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Civilian protection. Fully equipped to cope with any situation they may encounter these New York City volunteer auxiliary firemen put on a demonstration of the matter in which they would handle the damage caused by an incendiary bombing attack. An incendiary bomb has fallen through the roof of this building and is blazing in the second story. One worker has already entered through the window and is using an "Indian" fire pump on the small blaze which has started. His fellow workers are following up the ladder equipped (from top to bottom) with the following items: top man carries a portable acetylene torch used to cut through metal to effect entrance or to extricate occupants caught under fallen beams or pipes; the next man carries a roof rope, while the man at the bottom bears a two-way portable radio. All workers are supplied with gas masks

Civilian protection. Fully equipped to cope with any situation they ma...

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[Main Reading Room. Detail of frieze of winged half figures with torch of learning. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Main Reading Room. Detail of frieze of winged half figures with torch...

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La Antorcha de la Amistad (Spanish for "The Torch of Friendship"), a monumental abstract sculpture in downtown San Antonio, Texas

La Antorcha de la Amistad (Spanish for "The Torch of Friendship"), a m...

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New York - the torch of the Statue of "Liberty," as it will appear when completed, on Bedloe's Island

New York - the torch of the Statue of "Liberty," as it will appear whe...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1885 June 20, p. 288.

Shipbuilding. "Liberty" ships. Ratchets, turnbuckles and "dogs" hold these deck units of a new Liberty ship in place as a welder in a large Eastern shipyard uses the torch to fuse them

Shipbuilding. "Liberty" ships. Ratchets, turnbuckles and "dogs" hold t...

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Training. Work Projects Administration (WPA) vocational school. The flame of the welder's torch is today's flame of freedom! At this WPA vocational training school in Washington, D.C., welding trainees keep their torches blazing day and night, preparing for jobs in war industries

Training. Work Projects Administration (WPA) vocational school. The fl...

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Conversion. Automobile industry. An acetylene torch is rolled into place with a big job scheduled for it, the dismantling of auto production equipment in an automobile factory, so that conversion to war production can begin. The Plymouth Company, Chrysler Corporation, Detroit, Michigan

Conversion. Automobile industry. An acetylene torch is rolled into pla...

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[Exterior view. Torch of Learning, cupola, and dome. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Exterior view. Torch of Learning, cupola, and dome. Library of Congre...

More information about the Highsmith Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.highsm Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

Colossal hand and torch "Liberty", Pennsylvania, 19th century stereoscope card.

Colossal hand and torch "Liberty", Pennsylvania, 19th century stereosc...

Photograph shows the torch and part of the arm of the Statue of Liberty, on display at the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia. Information booth at base of arm and two persons seen at railing below flam... More

Colossal hand and torch "Liberty", Pennsylvania, 19th century stereoscope card.

Colossal hand and torch "Liberty", Pennsylvania, 19th century stereosc...

Photograph shows the torch and part of the arm of the Statue of Liberty, on display at the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia. Information booth at base of arm and two persons seen at railing below flam... More

Completing the torch, Statue of Liberty

Completing the torch, Statue of Liberty

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Statue of Liberty - top of head seen from the torch, New York

Statue of Liberty - top of head seen from the torch, New York

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

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

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Training. Work Projects Administration (WPA) vocational school. The ability to "saw" metal with flame is a skill which has many important applications in the war effort. This young Negro is receiving expert instruction in the art of cutting steel with an acetylene torch, just one phase of the training given at a WPA vocational training school in the District of Columbia

Training. Work Projects Administration (WPA) vocational school. The ab...

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Automobile salvage. The torch man cuts the motor from the frame, and the frame from the body, then these parts are sorted for shipment. The springs and drive shaft are cut from the frame by torch, as are the differential and transmission

Automobile salvage. The torch man cuts the motor from the frame, and t...

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A burner employs an acetyline torch effectively in cutting away metal on a sub-assembly operation. The burner department which renders service to other departments is in charge of much of this work. Women are often employed in this phase of the work

A burner employs an acetyline torch effectively in cutting away metal ...

