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A little girl standing in front of a stove, Texas, during Great Depression

A little girl standing in front of a stove, Texas, during Great Depres...

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

The water stretching machine of an eastern parachute manufacturer stretches shroud lines so as to make them more adaptable to the finished product, Manchester, Conn.

The water stretching machine of an eastern parachute manufacturer stre...

Public domain photograph of manufacturing, industry, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Clerk in one of the stock rooms of North American Aviation, Inc., checking to see if the proper numbers of parts were received and placed in the proper bin, Inglewood, Calif. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 ("Billy Mitchell") bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, and the P-51 ("Mustang") fighter plane which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

Clerk in one of the stock rooms of North American Aviation, Inc., chec...

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

A black and white photo of a man reading a map, Texas, during Great Depression

A black and white photo of a man reading a map, Texas, during Great De...

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

Two women workers are shown capping and inspecting tubing which goes into the manufacture of the "Vengeance" (A-31) dive bomber made at Vultee's Nashville division, Tennessee. The "Vengeance" (A-31) was originally designed for the French. It was later adopted by the R.A.F. 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

Two women workers are shown capping and inspecting tubing which goes i...

Public domain photograph of manufacturing, industry, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a young boy sitting in a doorway. Great Depression FSA photogpraph

A black and white photo of a young boy sitting in a doorway. Great Dep...

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

On U.S. 101 near San Luis Obispo, California. Itinerant worker. Not the old "Bindle-Stiff" type

On U.S. 101 near San Luis Obispo, California. Itinerant worker. Not th...

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

Judging Shropshire sheep. Iowa State Fair, Des Moines, Iowa

Judging Shropshire sheep. Iowa State Fair, Des Moines, Iowa

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 person with a bucket, Texas, during Great Depression

A black and white photo of a person with a bucket, Texas, during Great...

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

Child of white migrant worker playing with automobile tools near Harlingen, Texas

Child of white migrant worker playing with automobile tools near Harli...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of child, child labor, farmer, early 20th-century farm, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Working in the Assembly and Repair Dept. of the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas

Working in the Assembly and Repair Dept. of the Naval Air Base, Corpus...

Public domain photograph related to navy, naval warfare, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Migrant worker camped along band of Arkansas River, Muskogee County, Oklahoma

Migrant worker camped along band of Arkansas River, Muskogee County, O...

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

War production workers at the Heil Company making gasoline trailer tanks for the U.S. Army Air Corps, Milwaukee, Wis. Mrs. Angeline Kwint, age 45, an ex-housewife, checking the tires of trailers. Her husband and son are in the U.S. Army

War production workers at the Heil Company making gasoline trailer tan...

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

Child of white migrant worker ironing in camp near Harlingen, Texas

Child of white migrant worker ironing in camp near Harlingen, Texas

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

Part of the cowling for one of the motors for a B-25 bomber is assembled in the engine department of North American [Aviation, Inc.]'s Inglewood, Calif., plant

Part of the cowling for one of the motors for a B-25 bomber is assembl...

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

White migrant worker fitting horn onto wooden base near Hammond, Louisiana

White migrant worker fitting horn onto wooden base near Hammond, Louis...

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

A black and white photo of a man working on a machine, Texas, during Great Depression

A black and white photo of a man working on a machine, Texas, during G...

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

Migrant worker on bed in tent home. Mercedes, Texas. See 32108-D

Migrant worker on bed in tent home. Mercedes, Texas. See 32108-D

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

Formerly a sculptress and designer of tiles, Dorothy Cole converted her basement into a workshop to tin plate needles for valves for blood transfusion bottles prepared by Baxter Laboratories where she lives, Glenview, Ill. She turns in her profits to war bonds to provide a college education for her young nephew

Formerly a sculptress and designer of tiles, Dorothy Cole converted he...

Public domain photograph of laboratory, science, research, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Oil field worker applying grease to drill stem, oil well, Kilgore, Texas

Oil field worker applying grease to drill stem, oil well, Kilgore, Tex...

Public domain photograph of industrial workers, factory building, work, assembly line, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Young field worker filling a bag with onions, Rice County, Minnesota

Young field worker filling a bag with onions, Rice County, Minnesota

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

Child of white migrant worker standing by tent home near Harlingen, Texas

Child of white migrant worker standing by tent home near Harlingen, Te...

Picryl description: Public domain portrait of a child, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Jewish factories in Palestine on Plain of Sharon & along the coast to Haifa. Haifa. "Elicana Lewin" stone works. Typical immigrant worker at the stone works

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

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

Daughter of WPA (Works Progress Administration) worker. Zeigler, Illinois

Daughter of WPA (Works Progress Administration) worker. Zeigler, Illin...

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

Agriculture workers during Great Depression. A man wearing a hat and holding a pipe.

Agriculture workers during Great Depression. A man wearing a hat and h...

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

Mexican woman arranging things in her shack home. San Antonio, Texas

Mexican woman arranging things in her shack home. San Antonio, Texas

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

Welder at work on Douglas Dam, Tenn. (TVA)

Welder at work on Douglas Dam, Tenn. (TVA)

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

Women are trained to do precise and vital engine installation detail in Douglas Aircraft Company plants, Long Beach, Calif.

Women are trained to do precise and vital engine installation detail i...

Public domain photograph of aircraft engine, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Migrant worker from Texas reaching for hoe in back of his automobile. Wagoner County, near Tullahassee, Oklahoma

Migrant worker from Texas reaching for hoe in back of his automobile. ...

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

Vintage activities at Richon-le-Zion, Aug. 1939. Dumping grapes into the hopper for crushing & carting away refuse

Vintage activities at Richon-le-Zion, Aug. 1939. Dumping grapes into t...

