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Carefully trained women inspectors check and inspect cargo transport innerwings before they are assembled on the fuselage, Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif.

Carefully trained women inspectors check and inspect cargo transport i...

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

[Two Models next to Lockheed 10B Electra, Delta Air Lines]

[Two Models next to Lockheed 10B Electra, Delta Air Lines]

Title: [Two Models next to Lockheed 10B Electra, Delta Air Lines]..Creator: Robert Yarnall Richie ..Date: March 1940..Place: Dallas, Texas ..Part Of: Robert Yarnall Richie Photograph Collection..Description: T... More

Aircraft and Airports - Washington, National Forest Service photograph.

Aircraft and Airports - Washington, National Forest Service photograph...

Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Warning! Consider the Possible Consequences if You Are Careless in Your Work!. Color poster by L.N. Britton.

Warning! Consider the Possible Consequences if You Are Careless in You...

World War I Public domain photograph related to the United States in World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

TEKA0005524, Tekniska museet, Sweden

TEKA0005524, Tekniska museet, Sweden

TEKA0005524 Public domain image of 1940s-1950s truck, Sweden, historical photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Forest Fire Equipment: Fire Trucks - California

Forest Fire Equipment: Fire Trucks - California

Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Main Street, Sarasota, Florida - Automobiles of 1940s

Main Street, Sarasota, Florida - Automobiles of 1940s

Picryl description: Public domain photo of vintage Florida postcard.

Dinnerman's, Wallis Sands, Rye, N.H.

Dinnerman's, Wallis Sands, Rye, N.H.

Picryl description: Public domain photo of vintage New Hampshire postcard.

Hollywood Blvd., looking west, Hollywood, Calif.

Hollywood Blvd., looking west, Hollywood, Calif.

Picryl description: Public domain photo of vintage California postcard.

1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Maryland - Baltimore County - Lansdowne-Baltimore Highlands - ED 3-93, ED 3-95

1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Maryland - Baltimore County - ...

Enumeration District Maps for Baltimore County, Maryland

1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Maryland - Baltimore County - Towson - ED 3-54 - ED 3-121

1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Maryland - Baltimore County - ...

Enumeration District Maps for Baltimore County, Maryland

Oplandske Auto, Hamar. Varebil. D-600. Tysk Ford Eifel 1937-38 med norskbygd karosseri.

Oplandske Auto, Hamar. Varebil. D-600. Tysk Ford Eifel 1937-38 med nor...

Small photo series (NNO) from Photographer Norman's archive, period 1934-1938. (The photographic archive from 1906-1935 was lost in a fire in 1935.)

Photograph of the 1936 Olympic Stadium in Berlin, Germany

Photograph of the 1936 Olympic Stadium in Berlin, Germany

Summer Olympic Games, Berlin Public domain photograph related to Olympic games, sport, athletics, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

National Airport. View of National Airport with plane in foreground

National Airport. View of National Airport with plane in foreground

Picryl description: Public domain image of an airport, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Lastfordon från Geijers motoraffär, parkerad utanför butiken på Herrgårdsgatan 17 år 1938.

Lastfordon från Geijers motoraffär, parkerad utanför butiken på Herrgå...

Lastfordon från Geijers motoraffär, parkerad utanför butiken på Herrgårdsgatan 17 år 1938.

[Woman posing with the Tucson Ring meteorite at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C.]

[Woman posing with the Tucson Ring meteorite at the Smithsonian Museum...