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[Great Hall. View of grand staircase and bronze statue of female figure on newel post holding a torch of electric light, with bust of Thomas Jefferson at right. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Great Hall. View of grand staircase and bronze statue of female figur...

Exhibit caption: "Celebration of Electricity. The importance of electricity is celebrated throughout the Jefferson Building. A bust of Benjamin Franklin is placed outside the central window of the Jefferson Bui... More

[Second Floor, East Corridor. Detail of spandrel showing carved wreath surrounding a book with feather and torch. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Second Floor, East Corridor. Detail of spandrel showing carved wreath...

Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

[Cherub lighting firecracker with torch as stars fly through word "Life"]

[Cherub lighting firecracker with torch as stars fly through word "Lif...

Title devised by cataloger. (DLC/PP-1932:0042). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published as frontispiece in: Life, 8:1 (July 1, 1886).

Women in war. Machine gun production operators. She carries a torch for the men of America's armed forces! Blonde, twenty-one-year-old Elne Nigholm brazes bolt latch releases for the Army's machine guns in a Midwest plant which has been converted from the manufacture of spark plugs to production of war materials. Two thousand women now work in this plant, with more to be added as production increases. A.C. Spark Plugs

Women in war. Machine gun production operators. She carries a torch fo...

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Buffalo, New York. In the finishing department of Republic Steel. Gladys Chase (left), former beautician, using an acetylene torch to burn defects from a twenty-foot steel billet which will later be shaped into a machine gun barrel. It takes six months to learn this process, which is called scarfing

Buffalo, New York. In the finishing department of Republic Steel. Glad...

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[Great Hall, second floor, north corridor. Figure carrying a torch. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Great Hall, second floor, north corridor. Figure carrying a torch. Li...

Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

Colossal hand and torch "Liberty", Pennsylvania, 19th century stereoscope card.

Colossal hand and torch "Liberty", Pennsylvania, 19th century stereosc...

Photograph shows the torch and part of the arm of the Statue of Liberty, on display at the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia. Information booth at base of arm and two persons seen at railing below flam... More

Holding the door open while a trip[?] goes through. Willie Bryden, a nipper, 164 Center St. A lonely job. Waiting all alone in the dark for a trip to come through. It was so damp that Willie said he had to be doctoring all the time for his cough. A short distance from here, the gas was pouring into the mine so rapidly that it made a great torch when the foreman lit it. Willie had been working here for four months, 500 feet down the shaft, and a quarter of a mile underground from there. (Shaft #6 Pennsylvania Coal Co.) Walls have been whitewashed to make it lighter. January 16th, I found Willie at home sick, His mother admitted that he is only 13 yrs old; will be 14 next July. Said that 4 mos. ago the mine boss told the father to take Willie to work, and that they obtained the certificate from Squire Barrett. (The only thing the Squire could do was to make Willie out to be 16 yrs old.) Willie's father and brother are miners and the home is that of a frugal German family.  Location: Pittston, Pennsylvania.

Holding the door open while a trip[?] goes through. Willie Bryden, a n...

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Holding the door open while a trip[?] goes through. Willie Bryden, a nipper, 164 Center St. A lonely job. Waiting all alone in the dark for a trip to come through. It was so damp that Willie said he had to be doctoring all the time for his cough. A short distance from here, the gas was pouring into the mine so rapidly that it made a great torch when the foreman lit it. Willie had been working here for four months, 500 feet down the shaft, and a quarter of a mile underground from there. (Shaft #6 Pennsylvania Coal Co.) Walls have been whitewashed to make it lighter. January 16th, I found Willie at home sick, His mother admitted that he is only 13 yrs old; will be 14 next July. Said that 4 mos. ago the mine boss told the father to take Willie to work, and that they obtained the certificate from Squire Barrett. (The only thing the Squire could do was to make Willie out to be 16 yrs old.) Willie's father and brother are miners and the home is that of a frugal German family.  Location: Pittston, Pennsylvania.

