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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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. 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...

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

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

A black and white photo of a train on tracks. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a train on tracks. Office of War Informatio...

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

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

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

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 Valeria Wingfield giving carrots the "cold dip" preparatory to removing the skin, cutting into strips and packing into sterilized jars for cooking

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

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Divisi... More

A black and white photo of a row of barrels. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a row of barrels. Office of War Information...

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

Fiberglass manufacture, Owens-Corning, Toledo, Ohio. A worker in a plant of the Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corporation is packaging bats of lightweight, inorganic, firesafe building insulation. Recent findings by the U.S. Bureau of Mines show that adequate home insulation can save over a billion dollars a year in fuel and release transportation facilities required for the war effort

Fiberglass manufacture, Owens-Corning, Toledo, Ohio. A worker in a pla...

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

A black and white photo of people working in a factory. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of people working in a factory. Office of War ...

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

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...

Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.... More

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

A black and white photo of men working on a construction site. Office ...

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 volunteer checking and posting 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

A black and white photo of a man with a machine gun. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man with a machine gun. Office of War Inf...

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

Girls on wheels expedite aircraft production. Roller skates. Literally helping to speed the war effort, Dolores Richardson and Geneva Carpenter are ""expeditors" at Douglas Aircraft in El Segundo, California, where they deliver inter-departmental messages on roller skates

Girls on wheels expedite aircraft production. Roller skates. Literally...

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

An old woman sitting in a chair knitting. Office of War Information Photograph

An old woman sitting in a chair knitting. Office of War Information Ph...

Annotation on original negative jacket. Title and other information from caption card. Title on caption card misidentified Myrtie Ormsbee as "Myrtle". (Source: researcher A. Ormsbee, 2017) Transfer; United Sta... More

Manpower. Negro aircraft propeller workers. Americans of various racial groups contribute to the war effort. One worker adjusts the blade in a vise while another reads the angle in a large Eastern plant producing propellers for military aircraft. Curtiss-Wright Propeller Division. Caldwell, New Jersey

Manpower. Negro aircraft propeller workers. Americans of various racia...

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Negative has a tape mask. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; Un... More

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...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Annotation on original negative jacket. Negative had no edge number. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of ... More

Ashland, Kentucky. Two boys who have gathered up iron scrap for the war effort being assisted by a scrap collector in moving the load in their coaster wagon

Ashland, Kentucky. Two boys who have gathered up iron scrap for the wa...

Actual size of negative is B (approximately 5 x 7 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

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

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

A black and white photo of a train yard. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a train yard. Office of War Information Pho...

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

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

A black and white photo of a building with a ladder. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a building with a ladder. Office of War Inf...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Annotation on original negative jacket. Negative had no edge number. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of ... 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...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa... More

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

A black and white photo of a building under construction. Office of Wa...

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

Production. Copper. Loading a copper converter at the Garfield, Utah smelter of the American Smelting and Refining Company. Vast quantities of copper ore are recovered for the war effort at this plant

Production. Copper. Loading a copper converter at the Garfield, Utah s...

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

A black and white photo of a train going over a bridge. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a train going over a bridge. Office of War ...

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. 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

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

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

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

A black and white photo of a town in the mountains. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a town in the mountains. Office of War Info...

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

Conversion. Merry-go-round plant. Crated for shipment these shell ejectors for six-inch forty-seven caliber naval guns are a far cry from the peacetime production of the merry-go-round plant in which they were made. These plants have temporarily shelved its production of amusements devices to do its part in the war effort, protecting the right of Americans to enjoy the thrill rides it formerly made. Spillman Engineering Company, North Tonawanda, New York

Conversion. Merry-go-round plant. Crated for shipment these shell ejec...

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

A couple of men standing next to each other. Office of War Information Photograph

A couple of men standing next to each other. Office of War Information...

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

A couple of men standing next to each other. Office of War Information Photograph

A couple of men standing next to each other. Office of War Information...

Actual size of negative is E (approximately 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War... More

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...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Annotation on negative and/or original negative jacket. Negative had no edge number. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United St... More

A black and white photo of a man sitting on a boat. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man sitting on a boat. Office of War Info...

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

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...

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

A bulldozer sitting on top of a pile of dirt. Office of War Information Photograph

A bulldozer sitting on top of a pile of dirt. Office of War Informatio...

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

A suggestion box serves as idea headquarters at the Link Aviation Devices plant, Binghamton, New York. The war production drive headquarters offers national certificates and citations for ideas of outstanding value to the war effort and recommends that plants make awards for meritorious suggestions

A suggestion box serves as idea headquarters at the Link Aviation Devi...

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

A black and white photo of men working on a factory. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of men working on a factory. Office of War Inf...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Annotation on negative and/or original negative jacket. Negative had no edge number. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United St... More

Agricultural. Mexican cotton pickers. Trailing oversize sacks behind them, these Mexican workers are doing a good turn for their American neighbors. With serious shortages threatening ruin to Texas harvests. Mexican workers stepped into the breach and saved the crops, vital to the war effort

Agricultural. Mexican cotton pickers. Trailing oversize sacks behind t...

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

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

A black and white photo of a factory. Office of War Information Photog...

