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Aluminum casting. These castings are being loaded onto a sandblast table prior to the actual sandblasting operation. Conversion of this large Midwest aluminum foundry to production of war essentials has already taken place. This factory is producing aluminum equipment for Uncle Sam's war effort, under subcontract to other factories producing war items. Destination of the finished aluminum products is kept secret, but they'll probably end up as jeeps and airplane engines. Aluminum Industries Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio

Aluminum casting. These castings are being loaded onto a sandblast tab...

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Absentee posters. Charts provide an effective method for showing workers how absenteeism hinders the war effort. This graph is used by the Nordberg Manufacturing Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It shows the total number of absentees and the amount of production lost during the month of July, 1942

Absentee posters. Charts provide an effective method for showing worke...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Production. B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bombers. A year ago this woman was keeping house; today she is doing her part in the war effort by helping build B-25 bombers at North American Aviation's Inglewood, California, plant. In addition to the battle-tested B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, this plant produces the P-51 "Mustang" fighter plane which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

Production. B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bombers. A year ago this woman was k...

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New York (and vicinity), New York. Miscellaneous photograph relating to the war effort. Metal salvage operation

New York (and vicinity), New York. Miscellaneous photograph relating t...

Annotation on original negative jacket. Title and other information from lot catalog card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More informat... More

Production. Blood transfusion bottles. Rabbits too, aid the war effort. William Edwin Morris, histologist for Baxter Laboratories Inc., Glenview, Illinois, conducts research on blood plasma through experimentation on rabbits. The company prepares transfusion bottles for blood letting

Production. Blood transfusion bottles. Rabbits too, aid the war effort...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of chicken, poultry, agriculture, farm animals, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

New York (and vicinity), New York. Miscellaneous photograph relating to the war effort

New York (and vicinity), New York. Miscellaneous photograph relating t...

Annotation on negative or original negative jacket. Title and other information from lot catalog card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. M... More

A black and white photo of a man holding a newspaper. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man holding a newspaper. Office of War In...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Negative has a tape mask. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division.... More

Production. Blood transfusion bottles. Rabbits too, aid the war effort. William Edwin Morris, histologist for Baxter Laboratories Inc., Glenview, Illinois, conducts research on blood plasma through experimentation on rabbits. The company prepares transfusion bottles for blood letting

Production. Blood transfusion bottles. Rabbits too, aid the war effort...

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Production. Tungsten. A piece of tungsten ore mined near Kingman, Arizona and to be processed at a nearby recovery plant. The Boriana mine and plant at this point are producing large amounts of tungsten, for which there are many vital uses in the war effort. Boriana Mine, Arizona

Production. Tungsten. A piece of tungsten ore mined near Kingman, Ariz...

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Production. Copper (refining). Charging sheets of copper produced by electrolysis into a furnace at a large copper refining operation. Large amounts of copper are produced for the war effort at the El Paso, Texas plant of Phelps-Dodge Refining Company

Production. Copper (refining). Charging sheets of copper produced by e...

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Manpower. Handicapped workers. Ineligible for the army because of physical handicaps, James C. Schneider (left) and John D. Arrowood are two of Uncle Sam's ablest soldiers of production. They are inspectors of airplane motor parts in a Baltimore factory. Twenty-year-old Schneider has not let infantile paralysis interfere with war work, nor has twenty-four-year-old Arrowood allowed his polio-disabled leg and curvature of the spine to prevent his making a valuable contribution to the war effort. White Engineering Company, Baltimore, Maryland

Manpower. Handicapped workers. Ineligible for the army because of phys...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of an office worker, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fiberglass manufacture, Owens-Corning, Toledo, Ohio. Section of the batch house at a plant of the Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corporation. In the bins are stored the raw materials for the batch from which fiberglass materials vital to the war effort are produced

Fiberglass manufacture, Owens-Corning, Toledo, Ohio. Section of the ba...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Buried trolley tracks salvaged to aid war program. Recovering buried trolley track to provide scrap for the war effort is an operation handily performed by such devices as the one shown here. Pulled by a tractor, the apparatus disengages the track from the pavement and slides it back on the iron sawhorses. This photo shows the breaking up of the pavement as the old track is unearthed

Buried trolley tracks salvaged to aid war program. Recovering buried t...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a road works, construction, excavation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Transformer manufacture. Part of a large Eastern electrical plant where large transformer tanks are shaped and welded. Power transformers are an important part of America's war effort. Westinghouse, Sharon, Pennsylvania

Transformer manufacture. Part of a large Eastern electrical plant wher...

