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Avery Island Salt Works, Akzo Salt Incorporated, Avery Island, Iberia Parish, LA

Avery Island Salt Works, Akzo Salt Incorporated, Avery Island, Iberia ...

Significance: The Steam Hoist is the oldest still operating in the United States and has a history of ninety years of continuous use on the same site. The Breaker Building is one of the few surviving examples ... More

Avery Island Salt Works, Akzo Salt Incorporated, Avery Island, Iberia Parish, LA

Avery Island Salt Works, Akzo Salt Incorporated, Avery Island, Iberia ...

Significance: The Steam Hoist is the oldest still operating in the United States and has a history of ninety years of continuous use on the same site. The Breaker Building is one of the few surviving examples ... More

Avery Island Salt Works, Akzo Salt Incorporated, Avery Island, Iberia Parish, LA

Avery Island Salt Works, Akzo Salt Incorporated, Avery Island, Iberia ...

Significance: The Steam Hoist is the oldest still operating in the United States and has a history of ninety years of continuous use on the same site. The Breaker Building is one of the few surviving examples ... More

Avery Island Salt Works, Akzo Salt Incorporated, Avery Island, Iberia Parish, LA

Avery Island Salt Works, Akzo Salt Incorporated, Avery Island, Iberia ...

Significance: The Steam Hoist is the oldest still operating in the United States and has a history of ninety years of continuous use on the same site. The Breaker Building is one of the few surviving examples ... More

Hardin City Water Works, 101 East Fourth Street, Hardin, Big Horn County, MT

Hardin City Water Works, 101 East Fourth Street, Hardin, Big Horn Coun...

Significance: The Hardin City Water Works building is significant as a physical representation of the relatively rapid growth of Hardin. Within several years of its founding in 1907 and incorporation in 1911, ... More

Hardin City Water Works, 101 East Fourth Street, Hardin, Big Horn County, MT

Hardin City Water Works, 101 East Fourth Street, Hardin, Big Horn Coun...

Significance: The Hardin City Water Works building is significant as a physical representation of the relatively rapid growth of Hardin. Within several years of its founding in 1907 and incorporation in 1911, ... More

Hardin City Water Works, 101 East Fourth Street, Hardin, Big Horn County, MT

Hardin City Water Works, 101 East Fourth Street, Hardin, Big Horn Coun...

Significance: The Hardin City Water Works building is significant as a physical representation of the relatively rapid growth of Hardin. Within several years of its founding in 1907 and incorporation in 1911, ... More

Hardin City Water Works, 101 East Fourth Street, Hardin, Big Horn County, MT

Hardin City Water Works, 101 East Fourth Street, Hardin, Big Horn Coun...

Significance: The Hardin City Water Works building is significant as a physical representation of the relatively rapid growth of Hardin. Within several years of its founding in 1907 and incorporation in 1911, ... More

Hardin City Water Works, 101 East Fourth Street, Hardin, Big Horn County, MT

Hardin City Water Works, 101 East Fourth Street, Hardin, Big Horn Coun...

Significance: The Hardin City Water Works building is significant as a physical representation of the relatively rapid growth of Hardin. Within several years of its founding in 1907 and incorporation in 1911, ... More

Homestead Steel Works, Homestead, Pennsylvania

Homestead Steel Works, Homestead, Pennsylvania

Picryl description: Public domain image related to an industrial revolution, industry history, factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Map of the city of Brooklyn, L.I. : shewing the streets as at present existing with the buildings and the intended canal and other works : also the village of Williamsburgh /

Map of the city of Brooklyn, L.I. : shewing the streets as at present ...

Shows wards (numbered), building coverage, and lot lines. Hand colored to emphasize ward boundaries. Originally printed on 2 sheets (western/eastern). LC copy imperfect: Rubber-stamped, shellacked, brittle, dar... More

U.S. mail steam ship Baltic: Collins line. builders, hull by Brown & Bell N.Y. engines by Allaire Works N.Y.

U.S. mail steam ship Baltic: Collins line. builders, hull by Brown & B...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship, navy, harbor, maritime photograph, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

U.S. mail steam ship, Atlantic: Collins line. builders, hull by William H. Brown N.Y.--engines, by Stillman Allen & Co. Novelty Works N.Y.