Holding the door open while a trip[?] goes through. Willie Bryden, a n...

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

A lonely job. Waiting all alone in the dark for a trip[?] to come through. It was so damp that Willie said he had to go to the doctor for his cough. A short distance from here, the gas was pouring into the mine so rapidly that it made a great torch when the foreman lit it. Lives at 164 Center St., Pittston, Pennsylvania This is Willie Bryden[?], a nipper. Been working there 4 mos. 500 ft. from the shaft, and a quarter of a mile underground from there. Shaft #6 Pennsylvania Coal Co. Walls have been whiterewashed to make it lighter. Jan 16 I found Willie at home sick, His mother admitted he is only 13 yrs old; will be 14 next July. She said 4 months after the mine boss told the father to take Willie to work, and they obtained a certificate from Squire Barrett. The only thing the squire could do was to make Willie out to be 16 yrs. Willie's father & brother are miners and the home is that of a frugal German family.  Location: Pittston, Pennsylvania.

A lonely job. Waiting all alone in the dark for a trip[?] to come thro...

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[Robinson Crusoe with torch approaching goat in dark cave]

[Robinson Crusoe with torch approaching goat in dark cave]

Title devised by cataloger. Purchase; (DLC/PP-1982:125.40). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Robinson Crusoe, Chapt. XIX, p. 254.

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). Right through the metal cute this acetylene torch, directed by the skilled hands of one of the thousands of workers in the yard. This plate will be taken by an overhead crane to the building ways, where it will become a part of one of the Navy's new battlecraft

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). Right through the metal cute this ac...

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Shipbuilding. "Liberty" ships. Welding is one of the most important advances in shipbuilding during the present century with the torch resulting in immense savings in time, material and weight in the building of ships. This welder is joining side plates to angle frames forming section of the propeller shaft tunnels on a new member of Uncle Sam's "Liberty fleet," under construction at a large Eastern shipyard.All parts are prefabricated in thus huge Eastern plant which formerly turned out freight cars. The completed sections are then carried six miles to the ways on flat cars

Shipbuilding. "Liberty" ships. Welding is one of the most important ad...

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Harvesting embryos containing yellow fever vaccine virus. Tops of eggs are removed by means of acetylene torch under completely sterile conditions. USPHS (United States Public Health Service)  Rocky Mountain Laboratory, Hamilton, Montana

Harvesting embryos containing yellow fever vaccine virus. Tops of eggs...

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Buffalo, New York. Symongton-Gould, makers of tank, ship and railroad parts. This woman is a skin dryer. After head has been put on mold, it is covered with a delta wash which makes a hard finish. Skin dryers dry off this surface with the flame of an oil torch

Buffalo, New York. Symongton-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.

Buffalo, New York. Symongton-Gould, makers of tank, ship and railroad parts. This woman is a skin dryer. After head has been put on mold, it is covered with a delta wash which makes a hard finish. Skin dryers dry off this surface with the flame of an oil torch

Buffalo, New York. Symongton-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.

[Great Hall. View of grand staircase and bronze statue of female figure on newel post holding a torch of electric light. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Great Hall. View of grand staircase and bronze statue of female figur...

Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

[Great Hall. View of ceiling with bronze statue of female figure on newel post holding a torch of electric light. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Great Hall. View of ceiling with bronze statue of female figure on ne...

Gift; Carol M. Highsmith 2011; (DLC/PP-2002:038) Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

Colossal hand and torch "Liberty", Pennsylvania, 19th century stereoscope card.

Colossal hand and torch "Liberty", Pennsylvania, 19th century stereosc...