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Production. Tungsten. Concentrating tungsten ore on tables in a recovery plant near Kingman, Arizona. The Boriana mine and plant at this point are producing large amounts of tungsten, for which there are many vital uses in the war effort. Boriana Mine, Arizona

Production. Tungsten. Concentrating tungsten ore on tables in a recove...

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Washington public schools go to war. The public schools of Washington, D.C., like those in most other sections of the country, have revised their curricula to fit the pupils for fuller participation in the war effort. They have gone all-out for the Program of Civilian Defense which includes military drill for both high school boys and girls as part of the physical fitness course

Washington public schools go to war. The public schools of Washington,...

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

Washington public schools go to war. The public schools of Washington, D.C., like those in most other sections of the country, have revised their curricula to fit the pupils for fuller participation in the war effort. They have gone all-out for the Program of Civilian Defense which inludes conserving of materials and wearing apparel. Members of the art and crafts class at Armstrong High School have made jewelry and many other articles from scrap and discarded materials. Girls are taught to wear proper color combinations and the right kind of accessories for each dress. Photo shows (left to right): Misses Helen G. Weaver, Yvonne Colvin and Audrey V. Minor in an exhibit of the art and crafts class

Washington public schools go to war. The public schools of Washington,...

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Production. Magnesium. Magnesium, ready for war uses. Production of this lightest of all metals, vitally needed in the United Nations' war effort, is increasing daily at Basic Magnesium's giant plant in the southern Nevada desert. A 24-hour production schedule results in the turning out of thousands of ingots ready for shipment to aircraft and tracer bullet manufacturers

Production. Magnesium. Magnesium, ready for war uses. Production of th...

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Students at Washington High School at class, training for specific contributions to the war effort, Los Angeles, Calif.

Students at Washington High School at class, training for specific con...

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This plaque, bearing a design showing a plow, anchor and steam hammer, symbolizing the agriculture, commerce and manufacturing of the east, is being disposed of as scrap to aid the war effort. The Union Pacific Railroad has notified the Industrial Salvage Section of the War Production Board (WPB) Bureau of Industrial Conservation. It was erected on the road's Missouri River Bridge in 1888. The weight of the plaque is estimated at 1000 pounds of bronze and steel, including frame supports. It is five feet high, six feet wide and four inches thick

This plaque, bearing a design showing a plow, anchor and steam hammer,...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from print in lot and lot catalog card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Wash... More

Production. Tungsten. This plant near Kingman, Arizona, produces tungsten concentrate from ores mined in nearby workings. The Boriana mine and plant at this point are producing large amounts of tungsten, for which there are many vital uses in the war effort. Boriana Mine, Arizona

Production. Tungsten. This plant near Kingman, Arizona, produces tungs...

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Production. Willow Run bomber plant. They're learning a fourth "R" at this school, and one that's highly important to the war effort. Young men in the Willow Run bomber plant attend a riveting school before going to work on the assembly lines. These "schoolrooms" are right in the plant proper; classes are held in many types of work. Ford plant, Willow Run

Production. Willow Run bomber plant. They're learning a fourth "R" at ...

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

Production. Copper (refining). Trimming bars of pure copper at a large refining operation. Large amounts of copper are produced for the war effort at the El Paso, Texas plant of Phelps-Dodge Refining Company

Production. Copper (refining). Trimming bars of pure copper at a large...

