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Chrysler tank arsenal. Thousands of rivets are used in the production of one of the huge thirty-eight ton M-3 tanks. Whenever possible rivets are replaced by welded sections, but throughout much of the tank, as in the side plates on which this riveter is working, the steel plate is too heavy for welding. The riveting itself, a twenty-five ton apparatus is carried overhead for convenience and quick handling

Chrysler tank arsenal. Thousands of rivets are used in the production ...

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

Tank manufacture (Chrysler). Ten thousand skilled workers are turning out twenty-eight ton M-3 tanks at the huge Chrysler tank arsenal in Detroit. This man is checking the sub-assembly of a cupola to be installed on the top of a gun turret of one of these rolling arsenals

Tank manufacture (Chrysler). Ten thousand skilled workers are turning ...

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

Danny Kaye taking a tank ride around Camp Beavers during tour of the 7th Infantry Division area

Danny Kaye taking a tank ride around Camp Beavers during tour of the ...

Korea, December, 1961 (General) The Library of Congress provides access to these materials for educational and research purposes and makes no warranty with regard to their use for other purposes. The written p... More

Tank armor production. Abrasive cleaning operators who prepare mill plates for processing into tank armor must wear protective clothing of heavy rubber. Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation. Farrell, Pennsylvania

Tank armor production. Abrasive cleaning operators who prepare mill pl...

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

Fort Benning. Tank forces. A medium tank (M-3) partially screened by foliage near Fort Benning, Georgia. Trainees of the armored forces make observations from the turrets as part of the course from which they will graduate as smart and hardened soldiers

Fort Benning. Tank forces. A medium tank (M-3) partially screened by f...

Picryl description: Public domain image of armored military vehicle, tank, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fort Knox. Halftrac crews. Lifting a "wounded" tank crew member into a halftrac ambulance at Fort Knox, Kentucky. The Fort Knox school for men of the armored service is teaching many American soldiers how to use mechanized striking equipment to best advantage. Its graduates are now on many of our far-flung battle lines, ready to meet the Axis on more than even terms

Fort Knox. Halftrac crews. Lifting a "wounded" tank crew member into a...

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

Fort Belvoir, Virginia. Negro tank crews. Member of an all-Negro tank crew in training at Fort Belvoir, Virginia. The hard, steady routine of war exercises at this post is changing men with little or no previous experience into competent tank crew members, infantrymen and specialists in the manifold tasks of the Engineer Corps

Fort Belvoir, Virginia. Negro tank crews. Member of an all-Negro tank ...

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

Testing M-4 tanks. One of America's new traveling forts, an M-4 tank, makes a trial run over the test hill of an Eastern manufacturing plant

Testing M-4 tanks. One of America's new traveling forts, an M-4 tank, ...

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

Fort Knox, Kentucky. Light tanks. Tough soldiers all. The men of this light tank crew, in training near Fort Knox, Kentucky, are getting the experience and the hardening needed to break the Axis

Fort Knox, Kentucky. Light tanks. Tough soldiers all. The men of this ...

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

Conversion. Automobile industry. Directly contributing to victory, these tow automobile workers are starting conversion of a lathe so that it can accomodate tank parts. The Plymouth Company, Chrysler Corporation, Detroit, Michigan

Conversion. Automobile industry. Directly contributing to victory, the...

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

Tulsa, Oklahoma. Storage tank at the Tulsa station of the Great Lakes pipeline company

Tulsa, Oklahoma. Storage tank at the Tulsa station of the Great Lakes ...

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

Tulsa, Oklahoma. Armed railroad guard inspecting an oil tank car in the yards

Tulsa, Oklahoma. Armed railroad guard inspecting an oil tank car in th...

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Fort Knox, Kentucky. Light tanks. The Axis is not going to like the American fighting men it will soon be meeting on the battlefronts of the world. A good example of a man becoming unpopular in Japanese circles is this hardened "tanker," in training with light equipment at Fort Knox, Kentucky

Fort Knox, Kentucky. Light tanks. The Axis is not going to like the Am...

