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Fort Knox. Machine guns. The .45 caliber Thompson sub-machine gun, familiarly known as the Tommy gun, is a hand weapon for which every branch of the service finds many uses. Its portability and effectiveness makes it a favorite of our modern Army

Fort Knox. Machine guns. The .45 caliber Thompson sub-machine gun, fam...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a military person with a firearm, machine gun, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

United States Army air force gunner Sergeant William Watts of Alexandria, Louisiana, training machine gun on the enemy during a aerial fight with German planes somewhere in the European war theater. Behind him may be seen the legs of another gunner operating his weapon from the side of the plane

United States Army air force gunner Sergeant William Watts of Alexandr...

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

New River, North Carolina. Marine Corps submachine gunners. An efficient gas mask and a deadly Johnson submachine gun are part of the kit of fighting tools carried by this leatherneck in training at New River, North Carolina. The gun, a new Marine Corps weapon, is said to have a lot of authority. Marine barracks, New River, North Carolina

New River, North Carolina. Marine Corps submachine gunners. An efficie...

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

Making sure. A workman inspecting bore of a complete barrel for a Garand rifle, the new infantry weapon used in the war program

Making sure. A workman inspecting bore of a complete barrel for a Gara...

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

Salvage. Scrap for steel mills. A cannon that saw duty in World War I stands in the yard of a Chicago steel mill, ready to be melted down and processed into a modern weapon for World War II

Salvage. Scrap for steel mills. A cannon that saw duty in World War I ...

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

[Full-length portrait of soldier with rifle and details of the weapon]

[Full-length portrait of soldier with rifle and details of the weapon]

Title devised. Formerly Waud no. B-30. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.795) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

A Negrito huntsman with his aboriginal war weapon, the long bow and arrows, Philippine Islands

A Negrito huntsman with his aboriginal war weapon, the long bow and ar...

H98934 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 3598. Public domain photograph of monument, historic place, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Boeing Flying Fortresses. Latest Boeing Flying Fortresses. This, the newest and most formidable in the Boeing Flying Fortress series, is [described by] the War Department as "bigger and more deadly" than any of its predecessors. This new airplane, a key weapon in America's war program, is now in mass production at the Boeing Aircraft Company. Under a special tri-company production pool arrangement, it is also being built in quantity by the Douglas Aircraft Company and by the Vega Aircraft Company, a subsidiary of Lockheed Corporation

Boeing Flying Fortresses. Latest Boeing Flying Fortresses. This, the n...

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

New River, North Carolina. Marine Corps submachine gunners. An efficient gas mask and a deadly Johnson submachine gun are part of the kit of fighting tools carried by this leatherneck in training at New River, North Carolina. The gun, a new Marine Corps weapon, is said to have a lot of authority. Marine barracks, New River, North Carolina

New River, North Carolina. Marine Corps submachine gunners. An efficie...

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

Fort Knox. Machine guns. The .45 caliber Thompson sub-machine gun, familiarly known as the Tommy gun, is a hand weapon for which every branch of the service finds many uses. Its portability and effectiveness makes it a favorite of our modern Army

Fort Knox. Machine guns. The .45 caliber Thompson sub-machine gun, fam...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a military person with a firearm, machine gun, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Black person in native African dress carrying automatic weapon and book entitled "Black Studies"]

[Black person in native African dress carrying automatic weapon and bo...

[Hypnotist directing group of people to do unusual activities: woman playing washboard, woman riding man, men using brooms as musical instruments, policeman using sausage as weapon]

[Hypnotist directing group of people to do unusual activities: woman p...

Created by "The Donaldson Litho. Co., Newport, K.Y." No. 2982. Title devised. Transferred from; LC Rare Book and Special Collections Division; 1956. Forms part of: Magic poster collection (Library of Congress) ... More

Fort Knox. Garand rifle. An American "ace in the hole" in this global war is our ability to furnish an unbearable combination of good men and good weapon. This infantry man, in training a Fort Knox, Kentucky, has learned that his M-1 (Garand) rifle is a weapon without peer. He can be depended on to perform notable with it

Fort Knox. Garand rifle. An American "ace in the hole" in this global ...

Public domain photograph of working people, Great Depression, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Salvage. Scrap for steel mills. A cannon that saw duty in World War I stands in the yard of a Chicago steel mill, ready to be melted down and processed into a modern weapon for World War II

Salvage. Scrap for steel mills. A cannon that saw duty in World War I ...

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

Study Johnson semi-automatic rifle. Washington, D.C., May 29. Senator Morris Sheppard, left, Chairman of the Senate Military Affairs Committee, Maj. General George A. Lynch, U.S. Chief of Infantry, and Senator A.B. Chandler of Kentucky, inspect the Johnson semi-automatic rifle which may replace the Garand gas-operated rifle as the Army's standard shoulder weapon. Capt. Melvin M. Johnson, inventor of the Johnson rifle, told the Senate Military Affairs today when it began consideration of a bill to change the Army's standard shoulder weapon, that his rifle could be manufactured more rapidly than the Garand

Study Johnson semi-automatic rifle. Washington, D.C., May 29. Senator ...

