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Santa Fe R.R. locomotive shops, Topeka, Kansas

Santa Fe R.R. locomotive shops, Topeka, Kansas

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

[Worker suspended from flagpole at Union Station, Washington, D.C.]

[Worker suspended from flagpole at Union Station, Washington, D.C.]

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Potomac Electric Power Co. Buzzard Point plant. Construction work inside Buzzard Point plant V

Potomac Electric Power Co. Buzzard Point plant. Construction work insi...

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

A black and white photo of a man working in a factory. Great Depression FFSA / OWI Negatives

A black and white photo of a man working in a factory. Great Depressio...

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

A black and white photo of a man holding a baseball bat. War Production FSA/OWI Photograph

A black and white photo of a man holding a baseball bat. War Productio...

To identify this image it may help to search online for images that have neighboring call numbers, are similar in appearance, and have titles. There was no caption card for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist. ... More

Factory - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Factory - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

A black and white photo of a man working in a factory, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Date based on date of negatives in same range. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. General information about ... More

Hightstown, New Jersey. Progress photograph taken during construction of the Jersey homesteads, a U.S. Resettlement Administration project

Hightstown, New Jersey. Progress photograph taken during construction ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, workshop, workers, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a family with a wagon, Tennessee. Farm Security Administration photograph

A black and white photo of a family with a wagon, Tennessee. Farm Secu...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of children, kids, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of two men working in a factory, Florida. Farm Security Administration photograph

A black and white photo of two men working in a factory, Florida. Farm...

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

Turpentine worker's camp. Georgia

Turpentine worker's camp. Georgia

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

Part of migrant agricultural worker's family near Belle Glade, Florida

Part of migrant agricultural worker's family near Belle Glade, Florida

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

Veneer wood mill. Morrisville, Vermont

Veneer wood mill. Morrisville, Vermont

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

Tire testing machine. Washington, D.C., May 20. Testing wear and tear on tires with this tire testing machine at the Bureau of Standards is W.D. [?] hold, the machine simulates road tests traveling from 20 to 60 mph, the only difference is that the load on the tires is heavier than the normal weight of cars that the tires are made for [...]

Tire testing machine. Washington, D.C., May 20. Testing wear and tear ...

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

Negro sugarcane worker drinking water in the field near New Iberia, Louisiana

Negro sugarcane worker drinking water in the field near New Iberia, Lo...

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

A black and white photo of a man holding a bucket, New Jersey. Farm Security Administration photograph

A black and white photo of a man holding a bucket, New Jersey. Farm Se...

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

Negro worker at cotton gin, Lehi, Arkansas

Negro worker at cotton gin, Lehi, Arkansas

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

Industrialized agriculture. From Texas farmer to migratory worker in California. Kern County

Industrialized agriculture. From Texas farmer to migratory worker in C...

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

Hard worker. Washington, D.C., Sept. 22. Hardest working cabinet office [...] the Capitol these days is Henry A. Wallace, who is pictured pondering farm problems as dusk settles over the capitol city, 9/22/38

Hard worker. Washington, D.C., Sept. 22. Hardest working cabinet offic...

Public domain photograph of people in office, interior, the 1910s-1920s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sharecropper woman worker, Southeast Missouri Farms

Sharecropper woman worker, Southeast Missouri Farms

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

Wife of WPA (Works Progress Administration) worker, Charleston, West Virginia

Wife of WPA (Works Progress Administration) worker, Charleston, West V...

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

Automobile belonging to migrant cane chair worker, Paradis, Louisiana

Automobile belonging to migrant cane chair worker, Paradis, Louisiana

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

Pennsylvania: A black and white photo of a man wearing a hat. Great Depression

Pennsylvania: A black and white photo of a man wearing a hat. Great De...

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

Steel worker. Midland, Pennsylvania

Steel worker. Midland, Pennsylvania

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

Putting steel straps in place to hold pressed cotton after pressure has been removed, Lehi, Arkansas cotton gin

Putting steel straps in place to hold pressed cotton after pressure ha...