Public domain photograph, 1910s-1920s portrait, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

U.S. Capitol paintings. Mercury fresco in U.S. Capitol IV

U.S. Capitol paintings. Mercury fresco in U.S. Capitol IV

Public domain reproduction of artwork, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Farm woman, Halifax County, North Carolina

Farm woman, Halifax County, North Carolina

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

Motor truck in wholesale district, Omaha, Nebraska

Motor truck in wholesale district, Omaha, Nebraska

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

"TRIBUTE TO MARIE CURIE." WASHINGTON, D.C. JANUARY 11. A TRIBUTE TO THE MEMORY OF MARIE CURIE "A GREAT SCIENTIST AND A GREAT WOMAN" WAS PAID TODAY BY A GROUP OF DISTINGUISHED WOMEN, REPRESENTING THE 100,000 MEMBERS OF THE WOMEN'S FIELD ARMY OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE CONTROL OF CANCER, WHO PRESENTED A SPECIALLY BOUND EDITION OF THE BIOGRAPHY OF MADAME CURIE, TO JULE HENRY, MINISTER PLENTIPOTENTIARY OF FRANCE, MARJORIE B. ILLIG, ONSET, MASS. NATIONAL COMMANDER OF THE WOMEN'S FIELD ARMY MAKES THE PRESENTATION WHILE MRS. ROOSEVELT, WIFE OF THE PRESIDENT, LOOKS ON

"TRIBUTE TO MARIE CURIE." WASHINGTON, D.C. JANUARY 11. A TRIBUTE TO TH...

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

Women of a migrant family peeling potatoes near Henrietta [i.e., Henryetta,] Oklahoma

Women of a migrant family peeling potatoes near Henrietta [i.e., Henry...

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

Painting the American insignia on airplane wings is a job that Mrs. Irma Lee McElroy, a former office worker, does with precision and patriotic zeal. Mrs. McElroy is a civil service employee at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Her husband is a flight instructor

Painting the American insignia on airplane wings is a job that Mrs. Ir...

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

Spanish-American woman passing shuttle through warp in weaving rag rug. WPA (Works Progress Administration/Work Projects Administration) project. Costilla, New Mexico

Spanish-American woman passing shuttle through warp in weaving rag rug...

Public domain photograph - working class people, the 1930s United States, work, labor, worker, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Woman sitting at soda fountain, Taylor, Texas

Woman sitting at soda fountain, Taylor, Texas

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

Women cleaning popcorn wagon, Taylor, Texas

Women cleaning popcorn wagon, Taylor, Texas

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

Soldiers on their way to the front during the spanish civil war

Soldiers on their way to the front during the spanish civil war

Soldater under spanska inbördeskriget på väg till fronten i lastbil..tag:..Photograph by: Vidal Corella..Photo Nr: 2185-94.sparvagsmuseet.sl.se ( http://sparvagsmuseet.sl.se )

Co-ed crowned queen of rifle shooters. Washington, D.C., April 6. Jean Yocum, George Washington University co-ed, has won the Women's Individual Intercollegiate Rifle Championship, according to the National Rifle Association. Her score of 496 out of a possible 500 gave the individual title to a G.W. girl for the first time since 1929. Although this is only Miss Yocum's second year of shooting, she has maintained an average of 99 out of a possible 100 in all matches, 4-6-39

Co-ed crowned queen of rifle shooters. Washington, D.C., April 6. Jean...

A woman holding a machine gun in her hand. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Baby Contest Participants - Lumberman's Picnic, 1947

Baby Contest Participants - Lumberman's Picnic, 1947

Some of the anxious participants await the decision of the judges in the Baby Contest at the Lumbermen's Picnic, Cloyne, June 28, 1947. Barrie Township Hall is in the background.

Producer gas system Svedlund, type SP-3-4 mounted on the back of a car.

Producer gas system Svedlund, type SP-3-4 mounted on the back of a car...

Gengasaggregat System Svedlund, typ SP-3-4 monterad bak på en bil.

Boomtown, defense area. Starke, Florida

Boomtown, defense area. Starke, Florida

Picryl description: Public domain image of a market, marketplace, city center, vendors, people gathering, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A couple of cows standing next to each other, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photograph

A couple of cows standing next to each other, Great Depression. FSA/OW...

