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Folger Library copy work. Illustration of Westminster

Folger Library copy work. Illustration of Westminster

Public domain image of a historic building, 15th-16th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Folger Library copy work. Portrait of Shakespeare

Folger Library copy work. Portrait of Shakespeare

William Shakespeare books and illustrations Public domain scan of engraving, male portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Folger Library copy work. Portrait of Nathaniel Field

Folger Library copy work. Portrait of Nathaniel Field

Public domain scan of portrait art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Folger Library copy work. Portrait of unidentified man I

Folger Library copy work. Portrait of unidentified man I

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Iraq. (Mesopotamia). Baghdad. Modern road building machines. At work on widening the city streeets

Iraq. (Mesopotamia). Baghdad. Modern road building machines. At work o...

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

Iraq. Kifl. Native Moslem [i.e., Muslim] village with a Jewish shrine to the prophet Ezekiel. At work on his loom. Front view

Iraq. Kifl. Native Moslem [i.e., Muslim] village with a Jewish shrine ...

Public domain photograph, 1930s-1940s Jerusalem, Palestine, History of Israel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Stone masons at work at Hightstown, New Jersey

Stone masons at work at Hightstown, New Jersey

Public domain photograph of masonic lodge building, masons, freemasons, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pennsylvania: An old black and white photo of a man and a woman. Great Depression

Pennsylvania: An old black and white photo of a man and a woman. Great...

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

Men leaving work at Greenbelt, Maryland

Men leaving work at Greenbelt, Maryland

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

Home of Tennessee family of seven, now migratory workers living in camp outside of Sacramento, California. Father was coal miner in Tennessee but when the mines were not working received two days a week relief work. "Thought we could make it better out here"

Home of Tennessee family of seven, now migratory workers living in cam...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a tent, camp, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a person laying on a bench, Georgia. Farm Security Administration photograph

A black and white photo of a person laying on a bench, Georgia. Farm S...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a worker, construction, carpenter, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Drought refugees from Oklahoma camping by the roadside. They hope to work in the cotton fields. There are seven in family. Blythe, California

Drought refugees from Oklahoma camping by the roadside. They hope to w...

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

A group of women working in a factory, Florida. Farm Security Administration photograph

A group of women working in a factory, Florida. Farm Security Administ...

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.

7:10 p.m. Tip Estes and family eating dinner. The day's work has been finished. Tip Estes has washed up and dinner is served

7:10 p.m. Tip Estes and family eating dinner. The day's work has been ...

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

While father and mother are both at work in the citrus packing plant this little girl keeps house. Winterhaven, Florida

While father and mother are both at work in the citrus packing plant t...

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

An old black and white photo of a man picking apples, Florida. Farm Security Administration photograph

An old black and white photo of a man picking apples, Florida. Farm Se...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a farmer, 1930s great depression, dust bowl era, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Texan refugees' car. They are seeking work in the carrot fields of the Coachella Valley. California

Texan refugees' car. They are seeking work in the carrot fields of the...

Public domain photograph of an automobile, 1920s car, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Miners starting home after work. Part of coal tipple shown at left. West Virginia

Miners starting home after work. Part of coal tipple shown at left. We...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Farmers during Great Depression: A black and white photo of a man picking corn.

Farmers during Great Depression: A black and white photo of a man pick...

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

A black and white photo of a man standing next to a grill, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of a man standing next to a grill, West Virgin...

Picryl description: Public domain image of industrial or agricultural worker, 1930s, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions. show less

Kern County, California. Cotton pickers emptying sacks at eleven a.m. Stopped from further work for the day by rain

Kern County, California. Cotton pickers emptying sacks at eleven a.m. ...

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

Coal miner (Italian) resting and smoking his pipe after coming home from work. "The Patch," Chaplin, West Virginia

Coal miner (Italian) resting and smoking his pipe after coming home fr...

