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A black and white drawing of a map. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

A black and white drawing of a map. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company P...

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is... More

A black and white photo of a city. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

A black and white photo of a city. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Pl...

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is... More

A black and white photo of a train station. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

A black and white photo of a train station. Dodge Brothers Motor Car C...

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is... More

A black and white photo of a parking garage. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

A black and white photo of a parking garage. Dodge Brothers Motor Car ...

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is... More

A black and white photo of a train going down a track. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

A black and white photo of a train going down a track. Dodge Brothers ...

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is... More

A black and white photo of a train station. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

A black and white photo of a train station. Dodge Brothers Motor Car C...

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is... More

A black and white photo of an empty street. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

A black and white photo of an empty street. Dodge Brothers Motor Car C...

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is... More

A black and white photo of a hospital room. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

A black and white photo of a hospital room. Dodge Brothers Motor Car C...

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is... More

An old black and white photo of a factory. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

An old black and white photo of a factory. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Co...

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is... More

A black and white photo of pipes and valves. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

A black and white photo of pipes and valves. Dodge Brothers Motor Car ...

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is... More

A black and white photo of a building under construction. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

A black and white photo of a building under construction. Dodge Brothe...

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is... More

A black and white photo of men working in a factory. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

A black and white photo of men working in a factory. Dodge Brothers Mo...

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is... More

A black and white photo of an empty warehouse. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

A black and white photo of an empty warehouse. Dodge Brothers Motor Ca...

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is... More

A drawing of a plan of a house. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

A drawing of a plan of a house. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant...

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is... More

A black and white drawing of a floor plan. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

A black and white drawing of a floor plan. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Co...

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is... More

A black and white drawing of a building. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

A black and white drawing of a building. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Comp...

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is... More

A black and white drawing of a building. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

A black and white drawing of a building. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Comp...

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is... More

A black and white photo of a train station. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

A black and white photo of a train station. Dodge Brothers Motor Car C...

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is... More

A group of men working on machinery in a factory. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

A group of men working on machinery in a factory. Dodge Brothers Motor...

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is... More

A black and white photo of a skateboard ramp. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

A black and white photo of a skateboard ramp. Dodge Brothers Motor Car...

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is... More

A black and white photo of a machine shop. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

A black and white photo of a machine shop. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Co...

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is... More

A drawing of a building with a plan on it. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

A drawing of a building with a plan on it. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Co...

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is... More

A black and white photo of a factory. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

A black and white photo of a factory. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company...

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is... More

Wayne County and Home Savings Bank, Detroit, Mich.

Wayne County and Home Savings Bank, Detroit, Mich.

Picryl description: Public domain image of bustling city downtown streets, commercial buildings, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

South stairway, second floor, Wayne County Building, Detroit

South stairway, second floor, Wayne County Building, Detroit

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic building in Detroit, Michigan, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Wayne County Court House i.e. Wayne County Building, Detroit, Mich

Wayne County Court House i.e. Wayne County Building, Detroit, Mich

"3133" and "G 2133" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 034040. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Sibley House, 976 East Jefferson Avenue, Detroit, Wayne County, MI

Sibley House, 976 East Jefferson Avenue, Detroit, Wayne County, MI

Survey number: HABS MI-269 Public domain photograph - historical image of Michigan, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Karnegay House, Mt. Olive vic., Wayne County, North Carolina

Karnegay House, Mt. Olive vic., Wayne County, North Carolina

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

Detroit, Michigan. New method of making x-ray photographs size 4x5 inches instead of larger. Used at the Herman Kiefer Hospital for Communicable Diseases to show various stages of tuberculosis. Back of the x-ray camera

Detroit, Michigan. New method of making x-ray photographs size 4x5 inc...

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

Detroit, Michigan. New method of making x-ray photographs size 4x5 inches instead of larger. Used at the Herman Kiefer Hospital for Communicable Diseases to show various stages of tuberculosis. Making an x-ray exposure by photographing the fluorescent screen

Detroit, Michigan. New method of making x-ray photographs size 4x5 inc...

Public domain photograph of hospital laboratory, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Detroit, Michigan. New method of making x-ray photographs size 4x5 inches instead of larger. Used at the Herman Kiefer Hospital for Communicable Diseases to show various stages of tuberculosis. The x-ray plate is contained in the apparatus in front of the girl. The apparatus in the foreground contains an x-ray tube

Detroit, Michigan. New method of making x-ray photographs size 4x5 inc...

