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A conical hill 500 ft. high standing in the valley of Laguna, Colorado

A conical hill 500 ft. high standing in the valley of Laguna, Colorado

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

The valley of the shadow of death - caves in the Woronzoff Road behind the 21 gun battery / W. Simpson delt. ; J. Needham lith.

The valley of the shadow of death - caves in the Woronzoff Road behind...

Print shows bird's-eye view of the landscape along the Woronzoff Road with cannon balls lining the roadside, also shows the entrance to a valley and, in the foreground, soldiers carrying a wounded soldier on a ... More

Incident in Cherry Valley - fate of Jane Wells / from the original picture by A. Chappel ... ; Thomas Phillibrown, engraver.

Incident in Cherry Valley - fate of Jane Wells / from the original pic...

Jane Wells is pleading for her life, and a man attempts to protect her from an Indian who is about to kill her. House behind them is being burned by Loyalists and Indians led by Major Walter Butler and Mohawk C... More

The war in America: Rendevous of Mosby's men in the pass of the Blue Ridge, Shenandoah Valley

The war in America: Rendevous of Mosby's men in the pass of the Blue R...

Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 1865 Jan. 21, p. 56. No ref. copy. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geog.; Civil War Cavalry; Civil War Units Mosby's.

Nick of the Woods, near Yank's Station, A Curious Cedar Knot, Valley of Lake Tahoe

Nick of the Woods, near Yank's Station, A Curious Cedar Knot, Valley o...

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 643. LOT subdivision subject: Lake Tahoe. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.

Mount Diablo, from San Ramon Valley - Contra Costa County

Mount Diablo, from San Ramon Valley - Contra Costa County

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 566. LOT subdivision subject: Contra Costa County. This record contains unverified old data from c... More

Burning Rock cut - Green River Valley (Andrew J. Russel)

Burning Rock cut - Green River Valley (Andrew J. Russel)

Photograph shows men standing next to the railroad cut through Burning Rock in the Green River Valley for the Central Pacific Railroad. Illus. in: Sun pictures of Rocky Mountain scenery, with a description of ... More

Missouri Valley. Expressly manufactured for the Omaha market of the finest Vuelta Abajo tobacco by M.M.S. / Lith. of F. Heppenheimer & Co., N.Y.

Missouri Valley. Expressly manufactured for the Omaha market of the fi...

Tobacco label showing riverboat on the Missouri River. Copyright by M.M. Smith.

Mt. Range; Castle Valley in distance.

Mt. Range; Castle Valley in distance.

Original negative number: 19. Part of series: U.S. War Dept., Corps of Engineers; Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of 100th Meridian, Expedition of 1872; Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, commanding. Part of: ... More

Monument over the remains of 750 U.S. soldiers, who fell in the valley of Mexico during the Mexican War

Monument over the remains of 750 U.S. soldiers, who fell in the valley...

Photograph shows monument in a Mexico City cemetery. No. 1100. Copyright by Kilburn Brothers.

Scene of the story of Robinson Crusoe. Selkirk's Cave. Side view looking up the valley. "Crusoe's Quibedrada"

Scene of the story of Robinson Crusoe. Selkirk's Cave. Side view look...

Photograph shows two men outside cave that Alexander Selkirk used as shelter while stranded on Isla Más a Tierra, Juan Fernández Islands. 10239E U.S. Copyright Office.

Ole Johnson and Family, Round Valley, Custer County, Nebraska.

Ole Johnson and Family, Round Valley, Custer County, Nebraska.

summary: An annotation dated 1886 reads: "Ole Johnson came to the United States from Norway. He came to Round Valley, Nebraska in 1879." original size: 6x8

Washington Brumbaugh and family in Dry Valley near the old Brumbaugh Post Office four miles southwest of Sargent, Custer County, Nebraska.

Washington Brumbaugh and family in Dry Valley near the old Brumbaugh P...

summary: Photographer's note "Now owns hotel in Sargent, run by Mr. Brumbaugh's widow." original size: 6x8

Smith family, Ortello Valley, Nebraska.

