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Construction worker from Monroe, Louisiana. Sitting on car in front of his shack before leaving for evening shift. Camp Livingston, Alexandria, Louisiana

Construction worker from Monroe, Louisiana. Sitting on car in front of...

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

Finnish construction worker from New York drinking beer while spending his leisure time in a cafe near Camp Blanding. He was unable to work because of heavy rains. Starke, Florida

Finnish construction worker from New York drinking beer while spending...

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Family of migrant fruit worker camped along railroad tracks. Berrien County, Michigan

Family of migrant fruit worker camped along railroad tracks. Berrien C...

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A black and white photo of a man standing next to an old car. Great Depression FSA photogpraph

A black and white photo of a man standing next to an old car. Great De...

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A black and white photo of a man cutting a log, Georgia. Farm Security Administration photograph

A black and white photo of a man cutting a log, Georgia. Farm Security...

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

Tank manufacture (Chrysler). Expert welders are important to Uncle Sam's defense industries. Not only are welded connections as strong as, or stronger than, riveted connections, but they mean a saving steel and in overall weight. This welder is working on the engine support assembly of an M-3 tank at the Chrysler tank arsenal in Detroit

Tank manufacture (Chrysler). Expert welders are important to Uncle Sam...

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 black and white photo of men working on a machine, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photograph

A black and white photo of men working on a machine, Great Depression....

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 man sitting on the ground, North Carolina. Farm Security Administration photograph

A black and white photo of a man sitting on the ground, North Carolina...

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A woman hanging out clothes on a clothes line, Arizona. Farm Security Administration photograph

A woman hanging out clothes on a clothes line, Arizona. Farm Security ...

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

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

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

Farm security administration office of war information black and white negatives

Farm security administration office of war information black and white...

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

Shenandoah Valley. Worker in the Penn Foundry Manufacturing Company at Waynesboro, Virginia, one of the largest shops in the Shenandoah Valley

Shenandoah Valley. Worker in the Penn Foundry Manufacturing Company at...

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Daughters of defense worker. Negro slum district. Norfolk, Virginia

Daughters of defense worker. Negro slum district. Norfolk, Virginia

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

A black and white photo of men working in a factory. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of men working in a factory. Office of War Inf...

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

Shipbuilding. "Liberty" ships. Wooden templates are used as patterns for the laying out of a number of steel plates. This worker is carrying the template for a gun foundation from the mold loft to the plate working section. All parts are prefabricated in this huge Eastern plant which formerly turned out freight cars. The completed sections are then carried six miles to the ways on flat cars. Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards Inc., Baltimore, Maryland

Shipbuilding. "Liberty" ships. Wooden templates are used as patterns f...

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

House foundation which will be occupied by defense worker and family until spring when he will complete building. Near Detroit, Michigan

House foundation which will be occupied by defense worker and family u...

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Aircraft life raft manufacturing. Valve fitting for emergency life raft for military aircraft is applied by balloon room worker with special tools. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Aircraft life raft manufacturing. Valve fitting for emergency life raf...

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Farm worker and his wife at the FSA (Farm Security Administration) migratory labor camp mobile unit. Idaho

Farm worker and his wife at the FSA (Farm Security Administration) mig...

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

Defense worker. Portsmouth, Virginia

Defense worker. Portsmouth, Virginia

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

Aluminum. Reynolds Metal Company, Louisville, Kentucky. Safely factors are not forgotten in rush orders for war production. This worker who handles hot ingots in the rolling mill, wears these size fifteen aluminum toe guards to protect his feet

Aluminum. Reynolds Metal Company, Louisville, Kentucky. Safely factors...

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Construction worker from Fort Bragg. He lives in this homemade bunkhouse in Manchester, North Carolina

Construction worker from Fort Bragg. He lives in this homemade bunkhou...

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Shipbuilding. "Liberty" ships. Workers at a prefabricating plant turn out steel parts for a large Eastern shipyard building units of Uncle Sam's "Liberty Fleet." Here they operate a giant shear. This plant was originally used to produce freight cars, and the shears are part of the plant's original equipment. All parts are prefabricated in this huge Eastern plant which formerly turned out freight cars. The completed sections are then carried six miles to the ways on flatcars. Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards Inc., Baltimore, Maryland

Shipbuilding. "Liberty" ships. Workers at a prefabricating plant turn ...