U.S. mail steam ship, Atlantic: Collins line. builders, hull by Willia...

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 6832

Rebel works in front of Atlanta, Ga., no. 2

Rebel works in front of Atlanta, Ga., no. 2

This record contains unverified data from shelflist. Plate from: Photographic views of Sherman's campaign / from negatives taken in the field by Geo. N. Barnard. New York : 1866. Published in: Photographic view... More

[Interior view of Rebel fort in front of Petersburg works, manned by Cowan's Independent battery, 1st N.Y., 24th June, 1864]

[Interior view of Rebel fort in front of Petersburg works, manned by C...

No. 788. Title, photographer, and date from Catalogue of photographic incidents of the war, from the gallery of Alexander Gardner...by Bob Zeller, published by the Center for Civil War Photography, c2003. Mount... More

Davis & Cowell's Lime Works, Santa Cruz

Davis & Cowell's Lime Works, Santa Cruz

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 54. LOT subdivision subject: Mills (Lumber Mills, etc.). This record contains unverified old data ... More

[Page with three original photoprints "Views on the Pennsylvania Central Railroad" and advertisement for Moorhead Clay Works, Philadelphia]

[Page with three original photoprints "Views on the Pennsylvania Centr...

Illustrations (possibly stereo halves) of views, one mile east of Black Log Water Station, Black Log Water Station, and Lewiston Narrows.

Sheffield Car Co. works, Three Rivers, Mich., U.S.A.

Sheffield Car Co. works, Three Rivers, Mich., U.S.A.

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

Illinois Steel Works & harbor entrance, Calumet Riv., So. Chicago

Illinois Steel Works & harbor entrance, Calumet Riv., So. Chicago

Public domain image of a historic building, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Picryl description: Public domain image related to an industrial revolution, 19th century industry, factory, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Picryl description: Public domain image related to an industrial revol...

Public domain image with Picryl description as title Public domain scan of 19th century architectural drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Works of art hanging on wall, in Columbus room, at World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Illinois]

[Works of art hanging on wall, in Columbus room, at World's Columbian ...

55570Y U.S. Copyright Office. Issued by Souvenir Photograph Co., Chicago. Public domain photograph - historical image of Illinois, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Union Iron Works / motion picture

Union Iron Works / motion picture

"Here was built the peerless battleship "Oregon." The scene is taken at lunch hour, and shows a great throng of employees leaving the shop. 50 feet"--Edison films catalog, no. 94, March 1900, p. 21. "Southern P... More

Gantry cranes, Great Lakes Engineering Works

Gantry cranes, Great Lakes Engineering Works

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

Water tower, Water Works Park, Detroit, Mich.

Water tower, Water Works Park, Detroit, Mich.

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

[Great Lakes Engineering Works, St. Clair, Mich.

[Great Lakes Engineering Works, St. Clair, Mich.

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

French Deputies pay tribute to America's unknown soldier. Washington, D.C., May 2. Deputies from the French Parliament, in this country to visit the New York World Fair, today paid tribute to America's unknown soldier at Arlington National Cemetery. Here we see M.M. Eduard Jonas, left, President of the Public Works and Transportation Committee, and Fourcault Pavant, as they place the wreath for the delegation

French Deputies pay tribute to America's unknown soldier. Washington, ...

A couple of men standing next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description The New York World's Fair was a large international expositio... More

Westinghouse Air Brake Co. Westinghouse Co. works (casting scene) /

Westinghouse Air Brake Co. Westinghouse Co. works (casting scene) /

What appear to be molds pass by some men on conveyor belts. The men take them off the belt and dump the contents onto the ground. Other men pick up with tongs the parts that have been dumped onto the ground and... More

Deck view, Str. R.W. England, Great Lakes Eng. Co. [i.e. Engineering Works]

Deck view, Str. R.W. England, Great Lakes Eng. Co. [i.e. Engineering W...