Photograph shows the torch and part of the arm of the Statue of Liberty, on display at the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia. Information booth at base of arm and two persons seen at railing below flam... More

A lonely job. Waiting all alone in the dark for a trip[?] to come through. It was so damp that Willie said he had to go to the doctor for his cough. A short distance from here, the gas was pouring into the mine so rapidly that it made a great torch when the foreman lit it. Lives at 164 Center St., Pittston, Pennsylvania This is Willie Bryden[?], a nipper. Been working there 4 mos. 500 ft. from the shaft, and a quarter of a mile underground from there. Shaft #6 Pennsylvania Coal Co. Walls have been whiterewashed to make it lighter. Jan 16 I found Willie at home sick, His mother admitted he is only 13 yrs old; will be 14 next July. She said 4 months after the mine boss told the father to take Willie to work, and they obtained a certificate from Squire Barrett. The only thing the squire could do was to make Willie out to be 16 yrs. Willie's father & brother are miners and the home is that of a frugal German family.  Location: Pittston, Pennsylvania.

A lonely job. Waiting all alone in the dark for a trip[?] to come thro...

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[Leopards and bacchantes in torch procession to water with Pan in background]

[Leopards and bacchantes in torch procession to water with Pan in back...

Title devised by cataloger. Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published as border for: "Bacchus is Gone" by Harvey Allen, Li... More

Light symbol of world peace. Washington, D.C., Nov. 4. A torch, symbolic of peace and amity, was lighted last night before the tomb of the unknown soldier at Arlington National Cemetery. After ceremonies conducted by the American Legion, the torch was sent on its way to Paris for observance of Armistice Day there at the Arc De Triomphe. Similar torches lighted at the shrines of honored dead are being sent by every allied country and each department of France. In the center of group, left to right - D.C., Department Commander of the American Legion James T. Brody, Col. E.E. Lombard, French Military Attache, and Lieut. Horace Lineburg, also of the legion, lighting the torch, 11/4/38

Light symbol of world peace. Washington, D.C., Nov. 4. A torch, symbol...

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Civilian protection. Members of the rescue parties like this worker must be prepared to reach victims of bomb raids and fallen debris and give them emergency first aid treatment. It is not always possible to remove debris by hand, therefore, rescue workers' trucks carry equipment to enable the rescue squad to shore up masonry, cut through steel or stone, shut off broken mains or tunnel through conglomerate heaps of debris. The worker here shown is using an acetylene torch to cut away a stubborn resisting piece of expanded steel

Civilian protection. Members of the rescue parties like this worker mu...

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Production. Pipe fittings. Pipe fittings for the Army. An automatic torch cuts a pipe elbow to size in a Midwest plant. Elbows are cut to any length and angle from bent pipes. Tube Turn Incorporated

Production. Pipe fittings. Pipe fittings for the Army. An automatic to...

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High school Victory Corps. Polytechnic High School, Los Angeles, California, teaches its students trades which fit them to help in the war program. This Negro boy is learning the use of an acetylene torch

High school Victory Corps. Polytechnic High School, Los Angeles, Calif...

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[Great Hall. View of grend staircase and bronze statue of female figure on newel post holding a torch of electric light. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Great Hall. View of grend staircase and bronze statue of female figur...

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Mrs. Van Winkle and Suffrage torch

Mrs. Van Winkle and Suffrage torch

A woman in a dress and hat holding a torch. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Lightning from Liberty's torch striking a cowering German official]

[Lightning from Liberty's torch striking a cowering German official]

German official possibly representing William II, Emperor of Germany. Title devised by cataloger. (DLC/PP-1932:0042). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published as headpiec... More

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

A black and white photo of a man standing on train tracks, West Virgin...

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Acetelyne torch cutting, structural shop. Keystone Drilling Company, Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania

Acetelyne torch cutting, structural shop. Keystone Drilling Company, B...

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[Main Reading Room. Detail of frieze of winged half figures with torch of learning. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Main Reading Room. Detail of frieze of winged half figures with torch...

Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

A couple of men standing next to each other on train tracks, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A couple of men standing next to each other on train tracks, West Virg...

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Civilian protection. Fully equipped to cope with any situation they may encounter these New York City volunteer auxiliary firemen put on a demonstration of the matter in which they would handle the damage caused by an incendiary bombing attack. An incendiary bomb has fallen through the roof of this building and is blazing in the second story. One worker has already entered through the window and is using an "Indian" fire pump on the small blaze which has started. His fellow workers are following up the ladder equipped (from top to bottom) with the following items: top man carries a portable acetylene torch used to cut through metal to effect entrance or to extricate occupants caught under fallen beams or pipes; the next man carries a roof rope, while the man at the bottom bears a two-way portable radio. All workers are supplied with gas masks

Civilian protection. Fully equipped to cope with any situation they ma...