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

A couple of women standing next to each other. Office of War Information Photograph

A couple of women standing next to each other. Office of War Informati...

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Divisi... More

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,...

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

A man standing next to a pile of grain. Office of War Information Photograph

A man standing next to a pile of grain. Office of War Information Phot...

Actual size of negative is E (approximately 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War... More

Steel and concrete go into place rapidly as a new steel mill takes form, Columbia Steel Co., Geneva, Utah. The new plant will make important additions to the vast amount of steel needed for the war effort

Steel and concrete go into place rapidly as a new steel mill takes for...

12002-60. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... 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...

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

A black and white photo of a man lifting a crate. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man lifting a crate. Office of War Inform...

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

A black and white photo of a machine in a factory. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a machine in a factory. Office of War Infor...

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

A black and white photo of a man on a bulldozer. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man on a bulldozer. Office of War Informa...

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

A black and white photo of a train on a track. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a train on a track. Office of War Informati...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Annotation on negative and/or original negative jacket. Negative not edge numbered. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United Sta... More

Bantam, Connecticut. Irene Stewart learned upholstery in Buffalo, New York, under her husband, who supervised an upholstery shop there. He is now working at the Warren McArthur plant just a few yards away from his wife. Both came to the plant in June of 1941. Stewart is a native of London, England, and is anxious to do all he can to aid in the war effort

Bantam, Connecticut. Irene Stewart learned upholstery in Buffalo, New ...

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

A black and white photo of a train car. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a train car. Office of War Information Phot...

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

A black and white photo of men working in a factory. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of men working in a factory. Office of War Inf...

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 volunteer who checks and posts 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

New York (and vicinity), New York. Miscellaneous photograph relating to the war effort. Woman volunteer checking and posting 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

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

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...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Annotation on negative and/or original negative jacket. Negative had no edge number. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United St... More

A black and white photo of a tunnel in the mountains. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a tunnel in the mountains. Office of War In...

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

A black and white photo of men working in a factory. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of men working in a factory. Office of War Inf...

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

A black and white photo of an old truck. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of an old truck. Office of War Information Pho...

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

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 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 man in a factory working on a piece of wood. Office of War Information Photograph

A man in a factory working on a piece of wood. Office of War Informati...

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

A black and white photo of a bulldozer on top of a hill. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a bulldozer on top of a hill. Office of War...

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

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

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

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

High school Victory Corps. Women as well as men must be in top physical condition to give their best to the war effort. At Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, Maryland, the girls' physical education department is placing more emphasis on calisthenics and similar methods of body development than on the usual athletic games

High school Victory Corps. Women as well as men must be in top physica...

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

A woman sitting at a table with a child. Office of War Information Photograph

A woman sitting at a table with a child. Office of War Information Pho...

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

Fiberglass manufacture, Owens-Corning, Toledo, Ohio. A worker in a plant of the Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corporation is packaging bats of lightweight, inorganic, firesafe building insulation. Recent findings by the U.S. Bureau of Mines show that adequate home insulation can save over a billion dollars a year in fuel and release transportation facilities required for the war effort

Fiberglass manufacture, Owens-Corning, Toledo, Ohio. A worker in a pla...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa... More

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...

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's Policy Committee of the War Manpower Commission. At the first meeting of the Women's Policy Committee of the War Manpower Commission on October 1, 1942, three members get acquainted. They are, left to right: Maudelle Bousfield, Margaret A. Hickey, chairman; and Sara Southall. The committee was formed to aid in mobilizing women workers for the war effort

Women's Policy Committee of the War Manpower Commission. At the first ...

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

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

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

A couple of men standing on top of a train track. Office of War Information Photograph

A couple of men standing on top of a train track. Office of War Inform...

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 volunteer checking and posting 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

Washington, D.C. Jewal Mazique i.e. Jewel, worker at the Library of Congress, lecturing at church on the Negro participation in the war effort

Washington, D.C. Jewal Mazique i.e. Jewel, worker at the Library of Co...

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

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

A black and white photo of a man walking down a road. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man walking down a road. Office of War In...

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

A black and white photo of a man in a warehouse. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man in a warehouse. Office of War Informa...

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

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. The schools have gone all-out for the Program of Civilian Defense, and the buying of war bonds and stamps is a regular practice in the schools of the District

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

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

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

A black and white photo of a factory. Office of War Information Photog...

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Divisi... More

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

A black and white photo of a building under construction. Office of Wa...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Annotation on negative and/or original negative jacket. Negative not edge numbered. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United Sta... More

A black and white photo of men working in a factory. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of men working in a factory. Office of War Inf...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Annotation on negative and/or original negative jacket. Negative not edge numbered. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United Sta... More

A black and white photo of a bunch of barrels. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a bunch of barrels. Office of War Informati...

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

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. Fat salvage campaign

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

A black and white photo of cars parked in front of a factory. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of cars parked in front of a factory. Office o...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Negative not edge numbered. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Divisio... More

A woman in a factory working on a machine. Office of War Information Photograph

A woman in a factory working on a machine. Office of War Information P...

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. 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

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

A black and white photo of a conveyor belt. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a conveyor belt. Office of War Information ...

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

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