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

Steelworkers at blast furnace, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Steelworkers at blast furnace, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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 black and white photo of a man in a factory, possibly related to: Pouring a test mold while blast furnace is being tapped, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

A black and white photo of a man in a factory, possibly related to: Po...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Negative has a hole punch made by FSA st... More

C. & N.W. R.R., Mrs. Marcella Hart, mother of three children, employed as a wiper at the roundhouse, Clinton, Iowa

C. & N.W. R.R., Mrs. Marcella Hart, mother of three children, employed...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a railway worker, railroad, locomotive repair shop, industrial facility, early 20th-century industry, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a man kneeling in a field, Louisiana. Farmers during Great Depression

A black and white photo of a man kneeling in a field, Louisiana. Farme...

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

Large electric phosphate smelting furnace used in the making of elemental phosphorus in a TVA chemical plant in the Muscle Shoals area, Alabama

Large electric phosphate smelting furnace used in the making of elemen...

Public domain photograph of electric power plant, generation, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Wife of WPA (Works Progress Administration) worker. Bush, Illinois

Wife of WPA (Works Progress Administration) worker. Bush, Illinois

Picryl description: Public domain image of a great depression era, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Maintenance man at the Combustion Engineering Co. working at the largest cold steel hydraulic press in the world, Chattanooga, Tenn. This press can shape steel plates several inches in thickness

Maintenance man at the Combustion Engineering Co. working at the large...

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

B-25 bomber planes at the North American Aviation, Incorporated being hauled along an outdoor assembly line with an "International" tractor, Kansas City, Kansas

B-25 bomber planes at the North American Aviation, Incorporated being ...

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

Migrant worker camped near Sebastin, Texas

Migrant worker camped near Sebastin, Texas

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

Section of a locomotive frame, which will be welded to replace a broken locomotive frame, Chicago, Ill. Workman is indicating what place must be cut. At the 40th Street shop of C&NWRR

Section of a locomotive frame, which will be welded to replace a broke...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a railway worker, railroad, locomotive repair shop, industrial facility, early 20th-century industry, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a man in a field, Texas, during Great Depression

A black and white photo of a man in a field, Texas, during Great Depre...

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

A black and white photo of a man sitting on a bench, Texas, during Great Depression

A black and white photo of a man sitting on a bench, Texas, during Gre...

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

Annette del Sur publicizing salvage campaign in yard of Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif.

Annette del Sur publicizing salvage campaign in yard of Douglas Aircra...

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

Packing radishes in crates. Elsa, Texas

Packing radishes in crates. Elsa, Texas

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, workshop, workers, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Oil field worker resting on a length of pipe, Kilgore, Texas

Oil field worker resting on a length of pipe, Kilgore, Texas

Public domain photograph of industrial workers, factory building, work, assembly line, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Migrant worker in camp. California

Migrant worker in camp. California

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

An A-20 bomber being riveted by a woman worker at the Douglas Aircraft Company plant at Long Beach, Calif.

An A-20 bomber being riveted by a woman worker at the Douglas Aircraft...

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

White migrant worker cleaning fish near Mercedes, Texas

White migrant worker cleaning fish near Mercedes, Texas

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

Boys trained in the fundamentals of navigation may become technicians in the armed service, Los Angeles, Calif. Thomas Graham, a member of the Victory Corps at Polytechnic High School, is learning to use a sextant to determine longitude and latitude

Boys trained in the fundamentals of navigation may become technicians ...

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

Checking the alignment of a turbine shaft at the top of the guide bearing in TVA's hydroelectric plant, Watts Bar Dam, Tenn. Located 530 miles above the mouth of the Tennessee River, the dam has an authorized power installation of 90,000 kw., which can be increased to a possible ultimate of 150,000 kw. The reservoir at the dam adds 370,000 acre-feet of water to controlled storage on the Tennessee River system

Checking the alignment of a turbine shaft at the top of the guide bear...

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

Working on the cylinder of a locomotive at the C & NW RR 40th Street shops, Chicago, Ill.

Working on the cylinder of a locomotive at the C & NW RR 40th Street s...