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Women in war. Machine gun production operators. She carries a torch for the men of America's armed forces! Blonde, twenty-one-year-old Elne Nigholm brazes bolt latch releases for the Army's machine guns in a Midwest plant which has been converted from the manufacture of spark plugs to production of war materials. Two thousand women now work in this plant, with more to be added as production increases. A.C. Spark Plugs

Women in war. Machine gun production operators. She carries a torch fo...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a woman working, women labor, 1940s, economic conditions, home front, world war two, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Using acetylene torch to remove tops of eggs under completely sterile conditions. These eggs have been innoculated with yellow fever vaccine virus. USPHS (United States Public Health Service)  Rocky Mountain Laboratory, Hamilton, Montana

Using acetylene torch to remove tops of eggs under completely sterile ...

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The torch that fires the opening gun

The torch that fires the opening gun

Woman draped in American flag lighting cannon with Statue of Liberty torch; "Fourth Liberty loan" in smoke. (DLC/PP-1932:0042). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published i... More

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

A black and white photo of a train yard, West Virginia. Farm Security ...

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

Civilian protection. Fully equipped to cope with any situation they may encounter these New York City volunteer auxiliary firemen put on a demonstration of the matter in which they would handle the damage caused by an incendiary bombing attack. An incendiary bomb has fallen through the roof of this building and is blazing in the second story. One worker has already entered through the window and is using an "Indian" fire pump on the small blaze which has started. His fellow workers are following up the ladder equipped (from top to bottom) with the following items: top man carries a portable acetylene torch used to cut through metal to effect entrance or to extricate occupants caught under fallen beams or pipes; the next man carries a roof rope, while the man at the bottom bears a two-way portable radio. All workers are supplied with gas masks

Civilian protection. Fully equipped to cope with any situation they ma...

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Civilian protection. Fully equipped to cope with any situation they may encounter these New York City volunteer auxiliary firemen put on a demonstration of the matter in which they would handle the damage caused by an incendiary bombing attack. An incendiary bomb has fallen through the roof of this building and is blazing in the second story. One worker has already entered through the window and is using an "Indian" fire pump on the small blaze which has started. His fellow workers are following up the ladder equipped (from top to bottom) with the following items: top man carries a portable acetylene torch used to cut through metal to effect entrance or to extricate occupants caught under fallen beams or pipes; the next man carries a roof rope, while the man at the bottom bears a two-way portable radio. All workers are supplied with gas masks

Civilian protection. Fully equipped to cope with any situation they ma...

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Washington, D.C. Scrap salvage campaign, Victory Program. Using acetylene torch to break up metal scrap before shipment from a wholesale junk yard

Washington, D.C. Scrap salvage campaign, Victory Program. Using acetyl...

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Aluminum casting. To insure against cracking when metal is poured into it this sand-filled mold is skin dried with a gas torch, one of the many major delicate operations required of employees of a large Midwest aluminum factory. Aluminum Industries Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio

Aluminum casting. To insure against cracking when metal is poured into...

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[Great Hall. View of grand staircase and bronze statue of female figure on newel post holding a torch of electric light. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Great Hall. View of grand staircase and bronze statue of female figur...

Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

[Great Hall. View of grand staircase and bronze statue of female figure on newel post holding a torch of electric light, with bust of George Washington at left. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Great Hall. View of grand staircase and bronze statue of female figur...

More information about the Highsmith Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.highsm Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

Using acetylene torch to take tops off eggs under completely sterile conditions. These eggs have been innoculated with yellow fever vaccine virus. USPHS (United States Public Health Service) Rocky Mountain Laboratory, Hamilton, Montana

Using acetylene torch to take tops off eggs under completely sterile c...

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.

