war work

U.S. troops and Red Cross in the trenches before Caloocan /

"Our troops have driven the Filipinos out of the trenches, and, after firing one or two volleys, press on in pursuit. The enemy returns the fire and the forward rush is marked by a trail of dead and wounded. Fo... More

Be ready! "Keep him smiling" United War-Work Campaign, week of Nov. 11...

Poster showing a soldier holding a mug from which steam is rising and eating a piece of pie, he has a big smile on his face.

Our country needs ships to carry our boys "Over There" and keep them w...

Poster showing a small scene of work in a shipyard. Title continues: The product made in this plant is used for building ships. The ships can be completed only as fast as the material and equipment for each shi... More

See him through--Help us to help the boys / Burton Rice ; American Lit...

Poster showing a man in Knights of Columbus uniform gesturing toward soldiers in battle. United War Work Campaign - Week of November 11 - 1918. National Catholic War Council, Knights of Columbus.

Volunteer civilian defense / Welch.

Poster encouraging voluntary participation in civilian defense, showing airplane flying over outline of Alabama. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of the WPA / Christ... More

Urgent - volunteers needed at once! Join up at any police station, any...

Poster calling for volunteers for "air raid wardens, auxiliary firemen, auxiliary policemen, and other services in the civilian defense army." Sponsored by Philadelphia Council of Defense. Work Projects Adminis... More

National Paint, Varnish & Lacquer Association Inc. Exhibit in Statler ...

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Service on the home front There's a job for every Pennsylvanian in the...

Poster encouraging participation in civil defense efforts, showing family prepared for work.

Potomac Electric Power Co. Building. Window on conservation I

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Potomac Electric Power Co. substations. Substation no. 38 window displ...

Public domain photograph related to Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Victory Corps, tomorrow's defenders of liberty. With radio becoming mo...

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

Potomac Electric Power Co. substations. Substation no. 38 window displ...

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Negroes speed war work for Tennessee Valley Authority. (left to right)...

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Refrigerators to bombers. The last electric refrigerator that rolled f...

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

Conversion. From garage to defense workshop. Carell supervising the se...

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

Washington, D.C. A day nursery for pre-school children of mothers enga...

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

Safe clothes for women war workers. The up-swept hairdress, or any mod...

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

Potomac Electric Power Co. substations. Substation no. 38 window displ...

Item title devised. The Theodor Horydczak Collection is a collection of photographs taken by Theodor Horydczak (1890-1971) a Polish-born American photographer who worked in Washington D.C. from the 1910s to th... More

Potomac Electric Power Co. substations. Substation no. 38 window displ...

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I wonder who's knitting for me?

For voice and piano. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. (additional physical form) Staff notation. (language)

The "Y" has more than 2000 such homes for our boys--United War Work Ca...

Poster showing a group of soldiers approaching a warmly lit YMCA facility, through the snow, at night. No. 4201.

Are you in this? / RBP ; Printed by Johnson, Riddle & Co., Ltd., Londo...

Poster showing soldiers and others busy with war work, as a well-dressed man looks on pensively. Designed by Lt. Gen. Sir R.S.S. Baden Powell. Poster No. 112.

Be ready! "Keep him smiling" United War-Work Campaign, week of Nov. 11...

Poster showing a soldier holding a mug from which steam is rising and eating a piece of pie, he has a big smile on his face.

Baseball game at Griffith Stadium. Pepco sign

The Theodor Horydczak Collection documents the architecture and social life of the Washington DC metropolitan area in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s.

Miscellaneous subjects. Montage of war scenes centered around image of...

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Potomac Electric Power Co. substations. Substation no. 38 window displ...

Public domain photograph of midcentury American industry, technology, 1940s-1950s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

National Paint, Varnish & Lacquer Association Inc. Exhibit in Statler ...

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Montgomery Blair High school Victory Corps. Victory Corps girls of Mon...

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). File print had series code LC-USW3; corrected Aug. 1999. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War ... More

De Land pool. Aircraft construction class. Secretaries, housewives, wa...

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

Washington, D.C. Exhibition, Women in war work, held at the public lib...

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

Potomac Electric Power Co. substations. Substation no. 38 window displ...

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Washington, D.C. A day nursery for pre-school children of mothers enga...

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

New York, New York. Precision instruments and parts used in the classe...

Public domain photograph related to Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Potomac Electric Power Co. substations. Substation no. 38 window displ...

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

Judd & Detweiler, Inc. Speech at award ceremony on behalf of the U.S. ...