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

PRESIDENT PRESENTS MEDAL TO COHAN FOR 'OVER THERE' WAR SONG. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT TODAY PRESENTED A GOLD MEDAL TO GEORGE M. COHAN IN BELATED RECOGNITION OF COHAN'S SERVICES AS COMPOSER OF TWO PATRIOTIC SONGS DURING THE WORLD WAR, 'OVER THERE' AND 'THE GRAND OLD FLAG.' COHAN WROTE THE SONG, AND MONEY FROM SALES WERE GIVEN TO CHARITY. THE MEDAL WAS AUTHORIZED BY CONGRESS IN 1936. IN THIS PHOTOGRAPH IS SOME RESEMBLANCE IN COHAN TO PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT WHOM HE CHARACTERIZED IN A RECENT PLAY

PRESIDENT PRESENTS MEDAL TO COHAN FOR 'OVER THERE' WAR SONG. PRESIDENT...

A man in a suit is holding a medal. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a classroom full of children. Great Depression FFSA / OWI Negatives

A black and white photo of a classroom full of children. 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

Grumman F4F-3 Wildcat, NASA history collection

Grumman F4F-3 Wildcat, NASA history collection

Grumman F4F-3 Wildcat: While not built to the full production standard of other Grumman Wildcats, this Wildcat, the second F4F-3, was used by the NACA at Langley to investigate the cuffs on the propeller blades... More

A World War II-era M46 photoflash bomb found on the beach at Passage Key Island, Fla., on Oct. 13, 2004. (U.S. Air Force PHOTO by STAFF SGT. Paul Hohn) (Released)

A World War II-era M46 photoflash bomb found on the beach at Passage K...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Passage Key Island State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT.Paul Hohn Release Status: Released to... More

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

A black and white photo of a letter. Great Depression FFSA / OWI Negat...

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

Production. Copper. Tapping copper slag at the Garfield, Utah smelter of the American Smelting and Refining Company. This plant is producing vast quantities of the copper needed for war purposes

Production. Copper. Tapping copper slag at the Garfield, Utah smelter ...

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

A little girl standing in front of a closet, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photograph

A little girl standing in front of a closet, Great Depression. FSA/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 black and white photo of a man sitting in a chair, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photograph

A black and white photo of a man sitting in a chair, 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

Pre-WWII collection of Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information

Pre-WWII collection of Farm Security Administration - Office of War In...

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

A black and white photo of a baseball game, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photograph

A black and white photo of a baseball game, Great Depression. FSA/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

Pre-WWII collection of Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information

Pre-WWII collection of Farm Security Administration - Office of War In...

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

Consolidated B-24D Liberator, NASA history collection

Consolidated B-24D Liberator, NASA history collection

Description (July 31, 1943) Consolidated B-24D Liberator: The Consolidated B-24 Liberator was the most numerous American bomber of World War II (over 18,000 were produced). The NACA flew this B-24D at Langley b... More

NACA Ames 7x10 Wind Tunnel - Drawing. Public domain image.

NACA Ames 7x10 Wind Tunnel - Drawing. Public domain image.

Description (April 1, 1942) A scale model is being prepared for study in one of the 7 x 10 Foot Wind Tunnels at the NACA Ames Aeronautical Laboratory...Identifier: GPN-2000-001822

A black and white photo of two men in suits and hats, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of two men in suits and hats, West Virginia. 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

Pre-WWII collection of Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information

Pre-WWII collection of Farm Security Administration - Office of War In...

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

Pre-WWII collection of Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information

Pre-WWII collection of Farm Security Administration - Office of War In...