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

Coil winding machines, Westinghouse works /

Coil winding machines, Westinghouse works /

Numerous women stand in rows at winding machines, taking material from large spools behind them. A male supervisor walks down the aisle, checking the work of the women.

[Reo Motor Car Company's works, Lansing, Mich.]

[Reo Motor Car Company's works, Lansing, Mich.]

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

WORKS, J.D. SENATOR - Harris & Ewing, Studio Portrait

WORKS, J.D. SENATOR - Harris & Ewing, Studio Portrait

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

American Iron and Steel Manufacturing Co's "Central Works," Lebanon, PA

American Iron and Steel Manufacturing Co's "Central Works," Lebanon, P...

Postcard shows iron and steel comapny's factories and grounds. H 85035 U.S. Copyright Office. Division of Prints No. 43266 Copyright by Luther G. Harpel. Souvenir Mail Card.

Rolling plates - a hot slab partially finished, Steel Works, Homestead, Pennsylvania

Rolling plates - a hot slab partially finished, Steel Works, Homestead...

H102494 U.S. Copyright Office Stereo copyrighted by H.C. White Co. No. 13138. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Steel Ind.; Geogr.

Edward St. Germain and sister Delia. She has been working in Phoenix (R.I.) Mill for 8 months. He works also. They cannot speak English. Location: Phoenix, Rhode Island.

Edward St. Germain and sister Delia. She has been working in Phoenix (...

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

A midnight scene in More-Jonas [i.e., Jones?] Glass Works, Bridgeton, N.J. Four small boys are to be seen in this photo. Location: Bridgeton, New Jersey.

A midnight scene in More-Jonas [i.e., Jones?] Glass Works, Bridgeton, ...

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.

Name: At the "Glory Hole." A midnight scene in a N.J. Glass Works. Cumberland Glass W[or]ks, Bridgeton, N.J. His name in Edwin Cope, 18, Mt. Vernon[?]. His mother read me the date of his birth from the family record--Mar. 26, 1996 [i.e., 1896]. This proves him to be 13 years old. Nov. 1, 1909. Location: Bridgeton, New Jersey.

Name: At the "Glory Hole." A midnight scene in a N.J. Glass Works. Cum...

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

[Harry Silverstein, Newsboy, 703 W. 6th St., 7 years old. Sells papers, (selling 3 months average earnings 25 cents per week). Father working Morocco Mills, earns $18 weekly. Boy's earnings not needed at home. Don't smoke. Visits saloons. Works 8 hours per day. Edward F. Brown, Investigator. ]. Location: Wilmington, Delaware / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

[Harry Silverstein, Newsboy, 703 W. 6th St., 7 years old. Sells papers...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of city street life, vendor, shop sign, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

(a) L. Seizwater, 333 Christian St., age 13, sells papers in subway. Works from 2 P.M. to 11 P.M. daily. Saturdays from 9 A.M. to 2 A.M. Sundays. Earnings 25 cents daily. (b) Jacob Cross, 1404 S. 8th St., age 15, newsboy. Sells from 3 P.M. to midnight daily. Saturdays works all night. The agent of the Juvenile Protective Association called the boy the typical night newsie of Philadelphia, having all their vices and ways and a class degenerating to low criminality. (c) Sol Feltman, 2442 S. Marshall St., age 10 sells papers in Subway from 4 P.M. to 10 P.M. Saturdays from 4 P.M. to midnight. Edward F. Brown, Investigator. Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

(a) L. Seizwater, 333 Christian St., age 13, sells papers in subway. W...

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

Harvey Nailling, delivery boy for Kutterer Printing Co. 300 Olive St. Works 9 1/2 hours a day. Location: St. Louis, Missouri.

Harvey Nailling, delivery boy for Kutterer Printing Co. 300 Olive St. ...

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

Bliss Works, Bklyn [i.e., Brooklyn]

Bliss Works, Bklyn [i.e., Brooklyn]

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

Every one of these children works in Hosiery Mills. The smallest girl in the middle said, "I ravels and picks up." Small boy in another mill said, " Over in Mill they work em so little they have to stand em up on boxes to reach." These children were well dressed for workers. Location: Cleveland, Tennessee.

