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Filling tank with water to be used in road construction. Gaines County, Texas

Filling tank with water to be used in road construction. Gaines County...

Public domain photograph of American farm workers, countryside in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

An old black and white photo of a broken piece of wood. Great Depression Era, Indiana.

An old black and white photo of a broken piece of wood. Great Depressi...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Resettlement Administration (1935-1937). The photographs of the Farm Se... More

Galilee trip. Saffourieh (near Nazareth). Saforis (Sepphoris). Saffourie[h] water supply, distribution station

Galilee trip. Saffourieh (near Nazareth). Saforis (Sepphoris). Saffour...

Photograph shows the Palestinian Arab village of Saffuriyya (Saffuriya). The American Colony in Jerusalem was a Christian utopian community that was established in Jerusalem in the late 19th century. The commu... More

Galilee trip. Saffourieh (near Nazareth). Saforis (Sepphoris). Villagers leaving the fountain with water supply

Galilee trip. Saffourieh (near Nazareth). Saforis (Sepphoris). Village...

Photograph shows the Palestinian Arab village of Saffuriyya (Saffuriya). The American Colony in Jerusalem was a Christian utopian community that was established in Jerusalem in the late 19th century. The commu... More

Wives of migratory workers in the laundry room at the Agua Fria Migratory Labor Camp, Arizona. Hot and cold water are furnished by the camp, soap and other washing materials by the people

Wives of migratory workers in the laundry room at the Agua Fria Migrat...

Public domain photograph - United States during 1930s Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Gold prospector pouring water through his "rocker," Pinos Altos, New Mexico. He was born in Fremont, Nebraska on Eugene Fields's death day and so was named Eugene by a romantically minded mother. Pinos Altos, New Mexico

Gold prospector pouring water through his "rocker," Pinos Altos, New M...

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

A black and white photo of a group of men. Pie Town, New Mexico. Farm Security Administartion photograph.

A black and white photo of a group of men. Pie Town, New Mexico. Farm ...

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

Faro Caudill pouring water from his well into watering trough made of hollowed-out log. Pie Town, New Mexico

Faro Caudill pouring water from his well into watering trough made of ...

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

Water trough and Y.M.C.A. (Young Mens Christian Association) welcome sign in square in center of town. Columbus, Georgia

Water trough and Y.M.C.A. (Young Mens Christian Association) welcome s...

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

Galilee trip. Saffourieh (near Nazareth). Saforis (Sepphoris). Villagers leaving the fountain with water supply

Galilee trip. Saffourieh (near Nazareth). Saforis (Sepphoris). Village...

Photograph shows the Palestinian Arab village of Saffuriyya (Saffuriya). The American Colony in Jerusalem was a Christian utopian community that was established in Jerusalem in the late 19th century. The commu... More

Farmer's son and collie dog driving the cows back to the barn after watering them at the brook. All other sources of water supply were frozen for two months during very severe winter. Clinton Gilbert's farm. Woodstock, Vermont

Farmer's son and collie dog driving the cows back to the barn after wa...

Public domain photograph of United States agriculture in the 1930s, country, farmer, farm, great depression, migration, dust bowl refugees, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mules are taken into the yard for a couple of hours at noon during mid-summer to cool and water them. King and Anderson Plantation, near Clarksdale, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi

Mules are taken into the yard for a couple of hours at noon during mid...

Public domain image of cattle, livestock, farm animals, agriculture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Jack Whinery's daughter washing her hands. This picture was taken in the dugout with natural lighting. Notice the water cooler in cooling room at right. This cooling room is built cellar-like into the ground. Pie Town, New Mexico

Jack Whinery's daughter washing her hands. This picture was taken in t...

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.

Waste paper. For defense use, this pile of waste paper is being delivered by a dealer to a large Philadelphia paper mill. There it will be chopped up and combined with water, then pressed into pasteboard packing so vitally needed for shipment of defense and lend-lease goods

Waste paper. For defense use, this pile of waste paper is being delive...

