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Remains of a covered portico, or a cryptoportiucus, in a villa of Domitian, five miles outside Rome on the Frascati road, from Vedute di Roma (Roman Views)

Remains of a covered portico, or a cryptoportiucus, in a villa of Domi...

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, Mogliano Veneto 1720–1778 Rome) Public domain scan of Italian 18th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Remains of a covered portico, or a cryptoporticus, in a villa of Domitian, five miles outside Rome on the Frascati road, from Vedute di Roma (Roman Views)

Remains of a covered portico, or a cryptoporticus, in a villa of Domit...

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, Mogliano Veneto 1720–1778 Rome) Public domain scan of Italian 18th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Eye of Maria Miles Heyward - Public domain portrait painting

Eye of Maria Miles Heyward - Public domain portrait painting

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Lexington races! Spring meeting. Association course. fourth day. Thursday, May 28, 1857. Purse $300! Two miles heats …

Lexington races! Spring meeting. Association course. fourth day. Thurs...

Horse racing. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 22, Folder 32a.

Fred Robertson 1859 inscription at Autograph Rock

Fred Robertson 1859 inscription at Autograph Rock

Various names from the late 1800's carved into Autograph Rock; http://www.santafetrailresearch.com/spacepix/autograph-rock.html; The second Cold Spring is about 7 miles west and 7 miles north of Boise City. Aut... More

Montana - the Nez Percé War - incidents in the defeat and capture of Chief Joseph by General Nelson A. Miles Surrender of Chief Joseph and his principal warriors at General Miles's headquarters, October 5-6 / / from sketches by G.M. Holland.

Montana - the Nez Percé War - incidents in the defeat and capture of C...

Chief Joseph handing rifle to General Nelson Miles as a gesture of surrender. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 45, no. 1153 (1877 November 3), p. 141 (bottom).

James Kelley Store at Dale, five miles from Merna, Custer County

James Kelley Store at Dale, five miles from Merna, Custer County

summary: Note: "This was old Dale before it was moved to railroad." See Butcher's PIONEER HISTORY OF CUSTER COUNTY, NEBRASKA. original size: 6x8

"Montezuma's Castle," Beaver Creek, Arizona, 3 miles from Fort Verde, A.T., showing the creek in the foreground, instantaneous / E.A.M.

"Montezuma's Castle," Beaver Creek, Arizona, 3 miles from Fort Verde, ...

No. 12. "Views in Arizona" and "Mitchell & Baer, Prescott, Arizona" on verso. Edgar A. Mearns Collection.

View of "Montezuma's Castle," 3 miles north of Fort Verde, Arizona, showing Beaver Creek in the foreground / E.A.M.

View of "Montezuma's Castle," 3 miles north of Fort Verde, Arizona, s...

No. 11. Edgar A. Mearns Collection. Public domain photograph - historical image of Arizona, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cornish, Johnston and Lowe family members on the Cornish Ranch in the sandhills, located 4 miles northwest of Oconto, Custer County, Nebraska

Cornish, Johnston and Lowe family members on the Cornish Ranch in the ...

original size: 6x8 Public domain photograph - historical image of Nebraska, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Portret: dame / door F[rank] Miles (1852-1891)

Portret: dame / door F[rank] Miles (1852-1891)

Cabin on Milton McCloskey's ranch. Up Animas Valley, Durango, Colo. Sept. 1892, F.E.D.M.; Animas City, 1892, "Up the Valley from Durango"; Milton's Bachelor's Hall at Animas City (before the R.R. built Durango and ruined Animas); Mountain cabin, a few miles from Durango, vacation view, Mabel McCloskey, Downs hidden by armful of flowers, Fan Barbour, Reese McCloskey.

Cabin on Milton McCloskey's ranch. Up Animas Valley, Durango, Colo. Se...

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Bay State Limited, N.Y., N.H. & H. Railroad passing Guilford, Conn. at 60 miles per hour

Bay State Limited, N.Y., N.H. & H. Railroad passing Guilford, Conn. at...

