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A black and white photo of people looking at clothing, Tennessee. Farm Security Administration photograph

A black and white photo of people looking at clothing, Tennessee. Farm...

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

Cotton merchants with cotton lint on suits in Memphis cotton exchange, Tennessee

Cotton merchants with cotton lint on suits in Memphis cotton exchange,...

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

Welder at work on Douglas Dam, Tenn. (TVA)

Welder at work on Douglas Dam, Tenn. (TVA)

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Generator works at the winding of a generator stator in a new addition to TVA's hydroelectric plant at Wilson Dam, Sheffield vicinity, Ala. Located 260 miles above the mouth of the Tennessee River, the dam has an authorized power installation of 288,000 kw., which can be increased to a possible ultimate of 444,000 kw. The reservoir at the dam adds 377,000 acre-feet of water to controlled storage on the Tennessee River system

Generator works at the winding of a generator stator in a new addition...

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

Operating a hand drill at Vultee-Nashville, woman is working on a "Vengeance" dive bomber, Tennessee

Operating a hand drill at Vultee-Nashville, woman is working on a "Ven...

12002-41. 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

Jitterbugging in Negro juke joint. Memphis, Tennessee

Jitterbugging in Negro juke joint. Memphis, Tennessee

Picryl description: Public domain image related to dance, dancing, music, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Picketing. Copper miners on strike waiting for scabs to come out of mines. Ducktown, Tennessee

Picketing. Copper miners on strike waiting for scabs to come out of mi...

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

An old photo of a man on a float in a parade, Tennessee. Farm Security Administration photograph

An old photo of a man on a float in a parade, Tennessee. Farm Security...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a military parade, 20th-century armed forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Susan Baptist, a projectionist, shows training films for the troops as well as more popular motion pictures

Susan Baptist, a projectionist, shows training films for the troops as...

U.S. Army Signal Corps Photo. Note on verso: Movie and morale T/5 Susan Baptist, Whitehaven, Tenn., plays an important part in the morale building at Fox Hills. A projectionist, she shows training films for th... More

A group of people sitting next to each other. Great Depression FSA photogpraph

A group of people sitting next to each other. Great Depression FSA pho...

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

A group of women sitting on top of a wall, Cotton Carnival, Memphis, Tennessee

A group of women sitting on top of a wall, Cotton Carnival, Memphis, T...

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

A black and white photo of a family in a living room. America during Great Depression and World War Two. FSA / OWI Photograph.

A black and white photo of a family in a living room. America during G...

Annotation on original negative jacket. This image in a jacket marked "Killed" To identify this image it may help to search for images that have neighboring call numbers, are similar in appearance, and have tit... More

A couple of young children sitting on a bench, Cotton Carnival, Memphis, Tennessee

A couple of young children sitting on a bench, Cotton Carnival, Memphi...

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

Cotton carnival. Memphis, Tennessee

Cotton carnival. Memphis, Tennessee

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Girl drum major in night street parade during cotton carnival. Memphis, Tennessee

Girl drum major in night street parade during cotton carnival. Memphis...

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A group of people standing around a street sign, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photograph

A group of people standing around a street sign, Great Depression. FSA...

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

Rents are going up in Memphis, Tennessee

Rents are going up in Memphis, Tennessee

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

Spring plowing in eastern Tennessee

Spring plowing in eastern Tennessee

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Cotton Carnival, Memphis, Tennessee

Cotton Carnival, Memphis, Tennessee

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Cotton carnival. Memphis, Tennessee

Cotton carnival. Memphis, Tennessee

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A little boy standing on a step next to a pile of hay, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photograph

A little boy standing on a step next to a pile of hay, Great Depressio...

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A black and white photo of a float in a parade, Tennessee. Farm Security Administration photograph

A black and white photo of a float in a parade, Tennessee. Farm Securi...