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

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

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

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

Row of adobe dwellings in Costilla, New Mexico. Well in square supplies several families with water

Row of adobe dwellings in Costilla, New Mexico. Well in square supplie...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of a factory, warehouse, commercial or industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

A black and white photo of a windmill in a field, Arizona. Farm Security Administration photograph

A black and white photo of a windmill in a field, Arizona. Farm Securi...

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

Sea jeeps. The Army's most flexible new machine of the war, a Ford-built amphibian reconnaissance car, carrying soldiers equipped for combat duty takes to the water in special tests staged recently in the Detroit area. This picture shows how the new transportation arm propelling itself as a boat to the opposite shore. The boat steers in the water the same as on land

Sea jeeps. The Army's most flexible new machine of the war, a Ford-bui...

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

An old black and white photo of a woman making pottery. Pie Town, New Mexico. Farm Security Administartion photograph.

An old black and white photo of a woman making pottery. Pie Town, New ...

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.

Hauling water in milk cans after pipes have frozen. Putney farm, Woodstock, Vermont

Hauling water in milk cans after pipes have frozen. Putney farm, Woods...

Public domain photograph of 3d object museum collection, metal, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Hauling water in milk cans after pipes have frozen. Clinton Gilbert's farm, Woodstock, Vermont

Hauling water in milk cans after pipes have frozen. Clinton Gilbert's ...

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

Excess water after irrigating field drains back into ditch and then goes onto near farm. The practice spreads weeds seeds although it does conserve water. Chamisal, New Mexico

Excess water after irrigating field drains back into ditch and then go...

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

Pear picker drinks water, Hood River, Oregon

Pear picker drinks water, Hood River, Oregon

Picryl description: Public domain image of people, meeting, eating, drinking, food, beverage, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Woman fetching water. She lives with her family in lower part of the tobacco barn. Husband works at Fort Bragg. Near Fayetteville, North Carolina

Woman fetching water. She lives with her family in lower part of the t...

Public domain photograph of 1930s North Carolina, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Steam bath on Cheyenne Indian Tongue River Reservation. A hot fire is made in the center, bricks are heated, water is poured over them. After the Indian gets inside is well covered with many blankets and the outside is also covered with cloths and blankets. He stays in there for several hours, sweats, and becomes very weak. A skull in front, outside, is their "medicine." Other Indians watch and stand around and smoke. Near Lame Deer, Montana

Steam bath on Cheyenne Indian Tongue River Reservation. A hot fire is ...

Public domain photograph related to Native Americans, Indian reservation, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Conduit crossing the Owyhee River Valley carrying irrigation water to Dead Ox Flat from the Owyhee Reservoir. Vale-Owyhee irrigation project, Malheur County, Oregon

Conduit crossing the Owyhee River Valley carrying irrigation water to ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a pipe, pipeline, excavation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The Phillips Packing Company ships by rail, truck and water. Cambridge, Maryland

The Phillips Packing Company ships by rail, truck and water. Cambridge...

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

Cleaning turpentine cups in boiling water at a still near Pembroke, Georgia

Cleaning turpentine cups in boiling water at a still near Pembroke, Ge...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s industrial development, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Calendar of religious ceremonies in Jer. [i.e., Jerusalem] Easter period, 1941. Holy Saturday. Pouring holy oils into water

Calendar of religious ceremonies in Jer. [i.e., Jerusalem] Easter peri...

Picryl description: Public domain image of liturgy, ceremony, church, Christianity religion, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Glory hole of the Owyhee Reservoir. Water for the Vale-Owyhee irrigation project is impounded here. Malheur County, Oregon

Glory hole of the Owyhee Reservoir. Water for the Vale-Owyhee irrigati...

Public domain photograph of water reservoir, lake, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fun at the water fountain, picnic grounds. Vale, Oregon

Fun at the water fountain, picnic grounds. Vale, Oregon

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

Cherry orchards at Emmett, Gem County, Idaho. Notice the wide irrigation ditches. Water for irrigation is supplied by the Black Canyon Reservoir

Cherry orchards at Emmett, Gem County, Idaho. Notice the wide irrigati...