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

New York (and vicinity), New York. Miscellaneous photograph relating to the war effort. Woman volunteers who check and post ceiling prices for the U.S. Office of Price Administration (OPA)

New York (and vicinity), New York. Miscellaneous photograph relating t...

Annotation on original negative jacket. Title and other information from lot catalog card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More informat... More

Women workers at quartermaster depot. The nimble fingers of many American women are now contributing to the war effort in various quartermaster corps depots. This elderly woman is handstitching sleeves on an army overcoat. Philadelphia Quartermaster Corps

Women workers at quartermaster depot. The nimble fingers of many Ameri...

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Absentee posters. Charts provide an effective method for showing workers how absenteeism hinders the war effort. This graph is used by the Nordberg Manufacturing Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It shows the total number of absentees and the amount of production lost during the month of July, 1942

Absentee posters. Charts provide an effective method for showing worke...

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Manpower. Handicapped workers. Despite physical handicaps, these women are doing work that's vital to Uncle Sam's war effort. At the Maryland League for Crippled Children, they're hand-burring Y's for airplane engines, on subcontract to a Baltimore engineering company. White Engineering Company, Baltimore, Maryland

Manpower. Handicapped workers. Despite physical handicaps, these women...

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

Production. Copper (refining). Sheared sheets of copper produced by electrolysis at a large refining operation. Large amounts of copper are produced for the war effort at the El Paso, Texas plant of Phelps-Dodge Refining Company

Production. Copper (refining). Sheared sheets of copper produced by el...

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

Forty-two keys to victory. Somewhere in the field with the U.S. Army, comprehensive clerical work is carried on between maneuvers. Unless those typewriters not essential to the war effort are turned in by civilians to Uncle Sam, the shortage of sufficient machines may materially cripple the speed and facility of army operations

Forty-two keys to victory. Somewhere in the field with the U.S. Army, ...

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Production. Copper (refining). Copper ingots on conveyors at a large copper refining operation. Large amounts of copper are produced for the war effort at the El Paso, Texas plant of Phelps-Dodge Refining Company

Production. Copper (refining). Copper ingots on conveyors at a large c...

Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, structure, works, 19th-20th century industrial revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Good citizenship and plain common sense. This man is performing a duty every car owner owes to himself and to our fighting men. In having his car adjusted to prevent excessive tire wear--and in observing the simple rules that make tires last longer--he is making a valuable contribution to our war effort. The man who wastes rubber is a poor citizen and blind even to his own personal interests

Good citizenship and plain common sense. This man is performing a duty...

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Aluminum casting. Bright white hot aluminum, vital to Uncle Sam's war effort, discharged from carrying pot into ingot molds. Aluminum Industries Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio

Aluminum casting. Bright white hot aluminum, vital to Uncle Sam's war ...

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Production. Copper (refining). Sheets of copper produced by electrolysis at a large refining operation. These will be melted and cast into ingots. Large amounts of copper are produced for the war effort at the El Paso, Texas plant of Phelps-Dodge Refining Company

Production. Copper (refining). Sheets of copper produced by electrolys...

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.

Tin can alley leads to victory. Every precious bit of metal in America's salvaged tin cans is used in the war effort. The complete utilization of discarded cans includes one percent tin and ninety-nine percent steel scrap. Here, carloads of this "black scrap," the leftover steel from the discarded cans, from which the tin has been removed, is being shipped to a steel mill where it will be forged into weapons of war

Tin can alley leads to victory. Every precious bit of metal in America...

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Washington public schools go to war. The public schools of Washington, D.C., like those in most other sections of the country, have revised their curricula to fit the pupils for fuller participation in the war effort. They have gone all-out for the Program of Civilian Defense and at the Margaret Murray Washington Vocational School, courses in home-making and the preservation of foods are now taught all young women. Photo shows Miss Elizabeth Wood blanching carrots to loosen skin for removal

Washington public schools go to war. The public schools of Washington,...