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San Juan, Puerto Rico. Worker from the naval base in San Juan who lives in this house in El Fangitto, the slum area

San Juan, Puerto Rico. Worker from the naval base in San Juan who live...

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Negro worker at a small sawmill works in southern Greene County, Georgia

Negro worker at a small sawmill works in southern Greene County, Georg...

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

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

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Decorations in cottage home of permanent farm worker at the FSA (Farm Security Administration) labor camp. Caldwell, Idaho

Decorations in cottage home of permanent farm worker at the FSA (Farm ...

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

Defense worker's home on Carson Street. Sunset Village, Radford, Virginia. FSA (Farm Security Administration) project

Defense worker's home on Carson Street. Sunset Village, Radford, Virgi...

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Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). This worker is in the plate-bender's shop, where steel plates are bent to fit the sidings of warcraft under construction. This is an operation requiring a high degree of skill

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). This worker is in the plate-bender's...

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.

Farm worker practicing wrapping apples in the apple wrapping school at the FSA (Farm Security Administration) farm family migratory labor camp. Yakima, Washington

Farm worker practicing wrapping apples in the apple wrapping school at...

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Hops coming from portable-type mechanical picker, Yakima Chief Hop Ranch, Yakima County, Washington

Hops coming from portable-type mechanical picker, Yakima Chief Hop Ran...

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

Worker at the United Farmers' Cooperative Creamery

Worker at the United Farmers' Cooperative Creamery

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

Antiaircraft gun carriage. A worker tests the smooth working precision of the elevating mechanism assembly of a thirty-seven-millimeter anti-aircraft gun carriage. Planes of 300 miles an hour and better present a fast-moving target which requires precision operation in the anti-aircraft gun that must follow their flight to protect America's lives and property. War program production scene in a Pennsylvania heavy industry plant. AETNA. Ellwood City, Pennsylvania

Antiaircraft gun carriage. A worker tests the smooth working precision...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building interior, power generator, furnace, boiler, 20th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Laundry on line back of cottage of "permanent" farm worker at the FSA (Farm Security Administration) labor camp. Caldwell, Idaho. Here is a community laundry with washing machines, ironing equipment lines, etc. but some of the "permanent" workers living in individual cottages prefer to do their laundry at home

Laundry on line back of cottage of "permanent" farm worker at the FSA ...

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

Doctor and nurse and farm worker (patient) at the trailer clinic at the FSA (Farm Security Administration) migratory labor camp mobile unit. Wilder, Idaho. He is getting serum for prevention of wood tick fever

Doctor and nurse and farm worker (patient) at the trailer clinic at th...

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Daughter of farm worker reads her Bible. FSA (Farm Security Administration) migratory labor camp mobile unit. Wilder, Idaho

Daughter of farm worker reads her Bible. FSA (Farm Security Administra...

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

Guayanilla, Puerto Rico (vicinity). Sugar worker's family all living in this one house

Guayanilla, Puerto Rico (vicinity). Sugar worker's family all living i...

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Adding the bead wire. Taking a more solid form, the carcass is now ready for the addition of another bead before the final layers of fabric are added. The bead cover is shaped to the exact curvature of the tire, and fits its diameter perfectly. The bead is forced into position under pressure by the machine controlled with the worker's right hand. Firestone (General Tires), Akron, Ohio

Adding the bead wire. Taking a more solid form, the carcass is now rea...

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

Charlotte Amalie, Saint Thomas Island, Virgin Islands. The kitchen in the home of a Negro worker in a slum section

Charlotte Amalie, Saint Thomas Island, Virgin Islands. The kitchen in ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of food, dinner, grocery store, eating, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Manpower. Negro navy yard workers. The brawn of the village smith is dwarfed in this modern blacksmith shop where a powerful drop hammer fashions a red hot metal slab for ship construction in an Eastern navy yard

Manpower. Negro navy yard workers. The brawn of the village smith is d...