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

Metal tubing at the Consolidated Aircraft Corp. plant, Fort Worth, Texas

Metal tubing at the Consolidated Aircraft Corp. plant, Fort Worth, Tex...

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

Riveting team working on the cockpit shell of a B-25 [i.e. C-47] bomber at the plant of North American Aviation, Inc., Inglewood [i.e. Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach], Calif.

Riveting team working on the cockpit shell of a B-25 [i.e. C-47] bombe...

Photo shows a woman and man working on a Douglas Aircraft Company cockpit shell identified as a C-47 based on the window outline. Although sometimes called a 'biscuit bomber,' the plane was for transport. (Sour... More

This girl in a glass house is putting finishing touches on the bombardier nose section of a B-17F navy bomber, Long Beach, Calif. She's one of many capable women workers in the Douglas Aircraft Company plant. Better known as the "Flying Fortress," the B-17F is a later model of the B-17 which distinguished itself in action in the South Pacific, over Germany and elsewhere. It is a long range, high altitude heavy bomber, with a crew of seven to nine men, and with armament sufficient to defend itself on daylight missions

This girl in a glass house is putting finishing touches on the bombard...

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

Chopping cotton on rented land near White Plains, Greene County, Ga.

Chopping cotton on rented land near White Plains, Greene County, Ga.

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of farming, farmer, agriculture, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Migratory worker in auto camp. Single man, speaks his mind. "Them WPAs are keeping us from a living. They oughtn't to do it. It ain't fair in no way. The government lays them off (that is in Work Projects Administration - 1939) and they come in because they're locals and take the jobs away from us that never had no forty-four dollars a month. I came out of Pennsylvania, used to be an oil worker. I'm getting along in years now and I seen lots of presidents and lots of systems. Voted for Roosevelt both times and I don't know of any president that ever leaned toward the laboring man like him, but this system they've got here in the fruit is a rotten system the way they work it." Yakima Valley, Washington

Migratory worker in auto camp. Single man, speaks his mind. "Them WPAs...

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

Annette del Sur public[iz]ing salvage campaign in yard of Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif.

Annette del Sur public[iz]ing salvage campaign in yard of Douglas Airc...

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

Migrant packinghouse worker's family near Belle Glade, Florida

Migrant packinghouse worker's family near Belle Glade, Florida

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

Oil field worker holding bit, oil well, Kilgore, Texas

Oil field worker holding bit, oil well, Kilgore, Texas

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

An experimental scale model of the B-25 plane is prepared for wind tunnel tests in the plant of the North American Aviation, Inc., Inglewood, Calif. The model maker holds an exact miniature reproduction of the type of bomb the plane will carry. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 bomber used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, and the P-51 ("Mustang") fighter plane which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

An experimental scale model of the B-25 plane is prepared for wind tun...

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

Young migrant worker brings his hops to weigh scales. From five a.m. until noon, when photograph was made, he had picked eighty pounds, which equals eighty cents. Temperature 105 degrees. Oregon, Polk County, near Independence

Young migrant worker brings his hops to weigh scales. From five a.m. u...

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

Colored mechanic, motor maintenance section, Ft. Knox, Ky.

Colored mechanic, motor maintenance section, Ft. Knox, Ky.

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

Electronics technician, Goodyear Aircraft Corp., Akron, Ohio

Electronics technician, Goodyear Aircraft Corp., Akron, Ohio

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

Mike Evans, a welder, at the rip tracks at Proviso yard of the C & NW RR, Chicago, Ill.

Mike Evans, a welder, at the rip tracks at Proviso yard of the C & NW ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a railway worker, railroad, locomotive repair shop, industrial facility, early 20th-century industry, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Young sugar beet worker, Treasure County, Montana

Young sugar beet worker, Treasure County, Montana

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

This sheet of synthetic rubber coming off the rolling mill at the plant is now ready for drying, B.F. Goodrich Co., Akron, Ohio. Synthetic rubber made by the "ameripol" process is derived from butadiene (a petroleum derivative). In this rolling mill the crumbs of rubber are squeezed dry of excess water and pressed together into the blanket shown here

This sheet of synthetic rubber coming off the rolling mill at the plan...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of sheep, lamb, farm animals, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Oil field worker examining mud to determine characteristics of stratum through which drilling is being done, Seminole oil field, Oklahoma

Oil field worker examining mud to determine characteristics of stratum...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a construction site, wooden frame, timber, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a boy and his dog. Great Depression FSA photogpraph

A black and white photo of a boy and his dog. Great Depression FSA pho...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of farming, farmer, agriculture, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Working on the boiler of a locomotive at the 40th Street shops of the C & NW RR, Chicago, Ill.