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

Military tire manufacture. Huge truck tire like those shown in this tire storeroom are playing important part in the nation's war effort. Tires like these are used on huge trucks and military prime movers. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Military tire manufacture. Huge truck tire like those shown in this ti...

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A black and white photo of a construction site. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a construction site. Office of War Informat...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

New York (and vicinity), New York. Miscellaneous photograph relating to the war effort. Woman volunteers who check and post ceiling prices for the U.S. Office of Price Administration (OPA)

New York (and vicinity), New York. Miscellaneous photograph relating t...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, politician, meeting, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. Copper (refining). Casting house in a large copper refining operation. Here sheets of pure copper, formed by electrolysis, are melted and cast into ingots. Large amounts of copper are produced for the war effort at the El Paso, Texas plant of Phelps-Dodge Refining Company

Production. Copper (refining). Casting house in a large copper refinin...

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

Production. Copper (refining). Sheared sheets of copper produced by electrolysis at a large refining operation. Large amounts of copper are produced for the war effort at the El Paso, Texas plant of Phelps-Dodge Refining Company

Production. Copper (refining). Sheared sheets of copper produced by el...

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

Conversion. Food machinery plant. Back to aid in his country's war effort is Phineas Davenport Allen, seventy-eight-year-old mechanic who worked on steering riggings for submarines during World War I. Today he is employed by a New England company, whose normal peacetime product is cube steak machinery. The drill press he operates was a valuable part of the company's peacetime equipment, is even more valuable today in the speeding of work on war subcontracts. Here Allen is drilling bearing caps for cube steak machines. Cube Steak Machine Company, Boston, Massachusetts

Conversion. Food machinery plant. Back to aid in his country's war eff...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Production. Copper (refining). Sheets of copper produced by electrolysis at a large refining operation. These will be melted and cast into ingots. Large amounts of copper are produced for the war effort at the El Paso, Texas plant of Phelps-Dodge Refining Company

Production. Copper (refining). Sheets of copper produced by electrolys...

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.

Production. Copper (refining). Shearing sheets of copper produced by electrolysis at a large refining operation. Large amounts of copper are produced for the war effort at the El Paso, Texas plant of Phelps-Dodge Refining Company

Production. Copper (refining). Shearing sheets of copper produced by e...

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

Fiberglass manufacture, Owens-Corning, Toledo, Ohio. Section of the batch house at a plant of the Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corporation. In the bins are stored the raw materials for the batch from which fiberglass materials vital to the war effort are produced

Fiberglass manufacture, Owens-Corning, Toledo, Ohio. Section of the ba...

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New York (and vicinity), New York. Miscellaneous photograph relating to the war effort. Rubber salvage operation

New York (and vicinity), New York. Miscellaneous photograph relating t...

Annotation on original negative jacket. Title and other information from lot catalog card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More informat... More

New York (and vicinity), New York. Miscellaneous photograph relating to the war effort. Metal salvage operation

New York (and vicinity), New York. Miscellaneous photograph relating t...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a damaged, burned, or destroyed building, natural disaster, war destruction, ruins, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

New York (and vicinity), New York. Miscellaneous photograph relating to the war effort. Rubber salvage campaign

New York (and vicinity), New York. Miscellaneous photograph relating t...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bureau, office furniture, desk, chair, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. Tungsten. Crushing tungsten ore in a concentrating plant near Kingman, Arizona. The Boriana mine and plant at this point are producing large amounts of tungsten, for which there are many vital uses in the war effort. Boriana Mine, Arizona

Production. Tungsten. Crushing tungsten ore in a concentrating plant n...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a car, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Washington public schools go to war. The public schools of Washington, D.C., like those in most other sections of the country, have revised their curricula to fit the pupils for fuller participation in the war effort. Physical fitness is now an important part of this new program. Photo shows high school boys in gym illustrating a phase of their toughening-up exercises

Washington public schools go to war. The public schools of Washington,...