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

Army truck manufacture (Dodge). First operation in the process of tire and wheel assembly. The workman shown above is putting the tube and flap inside the casing of the type of tire with which all Dodge Army trucks are equipped

Army truck manufacture (Dodge). First operation in the process of tire...

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

Army truck manufacture (Dodge). An attractive young lady operating an ingenious machine contributes her share to defense production. With a specially designed "gun" this girl sprays cement inside a "U" shaped rubber channel into which the glass for the rear window of truck cabs is inserted. The rubber channel makes the window water-tight

Army truck manufacture (Dodge). An attractive young lady operating an ...

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.

Detroit, Michigan. A Venetian night party at the Detroit yacht club, whose members represent the wealthier class of manufacturers and their friends. Interior of the dining room

Detroit, Michigan. A Venetian night party at the Detroit yacht club, w...

Public domain photograph of restaurant table, gathering, reception, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chrysler tank arsenal. Installing the power plant is a ticklish operation. These workers are lowering a 400 horsepower Wright Whirlwind aviation engine into an M-3 tank and they are taking care to insure that each fitting and connection may be made within a few seconds after the motor has been placed in the tank. These twenty-eight ton giants

Chrysler tank arsenal. Installing the power plant is a ticklish operat...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial equipment, workshop, assembly line, factory, power engine, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Chrysler tank arsenal. Individual mobile arsenals are the outpost of the huge Chrysler tank arsenal on the outskirts of Detroit. A worker is here installing a machine gun on an M-3 tank, one of the twenty-eight ton giants which mount four machine guns, two .50 calibre and two .30 calibre, a .75 mm. gun and a 37 mm. anti-aircraft gun, as well as an assortment of hand machine guns, and other weapons for use by the crew

Chrysler tank arsenal. Individual mobile arsenals are the outpost of 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

Army truck manufacture (Dodge). Working with a maze of wires and sensitive apparatus, these girls assemble the electrical instruments such as gas gauges, oil gauges, light switches, and so forth, to what is known as the wire "harness" for Dodge Army trucks

Army truck manufacture (Dodge). Working with a maze of wires and sensi...

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

Sea jeeps. This picture shows the Ford amphibian reconnaissance car in test at the Ford Motor Company's Rouge plant and in the Huron River. The photo shows tests of the land-water cars in the Rouge River slip

Sea jeeps. This picture shows the Ford amphibian reconnaissance car in...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Image source: Ford photo from OWI. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; U... More

Army truck manufacture (Dodge). Lines of sheet metal formed into top and back panels for the cabs of Army trucks arrive at the truck plant daily in huge shipments loaded compactly into railroad freight cars. Four carloads are required for an average day's production

Army truck manufacture (Dodge). Lines of sheet metal formed into top a...

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

Detroit, Michigan. A Venetian night party at the Detroit yacht club, whose members represent the wealthier class of manufacturers and their friends. Small cabin crusier

Detroit, Michigan. A Venetian night party at the Detroit yacht club, w...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic building in Detroit, Michigan, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Image source: Ford photo from OWI. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture ... More

Army truck manufacture (Dodge). Crews of men operating in pits beneath the assembly line and at floor level carefully check, inspect and adjust virtually every nut and bolt of a Dodge Army truck as it is about to leave the assembly line and be turned over to U.S. Army inspectors

Army truck manufacture (Dodge). Crews of men operating in pits beneath...

Public domain photograph of car garage, repair shop, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Army truck manufacture (Dodge). Army officers attending the school conducted by the Chrysler Corporation to assist our fighting forces in the job training men to operate the thousands of trucks required by today's streamlined division are given actual practice in driving the trucks in a testing field. Above is an Army officer putting one of these trucks through its paces in a heavy mud wallow which is just one of the many tests to which the driver and vehicle are subjected

Army truck manufacture (Dodge). Army officers attending the school con...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military vehicle, automobile, tractor truck, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Army truck manufacture (Dodge). Line-up of U.S. Army trucks at the Dodge Lynch Road plant in Detroit, ready for shipment to Army posts throughout the country

Army truck manufacture (Dodge). Line-up of U.S. Army trucks at the Dod...

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

Army truck manufacture (Dodge). Dropping the power plant of a Dodge Army truck to its place in the chassis assembly. The complete motor, carried on an overhead conveyor, reaches the chassis moving along the assembly line at precisely the right time and place to permit steady production of these urgently needed army vehicles

Army truck manufacture (Dodge). Dropping the power plant of a Dodge Ar...

