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Jim Grey, retired old farmer of Ledyard, Connecticut, waiting for the noon mail at the crossroads

Jim Grey, retired old farmer of Ledyard, Connecticut, waiting for the ...

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

Cowboy at rodeo, Quemado, New Mexico

Cowboy at rodeo, Quemado, New Mexico

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 group of men - FSA / Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a group of men - FSA / Office of War Inform...

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

Chrysler tank arsenal. Testing is through at the proving grounds adjoining the Chrysler tank arsenal, near Detroit. This is one of the twenty-eight ton M-3 tanks, the steel monsters which will make our mechanized forces the equal of any in the world in tank warfare. The lower of the two barrels is that of a 75 mm warfare gun, the upper of a 47 mm. anti-aircraft gun, both standard equipment on these tanks. In addition, four machine guns are mounted on each M-3

Chrysler tank arsenal. Testing is through at the proving grounds adjoi...

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

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

Civilian defense. Here are some of the tools which will speed civilian defense work in New York. In the foreground is an outlet junction box, which distributes electric current from an Emergency Service truck over a wide area. Then there are floodlights, all sorts of firefighting tools and equipment to combat glassing of civilians. Power drills and saws, ten ton truck jacks, an acetylene burning outfit and every portable field telephones are included in their equipment, all of which is carried in the Emergency Service truck in the background

Civilian defense. Here are some of the tools which will speed civilian...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, assembly line, industrial facility, 1930s aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Sock driers at the hoisery mill in Greene County, Georgia

Sock driers at the hoisery mill in Greene County, Georgia

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 two women in a bathroom. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of two women in a bathroom. Office of War Info...

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

Uncle Sam broadcasts from armoured tank. Moving down the main street of Akron, Ohio as part of the giant scrap rally parade, Uncle Sam broadcast from an armoured car and called upon all within sound of his voice to get the scrap metal in, and get it in quick. Every important industry in Akron joined in the parade

Uncle Sam broadcasts from armoured tank. Moving down the main street o...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from print in lot and lot catalog card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Wash... More

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

A black and white photo of a group of people. Office of War Informatio...

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

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. These three WAACs are shown with their gas masks on during gas mask drill. Fort Des Moines, Iowa

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. These three WAACs are shown with their g...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Additional number on caption card: SC-144870. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overse... More

Fort Benning. Armored forces peronnel. Sergeant of the armored forces and commanding officer of a halftrac scout car. One of the capable men teaching recruits at Fort Benning, Georgia some of the good American ways of upsetting Japanese schedules

Fort Benning. Armored forces peronnel. Sergeant of the armored forces ...

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

Fort Belvoir, Virginia. Constantine P. Lihas, a twenty-one year old Greek-American soldier, formerly a material handler at the General Electric Company plant at Pittsburgh. Both parents were born in Greece; father came to the United States in 1906, mother in 1921. He was born in this country and has been in the army five months. Lihas, second from the left in the front rank on the drill field

Fort Belvoir, Virginia. Constantine P. Lihas, a twenty-one year old Gr...

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. B-25 bombers. A line of B-25 "Billy Mitchell" medium bombers, just off the production line of a Western plant, await tests before acceptance by the Army. The battle-tested B-25, mounting heavy caliber machine guns, can serve as an escort as well as a bomber. Its speed, long range and good load-carrying characteristics make it a versatile and effective military plane

Production. B-25 bombers. A line of B-25 "Billy Mitchell" medium bombe...

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 group of men playing baseball. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a group of men playing baseball. Office of ...

Annotation on original negative jacket. Title and other information from print in lot. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information ... More

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. WAACS on parade ground going through the company drill. The U.S. Army men who trained these WAACS say they are better marchers than men and take a lot of pride in the way the girls have caught on, Des Moines, Iowa, 1942

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. WAACS on parade ground going through the...

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

Fort Benning. Tommy gunners, armored forces. The tank soldier finds many chores for the Thompson sub-machine gun, familiarly known as the Tommy gun

Fort Benning. Tommy gunners, armored forces. The tank soldier finds ma...