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

Charlotte Amalie, Saint Thomas Island, Virgin Islands. One of the catchment areas on a hillside for catching and storing rain water. The water supply is one of the serious problems of the island

Charlotte Amalie, Saint Thomas Island, Virgin Islands. One of the catc...

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

Steam bath on Cheyenne Indian Tongue River Reservation. A hot fire is made in the center, bricks are heated, water is poured over them. After the Indian gets inside is well covered with many blankets and the outside is also covered with cloths and blankets. He stays in there for several hours, sweats, and becomes very weak. A skull in front, outside, is their "medicine." Other Indians watch and stand around and smoke. Near Lame Deer, Montana

Steam bath on Cheyenne Indian Tongue River Reservation. A hot fire is ...

Public domain photograph related to Native Americans, Indian reservation, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Owyhee Dam which impounds water for the Vale-Owyhee irrigation project. Malheur County, Oregon

Owyhee Dam which impounds water for the Vale-Owyhee irrigation project...

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

Improper disposal of kitchen waste water may be a cause of illness. Long well project, Saint Mary's County, Maryland

Improper disposal of kitchen waste water may be a cause of illness. Lo...

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

Holyoke is a city of canals which supply water to the paper mills that line their banks. Massachusetts

Holyoke is a city of canals which supply water to the paper mills that...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a river, water stream, lake or pond, park or forest, natural landscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Power and conservation. Chickamauga Dam, Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). Switchyard of the TVA's Chickamauga Dam, located near Chattanooga, 471 miles above the mouth of the Tennessee River. The dam has an authorized power installation of 81,000 kilowatts, which can be increased to a possible ultimate of 108,000 kilowatts. The reservoir at the dam adds 377,000 acre feet of water to controlled storage on the Tennessee River system. The power that passes through this switchyard serves many useful domestic, agricultural and industrial uses

Power and conservation. Chickamauga Dam, Tennessee Valley Authority (T...

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

Columbia Steel Company at Geneva, Utah. Constructing a water intake tunnel for a new steel plant which will make important additions to the vast amount of steel needed for the war effort

Columbia Steel Company at Geneva, Utah. Constructing a water intake tu...

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

Dante Electric Company, Bantam, Connecticut. The shop is busy, so Anna, oldest of the five Dante girls lends a hand with a drill press. Anna operates the Bantam Beauty Salon, but because she has difficulty with hot water during the winter, she closes the shop from early January through March. Her "boyfriend" (Anna says they are not engaged) works regularly at the American Brass Company in Torrington. If he puts in an eight-hour day there, he works for another four hours at the Dante Electric. Often now, however, he puts in a twelve-hour day in Torrington, and on those days does not work for Dante

Dante Electric Company, Bantam, Connecticut. The shop is busy, so Anna...

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

Power and conservation. Chickamauga Dam, Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). Switchyard of the TVA's Chickamauga Dam, showing insulators and bus wires, located near Chattanooga, 471 miles above the mouth of the Tennessee River. The dam has an authorized power installation of 81,000 kilowatts, which can be increased to a possible ultimate of 108,000 kilowatts. The reservoir at the dam adds 377,000 acre feet of water to controlled storage on the Tennessee River system. The power that passes through this switchyard serves many useful domestic, agricultural and industrial uses

Power and conservation. Chickamauga Dam, Tennessee Valley Authority (T...

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

Tennessee Valley Authority power and conservation. Fort Loudoun Dam construction. A workman on a cofferdam of the new Fort Loudoun Dam, furthest upstream of the TVA's main Tennessee River projects. Scheduled for closure and first storage of water early in 1943, this dam will create a 15,000-acre lake reaching fifty-five miles upstream to the city of Knoxville. The reservoir will have a useful storage capacity of 126,000 acre-feet. Power installation of 64,000 kilowatts is authorized, with a possible ultimate of 96,000 kilowatts. Note safety precaution in the form of a life preserver strapped to this worker

Tennessee Valley Authority power and conservation. Fort Loudoun Dam co...