Smith family, Ortello Valley, Nebraska.

original size: 6x8 Public domain photograph - historical image of Nebraska, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Jacob Johnson, New Ortello Valley, Custer County, Nebraska

Jacob Johnson, New Ortello Valley, Custer County, Nebraska

summary: Photographers Note: "The man and woman who were killed in Iowa some 3 or 4 years ago, about 1908 or 1910(?) by a fast train when they got off on the wrong side of track." original size: 6x8

John U. Kleeb, Round Valley, Custer County, Nebraska

John U. Kleeb, Round Valley, Custer County, Nebraska

summary: Note the laundry drying to the left of the photograph, and the cave ins the side of the hill to the upper right original size: 6x8

Allbright (or Albright), Dry Valley, Custer County, Nebraska.

Allbright (or Albright), Dry Valley, Custer County, Nebraska.

original size: 6x8 Public domain photograph - historical image of Oregon, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ortello Valley, Custer County, Nebraska.

Ortello Valley, Custer County, Nebraska.

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

[Valley with meandering stream]

[Valley with meandering stream]

Title devised by cataloger. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1939:0060). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

[Happy Valley, Llandudno, Wales] view, photochrome print postcard.

[Happy Valley, Llandudno, Wales] view, photochrome print postcard.

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., catalogue J foreign section. Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Photographic Company, 1905. Print no. "10357". More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at... More

[Traben, Moselle, valley of, Germany] view, photochrome print postcard.

[Traben, Moselle, valley of, Germany] view, photochrome print postcard...

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., catalogue J foreign section. Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Photographic Company, 1905. Print no. "6860". Forms part of: Views of Germany in the Photochrom print collection.

[The Ursern Valley, Andermatt, Switzerland] view, photochrome print postcard.

[The Ursern Valley, Andermatt, Switzerland] view, photochrome print po...

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "17598". Forms part of: Views of Switzerland in the Photochrom print collection.

[Valley Gardens, II., Harrogate, England] view, photochrome print postcard.

[Valley Gardens, II., Harrogate, England] view, photochrome print post...

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "10782". More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at h... More

[Lutschinen Valley, Bernese Oberland, Switzerland] view, photochrome print postcard.

[Lutschinen Valley, Bernese Oberland, Switzerland] view, photochrome p...

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "1621". Forms part of: Views of Switzerland in the Photochrom print collection.

[Llyn Dinas (cattle study), Gwynant Valley, Wales]

[Llyn Dinas (cattle study), Gwynant Valley, Wales]

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., catalogue J foreign section. Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Photographic Company, 1905. Print no. "10607". More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at... More

[Berwyn Valley, Llangollen, Wales] view, photochrome print postcard.

[Berwyn Valley, Llangollen, Wales] view, photochrome print postcard.

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., catalogue J foreign section. Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Photographic Company, 1905. Print no. "10556". More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at... More

Mauch Chunk, the Lehigh Valley from mountain road

Mauch Chunk, the Lehigh Valley from mountain road

5943B2 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; William Herman Rau; January 21, 1896. No. 550.

Jaffa to Jerusalem. Valley of Ajalon

Jaffa to Jerusalem. Valley of Ajalon

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

[Canadian National Park, down Bow Valley from Banff Springs Hotel, Alberta, Canada]

[Canadian National Park, down Bow Valley from Banff Springs Hotel, Alb...

Public domain photograph of National Park, nature, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Northern views. Looking W. toward Valley of Samaria

Northern views. Looking W. toward Valley of Samaria

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

[Twin Falls, Yoho Valley, Canada]

[Twin Falls, Yoho Valley, Canada]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a world heritage landmark, natural or regular park, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Chief Counsel. Washington, D.C., Nov. 15. Francis Biddle, Chief Counsel for the Joint Congressional Committee Investigating the Tennessee Valley Authority, pictured as he questioned witnesses today when the public hearings were resumed

Chief Counsel. Washington, D.C., Nov. 15. Francis Biddle, Chief Counse...

A black and white photo of a man sitting at a table. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Praises work of TVA in combating disease. Washington, D.C., Nov. 15. Surgeon General Thomas Parran was the first witness today as the Joint Congressional Committee Investigating the Tennessee Valley Authority resumed it's public hearing at the Capitol. While praising the TVA for the work it has done in combating disease, Dr. Parran termed the south 'the nation's no. 1 health problem.' He said the south had the 'fewest physicians' per capita, the fewest hospitals, and the highest death rate

Praises work of TVA in combating disease. Washington, D.C., Nov. 15. S...