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 man and woman employee on North American's P-51 fighter final assembly line check their day's work on a "sign-off" sheet as each assembly is completed

A man and woman employee on North American's P-51 fighter final assemb...

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

Mrs. Smuda's son. He used to drive a bakery wagon, but now he drives a truck for Uncle Sam. Private Edwin Smuda at camp "somewhere in the South" is one of America's many fighting men with mothers who are working just as hard for Victory as they are. Mrs. Eva Smuda, fifty-five, works eight hours a day in Frankford, Pennsylvania's arsenal where she tapers cartridge cases for 50mm shells. Another mother and son combination that means death to the Axis

Mrs. Smuda's son. He used to drive a bakery wagon, but now he drives a...

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 group of men walking down a set of stairs. Office of War Information Photograph

A group of men walking down a set of stairs. Office of War Information...

Title and other information from print in lot and lot catalog card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI C... More

Bitterroot Valley, Ravalli County, Montana. Driving cattle into corral for branding and dehorning

Bitterroot Valley, Ravalli County, Montana. Driving cattle into corral...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

A black and white photo of a man in uniform. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man in uniform. Office of War Information...

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

Detroit, Michigan. Riot at the Sojourner Truth homes, a new U.S. federal housing project, caused by white neighbors' attempt to prevent Negro tenants from moving in. Police arresting a Negro

Detroit, Michigan. Riot at the Sojourner Truth homes, a new U.S. feder...

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

Steel plates ready for installation into the hulls of ships at the Higgins shipyards in New Orleans, Louisiana

Steel plates ready for installation into the hulls of ships at the Hig...

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

Greenville, South Carolina. Air Service Command. Men of the the 1067th signal company of the 25th service group learning to send and receive Morse code

Greenville, South Carolina. Air Service Command. Men of the the 1067th...

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

Washington, D.C. Mary McLeod Bethune at Phyllis Wheatley YWCA (Young Women's Christian Association) on Rhode Island Avenue

Washington, D.C. Mary McLeod Bethune at Phyllis Wheatley YWCA (Young W...

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

Women welders on the way to their job at the Todd Erie Basin dry dock

Women welders on the way to their job at the Todd Erie Basin dry dock

Title and other information from print in lot. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

A black and white photo of a man standing outside of a building. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man standing outside of a building. Offic...

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

Operations in North Africa by Allied air forces. Mitchell B026 bombers of the United States Army Air Forces and Baltimore bombers of the South African air forces flying together in formation on their way to attack Rommel's position in North Africa

Operations in North Africa by Allied air forces. Mitchell B026 bombers...

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

Filipino American Red Cross surgical dressing unit, Washington, D.C. Left to right: Mrs. en Carnacion Orense, Manila; Mrs. Narcisa Ancunciacion Pagasianigan, Philippines, Mrs. Bonner Fellers, formerly Manila; Mrs. J.F. Cotton, Manila

Filipino American Red Cross surgical dressing unit, Washington, D.C. L...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Photographed by a Harris & Ewing photographer for the U.S. Office of War Information. Title and other information from print in lot and lot catalog car... More

Tarpon Springs, Florida. A Greek-American deep sea sponge diver climbing back into the boat. He is holding a sponge in his hand

Tarpon Springs, Florida. A Greek-American deep sea sponge diver climbi...

Annotation and copy negative stamp on original negative jacket. Title and other information from print in lot. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division;... More

Matthew M. Lamb, trawler-hand, arrested for breaking and entering

Matthew M. Lamb, trawler-hand, arrested for breaking and entering

Name: Matthew M. Lamb.Arrested for: not given.Arrested at: North Shields Police Station.Arrested on: 5 October 1914.Tyne and Wear Archives ref: DX1388-1-256-Matthew M Lamb..The Shields Daily News for 7 October ... More

Sugar rationing. Application form which will have to be filled out by every person to whom war ration book no.1 is issued when sugar rationing starts within a few weeks. Applicants will register at public schools on dates to be announced shortly

Sugar rationing. Application form which will have to be filled out by ...