Photoprint copyrighted by H.S. Wedmore, Guilford, Conn. This record contains unverified data from caption card.

fashion from "Alone with the Hairy Ainu, or, 3,800 miles on a pack saddle in Yezo and a cruise to the Kurile Islands ... With map, etc"

fashion from "Alone with the Hairy Ainu, or, 3,800 miles on a pack sad...

This image has been taken from scan 000269 from "Alone with the Hairy Ainu, or, 3,800 miles on a pack saddle in Yezo and a cruise to the Kurile Islands ... With map, etc". The title and subject terms of this im... More

"Royal Blue Line Limited", at the speed of 55 miles an hour. B&O, P&R and Central R.R. of New Jersey

"Royal Blue Line Limited", at the speed of 55 miles an hour. B&O, P&R ...

Photo copyrighted by F.W. Blauvelt, New York. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

General Miles, Shafter, Wheeler returning from the conference with Genral H. Toral which resulted in the surrender of the Province of Santiago de Cuba

General Miles, Shafter, Wheeler returning from the conference with Gen...

Photograph showing William Shafter, Joseph Wheeler, and Nelson Miles riding on horseback. Photoprint by William Dinwiddie. Title and date from item.

Mining coal three miles under ground, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

Mining coal three miles under ground, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

Stereograph showing two men in mine shaft with mules. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Stock ranch in Cherry County, 15 miles southwest of Ainsworth.

Stock ranch in Cherry County, 15 miles southwest of Ainsworth.

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POINDEXTER, MILES. SENATOR - Harris & Ewing, Studio Portrait

POINDEXTER, MILES. 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

Sveadahl, the first courthouse in McPherson Co., post office, general store, etc., in 68-70 - Three miles southwest of Lindsborg, Kansas

Sveadahl, the first courthouse in McPherson Co., post office, general ...

Photoprint copyrighted by B.G. Gröndal. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Courthouses; Geogr.

Miles Dawson - Public domain photograph, glass negative

Miles Dawson - Public domain photograph, glass negative

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

A view of the Lower Ochoco Valley, two miles north of Prineville, Crook County, Oregon

A view of the Lower Ochoco Valley, two miles north of Prineville, Croo...

J144336 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; B. B. Bakowski; August 17, 1910. Copyright claimant's address: Prineville, Ore.

New twin screw steamship "Europa" of "La Veloce" Navigazione Italiana a Vapore. "The Fast Italian Line" Length, 450 feet. Displacement 11,000 tons. Speed about 17 miles.

New twin screw steamship "Europa" of "La Veloce" Navigazione Italiana ...

Unprocessed in PR 06 CN 038, c47 Public domain scan of vintage postcard, ocean liner, transatlantic, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Rock Creek School #32 (5 miles east of Shawnee) opened September 11th--8 months term. 34 present. J.W. Evans, Principal, P.O. Route 2, Shawnee, said there are only half as many as he expects after cotton picking is over. Lewis W. Hine. See W. H. Swift Report. Location: Potawotamie County, Oklahoma.

Rock Creek School #32 (5 miles east of Shawnee) opened September 11th-...

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Boatswani mate of U.S.S. Arizona who has traveled 29447 miles from Nov. 18/18 to June 30/19 & his souvenirs

Boatswani mate of U.S.S. Arizona who has traveled 29447 miles from Nov...

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No. 1 air passenger presents award to PMG. Washington, D.C., May 20. Climaxing the celebration of National Airmail Week, Andre Kostelanetz, noted orchestra and a two-time winner of a trophy for being America's number one air traveler, today presented to Postmaster General Farley, a bronze placque which he (Kostelanzetz) sent around the world by airmail to show how that branch of the service has speeded up the delivery of letters and packages. In 1937 Kostelantz won the title of number air passenger by flying a total of 136, 200 miles. In the center is Lily Pons, noted opera singer and financee of Kostelanetz

No. 1 air passenger presents award to PMG. Washington, D.C., May 20. C...