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

Mr. Miller, farmer and minister. He is the only Negro farmer in the submarginal area of Rumsey Hill, near Erin, New York. He came about seven years ago after having farmed in Tennessee and New Jersey. His farm is on the very crest of the hill and he is doing a little better than most of his neighbors. His two boys go to high school and his wife works in town

Mr. Miller, farmer and minister. He is the only Negro farmer in the su...

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

Cotton Carnival, Memphis, Tennessee

Cotton Carnival, Memphis, Tennessee

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A black and white photo of a woman in a dress, Cotton Carnival, Memphis, Tennessee

A black and white photo of a woman in a dress, Cotton Carnival, Memphi...

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

A black and white photo of a crowd of people, Tennessee. Farm Security Administration photograph

A black and white photo of a crowd of people, Tennessee. Farm Security...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Resettlement Administration (1935-1937). The photographs of the Farm Se... More

Miscellaneous lot of photographs by Barbara Wright. Tennessee, e.g. TVA, Knoxville

Miscellaneous lot of photographs by Barbara Wright. Tennessee, e.g. TV...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a farmer, 1930s, 20th-century great depression era, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Miscellaneous lot of photographs by Barbara Wright. Tennessee, e.g. TVA, Knoxville

Miscellaneous lot of photographs by Barbara Wright. Tennessee, e.g. TV...

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Miscellaneous lot of photographs by Barbara Wright. Tennessee, e.g. TVA, Knoxville

Miscellaneous lot of photographs by Barbara Wright. Tennessee, e.g. TV...

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

Modern kitchen in a Tennessee Valley Authority house. Kitchen equipment for one of the new demountable houses, which the TVA is building for defense workers in the Muscle Shoals area in northern Alabama, includes electric range, water heater, and refrigerator. The TVA, acting as an agent of the Federal Works Administrator, is building

Modern kitchen in a Tennessee Valley Authority house. Kitchen equipmen...

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Miscellaneous lot of photographs by Barbara Wright. Tennessee, e.g. TVA, Knoxville

Miscellaneous lot of photographs by Barbara Wright. Tennessee, e.g. TV...

Picryl description: Public domain image of park architecture, palace, chateau, open space, 18th, and 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Miscellaneous lot of photographs by Barbara Wright. Tennessee, e.g. TVA, Knoxville

Miscellaneous lot of photographs by Barbara Wright. Tennessee, e.g. TV...

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

A black and white photo of a man sitting in front of a house. Great Depression FFSA / OWI Negatives

A black and white photo of a man sitting in front of a house. Great De...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children in poverty, child labor, Great Depression, 1930s, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Two children sitting on the porch of a house. Office of War Information Photograph

Two children sitting on the porch of a house. Office of War Informatio...

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

Production. New Tennessee Valley Authority synthetic ammonia plant. Making a weld on a filter head in the ammonia synthesis system at the TVA's new synthetic ammonia plant in the Muscle Shoals area. Ammonia is made here by the high- pressure synthesis of nitrogen and hydrogen. The ammonia thus secured is converted at Muscle Shoals to ammonium nitrate for use in the making of high explosive shells. In addition to the production of munitions, the TVA is engaged in research in many fields, seeking new sources of strategic materials and better ways to utilize them in the war effort

Production. New Tennessee Valley Authority synthetic ammonia plant. Ma...

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Tennessee Valley Authority power and conservation. Fort Loudoun Dam construction. A pipe fitter measures up and squares up as a new pipeline is fitted at the Fort Loudoun Dam, furthest upstream of the TVA's Tennessee River projects. Scheduled for closure and first storage of water early in 1943, this dam will create a 15,000-acre lake reaching fifty-five miles upstream to the city of Knoxville. The reservoir will have a useful storage capacity of 126,000 acre-feet. Power installation of 64,000 kilowatts is authorized, with a possible ultimate of 96,000 kilowatts

Tennessee Valley Authority power and conservation. Fort Loudoun Dam co...