Denver, Colorado. This workman has gone "all out" to speed up the Navy's unique shipbuilding program here in this mile-high city--the world's largest city not on a navigable waterway. Even though he has never seen an ocean or a ship larger than the pleasure launch on Denver's city park lake, the steel worker behind this acetylene torch is no less a shipbuilder! He is one of the workers in the eight Denver fabricating firms turning out hull parts in a 56 million dollar which means more escort vessels for Uncle Sam's Navy--vessels made in Denver and assembled at Mare Island Navy Yard 1,300 miles away

Denver, Colorado. This workman has gone "all out" to speed up the Navy...

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Civilian protection. Fully equipped to cope with whatever difficulties they may encounter, these New York City volunteer auxiliary firemen workers are climbling up a fire ladder to the roof of a building struck by bombs. Fartherest up the ladder is a worker equipped with an "Indian" fire pump, valuable in fighting incendiary bombs. The man below him is carrying a two-way portable radio. Next is a volunteer worker with a portable acetylene torch, used for cutting through metal to effect entrances or to extricate victims pinned under fallen metal. The man just starting up the ladder is carrying a roof rope, and all are equipped with gas masks

Civilian protection. Fully equipped to cope with whatever difficulties...

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[Exterior view, entrance porch. Granite sculpture with female figure representing Science (holding the torch of knowledge), by Bela Lyon Pratt. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Exterior view, entrance porch. Granite sculpture with female figure r...

Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

[Great Hall. View of grand staircase and bronze statue of female figure on newel post holding a torch of electric light. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Great Hall. View of grand staircase and bronze statue of female figur...

Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

A lonely job. Waiting all alone in the dark for a trip[?] to come through. It was so damp that Willie said he had to go to the doctor for his cough. A short distance from here, the gas was pouring into the mine so rapidly that it made a great torch when the foreman lit it. Lives at 164 Center St., Pittston, Pennsylvania This is Willie Bryden[?], a nipper. Been working there 4 mos. 500 ft. from the shaft, and a quarter of a mile underground from there. Shaft #6 Pennsylvania Coal Co. Walls have been whiterewashed to make it lighter. Jan 16 I found Willie at home sick, His mother admitted he is only 13 yrs old; will be 14 next July. She said 4 months after the mine boss told the father to take Willie to work, and they obtained a certificate from Squire Barrett. The only thing the squire could do was to make Willie out to be 16 yrs. Willie's father & brother are miners and the home is that of a frugal German family.  Location: Pittston, Pennsylvania.

A lonely job. Waiting all alone in the dark for a trip[?] to come thro...

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A lonely job. Waiting all alone in the dark for a trip[?] to come through. It was so damp that Willie said he had to go to the doctor for his cough. A short distance from here, the gas was pouring into the mine so rapidly that it made a great torch when the foreman lit it. Lives at 164 Center St., Pittston, Pennsylvania This is Willie Bryden[?], a nipper. Been working there 4 mos. 500 ft. from the shaft, and a quarter of a mile underground from there. Shaft #6 Pennsylvania Coal Co. Walls have been whiterewashed to make it lighter. Jan 16 I found Willie at home sick, His mother admitted he is only 13 yrs old; will be 14 next July. She said 4 months after the mine boss told the father to take Willie to work, and they obtained a certificate from Squire Barrett. The only thing the squire could do was to make Willie out to be 16 yrs. Willie's father & brother are miners and the home is that of a frugal German family.  Location: Pittston, Pennsylvania.

A lonely job. Waiting all alone in the dark for a trip[?] to come thro...

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Light symbol of world peace. Washington, D.C., Nov. 4. A torch, symbolic of peace and amity, was lighted last night before the tomb of the unknown soldier at Arlington National Cemetery. After ceremonies conducted by the American Legion, the torch was sent on its way to Paris for observance of Armistice Day there at the Arc De Triomphe. Similar torches lighted at the shrines of honored dead are being sent by every allied country and each department of France. In the center of group, left to right - D.C., Department Commander of the American Legion James T. Brody, Col. E.E. Lombard, French Military Attache, and Lieut. Horace Lineburg, also of the legion, lighting the torch, 11/4/38

Light symbol of world peace. Washington, D.C., Nov. 4. A torch, symbol...