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

Washington, D.C. On morning of July 21st, the last day before stricter gas rationing went into effect, cars were parked in front of gas stations long before they opened, waiting to fill their tanks on the quota of their old ration cards. Cars were parked and left without their drivers who returned at eight o'clock when the station on upper Wisconsin Avenue near the District line opened

Washington, D.C. On morning of July 21st, the last day before stricter...

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

Fort Knox, Kentucky. M-3 tanks. The M-3 tank packs a wallop which the Axis is only beginning to feel. One of these capable monsters, with a tough American crew aboard, is put through its paces in the training area near Fort Knox, Kentucky

Fort Knox, Kentucky. M-3 tanks. The M-3 tank packs a wallop which the ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of armored military vehicle, tank, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fort Knox. M-4 tanks and crews. In the massive cast-steel hull of this M-4 tank, a crew of hard-bitten "tankers" is rehearsing a few fighting tricks at a training school of the armored forces at Fort Knox, Kentucky

Fort Knox. M-4 tanks and crews. In the massive cast-steel hull of this...

Picryl description: Public domain image of armored military vehicle, tank, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Soup line, 1942. Skilled workers, engaged in converting a huge automobile plant to army tank production, "freshen up" on an overtime job with hot soup and coffee. Ford Lincoln plant, Michigan

Soup line, 1942. Skilled workers, engaged in converting a huge automob...

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

Giant tire manufacturer. This husky workman, standing six feet four inches tall, looks small indeed as he uses air pressure to clean the lid of the world's largest vulcanizing unit at a large Eastern tire plant. The top section of this mold, now being prepared to vulcanize a large bullet-sealing gasoline tank, weighs sixteen tons and can also be used to vulcanize tires ten feet in diameter

Giant tire manufacturer. This husky workman, standing six feet four in...

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

Fort Belvoir, Virginia. Constantine P. Lihas, a twenty-one year old Greek-American soldier, formerly a material handler at the General Electric Company plant at Pittsburgh. Both parents were born in Greece; father came to the United States in 1906, mother in 1921. He was born in this country and has been in the army five months. Lihas in the top turret of a tank

Fort Belvoir, Virginia. Constantine P. Lihas, a twenty-one year old Gr...

Picryl description: Public domain image of armored military vehicle, tank, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Tulsa, Oklahoma. Loading sections of a tank onto a truck at the Mid-continent refinery

Tulsa, Oklahoma. Loading sections of a tank onto a truck at the Mid-co...

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Machine tool experts set up a fixture to be used in drilling tank engine cylinder bores. The no. 4 Cincinnati horizontal mill which will do the work is one of many fine machines in a big automobile factory now being converted to tank production. Ford Lincoln plant, Michigan

Machine tool experts set up a fixture to be used in drilling tank engi...

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Australia in the war. Australian troops demonstrate lend-lease tanks at an armored division camp somewhere in Australia. Tanks are transported on trucks to save wear and tear on the fighting vehicles

Australia in the war. Australian troops demonstrate lend-lease tanks a...

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Production. M-4 tanks. The new M-4 tanks which will soon be hurling their might against the Axis roll toward the end of the production line in the Schenectady, New York, plant of the American Locomotive Company. M-7 mobile howitzer carriages are also made in this plant

Production. M-4 tanks. The new M-4 tanks which will soon be hurling th...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a tank, military activity, armed forces world wat two, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Duoro (vicinity), New Mexico. Tank cars of water on a siding between Clovis and Vaughn, New Mexico on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad

Duoro (vicinity), New Mexico. Tank cars of water on a siding between C...

Public domain photograph of United States countryside, nature, during 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Conversion. Rendering of household fats. Tallow made from reclaimed kitchen greases is pumped into a tank car from a storage tank at a rendering plant. From here the tallow goes to a soap factory where glycerin is produced as a byproduct of the soap- making process

Conversion. Rendering of household fats. Tallow made from reclaimed ki...