Picryl description: Public domain image of industrial or agricultural worker, 1930s, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions. show less

G.O.C. visits overturned locomotive on the Jerusalem Lydda Railroad Line. The wreck scene through the arch formed by a broken telephone post also the work of saboteurs

G.O.C. visits overturned locomotive on the Jerusalem Lydda Railroad Li...

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

Child of ex-farmer now on W.P.A. (Work Projects Administration), central Ohio

Child of ex-farmer now on W.P.A. (Work Projects Administration), centr...

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

A couple of men standing on a train track, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A couple of men standing on a train track, West Virginia. Farm Securit...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of coal miners, workers, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Brawley, Imperial Valley. In Farm Security Administration (FSA) migratory labor camp. Family of mother, father and eleven children, originally from near Mangrum, Oklahoma, where he had been tenant farmer. Came to California in 1936 after the drought. Since then has been traveling from crop to crop in California, following the harvest. Six of the eleven children attend school wherever the family stops long enough. Five older children work along with the father and mother. February 23, two of the family have been lucky and "got a place" (a day's work) in the peas on the Sinclair ranch. Father had earned about one dollar and seventy-three cents for ten-hour day. Oldest daughter had earned one dollar and twenty-five cents. Form these earnings had to provide their transportation to the fields twenty miles away. Mother wants to return to Oklahoma, father unwilling.She says, "I want to go back to where we can live happym live decent, and grow what we eat." He says, "We can't go the way I am now. We've got nothing in the world to farm with. I made my mistake when I came out here."

Brawley, Imperial Valley. In Farm Security Administration (FSA) migrat...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a tent, military, or refugee camp, temporary settlement, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a bunch of skis. War Poduction. Office of War Information.

A black and white photo of a bunch of skis. War Poduction. Office of W...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of workers, war production, aircraft, airfield, the 1930s -1940s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Migratory boy, aged eleven, and his grandmother work side by side picking hops. Started work at five a.m. Photograph made at noon. Temperature 105 degrees. Oregon, Polk County, near Independence. See general caption number 45

Migratory boy, aged eleven, and his grandmother work side by side pick...

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

Oregon, Marion county, near West Stayton. Father and children came from Albany, Oregon, for a season's work in the beans

Oregon, Marion county, near West Stayton. Father and children came fro...

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

Jewish factories in Palestine on Plain of Sharon & along the coast to Haifa. Haifa. The "Kadar" Ltd. Ceramics. Exhibit of finished work

Jewish factories in Palestine on Plain of Sharon & along the coast to ...

Public domain photograph, 1930s-1940s Jerusalem, Palestine, History of Israel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ten year old son of tobacco sharecropper can do a "hand's work" at tobacco harvest time. Granville County, North Carolina

Ten year old son of tobacco sharecropper can do a "hand's work" at tob...

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

Migratory field workers at 5 a.m. waiting in the carrot field to hold a place to work, which starts at 8 a.m.

Migratory field workers at 5 a.m. waiting in the carrot field to hold ...

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

Jewish factories in Palestine on Plain of Sharon & along the coast to Haifa. Haifa. The "Kadar" Ltd. Ceramics. A few specimens of the work

Jewish factories in Palestine on Plain of Sharon & along the coast to ...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of 3d object, pottery, ceramics, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Part of family come for work in potatoes. Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California. Left their home in Turkey, Texas, November, 1938. Picked cotton in Arizona till March. Picked fruit in Oregon till June. Picked prunes in Idaho till September 15th

Part of family come for work in potatoes. Tulelake, Siskiyou County, C...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a farmer, 1930s, 20th-century dust bowl era, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Family of six in tent after supper. Came to potato harvest after father was laid off of WPA (Work Projects Administration) in Boise, Idaho. Oldest child is twelve. Little boy has dysentery. Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon. In FSA (Farm Security Administration) mobile unit

Family of six in tent after supper. Came to potato harvest after fathe...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a child of a farmer, migrant worker, Great Depression era, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Vegetable workers, migrants, waiting after work to be paid. Near Homestead, Florida

Vegetable workers, migrants, waiting after work to be paid. Near Homes...