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

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

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

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Resettlement Administration (1935-1937). The photographs of the Farm Se... More

Loading baggage of train passenger into automobile. Montrose, Colorado

Loading baggage of train passenger into automobile. Montrose, Colorado

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 woman holding a child, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photograph

A black and white photo of a woman holding a child, 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

Inside cover and first page of Foshag's Kaminaljuyu-Jade field book

Inside cover and first page of Foshag's Kaminaljuyu-Jade field book

Creator: William F. Foshag..Local number: SIA2011-0943..Summary: Inside Cover and First Page of William F. Foshag's Kaminaljuyu-Jade. The inside cover has jade samples taped to it and the first page in the note... More

A black and white photo of a row of houses, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photograph

A black and white photo of a row of houses, Great Depression. FSA/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

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

Chrysler tank arsenal. Workers in the huge tank Chrysler arsenal near Detroit, putting the tracks on one of the giant M-3 tanks. These rolling arsenals weigh twenty-eight tons, are capable of speeds over twenty-five miles an hour and are equipped with 75 mm. field artillery gun and a 37 mm. anti-aircraft gun, as well as four mounted machine guns and various unmounted arms its crew may carry. The tanks are powered by 400 horsepower Wright Whirlwind aviation engines

Chrysler tank arsenal. Workers in the huge tank Chrysler arsenal near ...

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

Storefronts in center of town. Woodstock, Vermont

Storefronts in center of town. Woodstock, Vermont

Public domain photograph of the 1930s, United States, cars, streets, John Kennedy, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

War production drive poster: "Let's Kick Hitler Into Hell." This display was particularly effective in a Midwestern plant that is increasing production with a war production drive. As weekly production comes off the line, the foot rises and tumbles Hitler into the bucket when the quota is reached

War production drive poster: "Let's Kick Hitler Into Hell." This displ...

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

Nursery school operated for migratory children by Women's Council for Home Missions. Berrien County, Michigan

Nursery school operated for migratory children by Women's Council for ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a classroom, college auditorium, school, students, teacher, teaching, studying, education, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A man in a cowboy hat sitting on a rock. Pie Town, New Mexico. Farm Security Administartion photograph.

A man in a cowboy hat sitting on a rock. Pie Town, New Mexico. Farm Se...

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

Log house built by a homesteader. This homesteader, who was deeded his farm four years ago, is now sick and lives in town, renting his house and farm to a young couple. Pie Town, New Mexico

Log house built by a homesteader. This homesteader, who was deeded his...

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

Chamisal, New Mexico. Spanish-American farmers loading a mower onto a truck

Chamisal, New Mexico. Spanish-American farmers loading a mower onto a ...

Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information collection. Public domain photograph of a truck, pickup truck, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

US Air Force (USAF) Airmen assigned to the Base Honor Guard Team, raises the Colors during the start of the Dedication Ceremony, for the new 11th Air Force World War Two (WWII) Memorial Wall, at Elmendorf Air Force Base (AFB), Alaska (AK), built in honor of those who paid the ultimate sacrifice here in Alaska (AK) at that time

US Air Force (USAF) Airmen assigned to the Base Honor Guard Team, rais...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Elmendorf Air Force Base State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Rhiannon Willard, USAF Release S... More

Judging from its license plate, and its general condition this once-fashionable Chrysler hasn't hit the road since 1942, though its tires look good as new

Judging from its license plate, and its general condition this once-fa...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Melrose, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. Trying to repair a "Model T" Ford on Saturday afternoon

Melrose, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. Trying to repair a "Model T" ...

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

One of the essential materials in the making of life preservers for our navy is kapok, which we obtain in quantity only from the Dutch East Indies and the Philippines. Here it has been baled and is ready for shipment from a Dutch East Indies plantation

One of the essential materials in the making of life preservers for ou...

Public domain photograph of United States agriculture in the 1930s, country, farmer, farm, great depression, migration, dust bowl refugees, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The boardinghouse in the company town of Swepsonville, North Carolina

The boardinghouse in the company town of Swepsonville, North Carolina

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

Pulling government car out of snowdrift. Todd County, South Dakota

Pulling government car out of snowdrift. Todd County, South Dakota

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

A black and white photo of two men boxing, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photograph

A black and white photo of two men boxing, Great Depression. FSA/OWI P...