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

Buffalo, New York. Laura Czaya passing cherry pop to her two sisters-in-law who have dropped in on Sunday afternoon. Laura's husband is a Corporal stationed in Arkansas. She works in Symington-Gould, makers of tank, ship, and railroad parts. The sisters-in-law also works in war plants. They are all of Polish descent

Buffalo, New York. Laura Czaya passing cherry pop to her two sisters-i...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a couch, sofa, furniture, living room interior, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a man sitting on top of a tank. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man sitting on top of a tank. Office of W...

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Image source: Australian Commonwealth photo. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information.... More

Hammond, Indiana. A train of tank cars on Michigan Central Railroad tracks

Hammond, Indiana. A train of tank cars on Michigan Central Railroad tr...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a coal mine, industrial facility, mining industry, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

B & H Aircraft, Farmingdale, Long Island. P1 oil tank

B & H Aircraft, Farmingdale, Long Island. P1 oil tank

Public domain photograph of 1940s-1950s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Rath Packing Company, Inedible Tank House, Sycamore Street between Elm & Eighteenth Streets, Waterloo, Black Hawk County, IA

Rath Packing Company, Inedible Tank House, Sycamore Street between Elm...

Survey number: HAER IA-41-G Public domain scan of oil tank, gas tank, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Machine operator Orlando Lee handling silk at dyeing tank.

Machine operator Orlando Lee handling silk at dyeing tank.

Forms part of a group of images taken in the dye house adjacent to the main Joseph Teshon, Inc. building on September 12, 1994.

[Design drawing for stained glass window with American Military theme: George Washington kneels and prays at center, before suspension bridge, divine light; Revolutionary troops, cannon, musket, camp fire, farm, Independence Hall at left; and Mid 20th Century servicemen, skyscrapers, helicopters, tank, communications tower and satellite dish at right; also at right, Civil War, World War I servicemen]

[Design drawing for stained glass window with American Military theme:...

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

Loading platform for tank cars, Seminole oil field, Oklahoma

Loading platform for tank cars, Seminole oil field, Oklahoma

Public domain scan of oil tank, gas tank, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Rocky Mountain Arsenal, Goop Mixing & Filling Tank, December Seventh Avenue & D Street, Commerce City, Adams County, CO

Rocky Mountain Arsenal, Goop Mixing & Filling Tank, December Seventh A...

Survey number: HAER CO-21-H Public domain scan of oil tank, gas tank, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

East Broad Top Railroad & Company, Water Tank at Coles Station, East Broad Top Railroad & Company (at Milepost 24.3), 0.5 miles east of Coles Valley Road, Saltillo, Huntingdon County, PA

East Broad Top Railroad & Company, Water Tank at Coles Station, East B...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1150 Survey number: HAER PA-644 Building/structure dates: 1919 Initial Construction

Marine Corps Air Station Tustin, Helium Tank Building No. 2, Near intersection of Windmill Road & Johnson Street, Tustin, Orange County, CA

Marine Corps Air Station Tustin, Helium Tank Building No. 2, Near inte...

Survey number: HABS CA-2707-D Building/structure dates: 1942 Initial Construction

Tank Farm Road Bridge, Tank Farm Road crossing Reading Railroad tracks, Emmaus, Lehigh County, PA

Tank Farm Road Bridge, Tank Farm Road crossing Reading Railroad tracks...

Survey number: HAER PA-123 Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Water Tank, W.& A.R.R. - Public domain scenic drawing

Water Tank, W.& A.R.R. - Public domain scenic drawing

Title inscribed below image. Inscribed upper right verso: Ken[esaw] Mt. Formerly Waud no. B-137. Unidentified sketch on verso. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.901) Forms part of: Morgan collection of ... More

Copper Canyon Camp of the International Smelting & Refining Company, Base for Headframe & Storage Tank, Copper Canyon, Battle Mountain, Lander County, NV

Copper Canyon Camp of the International Smelting & Refining Company, B...

