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Holding A Box. American Mennonite in France, 1940s.

Holding A Box. American Mennonite in France, 1940s.

Unidentified photograph...Citation: Lois Gunden Clemens Photograph Collection. France, 1941-1942. HM1-926 Box 1 Folder 9. Mennonite Church USA Archives - Goshen. Goshen, Indiana.

[Woman taping wire, Chrysler Corporation]

[Woman taping wire, Chrysler Corporation]

Title: [Woman taping wire, Chrysler Corporation] . .Creator: Richie, Robert Yarnall (1908-1984) ..Date: 1944 ..Part Of: Robert Yarnall Richie photographs..Physical Description: 1 transparency: film, ... More

Tobacco pouch, 17th century - Public domain photo of museum object

Tobacco pouch, 17th century - Public domain photo of museum object

Edo period (1615–1868) Public domain photograph of 17th-century metal object, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Benten (Goddess of Love), Katsushika Hokusai

Benten (Goddess of Love), Katsushika Hokusai

School of Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1760–1849 Tokyo (Edo)) Edo period (1615–1868)

Man bij auto - Rijksmuseum public domain dedication image

Man bij auto - Rijksmuseum public domain dedication image

Een man staande bij een auto. Op de achtergrond een bord met opschrift 'Reichshof'. Onderdeel van het familiealbum 1933-1944.

Auto, c.1930s - Rijksmuseum public domain dedication image

Auto, c.1930s - Rijksmuseum public domain dedication image

Auto op een weg, met een vrouw aan het stuur. Onderdeel van het familiealbum 1933-1944.

[Furnishings and Gobelin tapestry in the smoking room, Reichs Chancellery, Berlin, Germany]

[Furnishings and Gobelin tapestry in the smoking room, Reichs Chancell...

Photographed by Atelier Troost. In portfolio: Interior views of the Chancellery.

Adolf Hitler, World War II photo

Adolf Hitler, World War II photo

Adolf Hitler Public domain photograph of the 1930s-1940s Nazi Germany, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Negroes hanging around the plantation store. Mississippi Delta

Negroes hanging around the plantation store. Mississippi Delta

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

Henry Monk and two of his stepchildren on their farm near Ruthven, Iowa

Henry Monk and two of his stepchildren on their farm near Ruthven, Iow...

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

Freedom of expression, of religion, from want, from fear everywhere in the world

Freedom of expression, of religion, from want, from fear everywhere in...

Poster promoting President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's four freedoms, showing a globe, two books, and the hand and torch from the Statue of Liberty. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Co... More

Berlin 1937 - Norway. Public domain image

Berlin 1937 - Norway. Public domain image

Beskrivelse:Pyntede gater i Berlin, Arbeidets dag (1. mai)/ Berlins 700 års jubileum. Store folkemengder, flagg med hakekors..Fotograf: Thomas Neumann.År: 1937.Kamera: Leica.Film: Agfa color neu.Arkivreferanse:... More

Krijgsgevangen Duitsers - Rijksmuseum public domain dedication image

Krijgsgevangen Duitsers - Rijksmuseum public domain dedication image

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

Col. N. Butler Briscoe (sitting at center), commander

Col. N. Butler Briscoe (sitting at center), commander

Col. N. Butler Briscoe (sitting at center), commander of Fort Knox, shares a light moment with officers from newly arrived Black WAC officers at Fort Knox, Kentucky, in 1943. Vera Harrison is suspected of being... More

Post Library card - National Parks Gallery

Post Library card - National Parks Gallery

Images from Walter Dalegowski A postcard from the library. A library card with a stamp and a number of stamps. Public domain postcard scan.

This girl in a glass house is putting finishing touches on the bombardier nose section of a B-17F navy bomber, Long Beach, Calif. She's one of many capable women workers in the Douglas Aircraft Company plant. Better known as the "Flying Fortress," the B-17F is a later model of the B-17 which distinguished itself in action in the South Pacific, over Germany and elsewhere. It is a long range, high altitude heavy bomber, with a crew of seven to nine men, and with armament sufficient to defend itself on daylight missions

This girl in a glass house is putting finishing touches on the bombard...