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

Tennessee Valley Authority power and conservation. Fort Loudoun Dam construction. A workman on a cofferdam of the new Fort Loudoun Dam, furthest upstream of the TVA's main Tennessee River projects. Scheduled for closure and first storage of water early in 1943, this dam will create a 15,000-acre lake reaching fifty-five miles upstream to the city of Knoxville. The reservoir will have a useful storage capacity of 126,000 acre-feet. Power installation of 64,000 kilowatts is authorized, with a possible ultimate of 96,000 kilowatts. Note safety precaution in the form of a life preserver strapped to this worker

Tennessee Valley Authority power and conservation. Fort Loudoun Dam co...

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

Knoxville, Tennessee (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Electric refrigeration makes possible the storage of perishable food products in this community locker room

Knoxville, Tennessee (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Electric refr...

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Wheeler Dam, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Electric switchyard

Wheeler Dam, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Electric swit...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a construction site, industrial or commercial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Tennessee Valley Authority. Transmission line towers and high-tension lines that carry current generated at the TVA's hydroelectric plant at Wilson Dam. Located near Sheffield, Alabama, 260 miles above the mouth of the Tennessee River, the dam has an authorized power installation of 288,000 kilowatts, which can be increased to a possible ultimate of 444,000 kilowatts. The reservoir at the dam adds 377,000 acre-feet of water to controlled storage on the Tennessee River system

Tennessee Valley Authority. Transmission line towers and high-tension ...

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

Nashville, Tennessee. Vultee Aircraft Company. Installing electric wiring in a fuselage

Nashville, Tennessee. Vultee Aircraft Company. Installing electric wir...

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Tennessee Valley Authority. The stator, rotor and exciter of a new generator unit in place at TVA's hydroelectric plant at Wilson Dam. Completed units show in the background. Located near Sheffield, Alabama, 260 miles above the mouth of the Tennessee River, the dam had an authorized power installation of 288,000 kilowatts, which can be increased to a possible ultimate of 444,000 kilowatts. The reservoir at the dam adds 377,000 acre feet of water to controlled storage on the Tennesse River system

Tennessee Valley Authority. The stator, rotor and exciter of a new gen...

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.

Nashville, Tennessee. "Vengeance" bomber on the field

Nashville, Tennessee. "Vengeance" bomber on the field

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Tennessee Valley Authority. Section of one of the switchyards from which high-tension lines carry generated at the TVA's hydroelectric plant at Wilson Dam. Located near Sheffield, Alabama, 260 miles above the mouth of the Tennessee River, the dam has an authorized power installation of 288,000 kilowatts, which can be increased to a possible ultimate of 444,000 kilowatts. The reservoir at the dam adds 377,000 acre-feet of water to controlled storage on the Tennessee River system

Tennessee Valley Authority. Section of one of the switchyards from whi...

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

Jack Delano - Vultee Aircraft Corporation plant

Jack Delano - Vultee Aircraft Corporation plant

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

Officers and enlisted men gathered for Sunday worship somewhere in Tennessee at a field service during maneuvers

Officers and enlisted men gathered for Sunday worship somewhere in Ten...

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Nashville, Tennessee. In the machine shop division. Vultee Aircraft Corporation plant

Nashville, Tennessee. In the machine shop division. Vultee Aircraft Co...

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

Vultee Aircraft Corporation plant

Vultee Aircraft Corporation plant

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, air field, airport, 1930s aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Wilson Dam, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Collecting anopheles mosquitoes in malaria control area

Wilson Dam, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Collecting ano...

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

Douglas Dam, Tennessee. Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). Worker

Douglas Dam, Tennessee. Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). Worker

Public domain photograph of the United States military and military-industrial complex before World War Two, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Lauderdale County, Alabama. Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). Julien H. Case uses an electric shaver and fluorescent light in the bathroom of his farm home

Lauderdale County, Alabama. Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). Julien H...