A black and white photo of a man sitting at a desk. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Road to Hebron, Mar Saba, etc. Mar Saba and Kedron [i.e., Kidron] Valley

Road to Hebron, Mar Saba, etc. Mar Saba and Kedron [i.e., Kidron] Vall...

Public domain photograph of landscape view, nature, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Along the Ausable, Keene Valley, Adirondack Mountains

Along the Ausable, Keene Valley, Adirondack Mountains

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

[Africa. Valley of Senegal. Village scene showing ox carts.] - Frank G. Carpenter collection

[Africa. Valley of Senegal. Village scene showing ox carts.] - Frank G...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. LOT subdivision subject: India. Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection (Library of Congress).

Banff, Spray Valley and Banff Springs Hotel, Alberta, Canada

Banff, Spray Valley and Banff Springs Hotel, Alberta, Canada

Public domain photograph of historic place, landmark, 19th-century, vintage travel, landscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A home in Long Valley - A black and white photo of a field with trees

A home in Long Valley - A black and white photo of a field with trees

House in background, western Idaho. Photoprint copyrighted by W.W. Saunders. No. 11. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.

Mount Pleasant Valley, Utah, Panoramic Photograph

Mount Pleasant Valley, Utah, Panoramic Photograph

J148176 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; West Coast Art Co.; November 28, 1910. Copyright claimant's address: Los Angeles, Cal. No. 776

GUNNISON RIVER PROJECT. U.S. RECLAMATION BUREAU. CANAL UNDER 2000 FEET WATER TO UNCOMPHAGRE VALLEY

GUNNISON RIVER PROJECT. U.S. RECLAMATION BUREAU. CANAL UNDER 2000 FEET...

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

Fourteen year old spinner in Brazos Valley Cotton Mill at West. Violation of the law. Matty Lott runs six sides. See family group and their story. Location: West, Texas.

Fourteen year old spinner in Brazos Valley Cotton Mill at West. Violat...

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.

Twelve year old Selina Wall working at spooling room in the Brazos Valley Cotton Mill, West, Tex. Their Family Record says she was born, March 23, 1901. Her mother said: "She's just taking the place of her sister (fifteen years old). Selina could earn a dollar a day. She was raised up in a cotton mill over in Belton, but she has to stay home and do the cookin." The mother and the fifteen year old girl work regularly in the mill. Several older boys work. Selina keeps house. Nine in the family. Location: West, Texas.

Twelve year old Selina Wall working at spooling room in the Brazos Val...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory worker, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions. show less

["Surprise Valley Farm," Arthur Curtiss James property, Beacon Hill Road, Newport, Rhode Island. Stone buildings and stone fence]

["Surprise Valley Farm," Arthur Curtiss James property, Beacon Hill Ro...

No. 1100. No. 353. Title and date information provided by Sam Watters, 2012. Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress).

Petrean types, etc. Petra. Bdul troglodyte Arabs. Mother and baby before their cave home in ed-Der Valley

Petrean types, etc. Petra. Bdul troglodyte Arabs. Mother and baby befo...

Public domain photograph, 1930s-1940s Jerusalem, Palestine, History of Israel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mountain scenes. View of mountain across valley

Mountain scenes. View of mountain across valley

Public domain photograph of a mountain pass, mountains, nature, mountain range, view, landscape, rocks, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Petra. Umm el-Biyarah. (Earliest Nabatean stronghold). View from el-Biyarah showing Petra valley, Khubta ridge, and desert plateau

Petra. Umm el-Biyarah. (Earliest Nabatean stronghold). View from el-Bi...

Public domain photograph, 1930s-1940s Jerusalem, Palestine, History of Israel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Aleigh & Dummar Valley Middle East photographs, American Colony Jerusalem

Aleigh & Dummar Valley Middle East photographs, American Colony Jerusa...

Public domain photograph of a mountain pass, mountains, nature, mountain range, view, landscape, rocks, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Grounds of the Myron C. Taylor property, Locust Valley, Long Island, New York

Grounds of the Myron C. Taylor property, Locust Valley, Long Island, N...