Public domain photograph of decorated book cover, binding, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Spiro (vicinity), Oklahoma. Local agricultural day laborers, potato workers, after a day's work

Spiro (vicinity), Oklahoma. Local agricultural day laborers, potato wo...

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

Agriculture workers during Great Depression. A man wearing a hat and holding a pipe.

Agriculture workers during Great Depression. A man wearing a hat and h...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a farmer, 1930s great depression, dust bowl era, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The Dept. of Health, Mobile Ophthalmic Clinic. Operating in Arab villages of the South Country, N.E. of Gaza. Mobile ophthalmic van "pitched for work"

The Dept. of Health, Mobile Ophthalmic Clinic. Operating in Arab villa...

Public domain photograph, 1930s-1940s Jerusalem, Palestine, History of Israel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Negroes along the railroad track waiting for work, Raymondville, Texas

Negroes along the railroad track waiting for work, Raymondville, Texas

Public domain image of a train station in Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Mr. E.S. Beardsley, a typical New England auctioneer. A great talker, he is active in local politics and in church work. At the auction of Mr. Anthony Yacek's farm. Derby, Connecticut

Mr. E.S. Beardsley, a typical New England auctioneer. A great talker, ...

Public domain photograph of politician, meeting, government and politics, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A man standing in a doorway of a building. Great Depression Era, New Mexico

A man standing in a doorway of a building. Great Depression Era, New M...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a worker, construction, carpenter, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The lost Adams Digging? Say, I've read all them books about the lost Adams Diggings and I tell you this is it. Now if I just had a little grub stake so I could work it right--say, we'd all be rich. Pinos Altos, New Mexico

The lost Adams Digging? Say, I've read all them books about the lost A...

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

Alabama. Farmers during Great Depression. A black and white photo of two men digging in the dirt.

Alabama. Farmers during Great Depression. A black and white photo of t...

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. Nazareth. A potter at work, showing table & wheel

Galilee trip. Nazareth. A potter at work, showing table & wheel

Public domain photograph, 1930s-1940s Jerusalem, Palestine, History of Israel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Alabama. Farmers during Great Depression. A black and white photo of two men digging.

Alabama. Farmers during Great Depression. A black and white photo of t...

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

Farmer who is doing some carpentry work for Mr. Craig's new house. Pie Town, New Mexico

Farmer who is doing some carpentry work for Mr. Craig's new house. Pie...

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

Alabama. Farmers during Great Depression. A black and white photo of a man with a hammer.

Alabama. Farmers during Great Depression. A black and white photo of a...

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

Detaching disc from tractor at end of day's work, Grundy County, Iowa
Indian girls peddled charms, bead work and commercial Indian curios at the local Indian association sponsored Indian fair. Windsor Locks, Connecticut

Indian girls peddled charms, bead work and commercial Indian curios at...

Picryl description: Public domain image of ethnic group, people gathering, anthropology, colonies, exotic, indigenous people, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Day laborers to pick string beans are brought by truck from nearby towns.  Some even come in their own cars from Philadelphia to work at Seabrook Farms. Bridgeton, New Jersey

Day laborers to pick string beans are brought by truck from nearby tow...

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

Employees reporting for work at the Phillips Packing Company. Cambridge, Maryland

Employees reporting for work at the Phillips Packing Company. Cambridg...

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

Detroit, Michigan. Jitterbug dancing as part of the entertainment at a scrap salvage rally sponsored by the Work Projects Adminstration (WPA) at the state fairgrounds

Detroit, Michigan. Jitterbug dancing as part of the entertainment at a...

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

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.