A group of men sitting around a table with guns. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fort Knox. Machine guns. The .45 caliber Thompson sub-machine gun, familiarly known as the Tommy gun, is a hand weapon for which every branch of the service finds many uses. Its portability and effectiveness makes it a favorite of our modern Army

Fort Knox. Machine guns. The .45 caliber Thompson sub-machine gun, fam...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a military person with a firearm, machine gun, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Chinese soldier smiling proudly by his newly acquired weapon, a 75 pack howitzer

Chinese soldier smiling proudly by his newly acquired weapon, a 75 pac...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a tractor, farming equipment, agriculture, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Boomerang throwing is hobby of Secretary of Agriculture. Washington, D.C., July 13. Favorite exercise and hobby of Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace is boomerang throwing. He practices daily with a number of his cronies in Potomac Park and has become quite adept in the handling of the weapon which was originated by the Australian Aborigines

Boomerang throwing is hobby of Secretary of Agriculture. Washington, D...

A black and white photo of a man in a park. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Boeing Flying Fortresses. Latest Boeing Flying Fortresses.This, the newest and most formidable in the Boeing Flying Fortress series, is the B-17E described by the War Department as "bigger and more deadly" than any of its predecessors. This new airplane, key weapon in America's war program, is now in mass production at the Boeing Aircraft Company. Under a special tri-company production pool arrangement, it is also being built in quantity by the Douglas Aircraft Company and by the Vega Aircraft Company, a subsidiary of Lockheed Aircraft Corporation

Boeing Flying Fortresses. Latest Boeing Flying Fortresses.This, the ne...

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

They wrestled for possession of the weapon : [with] one hand pressed upon her bosom, Mary's feverish eyes watched the straining men

They wrestled for possession of the weapon : [with] one hand pressed u...

(DLC/PP-1934:0068). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Autocrat" by Charles Beadle, Everybody's magazine, 38:43 (June 1918).

Trailer-laboratory is latest U.S. weapon in war against syphilis. Washington, D.C. Aug. 23. Dr. L.E. Burney and Nurse Fran Miller of the new trailer-laboratory which has just been completed for the United States Public Health Service, interview a "patient" as the trailer arrives in Washington for exhibition. After a short stay here, the clinic-on-wheels , which is fully equipped in every respect, will travel to Georgia for use in a syphilis control project to be conducted there. 8/23/37

Trailer-laboratory is latest U.S. weapon in war against syphilis. Wash...

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

Tennessee Valley Authority power and conservation. Fort Loudoun Dam construction. Ready for action against saboteurs is the hand and weapon of a public safety service officer at 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

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.

Samuel Small to Abraham Lincoln, [1861] (Has secret weapon)

Samuel Small to Abraham Lincoln, [1861] (Has secret weapon)

Fort Knox. Garand rifle. An American "ace in the hole" in this global war is our ability to furnish an unbearable combination of good men and good weapon. This infantry man, in training a Fort Knox, Kentucky, has learned that his M-1 (Garand) rifle is a weapon without peer. He can be depended on to perform notable with it

Fort Knox. Garand rifle. An American "ace in the hole" in this global ...

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

Naval air base Corpus Christi, Texas. A rivet is her fighting weapon, Oyida Beaks, daughter of a Navy lieutenant, one of many women taking National Youth Administration (NYA) training to become mechanics at the naval air base in Corpus Christi, Texas. After eight weeks' apprenticeship she will be qualified as a civil service worker in the assembly and repair Department at the base

Naval air base Corpus Christi, Texas. A rivet is her fighting weapon, ...

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

Fort Knox. Machine guns. The .30 caliber machine gun is a powerful weapon of great range and effectiveness. It is used in various forms on planes, tanks, ships and other types of mechanized equipment

Fort Knox. Machine guns. The .30 caliber machine gun is a powerful wea...

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U.S. anti-aircraft gun crew. Corporal Raymond Elliott holds a clip of anti-aircraft shells before loading the weapon of his Negro gun crew at a U.S. Army air base in the New Hebrides in the South Pacific

U.S. anti-aircraft gun crew. Corporal Raymond Elliott holds a clip of ...

Public domain photograph related to race relations, African Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Samuel Small to Abraham Lincoln, [1861] (Has secret weapon)

Samuel Small to Abraham Lincoln, [1861] (Has secret weapon)

A rivet is her fighting weapon. Oyida Peaks, daughter of a Navy lieutenant, one of many women taking NYA training to become mechanics at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas. After eight weeks apprenticeship she will be qualified as a civil service worker in the Assembly and Repair Department

A rivet is her fighting weapon. Oyida Peaks, daughter of a Navy lieute...

Public domain photograph related to navy, naval warfare, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Civil War envelope showing shaking hands in front of U.S. Constitution with weapon and American flag in back]

[Civil War envelope showing shaking hands in front of U.S. Constitutio...

Addressed to Miss Sarah A. Robison, Fairview, Erie County, Pa.; bears 3 cent stamp. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). pp/liljmem

[Row of armored cars ; Soldier with weapon in armored car]

[Row of armored cars ; Soldier with weapon in armored car]

Public domain photograph of an automobile, 1910s car, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

On the alert against attacking planes is this heavy machine gun crew, their weapon set up near a vital bridge in the Second Army's middle Tennessee maneuver area. The bridge was attacked three times by fast-striking dive bombers during a recent phase of the maneuvers. The gun is manned by Private Robert Hutcheson (gunner) of Red Bay, Alabama, and Private Virgil Lorence (assistant gunner) of Lucern, Missouri

On the alert against attacking planes is this heavy machine gun crew, ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military shooting, machine gun, artillery, armed conflict, free to use, no copyright restrictions.