A black and white photo of two men and a woman. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Colby & Miles M. Shand - Public domain portrait photograph

Colby & Miles M. Shand - Public domain portrait photograph

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

Something new in Auto tobs. George R. Wharff of Old Orchard Beach, Maine, and Joseph Fossard returning from Florida. When they lost their top, they thatched it with palm leaves which seem to answer every purpose. Gyp, their companion on the trip, has traveled 10,000 miles on the front fender as shown in the picture, 5/2/22

Something new in Auto tobs. George R. Wharff of Old Orchard Beach, Mai...

A group of men standing around an old car. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Miles Poindexter - Public domain portrait photograph

Miles Poindexter - Public domain portrait photograph

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

Col. & Mrs. Perry L. Miles, 3/14/24

Col. & Mrs. Perry L. Miles, 3/14/24

A couple of people that are standing on some steps. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Funeral of General N.A. Miles, [5/19/25]

Funeral of General N.A. Miles, [5/19/25]

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a group of people, 1900s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Indian Village, Alberta, Va., U.S. Route #1, 60 miles south of Richmond, 14 miles north of south Hill

Indian Village, Alberta, Va., U.S. Route #1, 60 miles south of Richmon...

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Sunset Park Motel on Route 9. 2 miles north of Glens Falls, N. Y. 6 miles south of Lake George, N. Y.

Sunset Park Motel on Route 9. 2 miles north of Glens Falls, N. Y. 6 mi...

30 Unites located in the playground of the Adirondack Mts. Heated Cabins. Private baths and showers. Inner-spring mattresses. Bathing and Golfing in the immediate vicinity. Reasonable Rates. Ben Stafford, Propr... More

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Iraq. Oil wells and camp of the Iraq Petroleum Company. (5 miles S. of Kirkuk). Kirkuk District. An I.P.C. refinery installation

Iraq. Oil wells and camp of the Iraq Petroleum Company. (5 miles S. of...

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Iraq. Ashur (Qalat Sherqat). 40 miles S. of Mosul. The ruins showing remains of ancient castle in background

Iraq. Ashur (Qalat Sherqat). 40 miles S. of Mosul. The ruins showing r...

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Harlow Lewis Calvert Farmstead, Barn, South side of U.S. Route 50, 1.9 miles south of Guysville, Guysville, Athens County, OH

Harlow Lewis Calvert Farmstead, Barn, South side of U.S. Route 50, 1.9...

Significance: The Harlow Lewis Calvert Farmstead is a rare surviving example of Allegheny Plateau agricultural practices, land uses, and farm architecture. The barn was constructed in 1893, for grain and feed s... More

Jansonist Colony, Grain Elevator, 2 miles east of Bishop Hill, Bishop Hill, Henry County, IL

Jansonist Colony, Grain Elevator, 2 miles east of Bishop Hill, Bishop ...

Survey number: HABS IL-169-Y Building/structure dates: ca. 1870 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 70000244

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Lockhouse at Lock 26, 39.4 miles above tidewater, Dickerson, Montgomery County, MD

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Lockhouse at Lock 26, 39.4 miles above tidewa...

Survey number: HABS MD-745 Public domain photograph of wooden church building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ten miles south of Bowman. Driving herd of sheep to Bowman, North Dakota

Ten miles south of Bowman. Driving herd of sheep to Bowman, North Dako...

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Palm house and shacks along drainage canal near Hammond, Louisiana. Some miles north of New Orleans

Palm house and shacks along drainage canal near Hammond, Louisiana. So...

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North Dakota farmer moving west. Miles City, Montana

North Dakota farmer moving west. Miles City, Montana

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

Farm and woodlot in New York State about thirty miles west of Albany. Albany County, New York

Farm and woodlot in New York State about thirty miles west of Albany. ...

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Housing for migratory workers in cotton, five miles north of Corcoran, California. The famous strikers' concentration camp in 1933 was at Corcoran camp

Housing for migratory workers in cotton, five miles north of Corcoran,...