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Douglas Dam, Tennessee. Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). Workmen

Douglas Dam, Tennessee. Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). Workmen

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. Watts Bar Dam hydroelectric plant. Adjusting main exciter brushes on the top of a generator in TVA's hydroelectric plant at Watts Bar Dam on the Tennessee River. Located 530 miles above the mouth of the Tennessee River, the dam has an authorized power installation of 90,000 kilowatts, which can be increased to a possible ultimate of 150,000 kilowatts. The reservoir at the dam adds 370,000 acre feet of water to controlled storage on the Tennessee River system

Tennessee Valley Authority. Watts Bar Dam hydroelectric plant. Adjusti...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an architectural element, dome, cathedral, classical architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fort Loudon [i.e., Loudoun] Dam, Tennessee. Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). Construction

Fort Loudon [i.e., Loudoun] Dam, Tennessee. Tennessee Valley Authority...

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

Wheeler Dam, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Electric switchyard

Wheeler Dam, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Electric swit...

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

Nashville, Tennessee. Fuselage assembly at the Vultee Aircraft Corporation plant

Nashville, Tennessee. Fuselage assembly at the Vultee Aircraft Corpora...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s US industrial development, Second World War, US war production, indusry, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Douglas Dam, Tennessee. Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). Laying track

Douglas Dam, Tennessee. Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). Laying track

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.

Cherokee Dam, Tennessee (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Electrician

Cherokee Dam, Tennessee (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Electricia...

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. Construction of Douglas Dam. Placing a dynamite charge in a blast hole in bedrock at the site of TVA's new Douglas Dam on the French Broad River. This dam will be 161 feet high and 1,682 feet long, with a 31,600 acre reservoir area extending forty-three miles upstream. With a useful storage capacity of approximately 1,330,00 acre feet, this reservoir will make possible the addition of nearly 100,000 kilowatts of continuous power to the TVA system in dry years and almost 170,000 kilowatts in the average year

Tennessee Valley Authority. Construction of Douglas Dam. Placing a dyn...

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

Nashville, Tennessee. Riveting fuselage sections. Vultee Aircraft Corporation plant

Nashville, Tennessee. Riveting fuselage sections. Vultee Aircraft Corp...

Public domain photograph of meeting, event, music festival, from Cleveland Museum of Art, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Production. New Tennessee Valley Authority synthetic ammonia plant. A water saturating tower in the hydrogen section of the TVA's new synthetic ammonia plant in the Muscle Shoals area. Ammonia is made here by the high-pressure synthesis of nitrogen and hydrogen, and is converted at Muscle Shoals to ammonium nitrate for use in the making of high explosive shells. In addition to the production of munitions, the TVA is engaged in research in many fields, seeking new sources of strategic materials and better ways to utilize them in the war effort

Production. New Tennessee Valley Authority synthetic ammonia plant. A ...

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

Fort Loudon [i.e., Loudoun] Dam, Tennessee. Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). Construction

Fort Loudon [i.e., Loudoun] Dam, Tennessee. Tennessee Valley Authority...

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

Sheffield, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Hall receives first aid at aluminum plant where he works

Sheffield, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Hall receives f...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a woman, nurse, caring, hospital, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Knox County, Tennessee (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Cows are milked by electricity on the Broadacre Dairy Farm

Knox County, Tennessee (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Cows are mi...

Picryl description: Public domain image of working farmers, agriculture, farm, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Wheeler Dam, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Excursion steamer in lock at Wheeler Dam, Alabama

Wheeler Dam, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Excursion ste...

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Wheeler Dam, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Excursion steamer from Cincinnatti in lock at Wheeler Dam, Alabama

Wheeler Dam, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Excursion ste...

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Lauderdale County, Alabama. Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). Julien H. Case inspecting a terrace. Sharecropper's house in the background

Lauderdale County, Alabama. Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). Julien H...

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Fort Loudon [i.e., Loudoun] Dam, Tennessee. Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). Coffer Dam construction

Fort Loudon [i.e., Loudoun] Dam, Tennessee. Tennessee Valley Authority...