Actual size of negative is B (approximately 5 x 7 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 ship on fire. World War Two Era FSA/OWI Photograph.

A black and white photo of a ship on fire. World War Two Era FSA/OWI P...

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

Two men standing next to a car in the water, possibly related to: Mountaineers trying to get car out of creek. Up South fork of the Kentucky River, Breathitt County, Kentucky

Two men standing next to a car in the water, possibly related to: Moun...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More

Son of Pomp Hall, Negro tenant farmer, eating black walnuts which were grown on their farm in Creek County, Oklahoma. See general caption number 23

Son of Pomp Hall, Negro tenant farmer, eating black walnuts which were...

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

Invasion craft. Sicilian invasion. In an Allied invasion craft bound for the beach at Sicily, steel helmeted men huddle together. Ahead lies the enemy and, for some, death

Invasion craft. Sicilian invasion. In an Allied invasion craft bound f...

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 group of people - FSA / Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a group of people - FSA / 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

A black and white photo of a group of men in striped uniforms. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a group of men in striped uniforms. Office ...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

A black and white photo of a man with a horse. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man with a horse. Office of War Informati...

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

New Army helmet. Corporal French L. Vineyard, Company M, 12th Infantry. Wearing combat pack and old "basin type" helmet. Arlington Cantonment, Arlington, Virginia

New Army helmet. Corporal French L. Vineyard, Company M, 12th Infantry...

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

A man in uniform riding a horse in a field. Office of War Information Photograph

A man in uniform riding a horse in a field. Office of War Information ...

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

Delivery of the first heavy tanks. This is the new fifty-seven-ton tank, known as the M-1 in the initial demonstration. Notice that the gun turrets are on the top, making it possible for the tank to take advantage of irregular land, sheltering the lower part and shooting from revolving turrets on top. In the turret are three-inch guns and a thirty-seven-millimeter antiaircraft gun

Delivery of the first heavy tanks. This is the new fifty-seven-ton tan...

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 a man on an object. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man on an object. Office of War Informati...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

A black and white photo of a man standing in a field. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man standing in a field. Office of War In...

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

Parris Island. Marine Corps barrage balloons. Up she goes. A barrage balloon takes to the air under the capable handling of a Marine Corps ground crew at Parris Island, South Carolina. Special marine units assigned to the work have made the balloon barrage an effective method of preventing enemy air attacks on important locations

Parris Island. Marine Corps barrage balloons. Up she goes. A barrage b...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an early aircraft, balloon, airship, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Parris Island. Marine Corps barrage balloons. Up she goes. A barrage balloon takes to the air under the capable handling of a Marine Corps ground crew at Parris Island, South Carolina. Special marine units assigned to the work have made the balloon barrage an effective method of preventing enemy air attacks on important locations

Parris Island. Marine Corps barrage balloons. Up she goes. A barrage b...

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

Fort Benning. Parachute troops. Uncle Sam picks a high type of man for a parachute infantryman. This student paratrooper at Fort Benning, Goergia has just completed a descent of which any oldtimer would be proud

Fort Benning. Parachute troops. Uncle Sam picks a high type of man for...

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

New River, North Carolina. Marine infantry. In the hands of a hard, capable leatherneck, the Browning automatic rifle is a versatile and effective fighting tool. This Marine, in training at New River, North Carolina, knows how to get the best out of it. Marine barracks, New River, North Carolina

New River, North Carolina. Marine infantry. In the hands of a hard, ca...

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

Production. Airplane maufacture, general. Lunchtime brings a few minutes of rest for these women workers of the assembly line at Douglas Aircraft Company's Long Beach, California, plant. Sand bags for protection against air raids form the background. Most important are 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. Lunchtime brings a few minut...

