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Nevada Test Site, Japanese Village, Type C Structure, Area 4, Yucca Flat, 4-04 Road near Rainier Mesa Road, Mercury, Nye County, NV

Nevada Test Site, Japanese Village, Type C Structure, Area 4, Yucca Fl...

Survey number: HABS NV-27-B Building/structure dates: 1962 Initial Construction

Schofield Barracks Military Reservation, Corner-Entry Single-Family Housing Type, Between Hamilton & Tidball Streets, & between Williston & Ayres Avenues, Wahiawa, Honolulu County, HI

Schofield Barracks Military Reservation, Corner-Entry Single-Family Ho...

Significance: The wood Craftsman housing designs show a conscious response to popular and regional architectural styles, and to the tropical environment of the site. These houses at Schofield combine some of t... More

Hickam Field, NCO Housing Type 8, 212E Thirteenth Street, Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI

Hickam Field, NCO Housing Type 8, 212E Thirteenth Street, Honolulu, Ho...

Significance: The Type 8 apartment housing units were part of the development of Hickam Air Base in the late 1930s and early 1940s as the Army Air Corps shifted its operations from Ford Island and utilized the ... More

Hickam Field, Officers' Housing Type A, 601 Boquet Boulevard, Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI

Hickam Field, Officers' Housing Type A, 601 Boquet Boulevard, Honolulu...

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

Hickam Field, Officers' Housing Type A, 601 Boquet Boulevard, Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI

Hickam Field, Officers' Housing Type A, 601 Boquet Boulevard, Honolulu...

Public domain photograph of apartment room, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Broadhead Manor, Two-Bedroom Type, 3644 Old Orchard Circle, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

Broadhead Manor, Two-Bedroom Type, 3644 Old Orchard Circle, Pittsburgh...

Survey number: HABS PA-6221-C Building/structure dates: 1944 Initial Construction

Broadhead Manor, Two-Bedroom Type, 3644 Old Orchard Circle, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

Broadhead Manor, Two-Bedroom Type, 3644 Old Orchard Circle, Pittsburgh...

Survey number: HABS PA-6221-C Building/structure dates: 1944 Initial Construction

Parkside Homes & Addition, World War II Era Building Type 3, Bounded by Connor Avenue, Frankfort Road, & Zachariah Chandler Park, Detroit, Wayne County, MI

Parkside Homes & Addition, World War II Era Building Type 3, Bounded b...

Significance: The most common building type found in the Parkside Addition is a combination of row houses and flats in a single building. Excluding eight buildings considered a distinct type because they had t... More

Oakland Naval Supply Center, Warehouse Type D, Maritime Street at Seventh Avenue, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

Oakland Naval Supply Center, Warehouse Type D, Maritime Street at Seve...

Survey number: HABS CA-2614-D Building/structure dates: 1942- 1944 Initial Construction

Oakland Naval Supply Center, Warehouse Type D, Maritime Street at Seventh Avenue, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

Oakland Naval Supply Center, Warehouse Type D, Maritime Street at Seve...

Survey number: HABS CA-2614-D Building/structure dates: 1942- 1944 Initial Construction

Oakland Naval Supply Center, Warehouse Type D, Maritime Street at Seventh Avenue, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

Oakland Naval Supply Center, Warehouse Type D, Maritime Street at Seve...

Survey number: HABS CA-2614-D Building/structure dates: 1942- 1944 Initial Construction

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Housing Area 1, Fourplex Type, Bounded by Kamehameha Highway, Plantation Drive, South Avenue, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Housing Area 1, Fourplex Type, Bounded ...

Significance: The Hale Moku neighborhood is significant as an example of military housing built just before the United States' entry into World War II, reflecting the build-up of defenses and the related need f... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Housing Area 1, Fourplex Type, Bounded by Kamehameha Highway, Plantation Drive, South Avenue, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Housing Area 1, Fourplex Type, Bounded ...

Significance: The Hale Moku neighborhood is significant as an example of military housing built just before the United States' entry into World War II, reflecting the build-up of defenses and the related need f... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Landplane Hangar Type, Wasp Boulevard and Gambier Bay Street, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Landplane Hangar Type, Wasp Boulevard a...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an airport, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Hamilton Field, Company Officers' Quarters Type B1, Sunset Drive, Novato, Marin County, CA

Hamilton Field, Company Officers' Quarters Type B1, Sunset Drive, Nova...