Working on the boiler of a locomotive at the 40th Street shops of the ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a steam locomotive, train cars, railroad tracks, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Working on wing of Consolidated Liberator Bomber, Consolidated Aircraft Corp. plant, Fort Worth, Texas

Working on wing of Consolidated Liberator Bomber, Consolidated Aircraf...

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

A couple of men standing next to each other. Great Depression FFSA / OWI Negatives

A couple of men standing next to each other. Great Depression FFSA / O...

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

Manufacture of self-sealing gas tanks, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio

Manufacture of self-sealing gas tanks, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., A...

Photograph shows woman ironing. Public domain reproduction of art deco poster, cover, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Farmer talking with salesman of agricultural machinery at Jacksonville, Texas

Farmer talking with salesman of agricultural machinery at Jacksonville...

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

Inspecting of landing wheel of the transport planes at Willow Run

Inspecting of landing wheel of the transport planes at Willow Run

Photo shows the Willow Run manufacturing plant, run by the Ford Motor Company near Ypsilanti, Michigan, which made the B-24 Liberator bombers during World War II. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009)

A large electric phosphate smelting furnace used in the making of elemental phosphorus in a TVA chemical plant in the Muscle Shoals area, Alabama

A large electric phosphate smelting furnace used in the making of elem...

Public domain photograph of electric power plant, generation, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Unemployed lumber worker goes with his wife to the bean harvest. Note social security number tattooed on his arm. Oregon. See general caption number 46

Unemployed lumber worker goes with his wife to the bean harvest. Note ...

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

Migratory worker on the Norfolk-Cape Charles Ferry, writing a postcard home to his parents

Migratory worker on the Norfolk-Cape Charles Ferry, writing a postcard...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of vintage Virginia postcard, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

At the electric furnace in the foundry at the Farrell-Birmingham Company, Ansonia, Connecticut

At the electric furnace in the foundry at the Farrell-Birmingham Compa...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, workshop, workers, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Florida migratory worker gathering onions in a field near Accomac, Virginia

Florida migratory worker gathering onions in a field near Accomac, Vir...

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

A black and white photo of two men working in a factory, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photograph

A black and white photo of two men working in a factory, Great Depress...

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

General view of propeller grinding and finishing operations at the Hamilton Standard Propeller Corporation. Connecticut

General view of propeller grinding and finishing operations at the Ham...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, workshop, workers, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

In the Vought-Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, Stratford, Connecticut

In the Vought-Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, Stratford, Connecticut

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

Migrant fruit worker from Arkansas, Berrien County, Michigan

Migrant fruit worker from Arkansas, Berrien County, Michigan

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

A black and white photo of a woman hanging out her clothes, Arizona. Farm Security Administration photograph

A black and white photo of a woman hanging out her clothes, Arizona. F...

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

A black and white photo of men on scaffolding, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photograph

A black and white photo of men on scaffolding, Great Depression. FSA/O...

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

A black and white photo of a little girl sitting on a bench, Iowa. Farm Security Administration photograph

A black and white photo of a little girl sitting on a bench, Iowa. Far...

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

Migratory agricultural worker asleep in boxcar. Camden, North Carolina

Migratory agricultural worker asleep in boxcar. Camden, North Carolina

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

A black and white photo of a man working on a machine. Great Depression FFSA / OWI Negatives

A black and white photo of a man working on a machine. Great Depressio...

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

A black and white photo of a group of men. Great Depression FFSA / OWI Negatives

A black and white photo of a group of men. Great Depression FFSA / OWI...