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Automobile salvage. Before the torch men, shear men, and press operators go to work on an old automobile, all wooden parts, upholstery, oil, grease and other unusable and inflammable material are removed by burning
Women airport workers. Evelyn Spangler, eighteen-years-old, is just as proficient at acetylene torch welding as any of the men welders in the Pennsylvania Central shops, according to Johnny Shore, her instructor. Evelyn learned welding rudiments from her father in Christiansburg, Virginia, got more experienced at the vocational school at Manassas, Virginia, and then joined the repair crew at the Washington National Airport. Now no welding job is too difficult for her to tackle

Women airport workers. Evelyn Spangler, eighteen-years-old, is just as...

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[Exterior view. Cupola and Torch of Learning. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Exterior view. Cupola and Torch of Learning. Library of Congress Thom...

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De Soto bomber plant, Detroit, Michigan. Woman worker using brazing torch to solder bolts on end of pipe

De Soto bomber plant, Detroit, Michigan. Woman worker using brazing to...

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Manpower. Southern shipyard workers. Leaning over his torch, this skilled worker brazes a joint in a section of copper tubing. Without previous experience in this field, this worker was trained in a short time for this operation in a Southern Navy yard

Manpower. Southern shipyard workers. Leaning over his torch, this skil...

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Holding the door open while a trip[?] goes through. Willie Bryden, a nipper, 164 Center St. A lonely job. Waiting all alone in the dark for a trip to come through. It was so damp that Willie said he had to be doctoring all the time for his cough. A short distance from here, the gas was pouring into the mine so rapidly that it made a great torch when the foreman lit it. Willie had been working here for four months, 500 feet down the shaft, and a quarter of a mile underground from there. (Shaft #6 Pennsylvania Coal Co.) Walls have been whitewashed to make it lighter. January 16th, I found Willie at home sick, His mother admitted that he is only 13 yrs old; will be 14 next July. Said that 4 mos. ago the mine boss told the father to take Willie to work, and that they obtained the certificate from Squire Barrett. (The only thing the Squire could do was to make Willie out to be 16 yrs old.) Willie's father and brother are miners and the home is that of a frugal German family.  Location: Pittston, Pennsylvania.

Holding the door open while a trip[?] goes through. Willie Bryden, a n...

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Newport News, Virginia. Cutter working on frame shapes with an oxyacetylene torch. These frame shapes are used for the ribs of a ship

Newport News, Virginia. Cutter working on frame shapes with an oxyacet...

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Shipbuilding. "Liberty" ships. Welding is one of the most important advances in shipbuilding during the present century with the torch resulting in immense savings in time, material and weight in the building of ships. This welder is joining side plates to angle frames forming section of the propeller shaft tunnels on a new member of Uncle Sam's Liberty ships, under construction at a large Eastern shipyard which formerly turned out freight cars. The completed sections are then carried six miles to the ways on flat cars. Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards Inc., Baltimore, Maryland

Shipbuilding. "Liberty" ships. Welding is one of the most important ad...

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Empty collapsible tubes: a tin mine for war industry. Pure tin recovered from old tooth paste, shaving cream and other tubes is drawn off from a electric furnace in the Newark, New Jersey, plant of the Tin Salvage Institute. A blow torch is used to expedite the flow of tin until the molten metal heats the channel sufficiently to permit steady flow

Empty collapsible tubes: a tin mine for war industry. Pure tin recover...

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[Great Hall. View of grand staircase and bronze statue of female figure on newel post holding a torch of electric light. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Great Hall. View of grand staircase and bronze statue of female figur...

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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 ...

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[Exterior view. Bronze doors at the main entrance with female figures representing Truth (holding a mirror and a serpent) and Research (holding the torch of knowledge), by Olin L. Warner. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Exterior view. Bronze doors at the main entrance with female figures ...

