze after the Japanese att...

U.S. Navy photograph. Public domain photograph of Imperial Japan, Japanese empire, during World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Tennessee Valley Authority production. Elemental phosphorus. A large electric phosphate smelting furnace used in the making of elemental phosphorus in a TVA chemical plant in the Muscle Shoals area. The phosphorus, used in the manufacture of incendiary bombs and shells and of material for "smoke," is produced by smelting phosphate rock, coke, and silica together in the electric furnaces and condensing the resulting phosphorus gases. When surplus phosphorus is available, it is converted into highly concentrated phosphatic fertilizer, much of which is shipped abroad under provisions of the Lend-Lease Bill

Tennessee Valley Authority production. Elemental phosphorus. A large e...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s industrial development, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pearl Harbor bombing. Naval air station. This is the wreckage-strewn naval air station at Pearl Harbor following one of the Japanese sneak attacks on the morning of December 7, 1941. In the background, an explosion sends a mass of flames and smoke high in the sky

Pearl Harbor bombing. Naval air station. This is the wreckage-strewn n...

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

Tennessee Valley Authority production. Elemental phosphorus. A section of a TVA plant in the Muscle Shoals area in which phosphorus is produced in its elemental form. The phosphorus, used in the manufacture of incendiary bombs and shells and of material for "smoke," is produced by smelting phosphate rock, coke, and silica together in electric furnaces and condensing the resulting phosphorus gases. When surplus phosphorus is available, it is converted into highly concentrated phosphatic fertilizer, much of which is shipped abroad under provisions of the Lend-Lease Bill

Tennessee Valley Authority production. Elemental phosphorus. A section...

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

Pearl Harbor bombing. Destruction. Smoke pours from the USS Shaw, bombed dry dock (right center) while in the foreground lies the capsized USS Oglala, a minelayer. To the left is the 10,000 ton cruiser, USS Helena, struck by an aerial torpedo on the starboard side. The concussion caused the Oglala, formerly berthed alongside the Helena to flood and she turned over after being brought to dock. At the extreme left, may be seen some of the superstructure of the USS Pennsylvania and at the right appears to be the USS Maryland burning

Pearl Harbor bombing. Destruction. Smoke pours from the USS Shaw, bomb...

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

Pearl Harbor bombing. Raider is hit. The Japanese bomber, a thin line of smoke trailing in the wake, was struck by anti-aircraft fire during the attack on Pearl Harbor. More than 100 Jap planes are estimated to have taken part in the attacks, at least 28 of which were shot down by U.S. Navy gunners

Pearl Harbor bombing. Raider is hit. The Japanese bomber, a thin line ...

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

J.A. Talbot, residence at Smoke Rise, Butler, New Jersey. Hall chest

J.A. Talbot, residence at Smoke Rise, Butler, New Jersey. Hall chest

Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

A full week after the blasts, there are still immense clouds of smoke coming from lower Manhattan ... / Donna Henes.

A full week after the blasts, there are still immense clouds of smoke ...

Forms part of: Exit Art Gallery Reactions Collection: A Global Response to the 9/11 Attacks.

Celebrated race of the steamers Robt. E. Lee and Natchez

Celebrated race of the steamers Robt. E. Lee and Natchez

O9466 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Donaldson (Wm. M.) & Co.

"Gimme a smoke." Street boys. Location: Boston, Massachusetts.

"Gimme a smoke." Street boys. Location: Boston, Massachusetts.

Public domain image of personnel, army, group of people in uniform, parade, historic place, military activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Locomotive no.146, Gill & Grier patent, smoke consumes(?), Penna R.R.

Locomotive no.146, Gill & Grier patent, smoke consumes(?), Penna R.R.

Forms part of: Charles F. Himes collection of stereographs by amateur photographers in the Marian S. Carson collection.

S. Russell, 33 E. 22nd St. Newsboy, 12 years of age. Selling newspapers 2 years. Average earnings 20 cents daily. Selling newspapers own choice. Father earns $18 weekly. Boy deposits earnings in du Pont Savings Bank, and on Saturday night works for Reynold's candy shop, delivering packages. Don't smoke. Visits saloons. Works 5 hours daily, except Saturday, when he works 11. Location: Wilmington, Delaware.

S. Russell, 33 E. 22nd St. Newsboy, 12 years of age. Selling newspaper...

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

Levi Springer Smoke House-Spring House-Summer Kitchen, Fan Hollow Road, Uniontown, Fayette County, PA

Levi Springer Smoke House-Spring House-Summer Kitchen, Fan Hollow Road...

Significance: The Springer House is the second-generation dwelling of one of western Pennsylvania's pioneer families. The building was built in 1817, as construction of the National Road approached Uniontown fr... More

James Lequlla, newsboy, 12 years of age. Selling newspapers 3 years. Average earnings 50 cents per week. Selling newspapers own choice. Earnings not needed at home. Don't smoke. Visits saloons. Works 7 hours per day. Investigator, Edward F. Brown. Location: Wilmington, Delaware / Photo by Lewis W. Hine., May 1910.