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Potomac Electric Power Co. Building. National Security Award window di...

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To everyone in this plant: This plant is engaged upon government work ...

Poster showing a small scene of work in a shipyard, above lengthy text. Issued by Publications Section, Emergency Fleet Corporation, Philadelphia. Exhibited: "Echoes of the Great War : American Experiences of W... More

Women in war. Supercharger plant workers. Plant foremen point to 20-ye...

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

Production. Willow Run bomber plant. Steady of eye and hand, women wor...

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. Willow Run bomber plant. Spot welding parts for the nacell...

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

Kazhdyi udar molota -- udar po vragu!

Title summary: Every blow with the hammer is a blow against the enemy. Published: Izd-vo "Plakat." Originally pub.: Gos. izd-vo "Iskusstvo," Moskva, 1941. No. 20 in set commemorating Soviet victory in World Wa... More

Farewell! Mother, sweetheart, wife dedicated to the American Red Cross

words by Flora E.W. Torrey ; music by H.L. West. (statement of responsibility) For voice and piano. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. (additional physical form) Staff notation.... More

To shipbuilders! [...] Our country looks to you!

Poster showing a small scene of a shipyard. Text continues: For the support of our soldiers in France the Government must have at once the ships you are building. Without these ships the war can not be won. Eve... More

Success in war - depends on co-operation and good feeling between the ...

Poster showing lines of men and women entering a factory. Issued by the National Industrial Conservation Movement, 30 Church Street, New York City. Copies supplied on request. No. F-4.

Our good mule "Industry" First in war--First in peace--First in prospe...

Poster showing a mule "Industry" on a treadmill powering a factory, which is producing "Shoes," "Drugs," "Clothes," "Hats." The mule is bothered by flies labeled "Strife," "Unfair laws," "Agitator," and "Taxati... More

Uncle Sam says: "All the kings in the world can't beat my hand

Poster showing Uncle Sam holding playing cards labeled Farmer, Consumer, Banker, Wage earner, and Manufacturer. Title continues: National safety and industrial prosperity are dependent upon the loyalty and effi... More

If you only knew! - how much joy your dollars bring "Over there" you'd...

Poster showing a soldier standing in snow, holding a mug from which steam is rising and eating a piece of pie, he has a big smile on his face. Also shown are emblems from the following organizations: War Camp C... More

Lighten his load! Give and give and give United War-Work Campaign, Nov...

Poster showing a soldier carrying another soldier on his back during winter, they are holding mugs from which steam is rising and they have big smiles on their faces. Also shown are emblems from the following o... More

Fighting in France for freedom! Are you helping at home?

Poster showing a military review, with soldiers displaying a German cannon that was captured at the battle of Chateau Thierry.

National Paint, Varnish & Lacquer Association Inc. Exhibit in Statler ...

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

Potomac Electric Power Co. substations. Substation window display: Buy...

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Conversion. Merry-go-round plant. These hands and this machine used to...

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

Production. Blood transfusion bottles. Loading blood transfusion bottl...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a woman, nurse, caring, hospital, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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.

New York, New York. Industrial training for war work offered to women ...

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Safe clothes for women war workers. The importance of keeping hair sho...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a woman working, women labor, 1940s, economic conditions, home front, world war two, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Washington, D.C. A day nursery for pre-school children of mothers enga...

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

Food in Britain. Age is no obstacle to war work in Britain. Harry Kind...

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

Potomac Electric Power Co. substations. Substation no. 38 window displ...

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Potomac Electric Power Co. substations. Substation no. 38 window displ...

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

New York, New York. Industrial training for war work offered to women ...

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

New York, New York. Industrial training for war work offered to women ...

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

Bulova Watch Co., Exhibit, Waldorf Astoria. View to right, oblique

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Bulova Watch Co., Exhibit, Waldorf Astoria. Exhibit V

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Potomac Electric Power Co. substations. Substation no. 38 window displ...

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Stand by the boys in the trenches--Mine more coal / Walter Whitehead 1...

Poster showing a miner with a pickaxe and a soldier with a rifle. United States Fuel Administration. No. 6.

Mary Ann Bickerdyke Papers: Subject file; Pensions; Soldiers

Soldiers without guns / Adolph Treidler.

War poster shows three women who work for the war effort an office worker, a welder, and factory worker. I.S.D. No. 180. U.S. Army official poster.

The more women at work the sooner we win! Women are needed also as [.....