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

Fort Benning. Tank forces. What the Axis has to face. A medium tank (M-3) and capable American crew make an effective fighting combination. The training course at Fort Benning, Georgia is graduating smart and proficient soldiers for the armored forces

Fort Benning. Tank forces. What the Axis has to face. A medium tank (M...

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

Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). Construction of Douglas Dam. "Big Pete" Ramagos, rigger at the TVA's new Douglas Dam on the French Broad River, served overseas in the last war, with the 90th Division, 345th machine gun company. He is a Greek who speaks with a Southern drawl. This dam will be 161 feet high and 1,682 feet long, with a 31,600 acre reservoir area extending forty-three miles upstream. With a useful storage capacity of approximately 1,330,000 acre-feet, this reservoir will make possible the addition of nearly 100,000 kilowatts of continuous power to the TVA in dry years and almost 170,000 kilowatts in the average year

Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). Construction of Douglas Dam. "Big Pe...

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

Scott Field, Illinois. Nurses advancing through a cloud of smoke in a gas mask drill of the U.S. Army Air Forces Technical Training Command

Scott Field, Illinois. Nurses advancing through a cloud of smoke in a ...

Image source: U.S. Army Signal Corps. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information ab... More

Fort Knox, Kentucky. Armoraiders symbolizing six nations atop a powerful medium tank: Private Richard Do Yee of China; Corporal Austin Chamberlain of England; Sergeant John Evans of Russia; Private Alexander Scourles, a revengeful Greek, and driver Henri de Charmont of the Fighting French. The tankman on the right is Private Johnny Smith of the United States

Fort Knox, Kentucky. Armoraiders symbolizing six nations atop a powerf...

Title and other information from file print. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available ... More

YB-17 bombardment squadron, Langley Field, Virginia. Top-notch performance of our big bombers is made a matter of certainty by the ground crews of the Air Force. A soldier-mechanic at Langley Field, Virginia makes an engine adjustment on a mighty YB-17 bomber under the critical eye of a sergeant

YB-17 bombardment squadron, Langley Field, Virginia. Top-notch perform...

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

A black and white photo of a man in a plane. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man in a plane. Office of War Information...

Photographed by Alfred Palmer or Pat Terry. Title and other information from print in lot. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More informat... More

Shasta Dam, Shasta County, California. Dump truck

Shasta Dam, Shasta County, California. Dump truck

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

Fort Knox. Machine guns. The .45 caliber Thompson sub-machine gun, familiarly known as the Tommy gun, is a hand weapon for which every branch of the service finds many uses. Its portability and effectiveness makes it a favorite of our modern Army

Fort Knox. Machine guns. The .45 caliber Thompson sub-machine gun, fam...

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

Production. Willow Run bomber plant. A Negro worker at the giant Willow Run bomber plant installs screws in one end of a wing segment

Production. Willow Run bomber plant. A Negro worker at the giant Willo...

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

Butte, Montana. Anaconda Copper Mining Company. Drilling in the ore body of a copper mine

Butte, Montana. Anaconda Copper Mining Company. Drilling in the ore bo...

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

Mitchell Field. The eagle puts foot to earth. An air-crew officer dressed in full combat gear inspects a bomber landing wheel. Part of the retracting mechanism is shown

Mitchell Field. The eagle puts foot to earth. An air-crew officer dres...

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

Sergeant John Fahey Gerrity, former Washington Post reporter, signals to comrades during basic training at the Marine Corps base at Parris Island, South Carolina. Sergeant Gerrity is now serving as a fighting reporter in a combat area for the Division of Public Relations, U.S. Marine Corps

Sergeant John Fahey Gerrity, former Washington Post reporter, signals ...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Photographed by Alfred T. Palmer or Pat Terry. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overs... More

A black and white photo of a man standing in a field. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man standing in a field. Office of War In...