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

Barrage balloon, Parris Island, S.C

Barrage balloon, Parris Island, S.C

12002-32. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More

Production of B-24 bombers and C-87 transports, Consolidated Aircraft Corp., Fort Worth, Texas. Cabbie Coleman, former housewife, works at western aircraft plant. Installing of oxygen racks above the flight deck

Production of B-24 bombers and C-87 transports, Consolidated Aircraft ...

12002-19. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More

Manufacture of self-sealing gas tanks, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio

Manufacture of self-sealing gas tanks, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., A...

Photograph shows woman ironing. Public domain reproduction of art deco poster, cover, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Colored mechanic, motor maintenance section, Ft. Knox, Ky.

Colored mechanic, motor maintenance section, Ft. Knox, Ky.

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

Riveters at work on fuselage of Liberator Bomber, Consolidated Aircraft Corp., Fort Worth, Texas

Riveters at work on fuselage of Liberator Bomber, Consolidated Aircraf...

12002-19. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More

Mexican pecan workers waiting at union hall for assignment to work. San Antonio, Texas

Mexican pecan workers waiting at union hall for assignment to work. Sa...

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

Light tanks, Fort Knox, Ky. - A couple of tanks driving down a dirt road

Light tanks, Fort Knox, Ky. - A couple of tanks driving down a dirt ro...

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 standing next to a horse, Packing a horse. Bozeman, Montana

A black and white photo of a man standing next to a horse, Packing a h...

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

Aloha dinner menu - National Parks Gallery

Aloha dinner menu - National Parks Gallery

1941 menu from the transport ship USS President Cleveland, upon arrival in Kodiak, AK.

Mrs. Eloise J. Ellis has been appointed by civil service to be senior supervisor in the Assembly and Repairs Department at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas. She buoys up feminine morale in her department by arranging suitable living conditions for out-of-state employees and by helping them with their personal problems

Mrs. Eloise J. Ellis has been appointed by civil service to be senior ...

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

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

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

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

"The Walkers Club." Eight U.S. airmen in China who were forced down behind the Japanese lines. After a period of eight weeks and many narrow escapes of contacts with enemy patrols, they reached their bases. Left to right, standing: Major Grant Mahoney, Vallejo, California; Colonel Bruce Hollaway, Knoxville, Tennessee; Captain J.O. Wellborn, Daingerfield, Texas; Lieutenant C.C. Moody, Blytheville, Arkansas; Kneeling: Lieutenant Morton Sher, Greenville, South Carolina; Lieutenant C.C. Vaughn, Pearsall, Texas; Lieutenant R. Durell, Scarbrough, Hudson, New York; Lieutenant M.D. Marks, Bayonne, New Jersey

"The Walkers Club." Eight U.S. airmen in China who were forced down be...

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

World War II (WWII) area photograph of US Marine Corps (USMC) Major (MAJ), Hyde Phillips, taken November 18, 1943. MAJ Phillips is an Ace Pilot credited with 5 kills

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

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

India in the war. Indian soldiers in action before the capture of Keren. This gun hurled approximately 24,000 shells a day. Note the shadow of camouflage on the field gun

India in the war. Indian soldiers in action before the capture of Kere...

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

Etappen- en verkeersdienst 1939-1940

Etappen- en verkeersdienst 1939-1940

Herdenkingsbord met schuine oplopende rand waarop allerlei symbolen in donkerblauw. In het midden van het vlak: nederlandse leeuw op vier-puntige ster. Gedeelte van het merk is achter sticker met: Bord No. 568 ... More

In celebration of the 228th Marine Corps Birthday, a US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine wears a World War II (WWII) era uniform, holding a facsimile of a .45 Thompson SMG M1A1 sub-machine gun, as part of the historical period uniform pageant, held aboard Marine Corps Base (MCB) Quantico

In celebration of the 228th Marine Corps Birthday, a US Marine Corps (...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base, Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: CPL Christopher M. Tirado, USMC ... More

Duitse tank en ambulance - Automobiles of 1940s

Duitse tank en ambulance - Automobiles of 1940s

In een straat staat een tank met Duitse soldaten, infanteristen, er op en er naast. Naast de tank een Duitse soldaat op een motor met zijspan, een motorordonnans. Links van de tank een ambulance met het opschri... More

Front porch of sharecropper home. Etowah County, Alabama

Front porch of sharecropper home. Etowah County, Alabama

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Groep Wehrmachtsoldaten in een stad

Groep Wehrmachtsoldaten in een stad

Een groep leden van de Wehrmacht, zeven man, poseert voor een houten schutting ergens in een stad.