Woman working in an airplane factory. Based on a photograph by Alfred T. Palmer. Promotional goal: U.S. F34.J71. 1943. OWI Poster No. 52. Published in: American women : a Library of Congress guide for the study... More

The more women at work the sooner we win! Women are needed also as [.....

Woman working in an airplane factory. Based on a photograph by Alfred T. Palmer. Promotional goal: U.S. F34.J71. 1943. OWI Poster No. 52. Published in: American women : a Library of Congress guide for the study... More

Stand back of old glory dedicated to the Red Cross of America with a p...

words by Mrs. Martheva S. Grupp ; music by H.E.K. Whitney, director of Whitney's Boy Chorus. (statement of responsibility) Caption title. For voice and piano. Manuscript in ink. Lyrics also in typescript on sep... More

Watch the bee go get the Hun - Public domain World War One sheet music

words and music by Walter Hawley. (statement of responsibility) For voice and piano. Staff notation. (language)

Our boys need sox, knit your bit

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Let there not be a man or a woman among us ... / printed by Roberts & ...

Title continues: ... who, when the war is over, will not then be able to say: "I was not idle. I took such part as I could in the greatest task which, in all the storied annals of our country, has ever fallen t... More

Italy! Italian Red Cross matinee, Savoy Theatre, Monday, December 4th,...

Poster, mostly text, showing Italian coats-of-arms. Text lists the program of amateur performances and a charity auction. Celebrities participating include Beatrice Lilly, Olive Terry, Violet Keppel, and Lady ... More

"The last evidence that anybody cares" says a soldier "over there" of ...

Poster showing soldiers gathering at a Y.M.C.A. dugout canteen. National War Work Council of the Young Men's Christian Associations of the United States. Forms part of: Willard and Dorothy Straight Collection.

Teamwork wins - United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporati...

Poster showing men at work in a shipyard, beneath an American flag. Issued by Publications Section, Philadelphia.

Fighting in France for freedom! Are you helping at home?

Poster showing German officers interrogating a British captive. Public domain reproduction of World War One war bonds advertisement propaganda poster, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

War workers - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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No days are bookless days! Poughkeepsie asks you to do your part and p...

Poster showing books pouring out of the Adriance Memorial Library, flanked by a soldier and a sailor saluting.

Potomac Electric Power Co. substations. Substation window display: Kee...

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

Potomac Electric Power Co. Building. Stage on cooperation

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War worker goes to Washington. Typical of the thousands of young Negro...

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

Women in war. Machine gun production operators. This modern "spinning ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a woman working, women labor, 1940s, economic conditions, home front, world war two, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

De Land pool. Aircraft construction class. These two Daytona Beach, Fl...

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

Potomac Electric Power Co. substations. Substation no. 38 window displ...

Public domain photograph related to Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Washington, D.C. A day nursery for pre-school children of mothers enga...

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

War nursery schools. Providence, Rhode Island. Mothers who work in war...

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

Washington, D.C. A day nursery for pre-school children of mothers enga...

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

Bulova Watch Co., Exhibit, Waldorf Astoria. View to right II

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Potomac Electric Power Co. substations. Substation no. 38 window displ...

Public domain photograph related to Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Judd & Detweiler, Inc. Speech at award ceremony on behalf of the U.S. ...

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Judd & Detweiler, Inc. Award ceremony with certificate of merit II

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Mary Ann Bickerdyke Papers: Subject file; Pensions; Soldiers

Soldiers without guns / Adolph Treidler.

War poster shows three women who work for the war effort an office worker, a welder, and factory worker. I.S.D. No. 180. U.S. Army official poster.

Pressant appel à la solidarité . . .

A Red Cross nurse serving food to a table of children, a mother, and a poilu at a foyer or cantine refuge.

Artillery vehicles - Camouflaging Dept., American Car & Foundry Compan...

Women employees in ordnance plant during the first World War. No. 35851. U.S. Army Signal Corps photo.

On the job for victory / Alpha Litho. Co. Inc., N.Y.

Poster showing a workman in a shipyard. United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation.

Team work wins! Your work here makes their work over there possible Wi...

Poster showing a man making a machine gun and soldiers firing a machine gun. Issued by authority Ordnance Department. U.S. Army.

War-zone home for our boys "over there"--Always at the service of our ...

Poster showing soldiers entering a Y.M.C.A. canteen, and an interior scene of men reading and listening to records. National War Work Council of the Young Men's Christian Associations of the United States. Form... More