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A black and white photo of two men with a wheelbarrow. Office of War Information Photograph

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Title and other information from print in lot.

Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.

More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi

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Film copy on SIS roll 14, frame 2048.

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ohio river nitrate negatives lot 845 arthur s siegel towboat charles ultra high resolution high resolution office of war information farm security administration united states history library of congress
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01/01/1943
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ohio river
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No known restrictions. For information, see U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black & White Photographs http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/071_fsab.html

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A group of people sitting around a fire. America during Great Depression and World War Two. FSA / OWI Photograph.

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Civilian defense in the United States

The captain of the Charles T. Campbell, a coal-burning towboat on its way down the Ohio River near Gallipolis, Ohio

Tire recapping. A recap job on a passenger car tire. The tire with a tread strip of reclaimed camelback rubber is put into a curing mold. The old tread surface had previously been ground down evenly and coated with rubber adhesive. The plan to recap passenger tires with reclaimed rubber camelback, approved by rubber director William M. Jeffers, was put into effect in February 1943 to reduce the demand for replacement tires and still keep civilian cars in service

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Central tower from which materials are distributed for construction of Shasta Dam. Shasta County, California

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ohio river nitrate negatives lot 845 arthur s siegel towboat charles ultra high resolution high resolution office of war information farm security administration united states history library of congress