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

Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Checking part to blueprint. Here a pair of factory workers check the blueprint with a part which will go into the "Vengeance" dive bombers made at Vultee's Nashville Division. The "Vengeance" (A-31) was originally designed for the French. It was later adopted by the RAF (Royal Air Force) and still later by the U.S. Army Air Forces. It is a single-engine, low-wing plane, carrying a crew of two men and having six machine guns of varying calibers

Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Checking part to blueprin...

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

New York, New York. Exhibit at the outdoor exhibition entitled "The Nature of the Enemy," held on the plaza of Rockefeller Center

New York, New York. Exhibit at the outdoor exhibition entitled "The Na...

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

Penasco, New Mexico. A dance - safety film negatives, Library of Congress

Penasco, New Mexico. A dance - safety film negatives, Library of Congr...

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 three women sitting on a porch. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of three women sitting on a porch. Office of W...

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

Ojo Sarco, New Mexico. One-room school in an isolated mountainous Spanish-American community, which has eight grades and two teachers. Boy during afternoon recess

Ojo Sarco, New Mexico. One-room school in an isolated mountainous Span...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

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

A black and white photo of a man and a child. Office of War Informatio...

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

Rio Grande, Ohio. Farm workers Leighton Cassidy, John Floyd, Wayne Gibson and Albert McCune, in training at Rio Grande College

Rio Grande, Ohio. Farm workers Leighton Cassidy, John Floyd, Wayne Gib...

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

Beaumont, Texas. Shipyard workers leaving the Pennsylvania shipyards at the change of shift

Beaumont, Texas. Shipyard workers leaving the Pennsylvania shipyards a...

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

Double Bottom Assembly at Richmond Shipyard No.4, Rosie the Riveter WWII Home Front National Historical Park, 2016.

Double Bottom Assembly at Richmond Shipyard No.4, Rosie the Riveter WW...

Exact date unknown. Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Rowntree's Cocoa - TWCMS:G11480. Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums

Rowntree's Cocoa - TWCMS:G11480. Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums

Rowntree's Cocoa Tin, with yellow, black and red label. ..Length: 97 mm.Width: 57 mm.Depth: 174 mm ..Manufactured by Rowntree & Co Ltd, York, Yorkshire, England, UK, 1914 - 18. ..Copyright Statement: .(Copyrigh... More

A group of children standing next to each other - FSA / Office of War Information Photograph

A group of children standing next to each other - FSA / Office of War ...

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

Plant a victory garden. Poster distributed by the Office of War Information to libraries, museums post offices. The original is 22 inches and is printed in full color. The poster was designed by Robert Gwathmey, mural artist. Copies are obtainable from Division of Public Inquiries, OWI, 14th and Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C

Plant a victory garden. Poster distributed by the Office of War Inform...

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

Construction workers being paid off. Shasta Dam, Shasta County, California

Construction workers being paid off. Shasta Dam, Shasta County, Califo...

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

Negro construction workers waiting by truck to go to work on Camp Livingston jobs. Alexandria, Louisiana

Negro construction workers waiting by truck to go to work on Camp Livi...

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

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 ...

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 drawing of two soldiers talking to each other, Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.

A drawing of two soldiers talking to each other, Harris and Ewing, Was...

A drawing of two soldiers talking to each other, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Portraits and news photographs by Washington, D.C.-based firm, showing people, events, architecture in Washingto... More

Seamen in hiring hall, National Maritime Union. New York City, New York

Seamen in hiring hall, National Maritime Union. New York City, New Yor...

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

Guests of Sarasota trailer park, Sarasota, Florida, with fish they had just caught

Guests of Sarasota trailer park, Sarasota, Florida, with fish they had...

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

Aluminum collection. A store window display in New York, New York, promoting the National Defense Aluminum Collection (July 21-29, 1941). This collection was conducted by the Office of Civilian Defense and some of the aluminum obtained will be for use in industries producing for national defense. Much of the lower grade aluminum collected which cannot be used directly for this purpose will be used to replace new aluminum in the manufacture of consumer goods, and hence release this new aluminum for use in defense production

Aluminum collection. A store window display in New York, New York, pro...