Significance: The Type B1 Company Officers' Quarters are among the original residential units designed by the Constructing Quartermaster's Office at Hamilton Army Air Field. The homes were equipped with all th... More

Hamilton Field, Company Officers' Quarters Type B1, Sunset Drive, Novato, Marin County, CA

Hamilton Field, Company Officers' Quarters Type B1, Sunset Drive, Nova...

Significance: The Type B1 Company Officers' Quarters are among the original residential units designed by the Constructing Quartermaster's Office at Hamilton Army Air Field. The homes were equipped with all th... More

Hickam Field, Officers' Housing Type J, 701 Beard Street, Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI

Hickam Field, Officers' Housing Type J, 701 Beard Street, Honolulu, Ho...

Significance: The housing planned for the new Air Base was designed "in keeping with the Hawaiian atmosphere and traditions" with some buildings placed on curving streets and amidst extensive landscaping plants... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Makalapa, Angle Three-Bedroom Duplex Type M, Kamakani & Samoa Places, & Makalapa Drive, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Makalapa, Angle Thre...

Significance: This housing type is significant as an example of Hawaiian residential architecture during the 1940s, in a grouping of related types. The design is notable for the use of new materials and minima... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Makalapa, Angle Three-Bedroom Duplex Type M, Kamakani & Samoa Places, & Makalapa Drive, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Makalapa, Angle Thre...

Significance: This housing type is significant as an example of Hawaiian residential architecture during the 1940s, in a grouping of related types. The design is notable for the use of new materials and minima... More

Hamilton Field, Company Officers' Quarters Type H1, Buena Vista, Novato, Marin County, CA

Hamilton Field, Company Officers' Quarters Type H1, Buena Vista, Novat...

Significance: The Type H Company Officers' Quarters (COQ) are among the original residential units designed by the Constructing Quartermaster's Office at Hamilton Army Air Field. The quarters were equipped wit... More

Munhall Homesteads, Type "X-2", Longfellow Drive, Munhall, Allegheny County, PA

Munhall Homesteads, Type "X-2", Longfellow Drive, Munhall, Allegheny C...

Public domain photograph of apartment building, architectural plan, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Presidio of San Francisco, Enlisted Men's Barracks Type, West end of Crissy Field, between Pearce & Maudlin Streets, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Presidio of San Francisco, Enlisted Men's Barracks Type, West end of C...

Survey number: HABS CA-2623 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000232

Presidio of San Francisco, Enlisted Men's Barracks Type, West end of Crissy Field, between Pearce & Maudlin Streets, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Presidio of San Francisco, Enlisted Men's Barracks Type, West end of C...

Survey number: HABS CA-2623 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000232

Presidio of San Francisco, Enlisted Men's Barracks Type, West end of Crissy Field, between Pearce & Maudlin Streets, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Presidio of San Francisco, Enlisted Men's Barracks Type, West end of C...

Survey number: HABS CA-2623 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000232

Presidio of San Francisco, Enlisted Men's Barracks Type, West end of Crissy Field, between Pearce & Maudlin Streets, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Presidio of San Francisco, Enlisted Men's Barracks Type, West end of C...

Survey number: HABS CA-2623 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000232

Presidio of San Francisco, Enlisted Men's Barracks Type, West end of Crissy Field, between Pearce & Maudlin Streets, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Presidio of San Francisco, Enlisted Men's Barracks Type, West end of C...

Survey number: HABS CA-2623 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000232

Hickam Field, Fort Kamehameha Officers' Housing Type Z, 19 Worchester Avenue, Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI

Hickam Field, Fort Kamehameha Officers' Housing Type Z, 19 Worchester ...

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

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Housing Area 1, Sixplex Type, Bounded by Kamehameha Highway, Plantation Drive, South Avenue, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Housing Area 1, Sixplex Type, Bounded b...

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

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Brick Officers' Quarters, Type B, Dayton, Montgomery County, OH

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Brick Officers' Quarters, Type B, Day...