Richwood, West Virginia. Boys waiting at the station to board train for upper New York state to work in the harvest

Richwood, West Virginia. Boys waiting at the station to board train fo...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

NYA (National Youth Administration) work center, Brooklyn, New York. Two bench workers, who are receiving training in machine shop practice, removing the burrs from a side piece for a metal pulley block

NYA (National Youth Administration) work center, Brooklyn, New York. T...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, workshop, workers, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Training. Work Projects Administration (WPA) vocational school. The flame of the welder's torch is today's flame of freedom! At this WPA vocational training school in Washington, D.C., welding trainees keep their torches blazing day and night, preparing for jobs in war industries

Training. Work Projects Administration (WPA) vocational school. The fl...

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

Shasta Dam, Shasta County, California. Arriving for work

Shasta Dam, Shasta County, California. Arriving for work

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

Nurse training. A student nurse explains to diabetic patient how orange juice in her diet can limit sugar to the proper amount. In this type of work student nurses relieve graduate nurses for military duty

Nurse training. A student nurse explains to diabetic patient how orang...

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Nurse training. Nurses as well as teachers are needed in the hospital schoolroom where convalescing youngsters keep up with their school work

Nurse training. Nurses as well as teachers are needed in the hospital ...

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

Training. Work Projects Administration (WPA) vocational school. This small cabin plane is being completely overhauled by students in an airplane mechanics class at a WPA training school in the District of Columbia. The overhaul job includes replacing fabric on the fuselage, wings, and tail surfaces. When these students finish the course, they will be qualified for jobs as expert airplane maintenance men

Training. Work Projects Administration (WPA) vocational school. This s...

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

A group of men sitting on top of a wooden bench. Office of War Information Photograph

A group of men sitting on top of a wooden bench. Office of War Informa...

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

Nurse training. At the ping pong table in the game room, Susan Petty, student nurse, enjoys a bit of relaxation after a busy day's work in the wards

Nurse training. At the ping pong table in the game room, Susan Petty, ...

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

NYA (National Youth Administration) work center, Brooklyn, New York. Two welders, who are receiving training in machine shop practice, building up an undersize shaft by arc welding to be re-machined to size

NYA (National Youth Administration) work center, Brooklyn, New York. T...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of worker, marketplace, vendor, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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...

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

Training. Work Projects Administration (WPA) vocational school. Competent instructors and well-equipped shops make for a successful vocational training school. This experienced Negro machinist is teaching a young Negro trainee the intricacies of lathe operation. After completion of the course in the WPA vocational training school, the student will be qualified for a job in one of our great arsenals of democracy

Training. Work Projects Administration (WPA) vocational school. Compet...

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

Training. Work Projects Administration (WPA) vocational school. This young lady is training to work on the assembly line of one of our great war plants. In preparation for this task, she devotes six nights a week to a WPA vocational training school where experienced instructors show her the technique of modern welding

Training. Work Projects Administration (WPA) vocational school. This y...

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

Batavia, New York. Elba FSA (Farm Security Administration) farm labor camp. An old man who has lived all of his life near Broadway, New York City, and who was taken off relief and sent to the Elba FSA camp to work in the harvest. He said, "There is so much suffering in the world today that mine doesn't seem so much and I'm doing my best to help bring in Uncle Sam's crops"

Batavia, New York. Elba FSA (Farm Security Administration) farm labor ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a worker, construction, carpenter, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Training. Work Projects Administration (WPA) vocational school. Well-equipped machine shops and competent teachers help make competent war workers at this WPAd vocational training school in Washington, D.C. A large percentage of the students of this school are absorbed by war industries immediately after completing the course

Training. Work Projects Administration (WPA) vocational school. Well-e...

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

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Learning to fight the Axis with an electric lathe. Mabel Carmen left her home in Mississippi to join the National Youth Administration (NYA) group at the naval air base in Corpus Christi, Texas. After receiving eight weeks training under Donald Bantert (right), Mabel will go to work under civil service as a machinist

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Learning to fight the Axis with...