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

Steel production. Steel activity in war time. Molten metal is poured into large molds at an Eastern open hearth furnace. Republic, Youngstown

Steel production. Steel activity in war time. Molten metal is poured i...

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

Ore punchers knocking side of car after it has been opened to let iron ore fall into bin where it is stored before being loaded onto boat. Allouez, Wisconsin

Ore punchers knocking side of car after it has been opened to let iron...

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 three children. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of three children. Office of War Information P...

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

Civilian defense. Prompt and efficient telephone handling is an important part of civilian defense work. This operator at air raid warden headquarters receives calls telling her of trouble in various areas, notes the messages and passes them on for immediate action. The demonstration was at the civilian defense show at Madison Square Garden, New York, October 1941

Civilian defense. Prompt and efficient telephone handling is an import...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Photographed by Afred T. Palmer or Howard Hollem. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Ov... More

Shipbuilding (Newport News). Problems, major and minor, arise at every turn in the building of huge whips for Uncle Sam's growing Navy. In the foreground are structural section foremen working out one of their problems

Shipbuilding (Newport News). Problems, major and minor, arise at every...

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

Mitchell Field. Eagle ready for battle. An American pursuit pilot in combat gear is all set to climb into his plane. His flying equipment includes a combined oxygen mask and throat-type microphone, headphones, parachute and Mae West life jacket

Mitchell Field. Eagle ready for battle. An American pursuit pilot in c...

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

Detroit, Michigan (vicinity). Chrysler Corportation Dodge truck plant. War workers "punching in" for their job of helping to "punch" the axis

Detroit, Michigan (vicinity). Chrysler Corportation Dodge truck plant....

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

Detroit, Michigan. Lonely soldier and recruiting poster on New Year's Eve

Detroit, Michigan. Lonely soldier and recruiting poster on New Year's ...

Annotation on original negative jacket. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information ... More

Fort Knox. Garand rifle. A young soldier of the armored forces, in training at Fort Knox, Kentucky, holds and sights his Garand rifle like an old timer. He likes the piece for its fine firing qualities and its rugged, dependable mechanism

Fort Knox. Garand rifle. A young soldier of the armored forces, in tra...

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

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Pearl Harbor widows have gone into war work to carry on the fight with a personal vengeance. Mrs. Virginia Young (right), whose husband was one of the first casualties of World War II, is a supervisor in the ssembly and repairs department of the naval airbBase at Corpus Christi, Texas. Her job is to find convenient and comfortable living quarters for women workers from out of state, like Ethel Mann, who operates an electric drill

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Pearl Harbor widows have gone i...

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

Greenville, South Carolina. Air Service Command. Private George L. Cramer, learning to send and receive Morse code in the 1067th signal company of the 25th service group. Private Cramer is twenty-three years old and used to operate a crane in a steel mill in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania

Greenville, South Carolina. Air Service Command. Private George L. Cra...

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

Detroit, Michigan. Army trucks on a haulaway

Detroit, Michigan. Army trucks on a haulaway

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

Poster, 'She helps her Boy to Victory'

Poster, 'She helps her Boy to Victory'

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

Lend-Lease to Britain. Tommy-guns arriving in England from the United States under lend-lease are unpacked and checked by an ordnance corporal. The guns arrived complete, ready to be fired

Lend-Lease to Britain. Tommy-guns arriving in England from the United ...

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

Spanish-American farmer pitching hay. Chamisal, New Mexico

Spanish-American farmer pitching hay. Chamisal, New Mexico

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 group of people sitting at a table. World War Two Era FSA/OWI Photograph.

A black and white photo of a group of people sitting at a table. World...

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

Cutting through the curd which has cheddared, and thus releasing the whey. Tillamook cheese plant, Tillamook, Oregon

Cutting through the curd which has cheddared, and thus releasing the w...

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

At the convict camp in Greene County, Georgia

At the convict camp in Greene County, Georgia

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

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