Survey number: HAER NV-21-M Public domain photograph of a storage tank, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

U.S. Naval Submarine Base, New London Submarine Escape Training Tank, Albacore & Darter Roads, Groton, New London County, CT

U.S. Naval Submarine Base, New London Submarine Escape Training Tank, ...

Significance: The Submarine Escape Training Tank was constructed for the purpose of training U.S. Navy submariners in the use of re-breathing apparatus and in emergency procedures for escaping from disabled sub... More

U.S. Naval Submarine Base, New London Submarine Escape Training Tank, Albacore & Darter Roads, Groton, New London County, CT

U.S. Naval Submarine Base, New London Submarine Escape Training Tank, ...

Significance: The Submarine Escape Training Tank was constructed for the purpose of training U.S. Navy submariners in the use of re-breathing apparatus and in emergency procedures for escaping from disabled sub... More

U.S. Naval Submarine Base, New London Submarine Escape Training Tank, Albacore & Darter Roads, Groton, New London County, CT

U.S. Naval Submarine Base, New London Submarine Escape Training Tank, ...

Significance: The Submarine Escape Training Tank was constructed for the purpose of training U.S. Navy submariners in the use of re-breathing apparatus and in emergency procedures for escaping from disabled sub... More

U.S. Naval Submarine Base, New London Submarine Escape Training Tank, Albacore & Darter Roads, Groton, New London County, CT

U.S. Naval Submarine Base, New London Submarine Escape Training Tank, ...

Significance: The Submarine Escape Training Tank was constructed for the purpose of training U.S. Navy submariners in the use of re-breathing apparatus and in emergency procedures for escaping from disabled sub... More

Rocky Mountain Arsenal, Storage Tank, December Seventh Avenue & D Street, Commerce City, Adams County, CO

Rocky Mountain Arsenal, Storage Tank, December Seventh Avenue & D Stre...

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

Fort Moultrie, Cable Tank Storage Building, Central Avenue, Sullivans Island, Charleston County, SC

Fort Moultrie, Cable Tank Storage Building, Central Avenue, Sullivans ...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-71 Survey number: HABS SC-196-A

Rath Packing Company, Lard Tank House, Sycamore Street between Elm & Eighteenth Streets, Waterloo, Black Hawk County, IA

Rath Packing Company, Lard Tank House, Sycamore Street between Elm & E...

Survey number: HAER IA-41-J Public domain scan of oil tank, gas tank, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Rocky Mountain Arsenal, Laundry Facility Tank, December Seventh Avenue & D Street, Commerce City, Adams County, CO

Rocky Mountain Arsenal, Laundry Facility Tank, December Seventh Avenue...

Survey number: HAER CO-21-F Public domain scan of oil tank, gas tank, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Space Transportation System, External Tank, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, 2101 NASA Parkway, Houston, Harris County, TX

Space Transportation System, External Tank, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Ce...

Public domain scan of a technical diagram, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Central of Georgia Railway, Savannah Repair Shops & Terminal Facilities, Combination Smokestack, Water Tank & Privies, Bounded by West Broad, Jones, West Boundary & Hull Streets, Savannah, Chatham County, GA

Central of Georgia Railway, Savannah Repair Shops & Terminal Facilitie...

See HAER GA-1, Central of Georgia Railway, Savannah Repair Shops, for additional information. Significance: The large chimney that towers over the terminal facilities of the Central of Georgia is a monument to ... More

Chambers-McKee Window Glass Company, Tank No. 3, Clay Avenue Extension, Jeannette, Westmoreland County, PA

Chambers-McKee Window Glass Company, Tank No. 3, Clay Avenue Extension...

Survey number: HAER PA-221-F Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Beaumont St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad Water Tank, Third & D Streets, Beaumont, Butler County, KS

Beaumont St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad Water Tank, Third & D Stre...