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

New River, North Carolina. Marine amphibian tractor. The soldiers of the sea have a new troop carrier that serves them well on land and in the water. A special Marine unit, training with an amphibian tractor at New River, North Carolina, is on its way from a battleship to establish a beachhead

New River, North Carolina. Marine amphibian tractor. The soldiers of t...

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

Longview, Texas to Arkansas state line. War emergency pipeline from Longview, Texas to Norris City, Illinois. Laborers removing mud and water from the drag hole

Longview, Texas to Arkansas state line. War emergency pipeline from Lo...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a pipe, pipeline, excavation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Anaconda smelter, Montana. Anaconda Copper Mining Company. Certain oils and organic chemical compounds form the reagents with which the finely ground sulphide ore mixed with water is agitated. This makes possible the phenomenon of flotation of the ore

Anaconda smelter, Montana. Anaconda Copper Mining Company. Certain oil...

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.

Tennessee Valley Authority. Transmission line towers and high-tension lines that carry current generated at the TVA's hydroelectric plant at Wilson Dam. Located near Sheffield, Alabama, 260 miles above the mouth of the Tennessee River, the dam has an authorized power installation of 288,000 kilowatts, which can be increased to a possible ultimate of 444,000 kilowatts. The reservoir at the dam adds 377,000 acre-feet of water to controlled storage on the Tennessee River system

Tennessee Valley Authority. Transmission line towers and high-tension ...

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

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

A black and white photo of a group of children. Office of War Informat...

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Kern County, California. Mill of the Tungsten Chief Mine. Pulverized tungsten ore is mixed with water and then run over a vibratory table where the ore is further concentrated; in this picture the final concentrates appear in the two pans in the lower left hand corner

Kern County, California. Mill of the Tungsten Chief Mine. Pulverized t...

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. Fifty-foot steel ramp boats. A new fifty-foot steel ramp boat, which has just passed its trial runs at a Southern boatyard, is removed from the water to be prepared for railroad shipment. Boats of this kind are used in making beach landings of men, tanks and other equipment on hostile shores. They are powered by twin diesel engines. Higgins Industries

Production. Fifty-foot steel ramp boats. A new fifty-foot steel ramp b...

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

Flathead Valley special area project, Montana. Cleared land with ditches holding water on John Wardnow's farm

Flathead Valley special area project, Montana. Cleared land with ditch...

Public domain photograph of United States agriculture in the 1930s, country, farmer, farm, great depression, migration, dust bowl refugees, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Tennessee Valley Authority power and conservation. Fort Loudoun Dam construction. One arm of the cofferdam wall at Fort Loudoun Dam, furthest upstream of the TVA's main Tennessee River projects. Scheduled for closure and first storage of water early in 1943, this dam will create a 15,000-acre lake reaching fifty-five miles upstream to the city of Knoxville. The reservoir will have a useful storage capacity of 126,000 acre-feet. Power installation of 64,000 kilowatts is authorized, with a possible ultimate of 96,000 kilowatts

Tennessee Valley Authority power and conservation. Fort Loudoun Dam co...

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

San Juan, Puerto Rico. People carrying water home because of the failure of the water system for three days

San Juan, Puerto Rico. People carrying water home because of the failu...

Public domain photograph related to Puerto Rico, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Production. Motor torpedo boats (wooden). A carpenter at a Southern shipyard checks the framing of a new seventy-eight-foot motor boat. The hulls of these speedy wooden boats are built indoors of prefabricated parts and sections and are then moved to nearby water for launching and fitting. Higgins Industries

Production. Motor torpedo boats (wooden). A carpenter at a Southern sh...

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

Production. New Tennessee Valley Authority synthetic ammonia plant. A water saturating tower in the hydrogen section of the TVA's new synthetic ammonia plant in the Muscle Shoals area. Ammonia is made here by the high-pressure synthesis of nitrogen and hydrogen and converted at Muscle Shoals to ammonium nitrate for use in the making of high explosive shells. In addition to the production of munitions, the TVA is engaged in research in many fields, seeking new sources of strategic materials and better ways to utilize them in the war effort

Production. New Tennessee Valley Authority synthetic ammonia plant. A ...