Public domain photograph of rural California, dust bowl refugees, 1930s-1940s, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cut-over long leaf yellow pine forest. The tract extends for thirty-seven miles. A lumber industry owner did no replanting and cut out on 1931 after eighteen years of operations. They employed approximately 3000 men. Near Kiln, Mississippi

Cut-over long leaf yellow pine forest. The tract extends for thirty-se...

Public domain photograph of United States countryside, nature, during 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

New Coast Guard boat capable of 35 miles an hour. Washington, D.C., May 17. One of the fastest things afloat, the new U.S. Coast Guard patrol boat #441 was put thru its paces on the Potomac River today for the benefit of treasure officials. The cruiser, which is one of eight to placed in law enforcement and life-saving service of the Coast Guard, is powered with four 1600 horsepower motors and is capable of doing 35 miles an hour, 5171937

New Coast Guard boat capable of 35 miles an hour. Washington, D.C., Ma...

A black and white photo of a boat in the water, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection on the negative or negative sleeve. Gift; ... More

Miles Brewton House, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina

Miles Brewton House, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina

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F.B.I. headquarters well guarded. Washington, D.C., Aug 4. The most carefully guarded center of interest in the Capitol is the Department of Justice, home of the "G" Men. Well trained guards protect records, personnel, and the building against all intruders. In this picture, Officer William L. Good is shown at the "Patrol Board" in the Captain of the Guard's office which maintains direct communication with every watch station and substation throughout the huge building. Every guard patrolling the miles of corridors carries as a part of his regular equipment a plug-in telephone with which he can communicate with headquarters at a minute's notice, 8/4/37

F.B.I. headquarters well guarded. Washington, D.C., Aug 4. The most ca...

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Mexican miner carrying water the way he learned as a boy, from about two miles downhill. Bertha Hill, West Virginia

Mexican miner carrying water the way he learned as a boy, from about t...

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

Bronc rider, rodeo, Miles City, Montana

Bronc rider, rodeo, Miles City, Montana

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Bulldogging, rodeo, Miles City, Montana

Bulldogging, rodeo, Miles City, Montana

Picryl description: Public domain image of a rural landscape, horses, horse riding, farm animals, farmers, livestock, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Roping a calf, rodeo, Miles City, Montana

Roping a calf, rodeo, Miles City, Montana

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A man sitting on top of a hay bale next to a horse. Great Depression FFSA / OWI Negatives

A man sitting on top of a hay bale next to a horse. Great Depression F...

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

Sign for tourists on Highway Numnber 10. Miles City, Montana

Sign for tourists on Highway Numnber 10. Miles City, Montana

Public domain image of cattle, livestock, farm animals, agriculture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

The town of Arlington, Oregon, on the Columbia River 112 miles from Bonnville Dam. Population: 601. Railway division point

The town of Arlington, Oregon, on the Columbia River 112 miles from Bo...

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Negro sharecropper, Will Cole, picking cotton. The owner is Mrs. Rigsby, a white woman. About five miles below Chapel Hill, going south on highway toward Bynum in Chatham County, North Carolina

Negro sharecropper, Will Cole, picking cotton. The owner is Mrs. Rigsb...

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

Baling hay on the Mary E. Jones place, of about 140 acres. The sons, W.E. and R.E. Jones, own ninety-nine acres and sixty acres respectively. There are eight mules on the entire place, two cows and this year forty acres in tobacco. There is no cotton. They have owned it about forty-five years. It is on Route No. 45 about two miles from Wake Forest, Wake County, North Carolina

Baling hay on the Mary E. Jones place, of about 140 acres. The sons, W...

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

A black and white photo of a man riding a horse, Great Depression. FSA...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a rural landscape, horses, horse riding, farm animals, farmers, livestock, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

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

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

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

Looking down on part of the Valley, approximately six miles from Yakima. Washington, Yakima Valley. See general caption number 33

Looking down on part of the Valley, approximately six miles from Yakim...

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New bowling alley under construction in community springing up about seven miles from the naval air base under construction. Corpus Christi, Texas

New bowling alley under construction in community springing up about s...