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

Production. Wagon wheels. From the wagon assembly of a Southern wagon plant comes this once familiar vehicle which is being built in great volume these days as a result of the rubber shortage. This worker is giving a farm wagon the final once-over

Production. Wagon wheels. From the wagon assembly of a Southern wagon ...

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.

Andrews County, Texas. Attaching clamps to a section of drill pipe

Andrews County, Texas. Attaching clamps to a section of drill pipe

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

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

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

Nyssa, Oregon. FSA (Farm Security Administration) mobile camp. Japanese-American farm worker

Nyssa, Oregon. FSA (Farm Security Administration) mobile camp. Japanes...

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Andrews County, Texas. Pulling pipe out of hole in order to attach a new bit

Andrews County, Texas. Pulling pipe out of hole in order to attach a n...

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

Subcontracting. Passaic home workshop pool. A worker in the Passaic, New Jersey shop of the Howe Machinery Company files a flange used in an expanding mandrel for v-belt drives. In addition to the work in its own shop, the concern is also farming out considerable work through a home workshop pool it organizes

Subcontracting. Passaic home workshop pool. A worker in the Passaic, N...

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

Andrews County, Texas. Pulling pipe on night tour

Andrews County, Texas. Pulling pipe on night tour

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

Industrial safety. Accident prevention. A cluttered work bench is hazardous. This worker could be seriously injured by thoughtlessly raising his head a trifle. In addition, the disorder creates a hazard in the aisles

Industrial safety. Accident prevention. A cluttered work bench is haza...

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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.

Ensenada, Puerto Rico. Workman operating one of the centrifugals in the South Puerto Rico Sugar Company

Ensenada, Puerto Rico. Workman operating one of the centrifugals in th...

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

Nashville, Tennessee. In the machine shop division. Vultee Aircraft Corporation plant

Nashville, Tennessee. In the machine shop division. Vultee Aircraft Co...

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 woman smiling. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a woman smiling. Office of War Information ...

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

Douglas Dam, Tennessee. Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). Worker

Douglas Dam, Tennessee. Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). Worker

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

A black and white photo of three children holding a baseball bat. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of three children holding a baseball bat. Offi...

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

Marietta, Ohio. Young women swearing in as a civilian defense worker

Marietta, Ohio. Young women swearing in as a civilian defense worker

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

Newport News, Virginia. Negro shipyard worker at his rural home

Newport News, Virginia. Negro shipyard worker at his rural home

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

Bridgeton, New Jersey. Seabrook Farms. Field worker with a basket of beans

Bridgeton, New Jersey. Seabrook Farms. Field worker with a basket of b...

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

Production. 45-caliberautomatic pistols. Anthony Freda drills the barrels of .45-caliber automatic pistols in the plant of a large manufacturer of firearms. Many men and women are employed in this plant which produces pistols, machine guns, and other essential weapons for the armed forces

Production. 45-caliberautomatic pistols. Anthony Freda drills the barr...

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

Pittsburgh (vicinity), Pennsylvania. Montour no. 4 mine of the Pittsburgh Coal Company

Pittsburgh (vicinity), Pennsylvania. Montour no. 4 mine of the Pittsbu...

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

Nyssa, Oregon. FSA (Farm Security Administration) mobile camp. Japanese-American farm worker who lives at the camp

Nyssa, Oregon. FSA (Farm Security Administration) mobile camp. Japanes...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

Newport News, Virginia. Negro shipyard worker at his rural home

Newport News, Virginia. Negro shipyard worker at his rural home

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Women at war (Mrs. Smuda). Like any other grandmother, skilled worker Eva Smuda enjoys the "children's hour" each day. And her work at the Frankford Arsenal never leaves her too tired for those games of make-believe with five-year-old Barbara

Women at war (Mrs. Smuda). Like any other grandmother, skilled worker ...

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

Production. Airplane maufacture, general. A women worker at the Long Beach, California, plant of Douglas Aircraft Company, attaches clips and accessories to a wing section before the parts meets the next assembly. Most important of the many types of aircraft made at this plant are the B-17F ("Flying Fortress") heavy bomber, the A-20 ("Havoc") assault bomber and the C-47 heavy transport plane for the carrying of troops and cargo

Production. Airplane maufacture, general. A women worker at the Long B...