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

Army truck manufacture (Dodge). An attractive young lady operating an ingenious machine contributes her share to defense production. With a specially designed "gun" this girl sprays cement inside a "U" shaped rubber channel into which the glass for the rear window of truck cabs is inserted. The rubber channel makes the window water-tight

Army truck manufacture (Dodge). An attractive young lady operating an ...

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

The Ritz Tavern on outskirts of Detroit, Michigan

The Ritz Tavern on outskirts of Detroit, Michigan

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic building in Detroit, Michigan, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Auto graveyard. A Detroit auto graveyard. Junked autos and trucks to be shipped to scrapyards and then to the Great Lakes Steel Plant

Auto graveyard. A Detroit auto graveyard. Junked autos and trucks to b...

Actual size of negative is B (approximately 5 x 7 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history for image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Inform... More

Skilled workmen checking the stock clearance on a die which will be used to trim and flange fenders. Plant of Frederick Colman & Sons, Inc., Detroit, Michigan

Skilled workmen checking the stock clearance on a die which will be us...

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 large boring mill in operation, machining a part for a 105 mm shell machine. Plant in Middle West. Frederick Colman & Sons, Inc., Detroit, Michigan

A large boring mill in operation, machining a part for a 105 mm shell ...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s US industrial development, Second World War, US war production, indusry, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Detroit, Michigan. Charles Wilson of the General Motors Corporation with a Navy man and an unknown manufacturer at an early meeting of the Automobile Council for War Production

Detroit, Michigan. Charles Wilson of the General Motors Corporation wi...

Public domain photograph of meeting, discussion, group of people, political event, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A woman standing in front of a book store. Office of War Information Photograph

A woman standing in front of a book store. Office of War Information P...

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

Crude rubber, baled, in the storage room. This rubber will be used to make automobile tires and tubes. Ford River Rouge plant

Crude rubber, baled, in the storage room. This rubber will be used to ...

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

Laundry room in Oak Grove trailer park. This park on the edge of Detroit, Michigan is occupied mainly by defense workers

Laundry room in Oak Grove trailer park. This park on the edge of Detro...

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

Interior of the tool and ie building, Ford River Rouge plant, Dearborn Michigan. Here radically new techniques of mass production have been developed and put in use. Machine tools and dies produced at this plant themselves make mass production easier and more rapid in other factories throughout the country. The building covers 8 12 acres; employs 4,500 skilled workers; equipped with 3 million dollars worth of machinery. Many machinists are being trained for the Navy, here by mechanics, tool and die makers

Interior of the tool and ie building, Ford River Rouge plant, Dearborn...

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

Detroit, Michigan. Conference between U.S. Army ordnance and washing machine industry officials to determine the ability of manufacturers to produce parts needed by the Army. After inspecting samples, blueprints and prices were discussed. Exhibit showing parts of an anti-tank mine

Detroit, Michigan. Conference between U.S. Army ordnance and washing m...

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

A boring mill machining a cast-iron die which, when finished, will be used to stamp out automobile fenders. Plant of Frederick Colman & Sons, Inc., Detroit, Michigan

A boring mill machining a cast-iron die which, when finished, will be ...

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

Steel. Ford plant. A blast furnace being cast. Here the iron ore starts on its way to becoming an automobile part. The metal travels down sanded trenches; the trench to the left is conveying molten metal to giant ladles; trench on the right carries the slag off. Blast furnaces are cast in this manner about every six hours. Ford River Rouge plant, May 1941

Steel. Ford plant. A blast furnace being cast. Here the iron ore start...

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Left to right: Sir Clive Baillien of the British Purchasing Commission; A.R. Glancy of the Ordnance Section, Office of Production Management (OPM); Brigadier General B.O. Lewis; Brigadier General G.M. Barnes; Rear Admiral H.A. Sheridan of the British Royal Navy; inspecting the new M-3 "Medium" tank currently being manufactured for the Army. Chrysler Tank Arsenal near Detroit, Michigan

Left to right: Sir Clive Baillien of the British Purchasing Commission...

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

Detroit, Michigan. Typical Negro residential fronts. These are conditions under which families originally lived before moving to the Sojourner Truth project

Detroit, Michigan. Typical Negro residential fronts. These are conditi...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic building in Detroit, Michigan, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Chrysler Corporation. Dodge truck plant. Detroit, Michigan (vicinity). Hundreds of Dodge Army trucks awaiting delivery to the Army

Chrysler Corporation. Dodge truck plant. Detroit, Michigan (vicinity)....