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Steel manufacture, Allegheny-Ludlum. Steel couplings such as these are used to extend short lengths of pipe for many miles. Steel piping is used to convey solutions and gases in numerous plants engaged in defense production

Steel manufacture, Allegheny-Ludlum. Steel couplings such as these are...

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Steel alloy manufacture. Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corporation, Brackenridge, Pennsylvania. General view of part of the plant where scrap iron and steel are converted into many grades of steel alloys. In the foreground are carloads of finished products, while in the middle foreground can be seen piles and cars of scrap coming in to feed the huge furnaces. In the background is the power house which supplies electricity and steam to turn the wheels of this important defense industry, set in the Pennsylvania hills about thirty miles north of Pittsburgh, one of America's most important steel producing centers

Steel alloy manufacture. Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corporation, Brackenri...

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A tribal lunch at cavalry post at Tel-el-Meleiha, 20 miles North of Beersheba, Jan. 18, 1940. Mounted Bedouin horseman on top of the Tel

A tribal lunch at cavalry post at Tel-el-Meleiha, 20 miles North of Be...

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A tribal lunch at cavalry post at Tel-el-Meleiha, 20 miles North of Beersheba, Jan. 18, 1940. Mounted Bedouin horsemen on top of the Tel

A tribal lunch at cavalry post at Tel-el-Meleiha, 20 miles North of Be...

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A tribal lunch at cavalry post at Tel-el-Meleiha, 20 miles North of Beersheba, Jan. 18, 1940. Guests standing about, in conversation after the meal

A tribal lunch at cavalry post at Tel-el-Meleiha, 20 miles North of Be...

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

Hoisting potatoes to be dumped into a storage bin at the farm of Woodman Potato Company. Eleven miles north of Caribou, Maine

Hoisting potatoes to be dumped into a storage bin at the farm of Woodm...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a worker, labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, 1930s, mid-20th-century industrial photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Tenant farmer and part of his family in field ready for tobacco planting. Nine miles north of Danville, Pittsylvania County, Virginia

Tenant farmer and part of his family in field ready for tobacco planti...

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Aircraft. Naval. The Consolidated "Mariner" (PBM-3) serves the Navy as a patrol bomber or transport. It is an all-metal flying boat with high gull wings. It has a speed of over 200 miles per hour, a range of over 3,000 miles, a ceiling of over 15,000 feet and a load capacity of 20,000 pounds. The crew of nine men is armed with 50-caliber machine guns and bombs

Aircraft. Naval. The Consolidated "Mariner" (PBM-3) serves the Navy as...

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

FSA (Farm Security Administration) client Roger Spence and two of his sons. Two miles out of Princess Anne, Maryland

FSA (Farm Security Administration) client Roger Spence and two of his ...

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Lunch being served at one of the farms of the Woodman Potato Company. At the head of the table is Mr. Woodman. Only the foreman and skilled laborers eat here. Eleven miles north of Caribou, Maine

Lunch being served at one of the farms of the Woodman Potato Company. ...

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

Carpenter's wife taking things out of improvised closet in her tent-home. Mission Valley, California, about three miles from San Diego

Carpenter's wife taking things out of improvised closet in her tent-ho...

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Carpenter's wife hanging up coat to dry. Mission Valley, California, which is about three miles from San Diego. This family is living in a tent because of inability to find suitable housing. A heavy rain the night before had everything wet in their tent

Carpenter's wife hanging up coat to dry. Mission Valley, California, w...

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Hereford steers in feedlot on Tom Reed farm. They are fattened and ready for market. Mr. Reed said that all of the trees in the background had been planted by farmers and ranchers not very long ago as wind breakers. His mother told him that when his father first brought her there from Iowa she used to stand at the window and cry when she looked across the plains and saw the train going back east. That was about six or eight miles away, but now you can only see a mile or two. He has seventy head of cattle in feedlot and 250 head on grass

Hereford steers in feedlot on Tom Reed farm. They are fattened and rea...

