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A black and white photo of two men standing in front of a truck. Great Depression FSA photogpraph

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a worker, construction, carpenter, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

At work on prefabricated house, Roanoke Farms, North Carolina

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Negro farmers at community warehouse. Roanoke Farms, North Carolina

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Community center in white settlement of Roanoke Farms, North Carolina

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A couple of men standing on top of a wooden platform, North Carolina. Farm Security Administration photograph

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A black and white photo of men working on wood, North Carolina. Farm Security Administration photograph

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Project farmer in front of smokehouse. Roanoke Farms, North Carolina

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Farmers going home with cotton seed which has been bought cooperatively at Roanoke Farms, North Carolina

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A black and white photo of a man and a dog, North Carolina. Farm Security Administration photograph

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A black and white photo of a man holding a saw, North Carolina. Farm Security Administration photograph

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Barn on Roanoke Farms Project, North Carolina

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Farmer driving his mule team to community warehouse where he will get cotton seed and other supplies which have been bought cooperatively. Roanoke Farms, North Carolina

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New house added onto old houses, Roanoke Farms Project, North Carolina

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

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Farmer plowing. Roanoke County, Virginia

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Farmer plowing cut-over land. Roanoke County, Virginia

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Farmer plowing cut-over land. Roanoke County, Virginia

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Farmer near Roanoke, Virginia - safety film negatives, Library of Congress

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

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Manpower, junior size. "After this old tire's been done over, it will make twelve gas masks. Just think! You'll save the lives of twelve soldiers!" These fifth graders in the Gainsboro Elementary School in Roanoke, Virginia had been gathering scrap on their own, even before the junior commandos were organized there. Eagerly, they listen to teacher Nettie Traynham tell them that now--along with thirty-million other young Americans--they are part of America's junior army to collect scrap for our fighting men

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An old black and white photo of a family riding in a horse drawn carriage. Office of War Information Photograph

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944 More

Manpower, junior size. What's a home without its sidewalk scrap pile? Junior commandos of Roanoke, Virginia see to it that each home has given enough scrap to make the scrap collectors monthly visit worthwhile. When the truck appears, every youngster in the neighborhood pitches in to help load it

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a car, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Manpower, junior size. Mild-looking little girls of Roanoke, Virginia, but they are "scrappers for victory." The little sisters of our fighting men back up their big brothers at the front by joining America's junior army. These fifth graders receive final instructions from their teacher on the scrap collection drive

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, politician, meeting, civil rights movement, African Americans, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Salvage. School children get in the scrap. The school children of America were officially organized for a nationwide salvage program starting on Monday, October 5, 1942. The children are going into the field as a junior army engaged in a major campaign for victory. Plans included the laying out of definite areas in each community to be assigned to specific groups of children. Plans were also made for holding meetings, collecting scrap, storing it and getting it to central points for shipment. Roanoke, Virginia has already gotten its program underway. This is one of the first official pictures of the school salvage campaign (taken in Roanoke where it is actually in operation) and it presents a fair sample of what is taking place all over the country. This picture shows children receiving instructions in school, after which they will be made lieutenants, sergeants, corporals, etc., and undertake the actual collection of scrap metal, rubber, fats and greases

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, politician, meeting, civil rights movement, African Americans, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of two girls sitting on the floor. Office of War Information Photograph

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Manpower, junior size. The third front--unified, enthusiastic, patriotic--banded together where there are no sides but "our side." School children in Roanoke, Virginia listened eagerly as speakers explained to them the work of the junior commandos

Picryl description: Public domain image of a school, preschool, children, education, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Manpower, junior size. "Who wants to be a junior commando?" teacher asks. Willing hands shoot up and eager voices cry "Yes!" Everyone in this Roanoke, Virginia class wants to be one of the thirty-million children banding together throughout the United States to form America's junior army, young fighters to collect scrap for ammunition

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Divisi More

Salvage. School children get in the scrap. The school children of America were officially organized for a nationwide salvage program starting on Monday, October 5, 1942. The children are going into the field as a junior army engaged in a major campaign for victory. Plans included the laying out of definite areas in each community to be assigned to specific groups of children. Plans were also made for holding meetings, collecting scrap, storing it and getting it to central points for shipment. Roanoke, Virginia has already gotten its program underway. This is one of the first official pictures of the school salvage campaign (taken in Roanoke where it is actually in operation) and it presents a fair sample of what is taking place all over the country. This picture shows children receiving instructions in school, after which they will be made lieutenants, sergeants, corporals, etc., and undertake the actual collection of scrap metal, rubber, fats and greases