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

A peek inside the well-kept cabin of a still-running 1942 International (brand) truck in Shoshoni, Wyoming. Its owner says that in its prime, the truck hauled logs to big cities in support of the (World War II) war effort

A peek inside the well-kept cabin of a still-running 1942 Internationa...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

Mina Van Winkle, head of the Lecture Bureau of the U.S. Food Administration, explains Victory gardening and food processing to support the war effort

Mina Van Winkle, head of the Lecture Bureau of the U.S. Food Administr...

Photograph shows president of the Woman's Political Union of New Jersey displaying fresh and canned vegetables on table in front of blackboard on which is written a canning club song.

Section of the batch house at a plant of the Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation, Toledo, Ohio. In the bins are stored the raw materials for the batch from which fiberglass materials vital to the war effort are produced

Section of the batch house at a plant of the Owens-Corning Fiberglas C...

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U.S. railroads engage in all-out war effort

U.S. railroads engage in all-out war effort

Photograph shows several men waving from the open windows of a troop train car leaving a midwestern U.S. military camp. Portrait of America, no. 45. Photographs received from the U.S. Office of War Information.

New York (and vicinity), New York. Miscellaneous photograph relating to the war effort. U.S. Office of Price Administration (OPA) volunteer headquarters in Nyack

New York (and vicinity), New York. Miscellaneous photograph relating t...

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Citations of individual production merit awarded. The first five Citations of Individual Production Merit have been awarded to five war workers, War Production Drive Headquarters has announced. The citation is the highest honor conferred for individual achievement. It is granted only for ideas or suggestions that have an outstanding effect on the entire war effort. Joseph H. Kautsky, Indianapolis, Indiana, an employee of the Lin-Belt Co., was awarded his citation for four suggestions, each technical. He suggested a grinding wheel adapter, which permits higher speeds in internal grindings; a simplification cutting down the number of special internal grinding spindle wheel adapters from twelve to three; the adoption of a precision screw adjustment to the vertical column of dial indicator guages, to get faster adjustments without danger to the dials; and a new method of testing the concentricity of internally ground parts. The picture shows Mr. Kautsky (center) being congratulated by formean Bill Whitaker (right) as Superintendant R. E. Whitney (left) looks on

Citations of individual production merit awarded. The first five Citat...

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Production. Copper (refining). Casting house in a large copper refining operation. Here sheets of pure copper, formed by electrolysis, are melted and cast into ingots. Large amounts of copper are produced for the war effort at the El Paso, Texas plant of Phelps-Dodge Refining Company

Production. Copper (refining). Casting house in a large copper refinin...

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

Aluminum casting. One of the skilled workers in an aluminum foundry pictured ramming the drag side of a sand mold. This foundry is producing aluminum equipment for Uncle Sam's war effort, under subcontract to other factories producing war items. Aluminum Industries Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio

Aluminum casting. One of the skilled workers in an aluminum foundry pi...

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.

Two men working on a piece of wood. Office of War Information Photograph

Two men working on a piece of wood. Office of War Information Photogra...

Actual size of negative is E (approximately 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Divisi... More

Waste Materials Make Mountains. Keep Scrapping. A poster to remind the American people that waste materials are vital to the war effort. Printed in three colors -- black, red and white -- it was designed and produced by the Division of Information, Office of Emergency Management (OEM) for distribution through the Bureau of Industrial Conservation. Its size is 20 x 28 in.

Waste Materials Make Mountains. Keep Scrapping. A poster to remind the...

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New York (and vicinity), New York. Miscellaneous photograph relating to the war effort. Woman volunteers who check and post ceiling prices for the U.S. Office of Price Administration (OPA)

New York (and vicinity), New York. Miscellaneous photograph relating t...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military personnel, army, group photograph, armed people in uniform, war inspection, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

New York (and vicinity), New York. Miscellaneous photograph relating to the war effort. Woman volunteers who check and post ceiling prices for the U.S. Office of Price Administration (OPA)