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Shipbuilding. "Liberty" ships. Welding is one of the most important advances in shipbuilding during the present century with the torch resulting in immense savings in time, material and weight in the building of ships. This welder is joining side plates to angle frames forming section of the propeller shaft tunnels on a new member of Uncle Sam's "Liberty fleet," under construction at a large Eastern shipyard.All parts are prefabricated in thus huge Eastern plant which formerly turned out freight cars. The completed sections are then carried six miles to the ways on flat cars

Shipbuilding. "Liberty" ships. Welding is one of the most important ad...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a church, crypt, chamber, underground vault architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The Virginia crafts co-op on U. S. Highway No. 1, twenty miles north of Fredericksburg, Virginia

The Virginia crafts co-op on U. S. Highway No. 1, twenty miles north o...

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Dailey, West Virginia. December 1941. Homestead school at the Tygart Valley homesteads, a FSA (Farm Security Administration) project eleven miles southwest of Elkins, West Virginia. A shop class. Part of the vocational training program

Dailey, West Virginia. December 1941. Homestead school at the Tygart V...

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Shipbuilding. "Liberty" ships. This is a travograph-oxy-acetylene machine, a cutter which treads its own pattern. Here it is cutting two identical floor plates for a tank section at the bottom of a new member of the "Liberty Fleet." The work is done at what was formerly a freight car plant now a large Eastern plant. All parts are prefabricated in this huge Eastern plant which formerly turned out freight cars. The completed sections are then carried six miles to the ways on flatcars. Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards Inc., Baltimore, Maryland

Shipbuilding. "Liberty" ships. This is a travograph-oxy-acetylene mach...

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

Shipbuilding. "Liberty" ships. Use of a former Pullman car plant for the prefabrication of many sections used in the ships being built at a nearby yard means the saving of many valuable months in our shipbuilding program. This man is a brakeman on a train carrying assembled sections from the plant to the yard. All parts are prefabricated in this huge Eastern plant which formerly turned out freight cars. The completed sections are then carried six miles to the ways on flat cars. Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards Inc., Baltimore, Maryland

Shipbuilding. "Liberty" ships. Use of a former Pullman car plant for t...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a coal mine, industrial facility, mining industry, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Shipbuilding. "Liberty" ships. Welding is more important than ever before in shipbuilding, saving time, weight and steel. This work is done at a nearby plant which formerly turned out freight cars. All parts are prefabricated in this huge Eastern plant which formerly turned out freight cars. The completed sections are then carried six miles to the ways on flatcars. Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards Inc., Baltimore, Maryland

Shipbuilding. "Liberty" ships. Welding is more important than ever bef...

Picryl description: Public domain image of workers, labor, 1940s, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Wayne County Airport, a United States Army Air Corps air ferry command base sixteen miles from Detroit, Michigan. First Lieutenant John Stanley Benton

Wayne County Airport, a United States Army Air Corps air ferry command...

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Wayne County Airport, a United States Army Air Corps air ferry command base sixteen miles from Detroit, Michigan. Captain Chivitz

Wayne County Airport, a United States Army Air Corps air ferry command...

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Wayne County Airport, a United States Army Air Corps air ferry command base sixteen miles from Detroit, Michigan. Lieutenant Benton receiving his flight orders

Wayne County Airport, a United States Army Air Corps air ferry command...

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Wayne County Airport, a United States Army Air Corps air ferry command base sixteen miles from Detroit, Michigan. Lieutenant Benton selecting his parachute from the locker room

Wayne County Airport, a United States Army Air Corps air ferry command...

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Verne W. Harshman, C.O.P, U.S. Army, with rubber boat in which he remained adrift for five days from March 22nd after being forced down in the Navy Boeing fighter of which he was pilot. Harshman was sighted and rescued by the SS Cergo, Hamburg-American line, forty miles west of Cape Miarzo, Columbia

Verne W. Harshman, C.O.P, U.S. Army, with rubber boat in which he rema...