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 couple of people sitting on the ground. Great Depression FFSA / OWI Negatives

A couple of people sitting on the ground. Great Depression FFSA / OWI ...

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 a group of people on a sled, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photograph

A black and white photo of a group of people on a sled, Great Depressi...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children of farmers, migrant workers, Great Depression era, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

US Navy (USN) Commander (CDR) Mike Ginter, Operations Officer onboard the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV 67), raffled off a ride in his World War II T-6 Texan aircraft for every 100 tickets sold in an effort to raise money for the Navy Marine Corps Relief Society. Aviation Electronics Technician Timothy Bostic won the first raffle and is pictured above with US Navy (USN) Commander (CDR) Ginter piloting the aircraft over Jacksonville, Florida (FL)

US Navy (USN) Commander (CDR) Mike Ginter, Operations Officer onboard ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Jacksonville State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: US Navy (USN) Release Status: Released to Public... More

World War II (WWII) area photograph of US Marine Corps (USMC) Major (MAJ) George C. Axtell, Commanding Officer, Second Marine Air Wing Fighter Squadron, the "Death Rattlers". This photograph was taken at Marine Corps Air Depot, Miramar, California (CA). MAJ Axtell was awarded the Navy Cross and is an ace pilot credited with 6 kills. His hometown is Baden, Pennsylvania

World War II (WWII) area photograph of US Marine Corps (USMC) Major (M...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station, Miramar State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Release... More

Mrs. Patrick Dumond, weaving toweling on a old loom in the attic. The Dumonds are French-Canadians and run a small farm in Lille, Maine. (FSA-Farm Security Administration clients)

Mrs. Patrick Dumond, weaving toweling on a old loom in the attic. The ...

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

[Lockheed 12A Electra Junior in Flight over Houston]

[Lockheed 12A Electra Junior in Flight over Houston]

Title: [Lockheed 12A Electra Junior in Flight over Houston] ..Creator: Robert Yarnall Richie ..Date: March 1940..Place: Houston, Texas ..Part Of: Robert Yarnall Richie Photograph Collection..Description: A ... More

The Texas Military Forces (TXMF) Museum’s living history

The Texas Military Forces (TXMF) Museum’s living history

The Texas Military Forces (TXMF) Museum’s living history detachment presents a Vietnam War reenactment during the annual Central Texas Air Show in Temple, May 1, 2010. The detachment, which covers numerous time... More

An aerial view showing the Normandy American Cemetery located in Normandy, France, with a portion of the coastline designated OMAHA BEACH during World War II (WW II). visible in the background

An aerial view showing the Normandy American Cemetery located in Norma...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Normandy American Cemetery State: Normandy Country: France (FRA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Colette M. Horton, USAF Release Status: Released to... More

A black and white photo of a construction site, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photograph

A black and white photo of a construction site, Great Depression. FSA/...

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

Pre-WWII collection of Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information

Pre-WWII collection of Farm Security Administration - Office of War In...

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

Lend-Lease to Britain. American tank transporter, shipped to England under lend-lease goes into service at a central ordnance depot in the English Midlands

Lend-Lease to Britain. American tank transporter, shipped to England u...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Image source: British official photo. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Pictu... More

Small, aviation-themed bas-reliefs on the exterior facade of the 1940 Air Terminal Museum, designed by architect Joseph Finger (who also designed Houston's City Hall) and housed in the original art-deco Houston Municipal Airport building at present-day William P. Hobby Airport

Small, aviation-themed bas-reliefs on the exterior facade of the 1940 ...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. As of 2014, the terminal and nearby 1928 Carter Field Hangar are being restored and operated by the nonprofit Houston Aeronautical He... More

Washington High School Cadets as they pass the Capitol in the Army Day Parade. April 1940

Washington High School Cadets as they pass the Capitol in the Army Day...

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

A black and white photo of a man with a cane, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of a man with a cane, West Virginia. Farm Secu...