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

Charges TVA withheld certain documents from federal auditors. Washington, D.C., Nov. 28. Stuart V. Tulloss, Chief of the Division of Investigation of the Comptrollers Office, today charged before the Joint Congressional Committee Investigating the TVA that the TVA withheld certain documents from federal auditors. He read into the record a letter from acting Comptroller General Elliott to Committee Chairman Donahey, listing alleged interferences with the audit of Tennessee Valley Authority accounts

Charges TVA withheld certain documents from federal auditors. Washingt...

A black and white photo of a man sitting at a desk. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chickadee at feeding station. Pleasant Valley Bird & Wild Flower Sanctuary. Lenox, Massachusetts.

Chickadee at feeding station. Pleasant Valley Bird & Wild Flower Sanct...

Photograph shows chickadee at feeding station. Public domain photograph - historical image of Massachusetts, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Air views of Palestine. Jerusalem from the air (The Old City). Jerusalem. Kedron Valley & Siloam. Looking S. showing S.E. corner of city wall

Air views of Palestine. Jerusalem from the air (The Old City). Jerusal...

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

Refreshments concession inside the Norris visitors' building (compare with notes on K 1867). In the design of such facilities the TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) wanted to demonstrate simple, clean, efficient arrangements which at the time were not known or appreciated in the valley

Refreshments concession inside the Norris visitors' building (compare ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic place interior, salon, hall lobby, living room, 18th-19th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

This photograph shows how the two halves of a trailer house, delivered individually, are assembled by simply rolling them together on previously prepared foundations which consist of a few posts driven into the ground connected by planks upon which the house halves roll by means of small wooden wheels. Each half is light enough to be towed behind a 3/4 ton truck or passenger car. They come fully equipped with all essential furniture and equipment, either built-in or stored inside during transport. They are connected to each other by a few bolts, while the roof sections meet in ridges over which a common cap is laid. The whole operation may take between one and three hours, including connection to previously prepared utilities. The section or halves measure 26' x 7'9," thus permitting highway transportation without special permits. Any number of sections can be combined. Two- and three-bedroom houses. Recreation buildings, bath houses, and even very large barracks, have been constructed by TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) on the same general plans but using more sections

This photograph shows how the two halves of a trailer house, delivered...

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

Agriculture being still the predominant occupation in the Valley, the TVA's (Tennessee Valley Authority) programs included a demonstration of good agricultural practices. The barn shown here was built in the course of such programs and served the double purpose of demonstration and the provision of pasteurized milk for construction employees

Agriculture being still the predominant occupation in the Valley, the ...

Original Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) number: 2200. Title and other information from caption sheet entry. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; ... More

Another view of Cove Lake State Park with the inn in the foreground and some of the tourists' cabins in the back. Located on a main highway, both a restaurant and overnight cabins fill an important need of the tourist traffic which, in turn, is important to the valley. In addition, it has become a favorite point for local recreation. The standards of space layout, finish, furnishings, and service have performed as models for this area of the valley

Another view of Cove Lake State Park with the inn in the foreground an...

Public domain photograph of life in the United States in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Recreational structures. Boat harbor at Norris, with parking spaces in foreground. Harbor was obtained practically without added expense by application of design to the quarrying operations which furnished the concrete aggregate for the dam. This view, which shows only a portion of the parking space, indicates the tremendous popularity enjoyed by TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) resorts, all the parking spaces being jammed full on summer holidays

Recreational structures. Boat harbor at Norris, with parking spaces in...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a boat in a harbor, water, fishing boat, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Chickamauga Dam and powerhouse. One of the headquarters buildings of farmers' cooperatives which distribute TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) power. With comfortable lounges, meeting rooms, and up-to-snuff shops, garages and offices, such buildings become centers of interest in the small towns in which they are located (quoted from previously written caption). Headquarters building of the rural power distribution cooperative at Shelbyville, Tennessee (see general comments under K 2382). In the design of these structures a certain degree of uniformity is observed to express the fact that they are parts of a nationwide system. The symbol REA stands for Rural Electrification Administration which by engineering, financing, and general guidance promotes rural electrical cooperatives throughout the United States and its territories. Each design is individually developed, however, from the special requirements of the organization and with attention to location and site characteristics

Chickamauga Dam and powerhouse. One of the headquarters buildings of f...