Significance: The residence of the commanding officer (also known as the Robins House for its first occupant, Brigadier General Augustine Warner Robins) was erected along with the other buildings in the Brick Q... More

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Brick Officers' Quarters, Type B, Dayton, Montgomery County, OH

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Brick Officers' Quarters, Type B, Day...

Significance: The residence of the commanding officer (also known as the Robins House for its first occupant, Brigadier General Augustine Warner Robins) was erected along with the other buildings in the Brick Q... More

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Brick Officers' Quarters, Type B, Dayton, Montgomery County, OH

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Brick Officers' Quarters, Type B, Day...

Significance: The residence of the commanding officer (also known as the Robins House for its first occupant, Brigadier General Augustine Warner Robins) was erected along with the other buildings in the Brick Q... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Hospital Point, Surgeon's Quarters Type, 2-5 First Street, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Hospital Point, Surg...

Significance: This type is significant to the Hospital Point neighborhood as the first quarters to have been built in association with the development of the naval hospital at Pearl Harbor. These two houses ar... More

One type of house that was on the land use project before development work started. Las Cruces, New Mexico

One type of house that was on the land use project before development ...

Public domain photograph - New Mexico, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Naval Magazine Lualualei, Headquarters Branch, Inert Storehouse Type, Twelfth Street between Kwajulein & New Mexico Streets, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

Naval Magazine Lualualei, Headquarters Branch, Inert Storehouse Type, ...

Significance: These buildings serve as excellent intact examples of military construction from the World War II period, and are significant as part of the WWII build-up of the base. Survey number: HABS HI-260

Oakland Naval Supply Center, Warehouse Type B, Intersection of Third & L Streets, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

Oakland Naval Supply Center, Warehouse Type B, Intersection of Third &...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, warehouse, depot, train station, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Oakland Naval Supply Center, Warehouse Type B, Intersection of Third & L Streets, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

Oakland Naval Supply Center, Warehouse Type B, Intersection of Third &...

Public domain photograph of California industry, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Hickam Field, Officers' Housing Type D, 111 Beard Avenue, Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI

Hickam Field, Officers' Housing Type D, 111 Beard Avenue, Honolulu, Ho...

Significance: The housing planned for the new Air Base was designed "in keeping with the Hawaiian atmosphere and traditions" with some buildings placed on curving streets and amidst extensive landscaping plants... More

Presidio of San Francisco, Recreation Building Type, West end of Crissy Field, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Presidio of San Francisco, Recreation Building Type, West end of Criss...

Survey number: HABS CA-2621 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000232

Camp H.M. Smith and Navy Public Works Center Manana Title VII (Capehart) Housing, Three-Bedroom Single-Family Type 7, Birch Circle, Elm Drive, Elm Circle, and Date Drive, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

Camp H.M. Smith and Navy Public Works Center Manana Title VII (Capehar...

Significance: The housing area was constructed as a Capehart project in 1959 for Marine Corps and Navy personnel. It was one of many similar projects built throughout Hawaii and the nation under the Capehart Ac... More

Camp H.M. Smith and Navy Public Works Center Manana Title VII (Capehart) Housing, Three-Bedroom Single-Family Type 7, Birch Circle, Elm Drive, Elm Circle, and Date Drive, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

Camp H.M. Smith and Navy Public Works Center Manana Title VII (Capehar...

Significance: The housing area was constructed as a Capehart project in 1959 for Marine Corps and Navy personnel. It was one of many similar projects built throughout Hawaii and the nation under the Capehart Ac... More

Camp H.M. Smith and Navy Public Works Center Manana Title VII (Capehart) Housing, Three-Bedroom Single-Family Type 7, Birch Circle, Elm Drive, Elm Circle, and Date Drive, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

Camp H.M. Smith and Navy Public Works Center Manana Title VII (Capehar...

Significance: The housing area was constructed as a Capehart project in 1959 for Marine Corps and Navy personnel. It was one of many similar projects built throughout Hawaii and the nation under the Capehart Ac... More

Abbottsford Homes, Building Type 1, Bounded by Abbottsford, Henry & Robert Avenues & Fox Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Abbottsford Homes, Building Type 1, Bounded by Abbottsford, Henry & Ro...