Every one of these children works in Hosiery Mills. The smallest girl ...

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

The very smallest boy is Henry Fournier, 261 Jefferson Ave., Castle Hill, has worked 2 months in #2 Spinning Room. The next in size is Adelard Gagnon, 32 Perkins St., works in Spinning Room. Next in size (front row) is Adelard Dion, 1 Palmer St., works in #1Spinning Room. Smallest in back row is Albert Valbert, 14 Park St. Location: Salem, Massachusetts.

The very smallest boy is Henry Fournier, 261 Jefferson Ave., Castle Hi...

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

Minnie Thomas, a 9 year old girl, works regularly in Seacoast Canning Co., Factory #7, Eastport, Me., mostly in the packing room, and when very busy works nights. Cuts some, and also cartons. Her mother said, "Some of the children cut their fingers half off." Her father and grandfather are in the factory. She lives in Grand Manan in the winter with her aunt, father and mother live here. She says she earns $2.00 some days packing, not so much when she cartons. "Only made $1.70 all last week." Location: Eastport, Maine.

Minnie Thomas, a 9 year old girl, works regularly in Seacoast Canning ...

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

Flower making. A night scene (Photo at 10:30 P.M. and not finished, Jan 29, 1912). Carrie Brindisi,12 years old, 134 1/2 Thompson Street, 2[nd] fl[oor] front. Carries [sic] goes to school. Works after school and nights, Rosie (six years old) helps too. Location: New York, New York (State)

Flower making. A night scene (Photo at 10:30 P.M. and not finished, Ja...

Public domain photograph related to child labor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bob Cook and Emmett Capps. Bob works in spinn[in]g room #2. Said he had been working about a year. Began at 35 cents a day, now makes 50 cents. Their family bible gave his birthday June 25, 1901, making him 10 years old. Small boy on left end Emmett Capps been doffing one year. Doesn't seem to be 12 years old. The boys are questionable. Location: [Spartanburg, South Carolina].

Bob Cook and Emmett Capps. Bob works in spinn[in]g room #2. Said he ha...

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

Dangerous work. Charlie McBride (said twelve years old). This twelve year old boy has a steady job with the Miller & Vidor Lumber Company. He takes slabs out of the chute which has a moving endless chain to carry the wood up the chute. He passes the slabs onto to [sic] other boy who saws them on an unguarded circular saw. Charlie runs the saw himself whenever he gets the chance. He is exposed not only to the above dangers, but to the weather. No roof even. Has been here for some months. "Get four bits a day." (fifty cents) Works ten hours. This was the only mill that I found in Beaumont that employed boys - likely because they are located some distance out of town. Location: Beaumont, Texas.

Dangerous work. Charlie McBride (said twelve years old). This twelve y...

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

Workers in Miller & Vidor Lumber Co. Dangerous work. Charlie McBride said twelve years old. This twelve year old boy has a steady job. He takes the slabs out of the chute which has a moving endless chain to carry the wood up the chute. He passes the slabs on to the other boy who saws them on an inguarded [i.e., unguarded] circular saw. Charlie runs the saw himself whenever he gets the chance. He is exposed not only to the above dangers, but to the weather - no roof even. Has been here for some months. "Get four bits a day" (fifty cents). Works ten hours. This was the only mill that I found around Beaumont that employed boys likely because they are located some distance out of town. Location: Beaumont, Texas.

Workers in Miller & Vidor Lumber Co. Dangerous work. Charlie McBride s...

Public domain image of personnel, army, group of people in uniform, parade, historic place, military activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Columbia Engineering works, Oregon -- Auxiliary Motor Schooners

Columbia Engineering works, Oregon -- Auxiliary Motor Schooners

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

Back them up. Invest in the war loan / E. V. Kealey ; printed by Hill, Siffken & Co. (L.P.A. Ltd.), Grafton Works, London, N.

Back them up. Invest in the war loan / E. V. Kealey ; printed by Hill,...

Poster showing a mature, prosperous man reaching into his pocket as he watches soldiers and artillery pass by; caption, "My duty."

Lord Kitchener calls for more men. God save the king / printed by Hill, Siffken & Co. (L.P.A. Ltd.), Grafton Works, London, N.