Besuch bei Oberstleutnant Schröder

Besuch bei Oberstleutnant Schröder

RAFA-3309 U71_0176..Vil du bla i albumet, kan du gjøre det i Digitalarkivet: arkivverket.no/URN:db_read/db/13188/2/?size=medium&mo... ( http://arkivverket.no/URN:db_read/db/13188/2/?size=medium&mode=0 ) ..If yo... More

Ship’s mascots on HMAS Sydney 1940

Ship’s mascots on HMAS Sydney 1940

ID Number: 002452 ..Aboard HMAS Sydney are two ships mascots who don't agree: Able Seaman J. T. Walker with his pup "Shrapnel" and Able Seaman Gamble with his cat "Salvo"...Rights Info: No known copyright res... More

Lineman on telephone pole at the Casa Grande Valley Farms, Pinal County, Arizona

Lineman on telephone pole at the Casa Grande Valley Farms, Pinal Count...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

World War II (WWII) area photograph of US Marine Corps (USMC) First Lieutenant (1LT) Wallace E. Sigler, taken at Guadalcanal, May 9, 1943. 1LT Sigler is an ace pilot and is credited with 5 kills

World War II (WWII) area photograph of US Marine Corps (USMC) First Li...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: Guadalcanal Country: Solomon Islands (SLB) Scene Camera Operator: SGT E. Hart Jr, Usmc Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Serv... More

At twilight, the Washington Monument is framed between two pillars adorned with oak and wheat bronze wreaths at the newly completed National World War II Memorial, in the Washington, District of Columbia, honoring military veterans of World War II

At twilight, the Washington Monument is framed between two pillars ado...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Daniel J. Mclain, USN Release Status: Released to P... More

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

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

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

Wehrmacht militairen, telegrafisten

Wehrmacht militairen, telegrafisten

Twee Wehrmacht militairen, telegrafisten, liggen op de grond tussen wat bosjes. Een heeft een koptelefoon op.

World War II era planes fly over Washington, D.C.,

World War II era planes fly over Washington, D.C.,

World War II era planes fly over Washington, D.C., on the anniversary of Victory in Europe Day, viewed from Arlington House in Arlington National Cemetery, May 8, 2015, in Arlington, Va. The WWII aircraft are a... More

A black and white photo of two boys playing baseball, Shooting marbles, Woodbine, Iowa

A black and white photo of two boys playing baseball, Shooting marbles...

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

Convoy. Sailing with their sterns to the rising sun, ships of an American convoy set out for the Southwest Pacific. Ships like these and the naval vessels and planes that accompany them are maintaining the "bridges of boats" that link us with our far- flung battle fronts

Convoy. Sailing with their sterns to the rising sun, ships of an Ameri...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Image source: Official U.S. Navy photo from OWI. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Ove... More

A group of men standing next to each other FSA/OWI - Farm security administration and Office of War Information photograph.

A group of men standing next to each other FSA/OWI - Farm security adm...

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

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...

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

Dick Lee's machine shop crew at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory during World War II. Morgue 1944-73 (P-1). Taken approximately between 1941 and 1945. [Photographer: Donald Cooksey]

Dick Lee's machine shop crew at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory during Wo...

Photographs Documenting Scientists, Special Events, and Nuclear Research Facilities, Instruments, and Projects at the Berkeley Lab

World War II (WWII) area photograph of US Marine Corps (USMC) First Lieutenant (1LT) Frank H. Presley, taken at Guadalcanal. 1LT Presley is an ace pilot and is credited with 6 kills. His hometown is Encinitas, California (CA)

World War II (WWII) area photograph of US Marine Corps (USMC) First Li...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: Guadalcanal Country: Solomon Islands (SLB) Scene Camera Operator: MAJ Onenken, Usmc Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service... More

[Bikini attol (in the Pacific ocean). Aerial view of clouds raised by test explosion of an atomic bomb]

[Bikini attol (in the Pacific ocean). Aerial view of clouds raised by ...