New York (and vicinity), New York. Miscellaneous photograph relating t...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, politician, meeting, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. Lead. A shaking table which separates the lead mineral from the ore by the same principle used in "panning" by hand. It is in use at a mill near Creede, Colorado where old lead mines have been reopened. Creede, for many years a "ghost town," has resumed the activities that made it an important lead-producing center years ago and is now producing much metal vitally needed for the war effort

Production. Lead. A shaking table which separates the lead mineral fro...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Fiberglass manufacture, Owens-Corning, Toledo, Ohio. Section of the batch house at a plant of the Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corporation. In the bins are stored the raw materials for the batch from which fiberglass materials vital to the war effort are produced

Fiberglass manufacture, Owens-Corning, Toledo, Ohio. Section of the ba...

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Production. Copper (refining). Sheets of copper produced by electrolysis at a large refining operation. These will be melted and cast into ingots. Large amounts of copper are produced for the war effort at the El Paso, Texas plant of Phelps-Dodge Refining Company

Production. Copper (refining). Sheets of copper produced by electrolys...

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

Price control. Anti-inflation window display. The "Wise Old Owl" display not only boosts sales in this drugstore, but stresses cooperation between government and merchant to control prices of items essential to the war effort. The "Save Your Money" theme is a clever merchandising angle informing the customer that ceiling prices vary in different stores

Price control. Anti-inflation window display. The "Wise Old Owl" displ...

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The old and the new meet on a military highway in India. Though motor transports carry much of the supplies, the camel, which has been the beast of burden from time immemorial, is drafted to do his part in the war effort also

The old and the new meet on a military highway in India. Though motor ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an automobile, 1940s car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Washington public schools go to war. The public schools of Washington, D.C., like those in most other sections of the country, have revised their curricula to fit the pupils for fuller participation in the war effort. They have gone all-out for the Program of Civilian Defense, which includes child care and training. At the Margaret Murray Washington Vocational School, pre-school guidance as well as free play activities are provided. Miss L.C. Randolph is principal and Mrs. Vivian T. Turner, instructor in the child care and training classes

Washington public schools go to war. The public schools of Washington,...

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

Washington public schools go to war. The public schools of Washington, D.C., like those in most other sections of the country, have revised their curricula to fit the pupils for fuller participation in the war effort. They have gone all-out for the Program of Civilian Defense which includes military drill for both high school boys and girls as part of the physical fitness course

Washington public schools go to war. The public schools of Washington,...

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

A little miss hitting the mark. Although her mind is far from vengeance to be wrecked on the Axis powers, this little lady is contributing to their defeat. She has gathered up an old bicycle tire and other odds and ends to contribute to the scrap rubber collection drive. Reclaimed rubber made from these materials is playing an imcreasingly important part in the war effort. Large percentages of "reclaim" are now being used in many material articles, such as combat tires, self-sealing gas tanks, etc.. Help build up Uncle Sam's scrap rubbe pile by contributing any no longer used rubber articles you may have

A little miss hitting the mark. Although her mind is far from vengeanc...

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New York (and vicinity), New York. Miscellaneous photograph relating to the war effort. Rubber salvage operation

New York (and vicinity), New York. Miscellaneous photograph relating t...

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War worker goes to Washington. Miss Clara Camille Carroll of Cleveland, Ohio, contributes her bit to the war effort in her daily work. She is one of the thousands of Negro girls now filling clerical positions in the nation's capital

War worker goes to Washington. Miss Clara Camille Carroll of Cleveland...

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New York (and vicinity), New York. Miscellaneous photograph relating to the war effort. Woman volunteers who check and post ceiling prices for the U.S. Office of Price Administration (OPA)

New York (and vicinity), New York. Miscellaneous photograph relating t...

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Production. Copper (refining). Shearing sheets of copper produced by electrolysis at a large refining operation. Large amounts of copper are produced for the war effort at the El Paso, Texas plant of Phelps-Dodge Refining Company

Production. Copper (refining). Shearing sheets of copper produced by e...