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

Military tank - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Military tank - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

A black and white photo of a tank in a field, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Date based on date of negatives in same range. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. General information about the Harri... More

LIBERTY LOANS. OFFICIAL LIBERTY BOND CAR, AND TANK

LIBERTY LOANS. OFFICIAL LIBERTY BOND CAR, AND TANK

Public domain photograph of large public building, square, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Tank in woods] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

[Tank in woods] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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League of Nation Malaria Investigation Committee, Punjab, India. A typical "tank" in a village, showing water buffalos who spend most of the sunshine hours here as there is no nearby mud wallow. There "tanks" are used by water buffalos, because these animals, lacking sweat glands, could not otherwise stand the noonday heat. The result is a high malaria rate in the village

League of Nation Malaria Investigation Committee, Punjab, India. A typ...

Picryl description: Public domain image related to politics, political campaigns, committee, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Potomac Electric Power Co. Benning plant. Fire fighting equipment and tank at Benning plant

Potomac Electric Power Co. Benning plant. Fire fighting equipment and ...

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

Family between Dallas and Austin, Texas. The people have left their home and connections in South Texas, and hope to reach the Arkansas Delta for work in the cotton fields. Penniless people. No food and three gallons of gas in the tank. Father is trying to repair a tire. Three children. Father says, "It's tough, but life's tough anyway you take it"

Family between Dallas and Austin, Texas. The people have left their ho...

Public domain photograph of an automobile, 1920s car, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Tank] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

[Tank] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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

Oil tank farm near Odessa, Texas

Oil tank farm near Odessa, Texas

Public domain scan of oil tank, gas tank, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A truck carrying a large tank down a street, Texas, during Great Depression

A truck carrying a large tank down a street, Texas, during Great Depre...

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

Latest types of tanks rumble past The Capitol in Annual Army Day Parade. Washington, D.C., April 6. Memories of the World War were revived today as the latest types of tanks, preceded by 20,00 soldiers and veterans, paraded past the U.S. Capitol in the Annual Army Day Parade which marked the 22nd anniversary of America into the World War. Thousands braved a heavy downpour to view the parade. 4-6-39

Latest types of tanks rumble past The Capitol in Annual Army Day Parad...

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

Tank car full of milk to be transferred to truck. Jersey City, New Jersey

Tank car full of milk to be transferred to truck. Jersey City, New Jer...

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

An M-3 tank in action, Ft. Knox, Ky.

An M-3 tank in action, Ft. Knox, Ky.

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

Chuck and bedroll wagon of the tank gang on the highway. Near Marfa, Texas

Chuck and bedroll wagon of the tank gang on the highway. Near Marfa, T...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a cart, carriage, wagon, chariot, 18th-19th century design, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Tank crew standing in front of M-4 tank, Ft. Knox, Ky.

Tank crew standing in front of M-4 tank, Ft. Knox, Ky.

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

Barn and water tank of FSA (Farm Security Administration) client, Sabine Farms, Marshall, Texas

Barn and water tank of FSA (Farm Security Administration) client, Sabi...

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

Chrysler tank arsenal. The M-3 tank has an overall length of 18 feet, which means the track for one-side of this 28- ton monster is about 40 feet long. Each individual tread is made of solid rubber

Chrysler tank arsenal. The M-3 tank has an overall length of 18 feet, ...

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

An old photo of a machine in a factory. Great Depression Era, New Mexico

An old photo of a machine in a factory. Great Depression Era, New Mexi...

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

Great Depression: A black and white photo of a barn and a pile of logs. Farm Security Administration photogrpaph.

Great Depression: A black and white photo of a barn and a pile of logs...

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

Farmer putting lead arsenate into tank of FSA (Farm Security Administration) cooperative orchard sprayer. Cache County, Utah

Farmer putting lead arsenate into tank of FSA (Farm Security Administr...

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

Gasoline is bought in tank car lots for sale to the members of the United Producers and Consumers Cooperative. Phoenix, Arizona

Gasoline is bought in tank car lots for sale to the members of the Uni...

