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Army truck manufacture (Dodge). Skilled workers with blazing acetylene torches perform many exacting individual welding jobs in the production of cabs for Army trucks. Here a gas welder is working on what is known as the "A" post of an army truck cab

Army truck manufacture (Dodge). Skilled workers with blazing acetylene...

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

De Land pool. Aircraft construction class. The flame of welding torches has replaced the soft lights of a nightclub in Daytona Beach, Florida, which has been taken over for a vocational school to train war workers for Florida's pooling program. Pictured above is C.C. Gravelge, welding instructor, showing one of his classes the difficult art of overhead welding in preparation for their initiation into aircraft welding jobs on the De Land pool's war contract

De Land pool. Aircraft construction class. The flame of welding torche...

Public domain photograph - United States during World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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.

Buy a Liberty Bond to-day! - Drawing. Public domain image.

Buy a Liberty Bond to-day! - Drawing. Public domain image.

Soldiers in Statue of Liberty torch. "Blue devils" on left banner; "Pershing's vets" on right banner with slogans "Come across!" "We've been across!" and "Buy a bond." Title on verso. Sketch of "melting pot" on... More

Caught in the act., Washington, D.C. Aug. 14. William E. Raymond has been cracking safes most of his life but has never served a sentence in jail. He works for a safe and lock company and has made safe cracking his life profession. He is known all over the country as a master with finger tips, drills, or Acotylone torches. Time and again Raymond has proved a [à] to Washington bankers and businessmen when they have locked their safes and forgotten the combination. He refuses to divulge the exact technique of getting into safes without tools for fear of safe breakers operating outside the law might pick up a point or two

Caught in the act., Washington, D.C. Aug. 14. William E. Raymond has b...

Public domain photograph of Washington DC, 1910s-1920s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Night signalling - Public domain monumental decor drawing

Night signalling - Public domain monumental decor drawing

Title inscribed on verso. "Signal Corps VIII 3" inscribed on verso. Published in: Harper's Weekly, November 12, 1864, p. 732. Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings File Q. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 191... More

The legacy of the 19th to the 20th century

The legacy of the 19th to the 20th century

Various historic events and discoveries carried over to the 20th century.

Denver, Colorado. Twenty-four hours a day the sparks from acetylene torches of steel workers in eight Denver fabricating plants are flying thick and fast that the U.S. Navy may carry the battle to the enemy in all parts of the world. Here in secluded Denver, the world's largest city not on a navigable waterway, this war production worker, who has never seen a battleship or an ocean, fashions the steel hull parts which are being assembled at Mare Island Navy Yard--1,200 miles from where he and his fellow wokers are on the job to help "keep 'em sailling."

Denver, Colorado. Twenty-four hours a day the sparks from acetylene to...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, workshop, workers, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Army of the James - signaling by torches across James River from General Butler's head-quarters / sketched by William Waud.

Army of the James - signaling by torches across James River from Gener...

Illustration from: Harper's Weekly, 1864. Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Torches Motel, Barstow, California

The Torches Motel, Barstow, California

Settlement of Barstow began in the late 1840s in the Mormon Corridor. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Hi... More

Night signalling - Public domain scenic drawing

Night signalling - Public domain scenic drawing

Title inscribed on verso. "Signal Corps VIII 3" inscribed on verso. Published in: Harper's Weekly, November 12, 1864, p. 732. Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings File Q. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 191... More

Production. Pipe fittings. Pipe fittings for the Army. In the pipe cutting department of a large Midwest bending plant, elbows are cut to length from sections bent from straight pipe. The cutting is done with saws or automatic torches. Tube Turn Incorporated

Production. Pipe fittings. Pipe fittings for the Army. In the pipe cut...

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.

The legacy of the 19th to the 20th century

The legacy of the 19th to the 20th century

Various historic events and discoveries carried over to the 20th century.

New York, from Governors Island / painted by W.G. Wall ; engraved by I. Hill.

New York, from Governors Island / painted by W.G. Wall ; engraved by I...

Allies "France," "Italy," "England," and United States (represented as Uncle Sam) carrying flaming torch, "Liberty," up hill toward dragon with German helmet while bear (Soviet Union) cowers in background. (DLC... More

The day - Drawing. Public domain image.

The day - Drawing. Public domain image.

Lightning from Statue of Liberty torch striking snake with German helmet. (DLC/PP-1932:0042). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: New York Herald, July 4, 1918, p. 5.

Night signalling. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Night signalling. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Title inscribed on verso. "Signal Corps VIII 3" inscribed on verso. Published in: Harper's Weekly, November 12, 1864, p. 732. Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings File Q. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 191... More

New York, from Governors Island / painted by W.G. Wall ; engraved by I. Hill.

New York, from Governors Island / painted by W.G. Wall ; engraved by I...

Allies "France," "Italy," "England," and United States (represented as Uncle Sam) carrying flaming torch, "Liberty," up hill toward dragon with German helmet while bear (Soviet Union) cowers in background. (DLC... More

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions

New York, from Governors Island / painted by W.G. Wall ; engraved by I. Hill.

New York, from Governors Island / painted by W.G. Wall ; engraved by I...

Print shows a view of New York City from Governors Island with a soldier patrolling outside a fortification, and a sailboat and sailing ship in the harbor with the city in the background.

The spirit of education - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Congress

The spirit of education - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Congr...

General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Wyeth, N. C., artist. Silver, Burdett and Company,... More

Night signalling - Public domain monumental decor drawing

Night signalling - Public domain monumental decor drawing

Title inscribed on verso. "Signal Corps VIII 3" inscribed on verso. Published in: Harper's Weekly, November 12, 1864, p. 732. Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings File Q. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 191... More

Par nobile fratrum - Public domain dedication image

Par nobile fratrum - Public domain dedication image

No accession number. Published in: Washington post. This catalog record contains preliminary or unverified data from a project done in BRS software, ca. 1985. mm / 860224.

The interior of a shipbuilding plant, showing men working with acetylene torches

The interior of a shipbuilding plant, showing men working with acetyle...

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