James Lequlla, newsboy, 12 years of age. Selling newspapers 3 years. A...

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Schaffer's Smoke House, 308 Broadway, Hannibal, Marion County, MO

Schaffer's Smoke House, 308 Broadway, Hannibal, Marion County, MO

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

The fall of Richmond, Virginia on the night of April 2d. 1865

The fall of Richmond, Virginia on the night of April 2d. 1865

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 1980

Charge of the light cavalry brigade, 25th Oct. 1854, under Major General the Earl of Cardigan / W. Simpson delt. ; E. Walker lith.

Charge of the light cavalry brigade, 25th Oct. 1854, under Major Gener...

Print shows Lord Cardigan leading the charge of the light brigade toward Russian artillery on the left, in the foreground, Russian artillery fire on the left flank of the charging light brigade, as artillery on... More

A summer smoke-cloud / J. Keppler.

A summer smoke-cloud / J. Keppler.

Print shows Puck reclining before a table covered with alcoholic beverages, some labeled "V.H. Dusenbury's P.P. Brandy" and "Puck Punch [No London Punch]", smoking and blowing smoke rings. Among the figures app... More

Ef you's a rat, I'll know you - Drawing. Public domain image.

Ef you's a rat, I'll know you - Drawing. Public domain image.

(DLC/PP-1934:0009). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Rachel's Lovers" by Thomas Nelson Page, Harper's magazine, 88:159 (Dec. 1893).

Enormous smoke column three miles high, mushrooming above terrible Mont Pelée, eruption, June, 1902, Martinique

Enormous smoke column three miles high, mushrooming above terrible Mon...

H23916 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Harry Silverstein, Newsboy, 703 W. 6th St., 7 years old. Sells papers, (selling 3 months average earnings 25 cents per week). Father working Morocco Mills, earns $18 weekly. Boy's earnings not needed at home. Don't smoke. Visits saloons. Works 8 hours per day. Edward F. Brown, Investigator. ]. Location: Wilmington, Delaware / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

[Harry Silverstein, Newsboy, 703 W. 6th St., 7 years old. Sells papers...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of city street life, vendor, shop sign, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Dominick Carroll, 8 years old (appears 6). Newsboy. Sells from 3 P.M. to 7 P.M. income 25 cents per day. This boy sells papers for his brother who is 12 years old. Does not gamble, drink or smoke. Edward F. Brown, Investigator. Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Dominick Carroll, 8 years old (appears 6). Newsboy. Sells from 3 P.M. ...

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

Joseph Pennell - [Munitions river]

Joseph Pennell - [Munitions river]

Print shows workers in the foreground with ships in the river and factories on the other side, in England; also smokestacks with billowing smoke. [His English war work series] Wuerth, 440. Edition of 50. Signed... More

Cambria steel works, Johnstown

Cambria steel works, Johnstown

Pennsylvania, Johnstown. Diagonal view of road with factory to right and in background with many smokestacks blowing smoke, telephone poles extending into distance on left of road.

[Police on motorcycles trailing car with smoke], 9/1/23

[Police on motorcycles trailing car with smoke], 9/1/23

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The watch tower from the Galata Bridge in Constantinople. Men are constantly on watch in this tower and when smoke is seen work is gotten by runners to the fire department which eventually reaches the scene of the conflagration Only late at night does the traffic cease on this world famous Galata Bridge.

The watch tower from the Galata Bridge in Constantinople. Men are cons...

Photographs show people crossing the Galata Bridge with Galata Tower in the background, Istanbul, Turkey. Negative series code stamped on page: LC-C26. On page: no. 1388 (top image) and no. 1389 (bottom image... More

Jacob Crow Farm, Smoke House, Crow Creek Road, 1 mile south of intersection of Routes 15 & 28, Cameron, Marshall County, WV

Jacob Crow Farm, Smoke House, Crow Creek Road, 1 mile south of interse...

Significance: The smoke house was a common feature of most farms in the area. Before the introduction of electric freezers, smoking provided a popular means of preserving meat for family use. Raw meat, especi... More

Fell Farm, Smoke House, Route 202 & Mechanicsville Road, Buckingham, Bucks County, PA

Fell Farm, Smoke House, Route 202 & Mechanicsville Road, Buckingham, B...

Survey number: HABS PA-5598-C Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of an industrial area. Great Depression FFSA / OWI Negatives

A black and white photo of an industrial area. Great Depression FFSA /...

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A Nazi bridge is put out of commission. Black smoke engulfs a railway bridge on the line from Florence to Rome after it was straddled by bombs. For two months Allied bombers pounded German railroad installations forcing the enemy to depend increasingly upon cargo vessels and motor vehicles for transportation

A Nazi bridge is put out of commission. Black smoke engulfs a railway ...

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