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British tank men study U.S. tanks between battle in Egypt. British tank crews in Egypt train for the use of tanks arriving for the U.S.A. Experts on the U.S. machine give impromptu lessons, then the men climb aboard and examine every detail themselves. A gunner giving a talk on the 75mm gun

British tank men study U.S. tanks between battle in Egypt. British tan...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Image source: Official British photo. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Pictu... More

Tank manufacture (Chrysler). Ten thousand skilled workers are turning out twenty-eight ton M-3 tanks at the huge Chrysler tank arsenal in Detroit. This man is checking the sub-assembly of a cupola to be installed on the top of a gun turret of one of these rolling arsenals

Tank manufacture (Chrysler). Ten thousand skilled workers are turning ...

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

Delivery of the first heavy tanks. This is the new fifty-seven-ton tank, known as the M-1 in the initial demonstration. Notice that the gun turrets are on the top, making it possible for the tank to take advantage of irregular land, sheltering the lower part and shooting from revolving turrets on top. In the turret are three-inch guns and a thirty-seven-millimeter antiaircraft gun

Delivery of the first heavy tanks. This is the new fifty-seven-ton tan...

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

Oil tank cars. Wichita, Kansas - safety film negatives, Library of Congress

Oil tank cars. Wichita, Kansas - safety film negatives, Library of Con...

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

Washington, D.C. A Griffith consumers oil tank truck showing the driver opening the door on which a United States Truck Conservation Corps pledge is displayed

Washington, D.C. A Griffith consumers oil tank truck showing the drive...

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

Tulsa, Oklahoma. Tank cars at the loading rack at the Mid-continental refinery

Tulsa, Oklahoma. Tank cars at the loading rack at the Mid-continental ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a power station, dam, electric generator, industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Great Falls, Montana. Electrolytic copper refinery of Anaconda Copper Mining Company. Preparing starting sheets; the workman is shown stripping the starting sheet of electrolytic copper; this copper has been deposited on a rolled copper blank, which has been lightly greased so as to prevent the deposit from adhering; to this starting sheet, loops will be attached for suspension in refining tank

Great Falls, Montana. Electrolytic copper refinery of Anaconda Copper ...

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

One of our new battleships of the land: a mighty M-4 tank that will disturb a lot of Axis plans. In the welded hulls of these massive machines is armament that ensures tremendous firepower in the hands of tough, resourceful "tankers." Location: Fort Knox, Kentucky

One of our new battleships of the land: a mighty M-4 tank that will di...

Picryl description: Public domain image of armored military vehicle, tank, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Westby, Vernon County, Wisconsin. Milk tank car at the cooperative creamery

Westby, Vernon County, Wisconsin. Milk tank car at the cooperative cre...

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

Gas station attendant at service station filling tank of a motorist's Dodge car. Washington, D.C.

Gas station attendant at service station filling tank of a motorist's ...

Public domain photograph of cars, gas station, car garage, 20th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fort Belvoir, Virginia. A burning armored tank, showing the effects of a hit by a "Molotov cocktail" grenade

Fort Belvoir, Virginia. A burning armored tank, showing the effects of...

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

Fort Knox, Kentucky. M-3 tanks. The M-3 tank packs a wallop which the Axis is only beginning to feel. One of these capable monsters, with a tough American crew aboard, is put through its paces in the training area near Fort Knox, Kentucky

Fort Knox, Kentucky. M-3 tanks. The M-3 tank packs a wallop which the ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military training, armed forces fort, camp, exercise activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Gas station attendant at service station filling tank of a motorist's Dodge car. Washington, D.C.

Gas station attendant at service station filling tank of a motorist's ...