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[Design drawing for stained glass window with text "I Am The Light Of The World" and listeners in bands of light, with torch and globe]

[Design drawing for stained glass window with text "I Am The Light Of ...

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Acetelyne torch cutting. Structural shop, Keystone Drilling Company. Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania

Acetelyne torch cutting. Structural shop, Keystone Drilling Company. B...

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[Design drawing for stained glass window with text "I Am The Light Of The World" and listeners in bands of light, with torch and globe]

[Design drawing for stained glass window with text "I Am The Light Of ...

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[Design drawing for stained glass window with text "I Am The Light Of The World" and listeners in bands of light, with torch and globe]

[Design drawing for stained glass window with text "I Am The Light Of ...

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Ellis Island, N.Y. - view from the torch of "Liberty"

Ellis Island, N.Y. - view from the torch of "Liberty"

Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Photo by George G. Bain. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). No. 13-3.

A group of men standing next to each other on train tracks, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A group of men standing next to each other on train tracks, West Virgi...

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Buffalo, New York. Gladys Chase, thirty-five, was a beautician for thirteen years before becoming a scarfer. Scarfing is the removing of breaks, seams, cracks, lap wells and defects from steel billets by the use of a burning torch and takes six months to learn this process which is called scarfing

Buffalo, New York. Gladys Chase, thirty-five, was a beautician for thi...

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Light symbol of world peace. Washington, D.C., Nov. 4. A torch, symbolic of peace and amity, was lighted last night before the tomb of the unknown soldier at Arlington National Cemetery. After ceremonies conducted by the American Legion, the torch was sent on its way to Paris for observance of Armistice Day there at the Arc De Triomphe. Similar torches lighted at the shrines of honored dead are being sent by every allied country and each department of France. In the center of group, left to right - D.C., Department Commander of the American Legion James T. Brody, Col. E.E. Lombard, French Military Attache, and Lieut. Horace Lineburg, also of the legion, lighting the torch, 11438

Light symbol of world peace. Washington, D.C., Nov. 4. A torch, symbol...

A black and white photo of a group of men in uniform, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. ... More

Civilian protection. Fully equipped to cope with any situation they may encounter these New York City volunteer auxiliary firemen put on a demonstration of the matter in which they would handle the damage caused by an incendiary bombing attack. An incendiary bomb has fallen through the roof of this building and is blazing in the second story. One worker has already entered through the window and is using an "Indian" fire pump on the small blaze which has started. His fellow workers are following up the ladder equipped (from top to bottom) with the following items: top man carries a portable acetylene torch used to cut through metal to effect entrance or to extricate occupants caught under fallen beams or pipes; the next man carries a roof rope, while the man at the bottom bears a two-way portable radio. All workers are supplied with gas masks

Civilian protection. Fully equipped to cope with any situation they ma...

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Automobile salvage. Automobile bodies are usually cut into four pieces so they can be readily loaded into a press for baling. The acetylene torch separates the lightweight body from the heavyweight steel frame of the car. Note: the auto has already been burned to remove all wooden parts, upholstery, oil, grease and other unusable and inflammable material

Automobile salvage. Automobile bodies are usually cut into four pieces...

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Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). This welder is torch flaming a part for a new destroyer on the ways at the Norfolk Navy Yard. Riveted joints have been cut down by as much as two-thirds in the last few years, as welding has been developed to a point where it provides equal strength. Welding means less weight and a saving in steel

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). This welder is torch flaming a part ...

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Herbert Rudolph James, machinist, Shell Finish Department, National Tube Company, McKeesport, Pennsylvania, has been awarded a Certificate of Individual Production Merit. Mr. James is by profession a musician--organist and conductor. At his suggestion a mechanism was incorporated into the torch whereby the oxygen and acetylene mixtures could be varied to create the desired flame

Herbert Rudolph James, machinist, Shell Finish Department, National Tu...

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[Jeweler using blow torch? to make jewelry, Sikkim]

[Jeweler using blow torch? to make jewelry, Sikkim]

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