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

Salinas Valley, California. A stage in the rubber production from guayule

Salinas Valley, California. A stage in the rubber production from guay...

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

Decatur, Alabama. Ingalls Shipbuilding Company. Welder. The leather-asbestos suits are a protection for a worker in the hot, cramped double-bottoms

Decatur, Alabama. Ingalls Shipbuilding Company. Welder. The leather-as...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a uniform, military personnel, armed forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Smoothing a gun cylinder. A skilled worker in an eastern Navy yard arsenal guiding the machine which is turning a major caliber gun. He is one of thousands who are producing ammunition for the expanded Navy war program

Smoothing a gun cylinder. A skilled worker in an eastern Navy yard ars...

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

Newport News, Virginia. Negro shipyard worker's daughter

Newport News, Virginia. Negro shipyard worker's daughter

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

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

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

Albany, California. At the Department of Agriculture regional research laboratory a worker is taking a sample of chopped blanched cabbage. Before dehydration, vegetables are processed various ways, a quick steam bath is one of these ways. By laboratory tests it is determined which processing method retains the greatest percentage of vitamin content and produces the most attractive product

Albany, California. At the Department of Agriculture regional research...

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Rags. Collection and processing. Scene in the storeroom of a large Eastern rag processing plant. An electric crane lifts the bales and places them in piles, where they await sorting. Shapiro Company, Maryland

Rags. Collection and processing. Scene in the storeroom of a large Eas...

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

Childersburg, Alabama. Cousa Court defense housing project. The Smiths' have taken in a fellow defense worker to help solve the housing problem

Childersburg, Alabama. Cousa Court defense housing project. The Smiths...

Picryl description: Public domain image of food, dinner, grocery store, eating, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Yabucoa, Puerto Rico. Sugar worker at a strike meeting

Yabucoa, Puerto Rico. Sugar worker at a strike meeting

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

Newport News, Virginia. Negro shipyard worker does volunteer duty as an air raid warden

Newport News, Virginia. Negro shipyard worker does volunteer duty as a...

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

Bags full of crushed olives are put into hydraulic press for oil extraction. Lindsay, California

Bags full of crushed olives are put into hydraulic press for oil extra...

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

A poster comes to life. Welder George Woolslayer meets Sergeant Vineyard's pals at his army post after Vineyard and Aviation-radio Chief John Evans had visited Woolslayer at the steel mill where he is employed. Thus did the three colleagues of the "Men Working Together" poster meet one another and recognize the value of united effort, soldier, sailor and worker, "one for all and all for one" to blast the Axis off the map. Allegheny-Steel, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

A poster comes to life. Welder George Woolslayer meets Sergeant Vineya...

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

Migratory worker's child. Robstown camp, Texas

Migratory worker's child. Robstown camp, Texas

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Nashville, Tennessee. In the machine shop division. Vultee Aircraft Corporation plant

Nashville, Tennessee. In the machine shop division. Vultee Aircraft Co...

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

Production. Locomotives. The massive size of this locomotive boiler dwarfs the husky worker inside it. In addition to locomotives, the plant doing this work also turns out tanks and ship propellers. Baldwin Locomotive Works

Production. Locomotives. The massive size of this locomotive boiler dw...

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Bantam, Connecticut. Here are three newcomers to Bantam, in the Warren McArthur upholstery shop. Closest to the camera is Demetress Welch, who came with the plant from Rome, New York, in 1937. In 1940 she married Ray Welch, of Waterbury, who is now working in a sub-assembly shop at the plant. Behind her is Irene Stewart, who came to the plant from Buffalo in June 1941, along with her husband of five years, Malcolm Stewart. Malcolm is a native of London, England, and once owned his own furniture plant in Pittsburgh. The Stewarts moved into a four-room unit of the defense homes project in January, leaving a furnished room in a Bantam farmhouse. Third worker is Alice Langevin, who came to the plant in April, 1941, from Plainfield, Connecticut. She lives in Bantam, in a five-room house which she shares with her brother and sister-in-law and two nephews--all of whom came to Bantam since April, 1941, to work for Warren McArthur

Bantam, Connecticut. Here are three newcomers to Bantam, in the Warren...