Public domain photograph of a woman, female portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chicago, Illinois. Brakeman going on the late afternoon shift, waiting to hop an engine to take him to his place of work in an Illinois Central Railraod yard

Chicago, Illinois. Brakeman going on the late afternoon shift, waiting...

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

Negroes speed war work for Tennessee Valley Authority. (left to right) Paul L. Imes, Samuel C. Watkins, and George W. Richardson are employed as laboratory technicians by TVA at its plant at Muscle Shoals. They are doing high-grade sub-professional work and are in training for professional positions

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

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

Women in industry. Gas mask production. Flower in hair, Betty Gumbetter adds glamour to the assembly line of a Midwest gas mask factory which formerly made vacuum cleaners. Operating a riveting press, which attaches cloth tabs to the face pieces of gas masks, this young worker is one of the many company employees who switched over from work on vacuums when the plant was converted. Betty likes her new job better than the old one. "It bears a lot more relationship to my American Women's Voluntary Services work," she says. Eureka Vacuum, Detroit, Michigan

Women in industry. Gas mask production. Flower in hair, Betty Gumbette...

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

Detroit, Michigan. Jitterbug dancing as part of the entertainment at a scrap salvage rally sponsored by the Work Projects Adminstration (WPA) at the state fairgrounds

Detroit, Michigan. Jitterbug dancing as part of the entertainment at a...

Public domain photograph of a crowd, event, meeting, demonstration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fuel oil conservation. An experienced serviceman checks the efficiency of the family heating plant. This man measures the draft, the amount of heat lost through the chimney, and the carbon dioxide content of the flue gases. His work resulted in cutting down fuel consumption more than nineteen per cent. All heating contractors and many coal and fuel-oil dealers are prepared to give this valuable service

Fuel oil conservation. An experienced serviceman checks the efficiency...

Picryl description: Public domain image of workers, labor, 1940s, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Shasta Dam, Shasta County, California. Arriving for work

Shasta Dam, Shasta County, California. Arriving for work

Public domain photograph of California industry, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Arlington, Virginia. The main lounge in Idaho Hall, Arlington Farms, a residence for women who work in the United States government for the duration of the war

Arlington, Virginia. The main lounge in Idaho Hall, Arlington Farms, a...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a living room, salon, office, late 19th-century interior, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Arlington, Virginia. A new girl arriving at Idaho Hall, Arlington Farms, a residence for women who work in the U.S. government for the duration of the war

Arlington, Virginia. A new girl arriving at Idaho Hall, Arlington Farm...

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

Moreno Valley, Colfax County, New Mexico. William Heck after a day's work

Moreno Valley, Colfax County, New Mexico. William Heck after a day's w...

Public domain photograph - New Mexico, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Baltimore, Maryland. Employees of the paint shop playing checkers during lunch at the Washington terminal of the Baltimore Transit Company where trolleys and buses are maintained and repaired. Employees who work on trolleys are noticeably older than those on buses because trolleys have been in existence so much longer

Baltimore, Maryland. Employees of the paint shop playing checkers duri...

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

Arlington, Virginia. A girl washing her hair in a laundry tub at Arlington Farms, a residence for women who work in the government for the duration of the war

Arlington, Virginia. A girl washing her hair in a laundry tub at Arlin...

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

Arlington, Virginia. The main desk in Idaho Hall, Arlington Farms, a residence for women who work in the United States government for the duration of the war

Arlington, Virginia. The main desk in Idaho Hall, Arlington Farms, a r...

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

Arlington, Virginia. Girls in two of the long line of showers at Idaho Hall, Arlington Farms, a residence for women who work in the U.S. government for the duration of the war

Arlington, Virginia. Girls in two of the long line of showers at Idaho...