Lord Kitchener calls for more men. God save the king / printed by Hill...

Poster showing a handwritten letter, on letterhead "War Office, Whitehall, S.W.," which reads, "I have said that I would let the country know when more men were wanted for the war. The time has come and I now c... More

John Aldridge, 14 years old. Father, Hense Aldridge, R. Route 1, Winchester. Driving horse home. Works on tobacco. Expects to start school in "couple of weeks." It is now several weeks after school opened. Division 2, Clark Co., Ky. Location: Clark Co.--Winchester, Kentucky / Lewis W. Hine.

John Aldridge, 14 years old. Father, Hense Aldridge, R. Route 1, Winch...

Picryl description: Public domain image of horse riding, cavalry, military, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Cambria steel works, Johnstown

Cambria steel works, Johnstown

Pennsylvania, Johnstown. Diagonal view of road with factory to right and in background with many smokestacks blowing smoke, telephone poles extending into distance on left of road.

Around the Dead Sea. The Dead Sea, Palestine Potash Works. Distant view of evaporating pans

Around the Dead Sea. The Dead Sea, Palestine Potash Works. Distant vie...

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

Goethe's garden home, where many of his finest works were written, Germany

Goethe's garden home, where many of his finest works were written, Ger...

People in foreground by garden wall with house behind. J2135467 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood. No copyright renewal per LC Photoduplication Service. No. V24539.

New York's dapper Mayor calls on President Coolidge. Dapper "Jimmie" Walker, mayor of New York City leaving the White House today after calling on President Coolidge. On the left is Joseph Johnson, commissioner of public works of New York City and the right is Paul Block, newspaper publisher

New York's dapper Mayor calls on President Coolidge. Dapper "Jimmie" W...

A couple of men standing next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Rutenberg Works, opening of powerhouse, Lord Reading's visit

Rutenberg Works, opening of powerhouse, Lord Reading's visit

Picryl description: Public domain image of a waterfall, water stream, cascade, nature site, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

General planning. In bringing down its overall planning program to actual cases, the Authority works in intimate contact with local political institutions, and county, city, and state planning agencies, most of which owe their existence to TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) instigation. Models, designs, surveys, drafts of ordinances and legislation are developed by TVA technicians to assist in the physical replanning of the valley

General planning. In bringing down its overall planning program to act...

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

Jerusalem Water Works. Pipeline laying E. of Kulonia

Jerusalem Water Works. Pipeline laying E. of Kulonia

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a pipe, pipeline, excavation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Jerusalem Water Works. Saris engine house looking N.E. & water tank

Jerusalem Water Works. Saris engine house looking N.E. & water tank

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

Jerusalem Water Works. Workers on Ras el Ain waterworks. Slope W. of Girvat Saul

Jerusalem Water Works. Workers on Ras el Ain waterworks. Slope W. of G...

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

Jerusalem Water Works. Bab-el-Wad engine house

Jerusalem Water Works. Bab-el-Wad engine house

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

Part of a ceramic-tile mural by Works Project Administration artist Kenneth Gale, depicting Texas history, at the Will Rogers Auditorium, now part of the Will Rogers Memorial Center in Fort Worth, Texas

Part of a ceramic-tile mural by Works Project Administration artist Ke...

Title, date, subject note, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. A similar panoramic frieze hangs on the front facade of the Will Rogers Coliseum to the right of the auditorium. Built... More

House on fifty-seven acre farm rented by Edmond Williams. The house is banked with manure to keep out the cold. This is common practice in Iowa and the thickness of the manure bank is in direct proportion to the disrepair of the house. This is unusually thick. Tenant does not have to lease, but works on crop share plan. Iowa

House on fifty-seven acre farm rented by Edmond Williams. The house is...

Public domain photograph of a house, cottage, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Exhibition Illinois Federal Art Project Works Progress Administration / / B.S.

Exhibition Illinois Federal Art Project Works Progress Administration ...