Picryl description: Public domain image of a classroom, college auditorium, school, students, teacher, teaching, studying, education, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Manpower, junior size. What's a home without its sidewalk scrap pile? Junior commandos of Roanoke, Virginia see to it that each home has given enough scrap to make the scrap collectors monthly visit worthwhile. When the truck appears, every youngster in the neighborhood pitches in to help load it

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a car, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Manpower, junior size. Soldiers without uniforms but determined home front fighters, nevertheless. These newly appointed junior commandos of Roanoke, Virginia, are so eager to get into the "scrap" that not even a heavy rain can stop them from work. They map plans for the distribution of leaflets on their block to inform housewives that the "Scrap for Victory" campaign is on

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War More

A black and white photo of a woman holding a camera. Office of War Information Photograph

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944 More

A black and white photo of a man shaking hands with children. Office of War Information Photograph

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Manpower, junior size. Door-to-door salesmen for their Uncle Sam, these Roanoke, Virginia youngsters are scouring the neighborhoods for scrap metal and rubber which will be processed into vital war materials

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Manpower, junior size. The charge of the scrap brigade in Roanoke, Virginia includes such methods of collection as this pony cart. The patriotic and energetic youngsters of the town are making an all-out effort to corner every available piece of scrap in the city, so that their soldier and sailor brothers will have the shells, guns, and tanks with which to beat the Axis

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a car, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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

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

Manpower, junior size. A couple of husky junior commandos add to a neighborhood scrap pile in Roanoke, Virginia. Bedsprings, coal buckets, bird cages, stoves--no piece of unused metal is safe from the hands of these patriotic youngsters, who are out to see that their older brothers in the armed forces have the guns, ships, and ammunition they need to beat the Axis

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a worker, construction, carpenter, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A man standing next to a horse drawn carriage. Office of War Information Photograph

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944 More

Manpower, junior size. What's a home without its sidewalk scrap pile? Junior commandos of Roanoke, Virginia see to it that each home has given enough scrap to make the scrap collectors monthly visit worthwhile. When the truck appears, every youngster in the neighborhood pitches in to help load it

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

Manpower, junior size. She's put her playthings aside for a more important game. This Roanoke, Virginia youngster is one of America's thousands of school age boys and girls who are self-appointed scrap collectors for the duration

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A black and white photo of two women with umbrellas. Office of War Information Photograph

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Divisi More

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Manpower, junior size. Her arms are full of shells and guns and parts for ships and tanks. One of the Roanoke, Virginia junior commandos, this youngster has collected every piece of scrap in the neighborhood to help make armaments to beat the Axis

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

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Manpower, junior size. Junior commando spirits ran high when children of all creeds and colors sang together the national anthem. Roanoke, Virginia school children took the initiative in mobilizing the first intensified junior commando organization to collect scrap for America's fighting forces

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A black and white photo of a boy and a girl. Office of War Information Photograph

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944 More

Manpower, junior size. What's a home without its sidewalk scrap pile? Junior commandos of Roanoke, Virginia see to it that each home has given enough scrap to make the scrap collectors monthly visit worthwhile. When the truck appears, every youngster in the neighborhood pitches in to help load it

Picryl description: Public domain image of military vehicle, automobile, tractor truck, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Manpower, junior size. It takes a good right arm to collect all the household scrap that's needed for the nation's armaments, and these Roanoke, Virginia youngsters have just what it takes. Note the badge on the boy's collar; it reads "Lieutenant: Junior Commando Salvage Drive"

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Manpower, junior size. "Helping Uncle Sam is the best possible work for you," Mrs. Bertha Traynham, an evangelist, tells her grandchildren, junior commandos in Roanoke, Virginia. The children have brought her leaflets explaining the necessity of the scrap collection drive

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Divisi More

Manpower, junior size. Soldiers without uniforms but determined home front fighters, nevertheless. These newly appointed junior commandos of Roanoke, Virginia, are so eager to get into the "scrap" that not even a heavy rain can stop them from work. They map plans for the distribution of leaflets on their block to inform housewives that the "Scrap for Victory" campaign is on

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Manpower, junior size. Soldiers without uniforms, but home front fighters nevertheless. Newly appointed junior commandos of Roanoke, Virginia, receive instructions for collecting scrap, following a star-spangled rally launching the campaign