Significance: Built in 1942-43, the Abbottsford Homes Defense Housing Project exemplified World War II urban workers' housing. It was created to house workers in nearby war-related industries and their families... More

Naval Magazine Lualualei, West Loch Branch, Fallout Shelter Type, East of A Avenue near Second Street, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

Naval Magazine Lualualei, West Loch Branch, Fallout Shelter Type, East...

Significance: These structures serve as excellent examples of military construction from the 1940s, and are significant as part of the WWII buildup of the base. Survey number: HABS HI-217

Hickam Field, NCO Housing Type 3, 213 Tenth Street, Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI

Hickam Field, NCO Housing Type 3, 213 Tenth Street, Honolulu, Honolulu...

Significance: The housing planned for the new Air Base was designed "in keeping with the Hawaiian atmosphere and traditions" with some buildings placed on curving streets and amidst extensive landscaping plants... More

Hamilton Field, Storehouse Type B, Hangar Avenue, Novato, Marin County, CA

Hamilton Field, Storehouse Type B, Hangar Avenue, Novato, Marin County...

Significance: These temporary facilities were completed in 1941 to help meet the demand for additional storage space on the base. Although both buildings are quite deteriorated, they are good examples of unmod... More

Naval Air Station Barbers Point, Maintenance Hangar Type, Midway Street, Ewa, Honolulu County, HI

Naval Air Station Barbers Point, Maintenance Hangar Type, Midway Stree...

Significance: The buildings represent the purpose of the air station. They were the first hangars built at the base. Their size and function make them focal points of the base. They are an important part of ... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Hale Alii, Junior Officers' Quarters Type, 9-10 Hale Alii Avenue, 1-2 Eighth Street, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Hale Alii, Junior Of...

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

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Hale Alii, Junior Officers' Quarters Type, 9-10 Hale Alii Avenue, 1-2 Eighth Street, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Hale Alii, Junior Of...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Hawaii, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Hickam Field, NCO Housing Type 6, 212 Eleventh Street, Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI

Hickam Field, NCO Housing Type 6, 212 Eleventh Street, Honolulu, Honol...

Significance: The Type 6 duplex housing units were part of the development of Hickam Air BAse in the late 1930s and early 1940s as the Army Air Corps shifted its operations from Ford Island and utilized the lar... More

Ogden Arsenal, Igloo Type Magazine, 6359 Hickory Avenue, Layton, Davis County, UT

Ogden Arsenal, Igloo Type Magazine, 6359 Hickory Avenue, Layton, Davis...

Significance: Building 1825 provides particularly vivid insight into the processes involved in the storage of highly explosive components like munitions. In addition, this building contributes to an understand... More

Oakland Naval Supply Center, Warehouse Type A, South end of Third Street, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

Oakland Naval Supply Center, Warehouse Type A, South end of Third Stre...

Survey number: HABS CA-2614-A Building/structure dates: 1945 Initial Construction

Oakland Naval Supply Center, Warehouse Type A, South end of Third Street, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

Oakland Naval Supply Center, Warehouse Type A, South end of Third Stre...

Survey number: HABS CA-2614-A Building/structure dates: 1945 Initial Construction

Keasbey & Mattison Company, Four-Square House Type, 43 Hendricks Street, Ambler, Montgomery County, PA

Keasbey & Mattison Company, Four-Square House Type, 43 Hendricks Stree...

Survey number: HABS PA-6048-Y Public domain photograph of a house, residential property, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Naval Magazine Lualualei, West Loch Branch, Guard-Watch Tower Type, Near A Avenue between Fourth & Sixth Streets, Ninth Street & D Avenue intersection, & F Avenue, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

Naval Magazine Lualualei, West Loch Branch, Guard-Watch Tower Type, Ne...

Significance: These buildings serve as excellent intact examples of military construction in the 1930s, and are significant as part of the initial base construction. Survey number: HABS HI-219

Houses for Britain. Model of prefabricated house erected at Scott Circle, Washington, D.C. of the type of temporary, emergency dwelling which it is planned to ship 30,000 to Great Britain under lend-lease. View of front of house with kitchen entrance facing camera and front entrance behind open screen. Bathroom and one of two bedrooms behind kitchen

Houses for Britain. Model of prefabricated house erected at Scott Circ...

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

New type sled, Germany - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

New type sled, Germany - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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

[High Medicine Rock, Crow Indian with two horses at left, Her Horse Kills with child in buggy at right, tepees and circus type tent in background, Montana]

[High Medicine Rock, Crow Indian with two horses at left, Her Horse Ki...