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

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Bates County Relocation Project, Missouri. Mr. and Mrs. Green, formerly hill farmers in the Ozarks. Their land was bought up by the Army for construction of Camp Crowder. Now they have moved one hundred miles north with the aid of the FSA (Farm Security Administration) to an entirely new type of farming

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Tennessee Valley Authority. A partly completed generator in the new addition to TVA's hydroelectric plant at Wilson Dam. A long line of completed generators extends back the full length of the room. Located near Sheffield, Alabama, 260 miles above the mouth of the Tennessee River, the dam had an authorized power installation of 288,000 kilowatts, which can be increased to a possible ultimate of 444,000 kilowatts. The reservoir at the dam adds 377,000 acre feet of water to controlled storage on the Tennesse River system

Tennessee Valley Authority. A partly completed generator in the new ad...

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Tennessee Valley Authority. Transmission line towers and high-tension lines that carry current generated at the TVA's hydroelectric plant at Wilson Dam. Located near Sheffield, Alabama, 260 miles above the mouth of the Tennessee River, the dam has an authorized power installation of 288,000 kilowatts, which can be increased to a possible ultimate of 444,000 kilowatts. The reservoir at the dam adds 377,000 acre-feet of water to controlled storage on the Tennessee River system

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Fiberglass manufacture, Owens-Corning, Toledo, Ohio. Millions of miles of glass filament are drawn from the forming tubes and twisted into yarns which will be braided over flameproof electrical wire essential to the construction of modern bombers. Each strand coming from each tube contains over 200 tiny glass filaments

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Tennessee Valley Authority. Construction of Douglas Dam. Caisson construction on TVA's new Douglas Dam on the French Broad River. 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 system in dry years and almost 170,000 kilowatts in the average year

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Tennessee Valley Authority. Construction of Douglas Dam. Cleaning up bed rock at the site of TVA's new Douglas Dam on the French Broad River. 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 system in dry years and almost 170,000 kilowatts in the average year

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Car pooling at Lockheed Vega. Don, an aircraft worker at Lockheed Vega Aircraft Corporation, is plenty worried about the state of his tires. Continuous company publicity has convinced him that new ones will not come his way for a long, long time. Don lives about ten miles from the plant, which is the average distance Vega employees must travel to work. There are no public transportation facilities near his house

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Fort Knox. Earth moving equipment. The big "shoes" of a carryall scraper, working on a new access road at Fort Knox, Kentucky, are given the best of care. A mechanic removes nails and bits of glass and metal from a costly tire that must give many more miles of service

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

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Power and conservation. Chickamauga Dam, Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). Switchyard of the TVA's Chickamauga Dam, showing insulators and bus wires, located near Chattanooga, 471 miles above the mouth of the Tennessee River. The dam has an authorized power installation of 81,000 kilowatts, which can be increased to a possible ultimate of 108,000 kilowatts. The reservoir at the dam adds 377,000 acre feet of water to controlled storage on the Tennessee River system. The power that passes through this switchyard serves many useful domestic, agricultural and industrial uses

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Power and conservation. Chickamauga Dam, Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). Switchyard of the TVA's Chickamauga Dam, located near Chattanooga, 471 miles above the mouth of the Tennessee River. The dam has an authorized power installation of 81,000 kilowatts, which can be increased to a possible ultimate of 108,000 kilowatts. The reservoir at the dam adds 377,000 acre feet of water to controlled storage on the Tennessee River system. The power that passes through this switchyard serves many useful domestic, agricultural and industrial uses

Power and conservation. Chickamauga Dam, Tennessee Valley Authority (T...

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Tennessee Valley Authority. Construction of Douglas Dam. Inside the cofferdam of TVA's new Douglas Dam on the French Broad River. 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 system in dry years and almost 170,000 kilowatts in the average year

Tennessee Valley Authority. Construction of Douglas Dam. Inside the c...

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Transportation. Engines. "MacArthur" engine in service on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Engine is shown at Halethorpe, Maryland, about eight miles from Baltimore, pulling a freight train

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San Augustine, Texas. Truck owner who brings farm people to town on Saturdays from a distance of twenty miles

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