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

A group of people standing around a tent - FSA / Office of War Information Photograph

A group of people standing around a tent - FSA / Office of War Informa...

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

At the "hopper" end of the grader at Camden, North Carolina station

At the "hopper" end of the grader at Camden, North Carolina station

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

All toll, 3,812 Americans who fought during World War II are buried here at the Madingley American Cemetery near the city of Cambridge in England (ENG)

All toll, 3,812 Americans who fought during World War II are buried he...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Cambridge Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: AMN Christopher Walkenhorst USAF Releas... More

Harvesting time at a collective farm in the USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics). A sixty-year-old collective farmer and her granddaughter

Harvesting time at a collective farm in the USSR (Union of Soviet Soci...

Image source: Sovfoto New York, no. A-46547. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More informa... More

Wehrmacht militair aan het strand

Wehrmacht militair aan het strand

Een Wehrmacht militair staat op een duin dicht bij het strand, rechts van hem staat iemand met een schep. Op het strand zijn mensen bezig iets aan te leggen. Vermoedelijk staat het in verband met de Atlantikwal... More

Pearl Harbor Attack, National Memorial - USS Arizona burning

Pearl Harbor Attack, National Memorial - USS Arizona burning

USS Arizona burning as photographed by Capt. Eric Haakensen from USS Solace, December 7, 1941.

Wehrmacht militairen bij de veldkeuken

Wehrmacht militairen bij de veldkeuken

Een groep Duitse militairen staan te wachten bij een gebouw met borden in hun hand, de veldkeuken. Een draagt een helm. Achterop staat: In Holland. Mittags bei der Feldküche.

Bombing Target Sites on the Quabbin Reservoir in Massachusetts

Bombing Target Sites on the Quabbin Reservoir in Massachusetts

This map outlines the areas of the Quabbin Reservoir used as dive bombing targets during World War II. Property Disposal Files

First Army photos of the bombing of Hickam Field, Hawaii, Dec. 7, 1941. Wreckage of barracks from parade ground off Hangar Ave.

First Army photos of the bombing of Hickam Field, Hawaii, Dec. 7, 1941...

Photoprint by U.S. Army Signal Corps. SC-127030. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: U.S. History December 7, 1941; Geogr.

Wehrmacht soldaten op het station

Wehrmacht soldaten op het station

Twee Wehrmacht soldaten staan op het perron van een station. Achter hen een trein. De linker rookt een sigaret. Achterop staat: In Holland. 15.5.41. Auf dem Bahnhof in Dordrecht

Deutsches U-boot versenkt englischen frachtdampfer / Adolf Bock 1941.

Deutsches U-boot versenkt englischen frachtdampfer / Adolf Bock 1941.

Print shows German sailors standing on the conning tower of a u-boat after sinking a British cargo ship. Original signed in lower left. Forms part of: Third Reich Collection (Library of Congress).

Photograph of a B-26 Martin Marauder Giving Cover to the Landing Craft on the Beaches of France

Photograph of a B-26 Martin Marauder Giving Cover to the Landing Craft...

Original caption: One of the many B-26 Martin Marauders of the 9th AF is shown over the coast of France during the early morning giving a cover to the landing craft shown on the beaches below. These hard-hitti... More

Six hundred Japanese leave Singapore

Six hundred Japanese leave Singapore

Photograph shows Japanese nationals preparing to evacuate Singapore on their way back to Japan.

Photograph of Map of Pearl Harbor - Public domain map

Photograph of Map of Pearl Harbor - Public domain map

Original caption: Map of Pearl Harbor, one of approximately 40 new pictures of combat action during first six months of Pacific war, released in connection with publication of "Battle Report" by Comdr. Walter K... More

Photograph of Captured Japanese Two-Man Submarine at Bellows Field after the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor

Photograph of Captured Japanese Two-Man Submarine at Bellows Field aft...