Poster for Federal Art Project exhibition of art from the Illinois Federal Art Project at Federal Art Gallery, 225 West 57 Street, New York City. Date stamped on verso: Apr 9 1938. Work Projects Administration ... More

Housing of families living on Works Progress Administration (WPA) jobs on the plains, in the brush, and in many cheap auto trailer camps of Kern County, California, reflect the shortage of housing for low income workers

Housing of families living on Works Progress Administration (WPA) jobs...

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

An old black and white photo of a man working on a machine, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

An old black and white photo of a man working on a machine, West Virgi...

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

Shack of day laborer who works in sugarcane fields. He comes from a parish in northern Louisiana. Near New Iberia

Shack of day laborer who works in sugarcane fields. He comes from a pa...

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

An old photo of a houseboat on the water, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

An old photo of a houseboat on the water, West Virginia. Farm Security...

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

Great Depression: A black and white photo of a man and two children. Farm Security Administration photogrpaph. Indiana

Great Depression: A black and white photo of a man and two children. F...

Public domain photograph - United States during the 1930s and 1940s, Farm Security Administration, New Deal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A woman standing next to a bunch of buckets, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A woman standing next to a bunch of buckets, West Virginia. Farm Secur...

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

Vice President greets Sultan of Muscat and Oman. Washington, D.C., March 5. How congress works, when it does, was explained to the Sultan of Muscat and Oman today by Vice President John N. Garner today when the Potentate visited the Capitol, 3/5/38

Vice President greets Sultan of Muscat and Oman. Washington, D.C., Mar...

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

Jewish factories in Palestine on Plain of Sharon & along the coast to Haifa. Haifa. "Shemen" oil works. Manufacture of the tin oil containers

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

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

Jewish factories in Palestine on Plain of Sharon & along the coast to Haifa.Haifa. "Shemen" oil works. A corner of the factory grounds

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

Picryl description: Public domain image of a gas station, convenience store, 20th-century small town, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Women are contributing their skills to the nation's needs by keeping our country's planes in top-notch fighting condition, Corpus Christi, Texas. Wife of a disabled World War I veteran, Mrs. Cora Ann Bowen (left) works as a cowler at the Naval Air Base. Mrs. Eloise J. Ellis is a senior supervisor in the Assembly and Repairs department

Women are contributing their skills to the nation's needs by keeping o...

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

WPA (Works Progress Administration/Work Projects Administration) weaving project supervisor making skeins of thread. Costilla, New Mexico

WPA (Works Progress Administration/Work Projects Administration) weavi...

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

Jewish factories in Palestine on Plain of Sharon & along the coast to Haifa. Petah-Tikvah, The "Marzefia" Co. Marble works. Gen[eral] view of the marble works, int[erior]

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

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.

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

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

Public domain photograph - United States during the 1930s and 1940s, Farm Security Administration, New Deal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Channing R. Dooley, director of Training within Industry, Works Project Board. Manager of Industrial Relations, Socony Vacumn Oil Company., New York City

Channing R. Dooley, director of Training within Industry, Works Projec...

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

A humorous--and positive--approach to the problem of absenteeism is presented in this poster used by the production drive committee of the Chickasaw Ordnance Works, Millington, Tennessee. The poster was designed by an employee of the plant

A humorous--and positive--approach to the problem of absenteeism is pr...

Picryl description: Public domain image related to politics, political campaigns, committee, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The family of John Kelly who works in the Navy yard in south Boston. Their present tenement in Quincy is completely inadequate. They have been unable to move because every real estate agent has turned him down, claiming there was no reason why they should rent to large families when there is such a great demand for decent houses by hundreds of incoming shipyard workers

The family of John Kelly who works in the Navy yard in south Boston. T...

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

Workers leaving plant at change of shift before being paid off. Electric Boat Works, Groton, Connecticut

Workers leaving plant at change of shift before being paid off. Electr...

Public domain photograph of military personnel, army, militia, infantry, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Metal strip cutter. Gichner Iron Works, Washington, D.C.

Metal strip cutter. Gichner Iron Works, Washington, D.C.

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.