Public domain photograph of cars, gas station, car garage, 20th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Tulsa, Oklahoma. Oil tank cars at the Mid-continent refinery

Tulsa, Oklahoma. Oil tank cars at the Mid-continent refinery

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

Tulsa, Oklahoma. Tank cars at the Mid-continent refinery

Tulsa, Oklahoma. Tank cars at the Mid-continent refinery

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

Manpower. Americans all. His war job gives Michael Kassalo an extra good appetite. Operating a vertical turret lathe in a Midwest tank plant, Michael is one of many hundreds of first and second-generation Americans whose sole purpose during working hours is to get as many tanks as possible off the lines and ready for shipment to the fighting fronts. Michael's grandparents, with whom he lives, cling to the Slavic language and to many "old country" customs, but Michael and his brothers and sisters are as American as the Smiths and Joneses. Pressed Steel Can Company, Chicago, Illinois

Manpower. Americans all. His war job gives Michael Kassalo an extra go...

Picryl description: Public domain image of people, meeting, eating, drinking, food, beverage, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fort Benning. Tank forces. What the Axis has to face. A medium tank (M-3) and capable American crew make an effective fighting combination. The training course at Fort Benning, Georgia is graduating smart and proficient soldiers for the armored forces

Fort Benning. Tank forces. What the Axis has to face. A medium tank (M...

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

Westby, Vernon County, Wisconsin. Milk tank car at the cooperative creamery

Westby, Vernon County, Wisconsin. Milk tank car at the cooperative cre...

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School boys training for agriculture. Carroll Dawn is too young to be in the Army, but he's just as important on this tractor as he'd be in a tank, for as Secretary of Agriculture Vickard says, "Food will win the war and write the peace."

School boys training for agriculture. Carroll Dawn is too young to be ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a farmer, 1930s, 20th-century dust bowl era, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Tulsa, Oklahoma. Yard employee inspecting the wheels of an oil tank car

Tulsa, Oklahoma. Yard employee inspecting the wheels of an oil tank ca...

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Conversion. Automobile industry. Automobile plant layout engineer studies scale model of a tank assembly plant. Note cars and trucks on model. The Plymouth Company, Chrylser Corporation, Detroit, Michigan

Conversion. Automobile industry. Automobile plant layout engineer stud...

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Sheffield, Alabama. Reynolds Alloys Company. Storage tank along the side of one of the pot rooms

Sheffield, Alabama. Reynolds Alloys Company. Storage tank along the si...

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Fort Knox, Kentucky. Armoraiders symbolizing six nations atop a powerful medium tank: Private Richard Do Yee of China; Corporal Austin Chamberlain of England; Sergeant John Evans of Russia; Private Alexander Scourles, a revengeful Greek, and driver Henri de Charmont of the Fighting French. The tankman on the right is Private Johnny Smith of the United States

Fort Knox, Kentucky. Armoraiders symbolizing six nations atop a powerf...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military training, armed forces fort, camp, exercise activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Buffalo, New York. Symington-Gould, makers of tank, ship and railroad parts. Woman operator of a five ton crane picking up rough castings of truck train for railroads. She operated this same crane in the last war; in between was a housewife

Buffalo, New York. Symington-Gould, makers of tank, ship and railroad ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship in New York harbor, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Australia in the war. American tanks, furnished under lend-lease, contribute to building up of Australia's armored forces. These are medium tanks lined up on the range ready for practice

Australia in the war. American tanks, furnished under lend-lease, cont...

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

Australia in the war. A member of an Australian tank crew awaits the signal for further attack from the hatch of a camouflaged American tank. This picture was made during the action at Buna

Australia in the war. A member of an Australian tank crew awaits the s...

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

Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. Tank tops in storage

Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. Tank tops in stora...

Public domain photograph of a historic place in Maryland, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chicago, Illinois. Switching tank cars

Chicago, Illinois. Switching tank cars

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

Buffalo, New York. Symington-Gould, makers of tank, ship, and railroad parts. Rod department. Metal rods are used to reinforce the sand in most molds. After the mold has been used, rods are shaken out of the sand and transported to the Rod department. Here women sort them, and will then straighten them or curve them depending on individual requirements

Buffalo, New York. Symington-Gould, makers of tank, ship, and railroad...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship in New York harbor, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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