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Production. Copper (refining). Transfer cars at a large copper refining operation. Large amounts of copper are produced for the war effort at the El Paso, Texas plant of Phelps-Dodge Refining Company

Production. Copper (refining). Transfer cars at a large copper refinin...

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Production. Copper (refining). Electrolytic tanks in a large copper refining operation. Sheets of pure copper are formed by electrolysis, later melted and poured into ingots. Large amounts of copper are produced for the war effort at the El Paso, Texas plant of Phelps-Dodge Refining Company

Production. Copper (refining). Electrolytic tanks in a large copper re...

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Aluminum casting. When the aluminum solidifies, it is knocked out by hammer from the ingot molds. Soon to be cast into essentials for the war effort, this metal is one of America's most vital essentials for victory. Destination of the finished aluminum products is kept secret--but they'll probably end up as jeeps or airplane engines parts. Aluminum Industries Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio

Aluminum casting. When the aluminum solidifies, it is knocked out by h...

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Workers on Rickenbacker rescue boat. A life raft built by Mrs. May E. Thompson and Robert S. Barnhart and six members of his crew drifted for three weeks in the Pacific before being picked up. Said Barnhart, when informed of the part they had played in the rescue, "it makes a fellow mighty happy to know that something he has done in the war effort has really cashed in"

Workers on Rickenbacker rescue boat. A life raft built by Mrs. May E. ...

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New York (and vicinity), New York. Miscellaneous photograph relating to the war effort. Woman volunteers who check and post ceiling prices for the U.S. Office of Price Administration (OPA)

New York (and vicinity), New York. Miscellaneous photograph relating t...

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Women in war. Supercharger plant workers. A former bank clerk and a college graduate who majored in physics, find war jobs in the shipping department of a large Midwest supercharger plant. Betty Hinz (left) whose husband is in the Army Air Corps, left a job in a Milwaukee bank to take a more active part in the war effort. She operates an

Women in war. Supercharger plant workers. A former bank clerk and a co...

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Production. Tungsten. A waste pile near a tungsten recovery plant close to Kingman, Arizona. The Boriana mine and plant at this point are producing large amounts of tungsten, for which there are many vital uses in the war effort. Boriana Mine, Arizona

Production. Tungsten. A waste pile near a tungsten recovery plant clos...

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New York (and vicinity), New York. Miscellaneous photograph relating to the war effort. Fat salvage campaign

New York (and vicinity), New York. Miscellaneous photograph relating t...

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Women in war. Machine gun production operators. This capable young woman is making an important contribution to America's war effort. Employed by a Midwest plant, converted from the production of spark plugs to machine guns, she's one of many skilled women milling-machine operators who are producing weapons for America's armed forces. Here, she's checking a slot she has just milled in a gun part. A.C. Spark Plugs

Women in war. Machine gun production operators. This capable young wom...

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A black and white photo of a truck parked in front of a building. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a truck parked in front of a building. Offi...

Actual size of negative is E (approximately 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Divisi... More

New York (and vicinity), New York. Miscellaneous photograph relating to the war effort. Woman volunteers who check and post ceiling prices for the U.S. Office of Price Administration (OPA)

New York (and vicinity), New York. Miscellaneous photograph relating t...

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Rural scrap salvage. Scrap rubber from the farm helps our war effort. Harvey Fischer of Dexter, Michigan, helped by two year-old Bobbie, was the first farmer in his state to cooperate with the rural scrap collection project sponsored by the War Production Board (WPB). The old metal and rubber from his farmyard brought him cash and at the same time provided essential materials for our armed forces

Rural scrap salvage. Scrap rubber from the farm helps our war effort. ...

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Production. Tungsten. Transcontinental railroad traffic passes close to the tungsten recovery plant near Kingman, Arizona. The Boriana mine and plant at this point are producing large amounts of tungsten, for which there are many vital uses in the war effort. Boriana Mine, Arizona

Production. Tungsten. Transcontinental railroad traffic passes close t...

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New York (and vicinity), New York. Miscellaneous photograph relating to the war effort. Rubber salvage operation

New York (and vicinity), New York. Miscellaneous photograph relating t...