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

Onion field worker, Delta County, Colorado

Onion field worker, Delta County, Colorado

Picryl description: Public domain image of a farm, farmer, agriculture, early 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Generator works at the winding of a generator stator in a new addition to TVA's hydroelectric plant at Wilson Dam, Sheffield vicinity, Ala. Located 260 miles above the mouth of the Tennessee River, the dam has an authorized power installation of 288,000 kw., which can be increased to a possible ultimate of 444,000 kw. The reservoir at the dam adds 377,000 acre-feet of water to controlled storage on the Tennessee River system

Generator works at the winding of a generator stator in a new addition...

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

Son of WPA (Works Progress Administration/Work Projects Administration) worker swinging. The father is a former tenant farmer, now on WPA. These are potential and probable migrants. Webbers Falls, Oklahoma

Son of WPA (Works Progress Administration/Work Projects Administration...

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

On North American's outdoor assembly line, a painter cleans the tail section of a P-51 fighter prior to spraying the olive-drab camouflage of the U.S. Army, N[orth] A[merican] Aviation, Inc., Inglewood, Calif.

On North American's outdoor assembly line, a painter cleans the tail s...

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

Mexican girl, carrot worker, near Edinburg, Texas

Mexican girl, carrot worker, near Edinburg, Texas

Picryl description: Public domain image of working farmers, agriculture, farm, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

P-51 ("Mustang") fighter plane in construction, North American Aviation, Inc., Los Angeles, Calif.

P-51 ("Mustang") fighter plane in construction, North American Aviatio...

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

Family of agricultural day laborer, former oil worker and coal miner. The family lives in this two-room shack in McIntosh County, Oklahoma

Family of agricultural day laborer, former oil worker and coal miner. ...

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 men working on a construction site, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photograph

A black and white photo of men working on a construction site, Great D...

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

Reed Roller Bit at Shell Oil refinery, Deer Park, Texas

Reed Roller Bit at Shell Oil refinery, Deer Park, Texas

Title: Reed Roller Bit at Shell Oil refinery, Deer Park, Texas ..Creator: Robert Yarnall Richie ..Date: June 1940..Part Of: Robert Yarnall Richie Photograph Collection..Place: Deer Park, Texas..Physical D... More

Warren Petr. Corp., recycling plant

Warren Petr. Corp., recycling plant

Title: Warren Petr. Corp., recycling plant..Alternative Title: [Warren Petroleum Corp, recycling plant] ..Creator: Robert Yarnall Richie ..Date: June 1940..Part Of: Robert Yarnall Richie Photograph Collect... More

Migrant fruit worker camp along railroad tracks. Berrien County, Michigan

Migrant fruit worker camp along railroad tracks. Berrien County, Michi...

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

Migrant fruit worker and sons living in rear of truck during cherry picking season. Berrien County, Michigan

Migrant fruit worker and sons living in rear of truck during cherry pi...

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 an old truck in a factory, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photograph

A black and white photo of an old truck in a factory, 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

Chrysler tank arsenal. Building tanks is all right, says this worker, and he even admits it's a mighty important and necessary job, but it can't compare with stopping building tanks and going to work on pie and milk. He's eating his lunch in the midst of a pile of wheels and runners for M-3 tanks at the huge Detroit Chrysler tank arsenal

Chrysler tank arsenal. Building tanks is all right, says this worker, ...

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

A woman working on an airplane in a factory. War Poduction. Office of War Information.

A woman working on an airplane in a factory. War Poduction. Office of ...

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

Tourist house, Truro. Portuguese woman from the Cape Verde Islands, wife of the disabled fisherman and railroad worker, now rents rooms to and boards tourists. Truro, Massachusetts

Tourist house, Truro. Portuguese woman from the Cape Verde Islands, wi...

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

Migratory agricultural worker with seven others in the car on their way to Cranberry, New Jersey, for the potato season

Migratory agricultural worker with seven others in the car on their wa...

Picryl description: Public domain image of passengers, mass transit, transportation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Two men working on a machine in a factory, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photograph

Two men working on a machine in a factory, 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

Construction worker's wife ironing in her tent home. Mission Valley, California, about three miles from San Diego

Construction worker's wife ironing in her tent home. Mission Valley, C...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a tent, military, or refugee camp, temporary settlement, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

An old photo of a man working in a factory. War Poduction. Office of War Information.

An old photo of a man working in a factory. War Poduction. Office of W...

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 men working in a factory, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photograph

A black and white photo of men working in a factory, 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

Construction worker playing pool. Starke, Florida

Construction worker playing pool. Starke, Florida

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 man digging in the dirt. Great Depression FSA photogpraph

A black and white photo of a man digging in the dirt. Great Depression...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Public domain photograph of an automobile, car, the 1920s or 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

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

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

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

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

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa... More

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Farm security administration office of war information black and white negatives

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, warehouse, depot, train station, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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

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

Public domain photograph of the 1930s-1940s World War Two, armed forces, military production, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

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

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

Defense worker. Portsmouth, Virginia

Defense worker. Portsmouth, Virginia

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

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

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

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

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

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

Public domain photograph of 1930s North Carolina, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Public domain photograph related to race relations, African Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

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

Public domain photograph related to race relations, African Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

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

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

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

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

Public domain photograph of village home, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Worker at the United Farmers' Cooperative Creamery

Worker at the United Farmers' Cooperative Creamery

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Public domain photograph of 1930s industry, war production in the United States free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Andrews County, Texas. Pulling pipe on night tour

Andrews County, Texas. Pulling pipe on night tour

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

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

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

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