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

De Soto bomber plant, Detroit, Michigan. Spraying small parts with paint

De Soto bomber plant, Detroit, Michigan. Spraying small parts with pai...

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

De Soto bomber plant. Detroit, Michigan. Drilling operation on center section

De Soto bomber plant. Detroit, Michigan. Drilling operation on center ...

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

Wayne County Airport, a United States Army Air Corps air ferry command base sixteen miles from Detroit, Michigan. Lieutenant Benton putting his duffle bag aboard the plane

Wayne County Airport, a United States Army Air Corps air ferry command...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s US industrial development, Second World War, US war production, indusry, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Detroit, Michigan. Fashion show presented by the Chrysler Girls' Club of the Chrysler Corporation at Saks Fifth Avenue store. Girl modeling a typical afternoon dress

Detroit, Michigan. Fashion show presented by the Chrysler Girls' Club ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of 1930s woman, female portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Detroit, Michigan. Drill press operator at the Allison Motors plant

Detroit, Michigan. Drill press operator at the Allison Motors plant

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

Wayne County Airport, a United States Army Air Corps air ferry command base sixteen miles from Detroit, Michigan. Lieutenant Benton starting the motor with the supercharger

Wayne County Airport, a United States Army Air Corps air ferry command...

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 group of people standing around a monument. Office of War Information Photograph

A group of people standing around a monument. 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

Conversion. Automobile plant. All silent in this huge plant where automobiles were manufactured twenty-four hours a day up until a few weeks ago. These giants will soon be converted to production of tanks for Uncle Sam's army. Chevrolet Motors, Detroit, Michigan

Conversion. Automobile plant. All silent in this huge plant where auto...

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

Detroit, Michigan. Election of officers to the Ford local 600, United Automobile Workers, Congress of Industrial Organizations. 80,000 River Rouge Ford plant workers voted

Detroit, Michigan. Election of officers to the Ford local 600, United ...

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

Detroit, Michigan. Scrap collected for salvage at a rally sponsored by the Work Projects Administration (WPA) at the state fairgrounds

Detroit, Michigan. Scrap collected for salvage at a rally sponsored by...

Public domain photograph of a machine part, motor, equipment, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Detroit, Michigan. Negro doing embroidery work in her bedroom. These are conditions under which families originally lived before moving to the Sojourner Truth housing project

Detroit, Michigan. Negro doing embroidery work in her bedroom. These a...

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

De Soto bomber plant, Detroit, Michigan. Final installation of the life raft section

De Soto bomber plant, Detroit, Michigan. Final installation of the lif...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Detroit, Michigan. Coming up the stairway to a Negro's home. These are conditions under which families originally lived before moving to the Sojourner Truth housing project

Detroit, Michigan. Coming up the stairway to a Negro's home. These are...

Public domain photograph of stairs, steps, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Detroit, Michigan. Entertainers performing at a scrap salvage rally sponsored by the Work Projects Administration (WPA) at the state fairgrounds

Detroit, Michigan. Entertainers performing at a scrap salvage rally sp...

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) was a New Deal program established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1935 as a response to the high unemployment during the Great Depression. The program put people t... More

Conversion. Auto body plant. This business of wiping Hitler off the map is a job that calls for speed. Workers in a huge Midwest plant, newly converted from automobile body to airplane production, take time out for lunch right next to the job they're working on. Briggs Manufacturing Company, Detroit, Michigan

Conversion. Auto body plant. This business of wiping Hitler off the ma...

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

Detroit, Michigan. Scrap collected for salvage at a rally sponsored by the Work Projects Administration (WPA) at the state fairgrounds

Detroit, Michigan. Scrap collected for salvage at a rally sponsored by...

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.

Detroit, Michigan. A Chrysler girl worker at Saks Fifth Avenue store following a fashion show presented by the Chrysler Girls' Club of the Chrysler Corporation

Detroit, Michigan. A Chrysler girl worker at Saks Fifth Avenue store f...

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

Conversion. Auto body plant. Workman inspects the tail section of an airplane in a Midwest automobile body plant now converted to production of war essentials. Briggs Manufacturing Company, Detroit, Michigan

Conversion. Auto body plant. Workman inspects the tail section of an a...

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

Detroit, Michigan. A box for suggestions from workers installed in the Cadillac motor car division of General Motors Corporation (?). Close up of suggestion box

Detroit, Michigan. A box for suggestions from workers installed in the...