Original caption: Captured Japanese two-man submarine at Bellows Field, T.H. after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7 1941. General Photographic File of the Department of Navy

Photograph of Burning and Damaged Ships at Pearl Harbor

Photograph of Burning and Damaged Ships at Pearl Harbor

Original caption: Burning and damaged ships at Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7 1941. General Photographic File of the Department of Navy

Photograph of the USS West Virginia and the USS Tennessee after the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor

Photograph of the USS West Virginia and the USS Tennessee after the Ja...

Original caption: The USS West Virginia (BB45) and the USS Tennessee (BB43) after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7 1941. General Photographic File of the Department of Navy

Photograph of USS Arizona Burns at Pearl Harbor after Japanese Attack

Photograph of USS Arizona Burns at Pearl Harbor after Japanese Attack

Original caption: USS Arizona burns at Pearl Harbor after Japanese attack. General Photographic File of the Department of Navy

Photograph of General View of the House Of Representatives in Washington

Photograph of General View of the House Of Representatives in Washingt...

Original caption: General view of the House of Representatives in Washington, December 8, 1941 as President Roosevelt asked for a declaration of war against Japan. ... More

Photograph of President Franklin D. Roosevelt Signing the Declaration of War Against Japan

Photograph of President Franklin D. Roosevelt Signing the Declaration ...

Original caption: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signing the declaration of war against Japan. Photographs of Notable Personalities

[Factory worker testing a rifle] Battle Begins With Your Job. Do It Right.

[Factory worker testing a rifle] Battle Begins With Your Job. Do It Ri...

Original Artwork for World War II Posters Public domain photograph - United States military, propaganda free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

1942 American Red Cross Canteen Corps

1942 American Red Cross Canteen Corps

[typewritten note taped to back of photograph:].American Red Cross Canteen Corps. World War II..Left to right:.Bottom row:Felice Slovene, Lil Becker Diamonstein, Sophia Elserman-Fleischer, Brunette Eisenman Kau... More

Talk Is Not Cheap.  Loose Talk Can Cost Lives [R.B. Yelie]

Talk Is Not Cheap. Loose Talk Can Cost Lives [R.B. Yelie]

Original Artwork for World War II Posters Public domain photograph related to World War Two, Navy ships, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Los Angeles, California. The evacuation of Japanese-Americans from West Coast areas under U.S. Army war emergency order. Japanese-American family waiting for train to take them to Owens Valley

Los Angeles, California. The evacuation of Japanese-Americans from Wes...

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

Los Angeles County, California. Furniture of a Japanese farmer who faces evacuation from West coast area under United States Army war emergency order. This farmer will try to sell his belongings; failing in that, he can store his goods, either privately or in a government warehouse

Los Angeles County, California. Furniture of a Japanese farmer who fac...

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

Official pictures of meeting of Stalin, Churchill, Harriman. These are the first official pictures released in the United States of the recent meetings of Premier I.V. Stalin, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; Prime Minister Winston Churchill of Britain; and W. Averrell Harriman, representing President Roosevelt. The three men met in the middle of August, 1942, at the request of the Soviet leader, and held a series of conversations concerned with the future conduct of the war. Also present was V.M. Molotov, Peoples' Commissar for Foreign Affairs, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. The meetings lasted four days. Left to right, foreground: Molotov greeting Churchill at Moscow civil airport. Man in background is the interpreter

Official pictures of meeting of Stalin, Churchill, Harriman. These are...

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

Office equipment used by the War Production Board (WPB). Transcription automatic typewriter unit for the WPB correspondence. These machines in operation are some of the twenty dictator transcribing machines. This unit turns out almost 4,000 letters weekly

Office equipment used by the War Production Board (WPB). Transcription...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Washington DC during the First World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Bowl Them Over.  MORE PRODUCTION. (Information on cover sheet: War Production Board, Washington, D.C. A-16.  There is a revision piece.)

Bowl Them Over. MORE PRODUCTION. (Information on cover sheet: War Pro...

Original Artwork for World War II Posters Public domain photograph of a poster, United States government propaganda, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Transformer manufacture. Nimble fingers are essential to rapid and skilled winding of coils for distribution transformers; for this reason, women are often preferred for the job. Production of these coils has been stepped up enormously due to the war production program. Westinghouse, Sharon, Pennsylvania

Transformer manufacture. Nimble fingers are essential to rapid and ski...