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

Production. Motor torpedo boats (wooden). Planking a new seventy-eight-foot motor torpedo boat at a large Southern shipyard. These speedy wooden vessels are built of prefabricated parts and sections under roof. When the hull is ready for launching and fitting it is removed from the plant to nearby water. Higgins Industries

Production. Motor torpedo boats (wooden). Planking a new seventy-eight...

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

Tennessee Valley Authority. A partly completed generator in the new addition to TVA's hydroelectric plant at Wilson Dam. A long line of completed generators extends back the full length of the room. Located near Sheffield, Alabama, 260 miles above the mouth of the Tennessee River, the dam had an authorized power installation of 288,000 kilowatts, which can be increased to a possible ultimate of 444,000 kilowatts. The reservoir at the dam adds 377,000 acre feet of water to controlled storage on the Tennesse River system

Tennessee Valley Authority. A partly completed generator in the new ad...

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

Production. Copper. Water supply is an important requirement in copper smelting at the Phelps-Dodge Mining Company, Morenci, Arizona. This plant supplies great quantities of the copper so vital in our war effort

Production. Copper. Water supply is an important requirement in copper...

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

A freight train stopping for water at a siding enroute to Gallup, New Mexico

A freight train stopping for water at a siding enroute to Gallup, New ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, railway, train car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Public domain image of New york city cityscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Public domain image of New york city cityscape, free to use, no copyri...

Public domain image of Chicago cityscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bar Harbor, Maine. Civil Air Patrol base headquarters of coastal patrol no. 20. Routine inspection of "Mae West" life preserving vests worn by flyers on all patrols over water

Bar Harbor, Maine. Civil Air Patrol base headquarters of coastal patro...

Public domain photograph of the United States military and military-industrial complex before World War Two, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Freight train operations on the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad between Chicago and Clinton, Iowa. The train stops at DeKalb, Illinois for coal and water. The brakemen make an inspection of the train. Since their time is limited, they walk on the side opposite the wind so they smell any hot-boxes on the other side without having to walk both sides of the train

Freight train operations on the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad betw...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge, railroad structure, train viaduct, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Calumet City, Illinois. An Indiana Harbor Belt railroad locomotive stopping for water on its way back to Franklin Park, Illinois after having made a delivery at Hammond, Indiana

Calumet City, Illinois. An Indiana Harbor Belt railroad locomotive sto...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s train station, train car, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

San Augustine, Texas. A meeting of the town council to discuss buying a new water tank to replace the one which was destroyed by the March tornado. Left to right around the table: Troy Mitchell, city manager; J.W. Ritchie, tinner; H.D. Clark, department store owner; Mayor Alonzo Rushing, druggist; Mr. Ramsey, city attorney; R.V. Hall, grocer; Clyde Smith, grocer; and Frank Phillips, city secretary

San Augustine, Texas. A meeting of the town council to discuss buying ...

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

Spring pulpwood drive on the Brown Company timber holdings in Maine. A "head" of water, released from a dam upstream to carry the logs down to the rivers, reaching the top of a falls on its steep journey down Dennison Bog Brook

Spring pulpwood drive on the Brown Company timber holdings in Maine. A...

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.

Gorham (vicinity), New Hampshire. Barbara Mortensen, a fire and airplane lookout on Pine Mountain, bound down the mountain a half mile to the spring where she gets her drinking water, and if there is no rain, her wash water too. On her back is strapped a metal water pack, which holds three gallons and weighs thirty pounds when full

Gorham (vicinity), New Hampshire. Barbara Mortensen, a fire and airpla...

Public domain photograph of United States countryside, nature, during 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Port Farina beachside strewn with a wide assortment of Nazi military debris and a Nazi half-track in the water

Port Farina beachside strewn with a wide assortment of Nazi military d...

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

Miami, Texas. Train stopping for water along the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad between Canadian and Amarillo, Texas

Miami, Texas. Train stopping for water along the Atchison, Topeka, and...

Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, railway, train car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Chinese water conservancy experts examining contour maps at the University of Maryland, where they are taking courses at the UNRRA (United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration) training center. From left: Lin Ping-yi, Liu Chung-juci, Chang Jen, Hsu Shih-ta, Wu Yui-sin, Tsai Pang-lin, Chang Han-ying, and Tsai Chen

Chinese water conservancy experts examining contour maps at the Univer...

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

Houses for Britain. Detail of cupboards in corner of kitchen in prefabricated, temporary, emergency house of the type which it is planned to ship to Great Britain under lend-lease. This house was erected by the Federal Public Housing Authority at Scott Circle, Washington, D.C. Note submerged electric water heater will supplied in England. Heater connects with space heater in living room

Houses for Britain. Detail of cupboards in corner of kitchen in prefab...

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[Israeli luxury liner "Shalom" arriving in New York City escorted by tugboats spraying plumes of water] / World Telegram & Sun photo by Dick DeMarsico.

[Israeli luxury liner "Shalom" arriving in New York City escorted by t...

NYWT&S staff photograph. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

Painting of Water Tower. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Painting of Water Tower. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Maker: Schwartz, Norma Public domain photograph - historical image of Nevada, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description The Paradise Valley Folklife Project was a cultur... More

Carol M. Highsmith - Galleria "Water Wall," Houston, Texas

Carol M. Highsmith - Galleria "Water Wall," Houston, Texas

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Kate Carter with a neighbor at the water well at the log cabins where photographer Carol M. Highsmith's great-grandfather, Pleasant Jiles Carter (1847-1931) and grandfather, Yancey Ligon Carter (1873-1947) were born and lived in Wentworth, North Carolina

Kate Carter with a neighbor at the water well at the log cabins where ...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

A 143-foot-long, walk-through, fiberglass-and-steel muskie, and a less-imposing fiberglass sunfish, at the National Fresh Water Fishing Hall of Fame, Hayward, Wisconsin

A 143-foot-long, walk-through, fiberglass-and-steel muskie, and a less...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

"City of the Dead," in which tombs must be above ground because of the high water table in New Orleans, Louisiana

"City of the Dead," in which tombs must be above ground because of the...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Water flowing through raceway system in Paterson's historic district; the raceway supplied hydraulic power for mills.

Water flowing through raceway system in Paterson's historic district; ...

Forms part of a group of images recorded on September 11, documenting scenes in Paterson's historic district.

Water flowing through raceway system in Paterson's historic district; the raceway supplied hydraulic power for mills.

Water flowing through raceway system in Paterson's historic district; ...

Forms part of a group of images recorded on September 11, documenting scenes in Paterson's historic district.

Water flowing through raceway system in Paterson's historic district; the raceway supplied hydraulic power for mills.

Water flowing through raceway system in Paterson's historic district; ...

Forms part of a group of images recorded on September 11, documenting scenes in Paterson's historic district.

Water fountain, U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Camden, New Jersey

Water fountain, U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Camden, New Jersey

Architect: James A. Wetmore, 1932. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Caro... More

[Rescue worker reaching into a New York Police car covered with debris while New York City fire fighters spray water on smoldering ruins in background, following September 11th terrorist attack on World Trade Center, New York City]

[Rescue worker reaching into a New York Police car covered with debris...

Forms part of: Collection of unattributed photographs ... Public domain photograph of a city streets, cityscape, urban environment, buildings, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Two New York City fire fighters spraying water on smoldering ruins following September 11th terrorist attack on World Trade Center, New York City]

[Two New York City fire fighters spraying water on smoldering ruins fo...

Forms part of: Collection of unattributed photographs ... Public domain photograph of a historic landmark building in Washington DC, American classicism architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions im... More

Dolles Salt Water Taffy sign, Rehoboth Beach, Delaware

Dolles Salt Water Taffy sign, Rehoboth Beach, Delaware

Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift and purchase; Carol M. Highsmith; 2009; (DLC/PP-2010... More

Wall Drug billboard: "Free Ice Water," Wall, South Dakota

Wall Drug billboard: "Free Ice Water," Wall, South Dakota

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

A canoe trip up the Mobile Delta, which consists of approximately 20,323 acres of water just north of Mobile Bay, Alabama

A canoe trip up the Mobile Delta, which consists of approximately 20,3...