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

Detroit, Michigan. Style show of clothes worn by better-dressed office workers, presented by the Chrysler Girls' Club of the Chrysler Corporation at Saks Fifth Avenue store

Detroit, Michigan. Style show of clothes worn by better-dressed office...

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

A woman is standing in front of a mirror. Office of War Information Photograph

A woman is standing in front of a mirror. Office of War Information Ph...

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

Detroit, Michigan. An operation at the Cadillac motor car division of General Motors Corporation (?) showing a jig for holding six parts instead of two, as suggested by a worker so as to reduce handling time

Detroit, Michigan. An operation at the Cadillac motor car division of ...

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.

Detroit, Michigan. Riot at the Sojourner Truth homes, a new U.S. federal housing project, caused by white neighbors' attempt to prevent Negro tenants from moving in. Home guard troops with bared bayonets preventing cars from entering

Detroit, Michigan. Riot at the Sojourner Truth homes, a new U.S. feder...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military vehicle, automobile, tractor truck, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Wayne County Airport, a United States Army Air Corps air ferry command base sixteen miles from Detroit, Michigan. Second Lieutenant Joseph Lawrence Halsmer, of Detroit, Michigan, who was formerly a commercial pilot

Wayne County Airport, a United States Army Air Corps air ferry command...

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

Dodge truck plant, Detroit, Michigan. Sides of export boxes and trucks for export

Dodge truck plant, Detroit, Michigan. Sides of export boxes and trucks...

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

Wayne County Airport, a United States Army Air Corps air ferry command base sixteen miles from Detroit, Michigan. A ferry command pilot

Wayne County Airport, a United States Army Air Corps air ferry command...

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Detroit, Michigan. Office workers at the Chrysler Corporation at work typing various forms

Detroit, Michigan. Office workers at the Chrysler Corporation at work ...

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Conversion. Automobile industry. This mammoth machine has just been set in place; a few months ago much lighter equipment made automobile bodies on this spot. The Plymouth Company, Chrysler Corporation, Detroit, Michigan

Conversion. Automobile industry. This mammoth machine has just been se...

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Wayne County Airport, a United States Army Air Corps air ferry command base sixteen miles from Detroit, Michigan. Mechanics repairing a mudguard on a wheel

Wayne County Airport, a United States Army Air Corps air ferry command...

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Sign on Sam's Cut Rate Inc., the largest cut rate store in Detroit, Michigan

Sign on Sam's Cut Rate Inc., the largest cut rate store in Detroit, Mi...

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De Soto bomber plant, Detroit, Michigan. Worker's coats on racks lining the plant walls

De Soto bomber plant, Detroit, Michigan. Worker's coats on racks linin...

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Conversion. Auto radiators to army helmets. An army helmet is formed from a flat piece of sheet steel in one operation at a drawing press in a converted Eastern factory. A short time ago this same press and operator were stamping out parts for automobile radiators. McCool Radiator Company, Detroit, Michigan

Conversion. Auto radiators to army helmets. An army helmet is formed f...

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. Auto body plant. A job often delegated to women in aircraft manufacture is touching up metal braces on ailerons with paint before wing structure is completed. This picture was taken in one of America's automobile body plants newly converted to airplane production. Briggs Manufacturing Company, Detroit, Michigan

Conversion. Auto body plant. A job often delegated to women in aircraf...

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

Picryl description: Public domain image of byciclyst, bike, bicycle wh...

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Detroit, Michigan. Ford workers carrying American flag and union banners in the Labor Day parade

Detroit, Michigan. Ford workers carrying American flag and union banne...

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On the jeep production line. An incline press in a big automobile plant stamps out body parts for the versatile little army car. Assembly plants throughout the country finish the job. Ford Lincoln plant, Michigan

On the jeep production line. An incline press in a big automobile plan...

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Detroit, Michigan. Scrap collected for salvage at a rally sponsored by the Work Projects Administration (WPA) at the state fairgrounds

Detroit, Michigan. Scrap collected for salvage at a rally sponsored by...

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

Detroit, Michigan (vicinity). Chrysler Corporation Dodge truck plant. Lowering an engine to the chassis of a Dodge Army truck. Vehicles for the armed forces move in a steady stream along this busy production line

Detroit, Michigan (vicinity). Chrysler Corporation Dodge truck plant. ...

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Hanna furnaces of the Great Lakes Steel Corporation. Detroit, Michigan. By-product plant of coke oven

Hanna furnaces of the Great Lakes Steel Corporation. Detroit, Michigan...

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