H113060 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 2732-08.

[Breguet biplane, type 1910, flying over a town, possibly in Morocco]

[Breguet biplane, type 1910, flying over a town, possibly in Morocco]

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

Group of cash boys in Holmes Department Store showing the youngest workers there and typical type of conditions in New Orleans department stores.  Location: New Orleans, Louisiana.

Group of cash boys in Holmes Department Store showing the youngest wor...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Argentine type of ox cart used in rural sections
Ruins of Jerash (Gerasa). Jerash, colonnade along Main Street. An ancient type ox cart on pavement

Ruins of Jerash (Gerasa). Jerash, colonnade along Main Street. An anci...

Public domain photograph of classic architecture, sculpture, antiquity, ancient Greece, Rome, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Various subjects of archaeological interest. Pottery virgin lamps. Matt 25:1. Byzantine type.

Various subjects of archaeological interest. Pottery virgin lamps. Mat...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of 3d object, pottery, ceramics, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

[Marshall Islands stick chart, Meddo type]. nautical chart

[Marshall Islands stick chart, Meddo type]. nautical chart

Title and date supplied by cataloger. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Model housed in a cloth covered box with a clear plastic cover. "This type of stick chart used by... More

This is the delegation of Turks which was sent to Lausanne. It is a fiar [i.e., fair(?)] type of the men who are governing Turkey to-day. Ismet Pasha in the center

This is the delegation of Turks which was sent to Lausanne. It is a fi...

Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection. Public domain photograph of an official meeting, group portrait of people, managers, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Snowlodge, Tourist Cabin Type No. 729, 700' southeast of Snowlodge, West Thumb, Teton County, WY

Snowlodge, Tourist Cabin Type No. 729, 700' southeast of Snowlodge, We...

Survey number: HABS WY-126-L National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 82001839

Type: young Jew. Palestine under British mandate. 1930s.

Type: young Jew. Palestine under British mandate. 1930s.

Public domain photograph related to Jewish history, Jews, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Agriculturalist wields brush for posterity. Royal C. Steadman, 20-year veteran of the Agriculture Department, wields his brush on wax models of apples, pears and other fruits so that the department archives will have a permanent record of outstanding characteristics of different varieties. Steadman has developed a technique for this type of art work which results in a very delectable wax apple. 12/4/35

Agriculturalist wields brush for posterity. Royal C. Steadman, 20-year...

Public domain photograph of people in office, interior, the 1910s-1920s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

One type of house that was on the land use project before development work started. Las Cruces, New Mexico

One type of house that was on the land use project before development ...

Public domain photograph of Mexico, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Migrant family on U.S. Highway 99 between Bakersfield and Famoso, California. Note: the photographer passed twenty-eight cars of this type while driving thirty-five miles between 9:00 and 9:45 in the morning

Migrant family on U.S. Highway 99 between Bakersfield and Famoso, Cali...

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

Interior of gristmill. Turbine wheel type. On Daddys Creek. On the road between Pikeville and Crossville, Tennessee

Interior of gristmill. Turbine wheel type. On Daddys Creek. On the roa...

Public domain photograph of Tennessee, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Stack of thistle hay. Williams County, North Dakota. This is only type of feed or roughage that can be obtained locally

Stack of thistle hay. Williams County, North Dakota. This is only type...

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

Sailboat races get under way on Potomac. Washington, D.C., Sept. 18. As a prelude to the major boat races in President's Cup Regatta scheduled for next Saturday, The Comets, Snipes, Moths and other type windjammers sailed the breezy Potomac today to compete for the much-coveted cups. President viewed the races from the yacht Potomac. 9/18/37

Sailboat races get under way on Potomac. Washington, D.C., Sept. 18. A...

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

Napa Valley, California. More than twenty-five years a bindle-stiff. Walks from the mines to the lumber camps to the farms. The type that formed the backbone of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) in California before the war. Subject of Carleton Parker's "Studies on IWW"

Napa Valley, California. More than twenty-five years a bindle-stiff. W...