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

Chicago, Illinois. Workman having lunch at the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad locomotive repair shops

Chicago, Illinois. Workman having lunch at the Chicago and Northwester...

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. 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.

Gloucester, Massachusetts. A shore worker engaged in the fish packing industry

Gloucester, Massachusetts. A shore worker engaged in the fish packing ...

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

Salinas Valley, California. Guayule rubber "worms" being processed

Salinas Valley, California. Guayule rubber "worms" being processed

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

Women in war. Supercharger plant workers. Plant foremen point to 20-year-old Annie Tabor as one of their best lathe operators, despite her lack of previous industrial experience. Employed by a large Midwest supercharger plant, this young woman machines parts of aircraft engines. Like many other young Negro girls, she had known only

Women in war. Supercharger plant workers. Plant foremen point to 20-ye...

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

Dodge truck plant, Detroit, Michigan. Dodge worker whose job it is to check shipping crates to see that nothing is omitted

Dodge truck plant, Detroit, Michigan. Dodge worker whose job it is to ...

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

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

A black and white photo of a man working on a machine. Office of War I...

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Divisi... More

Decatur, Alabama. Ingalls Shipbuilding Company. Worker waiting in line for his paycheck

Decatur, Alabama. Ingalls Shipbuilding Company. Worker waiting in line...

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A man is welding on a piece of wood. Office of War Information Photograph

A man is welding on a piece of wood. Office of War Information Photogr...

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

A black and white photo of a little girl holding a baby. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a little girl holding a baby. Office of War...

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

Bridgeton, New Jersey. Seabrook Farm. Worker who has charge of the beef cattle

Bridgeton, New Jersey. Seabrook Farm. Worker who has charge of the bee...

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

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...

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Conversion. Safe and lock company. Millimeter guns for America's armed forces are assembled in a factory once devoted to manufacture of safes and locks. York Safe and Lock Company, York, Pennsylvania

Conversion. Safe and lock company. Millimeter guns for America's armed...

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Conversion. Automobile plant. New Alemite fitting is added to a toggle arm bearing of a big 90T96 Cleveland press before the machine is reassembled in another building of an important automobile factory. The building that formerly housed the press is entirely cleared for the manufacture of an entirely different war product. Chevrolet Motors, Detroit, Michigan

Conversion. Automobile plant. New Alemite fitting is added to a toggle...

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Queens, New York. Nursery worker putting a child to sleep. Nursey school at the Queensbridge housing project

Queens, New York. Nursery worker putting a child to sleep. Nursey scho...

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Bantam, Connecticut. A native of London, England, Malcolm Stewart is an expert upholstery worker. He once ran his own furniture shop in Pittsburgh, and before coming to Bantam in June of 1941, supervised an upholstery shop in Buffalo, New York. Mrs. Stewart, a Buffalo girl whom he married in 1936, is also working in the Warren McArthur upholstery shop. They left their furnished room in a Bantam farmhouse in January, 1942, to occupy a four-room flat in the new eighty-unit defense homes project a few minutes from the plant

Bantam, Connecticut. A native of London, England, Malcolm Stewart is a...

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Washington, D.C. Washington tire store. Buffing off old tread to make a smooth bed for recap

Washington, D.C. Washington tire store. Buffing off old tread to make ...

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Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. Erecting a flat keel

Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. Erecting a flat ke...

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Long Island City, New York. Atlantic Macaroni Company, makers of Caruso brand products. Worker hanging out spaghetti to dry

Long Island City, New York. Atlantic Macaroni Company, makers of Carus...

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Production. Zinc. Tending a rock crusher at a large zinc concentrator. From the Eagle-Picher plant near Cardin, Oklahoma, come great quantities of zinc and lead to serve many important purposes in the war effort

Production. Zinc. Tending a rock crusher at a large zinc concentrator....

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Oswego, New York. Dock worker - safety film negatives, Library of Congress

Oswego, New York. Dock worker - safety film negatives, Library of Cong...

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Higgins shipyards worker. New Orleans, Louisiana

Higgins shipyards worker. New Orleans, Louisiana

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