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Production. Steam power plant equipment. Holes are drilled in a waterwall header for a high-pressure boiler. Steam boilers and other power-house equipment to supplement the hydroelectric installations of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) system are produced in the large Chattanooga shops of the Combustion Engineering Company

Production. Steam power plant equipment. Holes are drilled in a waterw...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a hydroelectric dam, industrial facility, power generation, water cascade, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Tennessee Valley Authority. Construction of Douglas Dam. Hot tar tank tender at the site of TVA's new Douglas Dam on the French Broad River. His job is to supply hot tar used to fill cavaties in the bed rock. This dam will be 161 feet high and 1,682 feet long, with a 31,600 acre reservoir area extending forty-three miles upstream. With a useful storage capacity of approximately 1,330,00 acre feet, this reservoir will make possible the addition of nearly 100,000 kilowatts of continuous power to the TVA system in dry years and almost 170,000 kilowatts in the average year

Tennessee Valley Authority. Construction of Douglas Dam. Hot tar tank ...

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.

Knoxville, Tennessee (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Training for war production at National Youth Administration school

Knoxville, Tennessee (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Training for ...

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.

Norris Dam, Tennessee. Farm Security Administartion 1930s public domain photo.

Norris Dam, Tennessee. Farm Security Administartion 1930s public domai...

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

Tennessee Valley Authority power and conservation. Fort Loudoun Dam construction. A workman on a cofferdam of the new Fort Loudoun Dam, furthest upstream of the TVA's main Tennessee River projects. Scheduled for closure and first storage of water early in 1943, this dam will create a 15,000-acre lake reaching fifty-five miles upstream to the city of Knoxville. The reservoir will have a useful storage capacity of 126,000 acre-feet. Power installation of 64,000 kilowatts is authorized, with a possible ultimate of 96,000 kilowatts. Note safety precaution in the form of a life preserver strapped to this worker

Tennessee Valley Authority power and conservation. Fort Loudoun Dam co...

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

Lauderdale County, Alabama. Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). Julien H. Case watching his wife cook on her electric stove

Lauderdale County, Alabama. Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). Julien H...

Picryl description: Public domain image of food, dinner, grocery store, eating, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Sheffield, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Hall receives first aid at aluminum plant where he works

Sheffield, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Hall receives f...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a woman, nurse, caring, hospital, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Wilson Dam, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Safety meeting

Wilson Dam, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Safety meeting

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Nashville, Tennessee. Vultee Aircraft Company. Installing electric wiring in a fuselage

Nashville, Tennessee. Vultee Aircraft Company. Installing electric wir...

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Production. New Tennessee Valley Authority synthetic ammonia plant. Applying lagging on low-pressure heat interchanger piping in the TVA's new synthetic ammonia plant in the Muscle Shoals area. Ammonia is made here by the high- pressure synthesis of nitrogen and hydrogen. The ammonia thus secured is converted at Muscle Shoals to ammonium nitrate for use in the making of high explosive shells. In addition to the production of munitions, the TVA is engaged in research in many fields, seeking new sources of strategic materials and better ways to utilize them in the war effort

Production. New Tennessee Valley Authority synthetic ammonia plant. Ap...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a construction site, industrial or commercial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Nashville, Tennessee. In the machine shop division. Vultee Aircraft Corporation plant

Nashville, Tennessee. In the machine shop division. Vultee Aircraft Co...

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

Sheffield, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Home of Kenneth C. Hall

Sheffield, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Home of Kenneth...

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Sheffield, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). The Halls often go boating on the Tennessee River

Sheffield, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). The Halls often...

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Tennessee Valley Authority. Construction of Douglas Dam. Negro bucket man at TVA's new Douglas Dam on the French Broad River. This dam will be 161 feet high and 1,682 feet long, with a 31,600 acre reservoir area extending forty-three miles upstream. With a useful storage capacity of approximately 1,330,000 acre-feet this reservoir will make possible the addition of nearly 100,000 kilowatts of continuous power to the TVA system in dry years and almost 170,000 kilowatts in the average year

Tennessee Valley Authority. Construction of Douglas Dam. Negro bucket...

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.