Public domain photograph of rural California, dust bowl refugees, 1930s-1940s, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Western Washington, Lewis County, near Vader. Bulldozer equipped with grader type blade. Nieman farm. General caption number 41

Western Washington, Lewis County, near Vader. Bulldozer equipped with ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a tractor, farming equipment, agriculture, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

West side of San Joaquin Valley, California. Caterpillar diesel type. Tractor is common in California. Only very large-scale operations can afford this type. Cultivating potato fields

West side of San Joaquin Valley, California. Caterpillar diesel type. ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of farming, farmer, agriculture, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Tank manufacture (Chrysler). M-3s, the twenty-eight ton "medium" tanks being turned out in Detroit at the Chrysler tank arsenal, are powered by nine cylinder, 400 horsepower Wright Whirlwind aviation type engines. These men are working on the engine wiring sub-assembly

Tank manufacture (Chrysler). M-3s, the twenty-eight ton "medium" tanks...

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

Maryland photographs - Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Photograph.

Maryland photographs - Farm Security Administration / Office of War In...

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

Newport News, Virginia. The forward deck on a C-3, photographed from the bridge. Winch in foreground; winch platform in center of picture. The mast has not yet been installed on the ship. (C-3 refers simply  to the type of ship design.)

Newport News, Virginia. The forward deck on a C-3, photographed from t...

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

President of home demonstration club exhibiting a new type of Mason jar for canning purposes. McIntosh County, Oklahoma

President of home demonstration club exhibiting a new type of Mason ja...

Public domain photograph of indoor, interior activity, America in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Maryland photographs - Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Photograph.

Maryland photographs - Farm Security Administration / Office of War In...

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

Steel alloy manufacture. Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corporation, Brackenridge, Pennsylvania. Thirty-five ton electric arc melting furnace in operation. These furnaces convert scrap iron and steel into high quality steel alloys. This type of furnace gives much faster heating and permits the accurate temperature control so necessary in the processing of the high quality steels. The alloying elements are being added to the bath of molten steel

Steel alloy manufacture. Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corporation, Brackenri...

Public domain photograph of building construction site, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a fire hydrant, Washington DC. Farm Security Administration photograph

A black and white photo of a fire hydrant, Washington DC. Farm Securit...

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

Aircraft tire manufacture. Wide range of tire sizes required for military aircraft is illustrated by this photograph. Tire at bottom is of type used on average medium bomber while small tires at top are for tail wheels of various types. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Aircraft tire manufacture. Wide range of tire sizes required for milit...

Public domain photograph of the 1930s-1940s World War Two, armed forces, military production, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Checking fabric rolling off calendar. Through this calendaring machine, the heated cords are squeezed through warm rubber under terrific pressure which completely insulates each individual cord in its own sheath of rubber, and produces an extremely strong fabric of the weftless type. Close watch is kept to maintain uniform thickness and texture at all times. In front of the worker is the trough into which a fresh supply of special gum rubber is constantly being added. Firestone (General Tires), Akron, Ohio

Checking fabric rolling off calendar. Through this calendaring machine...

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

Cotton stockings. Cotton is coming to have universal appeal. Shopping for cotton hose in a Hollywood store, Rita Hayworth finds that the shop girl, too, is wearing hose much the same type she plans to buy. Miss Hayworth is inspecting a diamond pattern lisle stocking personally selected for her by Hollywood's famed designer, Howard Greer, to accompany her afternoon emsemble

Cotton stockings. Cotton is coming to have universal appeal. Shopping ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of the 1930s - 1940s, woman, female portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fort Belvoir, Virginia. Two soldiers, wearing heavy gloves, handling barbed wire steel screw type picket

Fort Belvoir, Virginia. Two soldiers, wearing heavy gloves, handling b...

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

Indianapolis, Indiana. An old-type bus being boarded by passengers in the Greyhound bus terminal. The drivers call this type of bus a "dive bomber." These buses are about ten years old and have been completely rebuilt

Indianapolis, Indiana. An old-type bus being boarded by passengers in ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of street life, food vendor, city market, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Substitute materials. Glass utensils. A deep dish glass baking dish of the type shown here makes layers so big that two suffice for a good-sized cake. A glass saucepan for preparing the ingrediants and a glass plate for holding the cake show the utility of glass as a substitute for strategic materials

Substitute materials. Glass utensils. A deep dish glass baking dish of...

