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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...

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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

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.

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.

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...

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

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...

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Automobile salvage. Before the torch men, shear men, and press operato...

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...

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