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

Tatiana Riabouchinska darning the ballet shoes, Sydney, between 1938-1940 / photographer unknown

Tatiana Riabouchinska darning the ballet shoes, Sydney, between 1938-1...

Riabouchinska, one of the leading ballerinas of the 1930's, darns a ballet slipper, probably in Rushcutters Bay Park, on a warm Sydney day. She was one of the famous three "Baby Ballerinas"..Format: Photograph.... More

Indian troops in East Africa. A series of photos taken on board a vessel of the Royal Indian Navy on active service in Eastern waters. Captured Italian equipment proves that they have been in action. Gunnery instruction is given to the men with a captured Italian Breda gun

Indian troops in East Africa. A series of photos taken on board a vess...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an artillery gun, cannon, weapon, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A couple of people that are walking down the street, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photograph

A couple of people that are walking down the street, Great Depression....

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

A couple of people that are standing by a fence, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photograph

A couple of people that are standing by a fence, Great Depression. FSA...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge over a water stream, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

1940s neon Dr Pepper sign at the Dublin Bottling Works and W.P. Kloster Museum in Dublin, Texas

1940s neon Dr Pepper sign at the Dublin Bottling Works and W.P. Kloste...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. This plant produced a distinctive form of Dr Pepper, a soda popular throughout the South. The distinction: it used only pure cane suga... More

Army truck manufacture (Dodge). Experienced and skilled workers in the Dodge truck plant gun-welding the "strainers" or reinforcements to the top and back panels of Army trucks, to give the full measure of strength and rigidity required in strenuous Army service

Army truck manufacture (Dodge). Experienced and skilled workers in the...

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 group of people, Washington DC. Farm Security Administration photograph

A black and white photo of a group of people, Washington DC. Farm Secu...

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

Negro woman living with her family in a dilapidated house in the Mount Washington district of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania

Negro woman living with her family in a dilapidated house in the Mount...

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

16 Foot High Speed Wind Tunnel - NASA wind tunnel. Public domain image.

16 Foot High Speed Wind Tunnel - NASA wind tunnel. Public domain image...

Description(February 8, 1942) 16ft High Speed Wind Tunnel downstream view through cooling tower section.

A large boat going under a bridge in the water. Office of War Information Photograph

A large boat going under a bridge in the water. Office of War Informat...

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 black and white photo of a group of children. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a group of children. Office of War Informat...

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 black and white photo of a restaurant window. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a restaurant window. Office of War Informat...

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

First Army photos of the bombing of Hawaii, Dec. 7, 1941. Smoke from Pearl Harbor and Hickam Field as seen from Kan Highway near John Rodgers Airport Road

First Army photos of the bombing of Hawaii, Dec. 7, 1941. Smoke from P...

Smoke behind field of sugar cane. Photoprint by U.S. Army Signal Corps. No. SC-127022. This record contains unverified data from caption card.

Production. Diesel engines. Diesel engines for the Navy await dynamometer at a Midwest plant

Production. Diesel engines. Diesel engines for the Navy await dynamome...

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

Main street of Craig, Colorado. A new and thriving boom town

Main street of Craig, Colorado. A new and thriving boom town

Public domain photograph of the 1930s, United States, cars, streets, John Kennedy, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Gas Co ball, Trocadero, July 1941

Gas Co ball, Trocadero, July 1941

Format: Photograph. .Find more detailed information about this photograph: 25198 ( http://25198 ) ..Search for more great images in the State Library's collections: ( http:// ) . .From the collection of the St... More

A group of people standing in front of a building. Office of War Information Photograph

A group of people standing in front of a building. Office of War Infor...

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

Boys' tug of war, Fourth of July celebration. Vale, Oregon

Boys' tug of war, Fourth of July celebration. Vale, Oregon

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

Highway from New York City to the shore. Sunday traffic

Highway from New York City to the shore. Sunday traffic

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

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