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Washington public schools go to war. The public schools of Washington, D.C., like those in most other sections of the country, have revised their curricula to fit the pupils for fuller participation in the war effort. They have gone all-out for the Program of Civilian Defense. Photo shows pupils at Phelps Vocational High School class in aircraft maintenance and repair, learning the intricacies of an airplane motor

Washington public schools go to war. The public schools of Washington,...

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Washington public schools go to war. The public schools of Washington, D.C., like those in most other sections of the country, have revised their curricula to fit the pupils for fuller participation in the war effort. At a recent exhibit of work done in the Negro schools under the Office of Civilian Defense, the slogan, "Save, Serve, Conserve" was prominently displayed. Photo shows this slogan adorning an exhibit by one of the chemistry classes

Washington public schools go to war. The public schools of Washington,...

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A black and white photo of a mountain village. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a mountain village. Office of War Informati...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Production. Copper (refining). Handling a fire door for a furnace at a large copper refining operation. Large amounts of copper are produced for the war effort at the El Paso, Texas plant of Phelps-Dodge Refining Company

Production. Copper (refining). Handling a fire door for a furnace at a...

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Production. Copper (refining). Electrolytic tanks in a large copper refining operation. Sheets of pure copper are formed by electrolysis, later melted and poured into ingots. Large amounts of copper are produced for the war effort at the El Paso, Texas plant of Phelps-Dodge Refining Company

Production. Copper (refining). Electrolytic tanks in a large copper re...

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A poster comes to life. They're working together, these three Americans whose roles in the war effort are equally important and interdependent. Radio-aviation Chief John Marshall Evans, steelworker George Woolslayer and Sergeant French L. Vineyard watch the roaring steel furnaces in an Allegheny-Ludlum mill and realize that in truth they are "Men Working Together" for victory; soldier and sailor dependent on steelworker for the weapons of war, and worker dependent on the armed forces for the preservation of his life and liberty. Allegheny-Steel, Pittsburgh

A poster comes to life. They're working together, these three American...

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Transformer manufacture. Assembling the tap changing units that control power transformers, this employee of a large Eastern electrical plant has a job that's vital to America's war effort. Transformers are essential to almost every industry engaged in defense production. Westinghouse, Sharon, Pennsylvania

Transformer manufacture. Assembling the tap changing units that contro...

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.

Production. Copper (refining). Electrolytic tanks in a large copper refining operation. Sheets of pure copper are formed by electrolysis, later melted and poured into ingots. Large amounts of copper are produced for the war effort at the El Paso, Texas plant of Phelps-Dodge Refining Company

Production. Copper (refining). Electrolytic tanks in a large copper re...

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A black and white photo of a pile of gravel. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a pile of gravel. Office of War Information...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Transformer manufacture. These porcelain spirals are part of the works of a power transformer; transformers are essential to war production industries, and this employee of a large Eastern electrical company, working in the bushing section, is contributing essentially to Uncle Sam's war effort. Bushings are the tubes which hold the copper leads through which power flows both in and out of giant transformers. Westinghouse, Sharon, Pennsylvania

Transformer manufacture. These porcelain spirals are part of the works...

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

New York (and vicinity), New York. Miscellaneous photograph relating to the war effort. Woman volunteers who check and post ceiling prices for the U.S. Office of Price Administration (OPA)

New York (and vicinity), New York. Miscellaneous photograph relating t...

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Production. Copper (refining). Sheets of copper produced by electrolysis at a large refining operation. These will be melted and cast into ingots. Large amounts of copper are produced for the war effort at the El Paso, Texas plant of Phelps-Dodge Refining Company

Production. Copper (refining). Sheets of copper produced by electrolys...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a car, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

New York (and vicinity), New York. Miscellaneous photograph relating to the war effort

New York (and vicinity), New York. Miscellaneous photograph relating t...

Annotation on original negative jacket. Title and other information from lot catalog card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More informat... More

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