Typical of the millions of American families whose wage-earners have found real jobs for real wages for the first time in many years are Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Thomas Herbster of Elizabeth, New Jersey. Mr. Herbster says "It feels good to be back at a steady job after CWA, Works Project Administration (WPA) and other odds and ends

Typical of the millions of American families whose wage-earners have f...

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

A large group of people walking down a street. Office of War Information Photograph

A large group of people walking down a street. Office of War Informati...

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

East Hartford, Connecticut. Frank Robbins of Wareham, Massachusetts, employed at the United Aircraft plant, lives in trailer near the plant, with his wife and four children, because of the housing shortage. He works nights, so he can sleep during the day in a bed used at night by two of the children. He makes forty dollars a week, his trailer payment is twenty dollars per month and his rent for the campsite is twelve dollars

East Hartford, Connecticut. Frank Robbins of Wareham, Massachusetts, e...

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A black and white photo of a man holding a newspaper. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man holding a newspaper. 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 Farm Security Administration (1937-1942). The photographs of the Farm S... More

A couple of men sitting on the ground next to each other. Office of War Information Photograph

A couple of men sitting on the ground next to each other. Office of Wa...

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Decorating plates for the officers' mess of the U.S. Navy. Shenango Pottery Works, Newcastle, Pennsylvania

Decorating plates for the officers' mess of the U.S. Navy. Shenango Po...

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Mrs. Hardeman showing hand-woven curtains to Mrs. Golden, who also works at weaving shop. Dailey, West Virginia

Mrs. Hardeman showing hand-woven curtains to Mrs. Golden, who also wor...

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Wheels and belts for turning metal strip cutter. Gichner Iron Works, Washington, D.C.

Wheels and belts for turning metal strip cutter. Gichner Iron Works, W...

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Miscellaneous lot of photographs by Barbara Wright. National Youth Administration (NYA), Works Progress Administration (WPA) and Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

Miscellaneous lot of photographs by Barbara Wright. National Youth Adm...

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Subcontracting (Braden and Van Fossen Works). The speedy equipping of the armies of democracy depends upon using effectively and immediately the skill of thousands of men in shops such as the Braden and Van Fossen Works, in Staunton, Virginia. These are special jigs and other tools made up in the shop since Pearl Harbor, all of them to speed production on small war orders. The volume of such orders is much too small, and the shop is even now idle much of the time, but it is just such ingenuity as these men are showing which will mean adequate war production

Subcontracting (Braden and Van Fossen Works). The speedy equipping of ...

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Miscellaneous lot of photographs by Barbara Wright. National Youth Administration (NYA), Works Progress Administration (WPA) and Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

Miscellaneous lot of photographs by Barbara Wright. National Youth Adm...

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Traffic congestion in Groton, Connecticut, at afternoon change of shift of Electric Boat Works

Traffic congestion in Groton, Connecticut, at afternoon change of shif...

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Miscellaneous lot of photographs by Barbara Wright. National Youth Administration (NYA), Works Progress Administration (WPA) and Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

Miscellaneous lot of photographs by Barbara Wright. National Youth Adm...

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

Paper sacks of rosin laid out to harden at a turpentine works in Statesboro, Georgia

Paper sacks of rosin laid out to harden at a turpentine works in State...

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Miscellaneous lot of photographs by Barbara Wright. National Youth Administration (NYA), Works Progress Administration (WPA) and Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). Chicago, Illinois. NYA training center

Miscellaneous lot of photographs by Barbara Wright. National Youth Adm...

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

Citation winner. Herbert Rudolph James, certificate winner, an employee of the Christy Park Works, National Tube Company, McKeesport, Pennsylvania, at the luncheon tendered by Donald M. Nelson, Chairman of the War Production Board (WPB), following the White House ceremony

Citation winner. Herbert Rudolph James, certificate winner, an employe...

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Chicago, Illinois. A switchman who works at a Chicago and Northwestern Railroad yard

Chicago, Illinois. A switchman who works at a Chicago and Northwestern...

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Production. Ship propellers, etc. Molten manganese bronze is poured into a massive mold as a huge ship propeller is cast. A season foundryman in a large war production plant controls the pouring operation. Baldwin Locomotive Works

Production. Ship propellers, etc. Molten manganese bronze is poured in...

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