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

Kinda give it your personal attention, will you?  MORE PRODUCTION [Roese]

Kinda give it your personal attention, will you? MORE PRODUCTION [Roe...

Original Artwork for World War II Posters Public domain scan of World War Two propaganda poster, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

UNITED We Are Strong.  United We Will Win.  OWI Poster No. 64. [Koerner]

UNITED We Are Strong. United We Will Win. OWI Poster No. 64. [Koerne...

Original Artwork for World War II Posters Public domain photograph - United States military, propaganda free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

"Today We Own Germany-and Tomorrow the Whole World"-Storm Troopers Song.  What Do You Say America?

"Today We Own Germany-and Tomorrow the Whole World"-Storm Troopers Son...

Original Artwork for World War II Posters Public domain photograph related to Nazi Germany, World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

For Victory!  June 14 - United Nations Day [Jan Clausing]

For Victory! June 14 - United Nations Day [Jan Clausing]

Original Artwork for World War II Posters Public domain photograph of a poster, United States government propaganda, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

In commemoration of the Battle of Midway, fought June 4-7, 1942.

In commemoration of the Battle of Midway, fought June 4-7, 1942.

PACIFIC OCEAN (May. 02, 2011) In commemoration of the Battle of Midway, fought June 4-7, 1942. The U.S. Navy effectively destroyed Japan's naval strength by sinking four of its aircraft carriers. It is consider... More

Fort Riley, Kansas. Soldier of a cavalry rifle unit going through a smokescreen during a field problem

Fort Riley, Kansas. Soldier of a cavalry rifle unit going through a sm...

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

[Family (father, mother, daughter and the family dog) planting a Victory garden ] [Hurst]

[Family (father, mother, daughter and the family dog) planting a Victo...

Original Artwork for World War II Posters Public domain photograph of a poster, United States government propaganda, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Lend-Lease to Britain. Fitters are at work assembling an American light tank which has just arrived at an English ordnance depot from the United States as part of a lend-lease shipment

Lend-Lease to Britain. Fitters are at work assembling an American ligh...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Image source: British official photo; BO-16047-3. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Ov... More

We here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain.. remember Dec. 7th!

We here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain.. r...

Tattered American flag flies at half mast in front of black smoke and flames. Quote, "We here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain," is from Lincoln's Gettysburg address. Courtesy of Bosto... More

Chicago, Illinois. High school students at the monument in honor of Negro soldiers killed in World War I

Chicago, Illinois. High school students at the monument in honor of Ne...

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Production. B-24E (Liberator) bombers at Willow Run. Looking up one of the assembly lines at Ford's big Willow Run plant, where B-24E (Liberator) bombers are being made in great numbers. The Liberator is capable of operation at high altitudes and over great ranges on precision bombing missions. It has proved itself an excellent performer in the Pacific, in Northern Africa, Europe and the Aleutians. Ford's Willow Run Plant, Michigan

Production. B-24E (Liberator) bombers at Willow Run. Looking up one of...

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[German soldier looking on as man is hanged and two small children comfort each other]

[German soldier looking on as man is hanged and two small children com...

Original Artwork for World War II Posters Public domain photograph related to World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A mounted scout on the western front in the USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)

A mounted scout on the western front in the USSR (Union of Soviet Soci...

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Conversion. Auto radiators to army helmets. Steel helmets for the Army. Continuous chain conveyors in the stamping department of a converted auto radiator plant where presses form helmets from sheet steel and trim them at the edges. McCool Radiator Company, Detroit, Michigan

Conversion. Auto radiators to army helmets. Steel helmets for the Army...

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The victory war map - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection

The victory war map - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection

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Little Girl. American Mennonite in France, 1940s.

Little Girl. American Mennonite in France, 1940s.

Unidentified photograph...Citation: Lois Gunden Clemens Photograph Collection. France, 1941-1942. HM1-926 Box 1 Folder 9. Mennonite Church USA Archives - Goshen. Goshen, Indiana.

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