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

Freight operations on the Indiana Harbor Belt railroad between Chicago, Illinois and Hammond, Indiana. The conductor's work desk in the caboose. The dial on the wall is an air pressure gauge

Freight operations on the Indiana Harbor Belt railroad between Chicago...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of an office worker, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Arlington, Virginia. Girls entertaining their guests in one of the two card rooms, at a residence for the women who work in the U.S. government for the duration of the war. More privacy is afforded here than in the main lounge

Arlington, Virginia. Girls entertaining their guests in one of the two...

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

Arlington, Virginia. Rear view of Idaho Hall, Arlington Farms, a residence for women who work in the U.S. government for the duration of the war

Arlington, Virginia. Rear view of Idaho Hall, Arlington Farms, a resid...

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

Baltimore, Maryland. Rushing to catch the trackless trolleys home from work at four p.m.

Baltimore, Maryland. Rushing to catch the trackless trolleys home from...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a car, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Arlington, Virginia. A satisfied customer in Idaho Hall, Arlington Farms, a residence for women who work in the United States government for the duration of the war. There's always something doing here, never a dull moment

Arlington, Virginia. A satisfied customer in Idaho Hall, Arlington Far...

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

Reciprocal aid. Close cooperation exists between members of the British and U.S. air forces in Britain. Two U.S. sergeants are here shown at work in a coding room with a British WAAF (Women's Auxiliary Air Force) section officer

Reciprocal aid. Close cooperation exists between members of the Britis...

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

Arlington, Virginia. Girls entertaining their guests in one of the two card rooms, at a residence for the women who work in the U.S. government for the duration of the war. More privacy is afforded here than in the main lounge

Arlington, Virginia. Girls entertaining their guests in one of the two...

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

Arlington, Virginia. Girls entertaining their guests in one of the two card rooms, at a residence for the women who work in the U.S. government for the duration of the war. More privacy is afforded here than in the main lounge

Arlington, Virginia. Girls entertaining their guests in one of the two...

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

Family walking on highway, five children. Started from Idabel, Oklahoma.  Bound for Krebs, Oklahoma. Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. In 1936 the father farmed on thirds and fourths at Eagleton, McCurtain County, Oklahoma. Was taken sick with pneumonia and lost farm. Unable to get work on Work Prjects Administration and refused county relief in county of fifteen years residence because of temporary residence in another county after his illness

Family walking on highway, five children. Started from Idabel, Oklahom...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children in poverty, child labor, Great Depression, 1930s, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Folger Library copy work. Shakespeare portrait in octagonal frame

Folger Library copy work. Shakespeare portrait in octagonal frame

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Folger Library copy work. Title page of 1565 edition of English translation of Ovid I

Folger Library copy work. Title page of 1565 edition of English transl...

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Nahalal. Girls' Agricultural Training School. Driving the farm waggon. Girls returning from field work

Nahalal. Girls' Agricultural Training School. Driving the farm waggon....

Public domain photograph, 1930s-1940s Jerusalem, Palestine, History of Israel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Folger Library copy work. Miniatures of a man and woman

Folger Library copy work. Miniatures of a man and woman

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

Saw mill in the eucalyptus woods of Khadera. Large gang saw at work

Saw mill in the eucalyptus woods of Khadera. Large gang saw at work

Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, structure, works, 19th-20th century industrial revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Arab Women's Union of Ramallah. Weaving & spinning in the A.W.U.R. work rooms

Arab Women's Union of Ramallah. Weaving & spinning in the A.W.U.R. wor...

Public domain photograph of Jerusalem, Israel, Palestine, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Squatters along highway near Bakersfield, California. Penniless refugees from dust bowl. Twenty-two in family, thirty-nine evictions, now encamped near Bakersfield without shelter, without water and looking for work in the cotton

Squatters along highway near Bakersfield, California. Penniless refuge...

Public domain photograph of rural California, dust bowl refugees, 1930s-1940s, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

One type of house that was on the land use project before development work started. Las Cruces, New Mexico

One type of house that was on the land use project before development ...

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