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Washington, D.C. The U.S. Weather Bureau station at the National Airport. Weather information is essential to all aircraft pilots. Here the forecaster is shown discussing the type of weather the pilots may encounter on their proposed flights

Washington, D.C. The U.S. Weather Bureau station at the National Airpo...

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Washington, D.C. The U.S. Weather Bureau station at the National Airport. Weather information is essential to all aircraft pilots. Here the forecaster is shown discussing the type of weather the pilots may encounter on their proposed flights

Washington, D.C. The U.S. Weather Bureau station at the National Airpo...

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Tire recapping. "Cooking" a recapped passenger car tire in a curing mold. The recap is made by applying passenger type reclaimed camelback to a worn casing on which the tread surface had previously been ground down evenly. The plan to recap passenger tires with reclaimed rubber camelback, approved by rubber director William M. Jeffers, was put into effect in February 1943 to reduce the demand for replacement tires and still keep civilian cars in service

Tire recapping. "Cooking" a recapped passenger car tire in a curing mo...

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Camp H.M. Smith and Navy Public Works Center Manana Title VII (Capehart) Housing, U-Shaped Three-Bedroom Duplex Type 4, Acacia Road, Birch Circle, Cedar Drive and Elm Drive, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

Camp H.M. Smith and Navy Public Works Center Manana Title VII (Capehar...

Significance: The housing area was constructed as a Capehart project in 1959 for Marine Corps and Navy personnel. It was one of many similar projects built throughout Hawaii and the nation under the Capehart Ac... More

Camp H.M. Smith and Navy Public Works Center Manana Title VII (Capehart) Housing, U-Shaped Three-Bedroom Duplex Type 4, Acacia Road, Birch Circle, Cedar Drive and Elm Drive, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

Camp H.M. Smith and Navy Public Works Center Manana Title VII (Capehar...

Significance: The housing area was constructed as a Capehart project in 1959 for Marine Corps and Navy personnel. It was one of many similar projects built throughout Hawaii and the nation under the Capehart Ac... More

Oakland Army Base, Warehouse Type, Tobruk Street, between Warehouse Road & Fifteenth Street, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

Oakland Army Base, Warehouse Type, Tobruk Street, between Warehouse Ro...

Significance: Buildings 802-808 played a vital role in the Installation's mission to resupply U.S. forces in the Pacific during both World War II and the Korean engagement. Materiel was shipped by rail and tru... More

Naval Magazine Lualualei, West Loch Branch, Inert Storehouse Type, Northeast of Fourth Street & D Avenue intersection, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

Naval Magazine Lualualei, West Loch Branch, Inert Storehouse Type, Nor...

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Naval Magazine Lualualei, West Loch Branch, Inert Storehouse Type, Northeast of Fourth Street & D Avenue intersection, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

Naval Magazine Lualualei, West Loch Branch, Inert Storehouse Type, Nor...

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Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Brick Officers' Quarters, Type A, Area A, Dayton, Montgomery County, OH

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Brick Officers' Quarters, Type A, Are...

Significance: The majority of quarters intended for senior officers within the Brick Quarters complex are doubles: Type "A" is the only single type so designated and is larger and more exclusive then the other ... More

Naval Air Station Barbers Point, Officer House with Garage Type, Franklin & Saratoga Avenues, Ewa, Honolulu County, HI

Naval Air Station Barbers Point, Officer House with Garage Type, Frank...

Significance: These housing units are significant as the quarters of the senior officers of the Naval Air Station. Two of the three garages are historic buildings that contribute to this historic group of stru... More

Naval Air Station Barbers Point, Officer House with Garage Type, Franklin & Saratoga Avenues, Ewa, Honolulu County, HI

Naval Air Station Barbers Point, Officer House with Garage Type, Frank...

Significance: These housing units are significant as the quarters of the senior officers of the Naval Air Station. Two of the three garages are historic buildings that contribute to this historic group of stru... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Temporary Storehouses - 1944 Type, North Road at Neches Avenue, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Temporary Storehouses - 1944 Type, Nort...

Significance: Facility Nos. 489, 490, and 491 are associated with the expansion of facilities at the Naval base during WWII. They were the second set of storehouses built on the fill land that created Kuahua Pe... More

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