The Mobile Delta is 30 miles long and 12 miles wide, formed by the confluence of the Alabama and Tombigbee Rivers. It covers more than 200,000 acres of swamps, river bottom lands and marshes. Congress named the... More

A canoe trip up the Mobile Delta, which consists of approximately 20,323 acres of water just north of Mobile Bay, Alabama

A canoe trip up the Mobile Delta, which consists of approximately 20,3...

The Mobile Delta is 30 miles long and 12 miles wide, formed by the confluence of the Alabama and Tombigbee Rivers. It covers more than 200,000 acres of swamps, river bottom lands and marshes. Congress named the... More

The California Aqueduct, part of a system of canals, tunnels, and pipelines that conveys water collected from the Sierra Nevada Mountains and valleys of Northern and Central California to Southern California

The California Aqueduct, part of a system of canals, tunnels, and pipe...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. The Department of Water Resources operates and maintains the California Aqueduct, including two pumped-storage hydroelectric plants. Credit line: The Jon ... More

Tile water fountain, Santa Barbara, California

Tile water fountain, Santa Barbara, California

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Pr... More

Windmill and water tower at dusk in Abilene, Texas

Windmill and water tower at dusk in Abilene, Texas

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More

(Inner) Tubing is almost a Texas passion come summertime. These participants enjoy the water in Prince Solms Park on the Comal River in New Braunfels, near San Antonio, Texas

(Inner) Tubing is almost a Texas passion come summertime. These partic...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More

Yara, Daisy, Dominck and Dorsey Morales, left to right, play on an inflatable water slide outside their home in Dallas, Texas

Yara, Daisy, Dominck and Dorsey Morales, left to right, play on an inf...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Ph... More

(Inner) Tubing is almost a Texas passion come summertime. These participants enjoy the water in Prince Solms Park on the Comal River in New Braunfels, near San Antonio, Texas

(Inner) Tubing is almost a Texas passion come summertime. These partic...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More

(Inner) Tubing is almost a Texas passion come summertime. These participants enjoy the water in Prince Solms Park on the Comal River in New Braunfels, near San Antonio, Texas

(Inner) Tubing is almost a Texas passion come summertime. These partic...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More

This alligator is a gator out of water at the Texas State Aquarium in Corpus Christi, and he (or she) doesn't look all that happy about it

This alligator is a gator out of water at the Texas State Aquarium in ...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More

Egyptian women carrying their heavy water jars from the Nile, Cairo, Egypt

Egyptian women carrying their heavy water jars from the Nile, Cairo, E...

H108008 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by H.C. White Co. No. 1116.

Pharoah's daughters, water carriers, Egypt - stereocsopic card

Pharoah's daughters, water carriers, Egypt - stereocsopic card

J253850 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 9848; C82. Public domain photograph of Egypt, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Design drawing for stained glass window showing wine; water to wine; Last supper, with vessels, grapes, and chalice for Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Bristol, Virginia]

[Design drawing for stained glass window showing wine; water to wine; ...

Public domain reproduction of illuminated book page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Design drawing for stained glass window showing abstracted Baptism of Christ with shell, water lilies, dove; rays of light and figures emerge from geometric muntin/came grid; with text "This is my Beloved Son"]

[Design drawing for stained glass window showing abstracted Baptism of...

Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A Little water - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph

A Little water - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph

No. 200. Variant view: LOT 11557-5, no. 62. Written on back: Tantalus Creek. Part of series: U.S. topographical and geological survey of the valley of the Colorado River of the west, by J.W. Powell and A.H. Thompson.

Water washed Caves of the Fairies, Point of Rocks (Andrew J. Russel)

Water washed Caves of the Fairies, Point of Rocks (Andrew J. Russel)

No. 14. Part of series: Union Pacific R.R. views, across the continent, west from Omaha.

Red Water Tower, Blair & Bissell Streets, Saint Louis, Independent City, MO

Red Water Tower, Blair & Bissell Streets, Saint Louis, Independent Cit...

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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