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

[St. Andrews Church, Jerusalem. From across the valley]

[St. Andrews Church, Jerusalem. From across the valley]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a monastery, church, religious historic building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Garden of Gethsemane seen through fog from across the valley

Garden of Gethsemane seen through fog from across the valley

Public domain photograph, 1930s-1940s Jerusalem, Palestine, History of Israel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pleasant Valley, Easton, Talbot County, Maryland

Pleasant Valley, Easton, Talbot County, Maryland

Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential home interior, living room, fireplace, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Slopes of Zion. Mt. of Olives & Siloam from across the Hinnom Valley (fr[om] Gov't Printing Press)

Slopes of Zion. Mt. of Olives & Siloam from across the Hinnom Valley (...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an old ancient city, historic place, stone building architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Master prints. Harvey S. Ladew, Pleasant Valley, residence in Monkton, Maryland, library window vista

Master prints. Harvey S. Ladew, Pleasant Valley, residence in Monkton,...

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

Drinking water for field worker's family. Imperial Valley, California, near El Centro

Drinking water for field worker's family. Imperial Valley, California,...

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

Mount Hood and the Hood River Valley. Oregon

Mount Hood and the Hood River Valley. Oregon

Public domain photograph of mountains, winter, snow, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

General view of Ida Valley Homesteads looking east from top of pasture hill. Luray, Virginia

General view of Ida Valley Homesteads looking east from top of pasture...

Public domain photograph of mountain view, valley, mountain range, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Slums of Brawley, California. Imperial Valley

Slums of Brawley, California. Imperial Valley

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

Kenya Colony. Rift Valley and en route to Nairobi. Scene along the highway

Kenya Colony. Rift Valley and en route to Nairobi. Scene along the hig...

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

A black and white photo of men loading hay, Threshing, Tygart Valley, West Virginia

A black and white photo of men loading hay, Threshing, Tygart Valley, ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of industrial or agricultural worker, 1930s, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions. show less

Children of migratory workers, hauling water, American River camp, San Joaquin Valley, California

Children of migratory workers, hauling water, American River camp, San...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of children, kids, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Farm in Yakima Valley, Washington

Farm in Yakima Valley, Washington

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

Water supply, American River camp, California, San Joaquin Valley

Water supply, American River camp, California, San Joaquin Valley

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

A black and white photo of a crowd of people, Vermont. Farm Security Administration photogrpaph.

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

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

One of a Mexican field gang of migratory laborers thinning and weeding cantaloupe plants. The young plants are "capped" with wax paper spread over a wire wicket to protect against cold and accelerate growth. The laborers' wages are thirty cents an hour. Imperial Valley, California

One of a Mexican field gang of migratory laborers thinning and weeding...

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

Children of migratory Mexican field workers. The older one helps tie carrots in the field. Coachella Valley, California

Children of migratory Mexican field workers. The older one helps tie c...

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

Carrot pullers from Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Arkansas and Mexico. Coachella Valley, California. "We come from all states and we can't make a dollar a day in the field no ways. Working in the field from seven in the morning till twelve noon we earn an average of thirty-five cents"

Carrot pullers from Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Arkansas and Mexico. Co...

Public domain photograph of rural California, dust bowl refugees, 1930s-1940s, 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 in California before the war. Subject of Carleton Parker's studies on Industrial Workers of the World

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

Picryl description: Public domain image of byciclyst, bike, bicycle wheel, sport event, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a bridge over a river, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of a bridge over a river, West Virginia. Farm ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge over a water stream, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mexican cantaloupe pickers at 5:00 a.m. Imperial Valley, California

Mexican cantaloupe pickers at 5:00 a.m. Imperial Valley, California

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

Migratory field workers picking cotton in the San Joaquin Valley, California. Negroes, Mexicans, and refugee whites pick cotton together in this field. These pickers are being paid seventy-five cents per one hundred poounds of picked cotton. Strikers, organizing under the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO), are demanding one dollar

Migratory field workers picking cotton in the San Joaquin Valley, Cali...

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

Schoolteacher taking care of his front yard on Saturday. Tygart Valley homesteads, West Virginia

Schoolteacher taking care of his front yard on Saturday. Tygart Valley...