Watts Bar Dam, Tennessee. Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). Workers

Watts Bar Dam, Tennessee. Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). Workers

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Negroes speed war work for Tennessee Valley Authority. (left to right) Paul L. Imes, Samuel C. Watkins, and George W. Richardson are employed as laboratory technicians by TVA at its plant at Muscle Shoals. They are doing high-grade sub-professional work and are in training for professional positions

Negroes speed war work for Tennessee Valley Authority. (left to right)...

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Vultee Aircraft Corporation plant

Vultee Aircraft Corporation plant

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Nashville, Tennessee. Planes outside the final assembly section. Vultee Aircraft Corporation plant

Nashville, Tennessee. Planes outside the final assembly section. Vulte...

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Vultee Aircraft Corporation plant

Vultee Aircraft Corporation plant

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Sheffield, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Defense home built by TVA

Sheffield, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Defense home bu...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential building, house, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Vultee Aircraft Corporation plant

Vultee Aircraft Corporation plant

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

Knoxville, Tennessee (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Nitrogen determination apparatus in TVA research at University of Tennessee

Knoxville, Tennessee (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Nitrogen dete...

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Tennessee Valley Authority. Watts Bar Dam hydroelectric plant. An electric welder employed on the erection of stacks and breechings at TVA's Watts Bar steam plant. This plant will supplement the big hydroelectric installation at Watts Bar Dam, which has an authorized output of 90,000 kilowatts, and a possible ultimate of 150,000 kilowatts. Each of the four big turbo-generators in the steam plant is rated at 60,000 kilowatts

Tennessee Valley Authority. Watts Bar Dam hydroelectric plant. An elec...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a hydroelectric dam, industrial facility, power generation, water cascade, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Decatur, Alabama. Ingalls Shipbuilding Company. On the Tennessee River

Decatur, Alabama. Ingalls Shipbuilding Company. On the Tennessee River

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Fort Loudon [i.e., Loudoun] Dam, Tennessee. Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). Riveter

Fort Loudon [i.e., Loudoun] Dam, Tennessee. Tennessee Valley Authority...

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Knox County, Tennessee (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Learning to use an electric iron at Farragut Agricultural School

Knox County, Tennessee (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Learning to...

Public domain photograph of the United States military and military-industrial complex before World War Two, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Soldiers of a reconnaissance squad on maneuvers with the Second Army in middle Tennessee cutting across the country in a scout car. Left to right: Corporal Howard Connor, driver; Private Fielder Magruder, radio operator; and Lieutenant Peter Gattino

Soldiers of a reconnaissance squad on maneuvers with the Second Army i...

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Watts Bar Dam, Tennessee. Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). Lock

Watts Bar Dam, Tennessee. Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). Lock

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Nashville, Tennessee. Vultee Aircraft Company. Riveting a fuselage on a sub-assembly line

Nashville, Tennessee. Vultee Aircraft Company. Riveting a fuselage on ...

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Production. Steam power plant equipment. An electric arc-welder runs a seam on a new high-pressure boiler. Steam boilers and other power-house equipment to supplement the hydroelectric installations of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) system are produced in the large Chattanooga shops of the Combustion Engineering Company

Production. Steam power plant equipment. An electric arc-welder runs a...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial equipment, workshop, assembly line, factory, power engine, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Nashville, Tennessee. Vultee Aircraft Company. Checking records on the final assembly line

Nashville, Tennessee. Vultee Aircraft Company. Checking records on the...

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Tennessee Valley Authority. Construction of Douglas Dam. "Big Pete" Ramagos, a rigger at TVA's new Douglas Dam on the French Broad River. This dam will be 161 feet high and 1,682 feet long, with a 31,600 acre reservoir area extending forty-three miles upstream. With a useful storage capacity of approximately 1,330,000 acre-feet this reservoir will make possible the addition of nearly 100,000 kilowatts of continuous power to the TVA system in dry years and almost 170,000 kilowatts in the average year

Tennessee Valley Authority. Construction of Douglas Dam. "Big Pete" R...

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