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

A man in a factory working on a piece of metal, Arizona. Farm Security Administration photograph

A man in a factory working on a piece of metal, Arizona. Farm Security...

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

A black and white photo of a man in a factory, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photograph

A black and white photo of a man in a factory, Great Depression. FSA/O...

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

Loading raw rubber. Bales of raw rubber, removed from wooden crates in which they have traveled from Singapore, are wheeled up to this endless chain loader, which will automatically feed it into the "guillotine," the first step in making tires at an Ohio tire plant

Loading raw rubber. Bales of raw rubber, removed from wooden crates in...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, workshop, workers, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Paper pulp being rolled out at the Mississquoi Corporation paper mill in Sheldon Springs, Vermont

Paper pulp being rolled out at the Mississquoi Corporation paper mill ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, workshop, workers, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Barrage balloon manufacture. All out for defense! Scrambling out of the zipper-covered "manhole" in the nose of a gigantic barrage balloon, this worker has finished patching, touching up and checking the great bag, and is ready to give the signal to deflate the balloon, pack it and ship it to Uncle Sam's army training fields where balloon squadrons are learning the technique of handling the blimp-sized gas bags. This ship is of the ballonet type. General Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio

Barrage balloon manufacture. All out for defense! Scrambling out of th...

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

Generations of feet have trodden this worker's doorway. Holyoke, Massachusetts

Generations of feet have trodden this worker's doorway. Holyoke, Massa...

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

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. This worker caulks window frames with a pressure gun. Air pressure quickly forces putty into crevices which cannot be reached by hand

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. This worker caulks window frames ...

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

Defense worker from North Carolina who was hurt on the job. Saint Vincent's Hospital charity ward. Norfolk, Virginia

Defense worker from North Carolina who was hurt on the job. Saint Vinc...

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

A black and white photo of a man on a boat. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man on a boat. Office of War Information ...

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 Farm Security Administration (1937-1942). The photographs of the Farm S... More

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. Living conditions were so crowded in Erie, Pennsylvania, that a defense worker and his family of three were found to be living in this attic room. One of the defense industries there, which holds large contracts for the Navy, expects an increase of 4,000 workers during the coming year. Practically all vacancies are already taken, and even the contemplated construction of new homes will fill only a fraction of the need. Realizing the urgency of this need, the Division of Defense Housing has programmed 300 homes in this area, 60 of which are already completed (July 1941). In the meantime, trailers are being used by the Division as a temporary expedient until the more permanent homes are completed

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. Living conditions were so crowded...

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

Family of construction worker who had been employed on Camp Blanding job. Starke, Florida

Family of construction worker who had been employed on Camp Blanding j...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children, kids, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A defense worker takes the time out for the cameraman. He's a road construction worker at a vast defense housing project, which will provide homes for thousands of defense workers in Erie, Pennsylvania

A defense worker takes the time out for the cameraman. He's a road con...

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

Mrs. Nichols, wife of defense worker, and son, in their trailer home at Edgewater Park near Ypsilanti, Michigan. They are from Casa City, Michigan

Mrs. Nichols, wife of defense worker, and son, in their trailer home a...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of the 1930s - 1940s, woman, female portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A man standing in front of a crowd of people. Office of War Information Photograph

A man standing in front of a crowd of people. Office of War Informatio...

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 Farm Security Administration (1937-1942). The photographs of the Farm S... More

Funeral of nineteen year old Negro sawmill worker in Heard County, Georgia

Funeral of nineteen year old Negro sawmill worker in Heard County, Geo...

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

Agricultural worker's child taking a bath in the twenty-four hour a day nursery at Osceola migratory labor camp. Belle Glade, Florida

Agricultural worker's child taking a bath in the twenty-four hour a da...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bath tub, bathing, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Molten metal from blast furnaces arrives at the open hearth foundry where it is placed in a 600 ton mixing furnace, which maintains a temperature of 2100 degrees fahrenheit. The mixing furnace acts as a sort of thermos bottle, or ore storage tank. A worker is shown here preparing an open hearth furnace for charging

Molten metal from blast furnaces arrives at the open hearth foundry wh...

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

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