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

A black and white photo of a man and two dogs, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of a man and two dogs, West Virginia. Farm Sec...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a child labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Christmas trees and decorations. Christmas 1938, decorated homes in Wesley Heights and Spring Valley VIII

Christmas trees and decorations. Christmas 1938, decorated homes in We...

Public domain photograph of midcentury American architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Geraldine Boggio's Students on Teeter Totter at Paradise Valley School, ca. 1938

Geraldine Boggio's Students on Teeter Totter at Paradise Valley School...

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

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

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

Public domain photograph of Great Depression, farm, farmer, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a group of people working in a field, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of a group of people working in a field, West ...

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

A black and white photo of people working in a field, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of people working in a field, West Virginia. F...

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

One of homes in Tygart Valley homestead project. West Virginia

One of homes in Tygart Valley homestead project. West Virginia

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

Setting up the front page. Office of the Valley News. Browns Valley, Minnesota

Setting up the front page. Office of the Valley News. Browns Valley, M...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory worker, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions. show less

Home of Mexican family. Migratory workers. Across the road from the Farm Security Administration (FSA) migratory labor camp (emergency). Calipatria, Imperial Valley, California

Home of Mexican family. Migratory workers. Across the road from the Fa...

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

Looking down the valley toward Ouray from the Camp Bird Mine, Ouray County, Colorado.

Looking down the valley toward Ouray from the Camp Bird Mine, Ouray Co...

Public domain photograph of mountain view, valley, mountain range, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Near Meloland, Imperial Valley. Large scale agriculture. Gang labor, Mexican and white, from the Southwest. Pull, clean, tie and crate carrots for the eastern market for eleven cents per crate of forty-eight bunches. Many can barely make one dollar a day. Heavy oversupply of labor and competition for jobs keen

Near Meloland, Imperial Valley. Large scale agriculture. Gang labor, M...

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

Migrant camp, Weslaco, Texas. Local employment men say that there was no need for migrant labor to handle the citrus and vegetable crops in the valley, the local supply of labor being ample for this purpose. Most of the local labor is Mexican and the labor contractors favor Mexican labor over white labor, partly because the Mexican will work much cheaper than whites. One white woman who was a permanent resident (her husband was on WPA (Works Progress Administration/Work Projects Administration) said that the white people who lived in the valley, had no trouble with the Mexicans. The Mexicans were good neighbors, she said, always willing to share what they had. She said the white migrants who came into the valley and resented and misunderstood the Mexicans caused the trouble between the two races. Some towns in this section permit camping only in trailers. The charge for camping in tents is about fifty cents per week, including water, which in some cases must be carried four city blocks. Privies are tin, very bad condition. Garbage is collected only once a week, with large dumps of decaying fruits and vegetables scattered among the camps. Some of the white migrants in this camp were very suspicious of governmental activity, due to the use by south Texas newspapers of the term "concentration camps" referring to FSA (Farm Security Administration) camps

Migrant camp, Weslaco, Texas. Local employment men say that there was ...

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Washington, Yakima Valley. Camp of family with nine children who have been on the road for three years

Washington, Yakima Valley. Camp of family with nine children who have ...

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Farm Security Administration (FSA) migrant labor camp. Calipatria, Imperial Valley, California. 155 migrant families in camp. One third had no work; two-thirds were finding part-time work harvesting spring peas, earning on average (head of family) four dollars and twenty cents a week

Farm Security Administration (FSA) migrant labor camp. Calipatria, Imp...

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Entered California the fall of 1938. En-route to pea harvest in Imperial Valley. Car broke down. "Want to get back to Missouri if they ever get the money." U.S. 99. Tulare, California

Entered California the fall of 1938. En-route to pea harvest in Imperi...

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A black and white photo of a man holding a baseball bat, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of a man holding a baseball bat, West Virginia...

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Filipino boys thinning lettuce. Salinas Valley, California

Filipino boys thinning lettuce. Salinas Valley, California

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A little girl sitting at a table with a plate of food, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A little girl sitting at a table with a plate of food, West Virginia. ...

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Irrigating in the Gallatin Valley, Montana.

Irrigating in the Gallatin Valley, Montana.

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Harvesting pears requires agility and balance. Washington, Yakima Valley. See general caption number 34

Harvesting pears requires agility and balance. Washington, Yakima Vall...

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