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Manpower, junior size. Too young to help? Not the youngsters of Roanoke, Virginia. They're out to win the war by gathering up every piece of scrap metal, every bit of worn out rubber, and all waste fats and greases in the town

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Manpower, junior size. The charge of the scrap brigade in Roanoke, Virginia includes such methods of collection as this pony cart. The patriotic and energetic youngsters of the town are making an all-out effort to corner every available piece of scrap in the city, so that their soldier and sailor brothers will have the shells, guns, and tanks with which to beat the Axis

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Manpower, junior size. Johnny's got a man-sized job for the duration. His role in this war is a vital one, for every bit of household scrap must be collected to feed America's wartime steel furnaces. Like this Roanoke, Virginia youngster, boys and girls from coast to coast are organizing into squads to collect all available neighborhood scrap

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Manpower, junior size. "Who wants to be a junior commando?" teacher asks. Willing hands shoot up and eager voices cry "Yes!" Everyone in this Roanoke, Virginia class wants to be one of the thirty-million children banding together throughout the United States to form America's junior army, young fighters to collect scrap for ammunition

Picryl description: Public domain image of children in poverty during the Great Depression, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Manpower, junior size. Johnny's got a man-sized job for the duration. His role in this war is a vital one, for every bit of household scrap must be collected to feed America's wartime steel furnaces. Like this Roanoke, Virginia youngster, boys and girls from coast to coast are organizing into squads to collect all available neighborhood scrap

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Manpower, junior size. This gingham-clad member of the nation's junior army, in Roanoke, Virginia, would rather rummage through a musty attic for scrap rubber and metal than play hopscotch-- when her country needs all the scrap that she and thirty-million other school children can collect

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A group of people standing in front of a building. Office of War Information Photograph

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944 More

Manpower, junior size. Discussing the best ways to collect the maximum of scrap from the neighborhood, Mrs. Bertha Traynham of Roanoke, Virginia finds that her young grandson is well informed about locations of the most productive garrets and cellars. An evangelist, Mrs. Traynham promises to help the drive by talking about it at her meetings

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Divisi More

A black and white photo of two boys looking at a suitcase. Office of War Information Photograph

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944 More

Manpower, junior size. It takes a good right arm to collect all the household scrap that's needed for the nation's armaments, and these Roanoke, Virginia youngsters have just what it takes. Note the badge on the boy's collar; it reads: "Lieutenant: Junior Commando Salvage Drive"

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Manpower, junior size. The charge of the scrap brigade in Roanoke, Virginia includes such methods of collection as this pony cart. The patriotic and energetic youngsters of the town are making an all-out effort to corner every available piece of scrap in the city, so that their soldier and sailor brothers will have the shells, guns, and tanks with which to beat the Axis

Picryl description: Public domain image of a cart, carriage, wagon, chariot, 18th-19th century design, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Manpower, junior size. Saturday's a holiday for most of the nation's small-fries, but to these youngsters of Roanoke, Virginia, it's fat collection day. As part of their junior commando activities, these boys and girls collect all fats and greases from local housewives during the week, and turn it over to school authorities on Saturday. From here, the fats are sent to a rendering plant where precious glycerin will be derived from it

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

Manpower, junior size. She's put her playthings aside for a more important game. This Roanoke, Virginia youngster is one of America's thousands of school age boys and girls who are self-appointed scrap collectors for the duration

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

Manpower, junior size. "Helping Uncle Sam is the best possible work for you," Mrs. Bertha Traynham, an evangelist, tells her grandchildren, junior commandos in Roanoke, Virginia. The children have brought her leaflets explaining the necessity of the scrap collection drive

Picryl description: Public domain image of children in poverty during the Great Depression, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Manpower, junior size. The charge of the scrap brigade in Roanoke, Virginia includes such methods of collection as this pony cart. The patriotic and energetic youngsters of the town are making an all-out effort to corner every available piece of scrap in the city, so that their soldier and sailor brothers will have the shells, guns, and tanks with which to beat the Axis

Picryl description: Public domain image of a cart, carriage, wagon, 18th-19th century design, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Manpower, junior size. A couple of husky junior commandos add to a neighborhood scrap pile in Roanoke, Virginia. Bedsprings, coal buckets, bird cages, stoves--no piece of unused metal is safe from the hands of these patriotic youngsters, who are out to see that their older brothers in the armed forces have the guns, ships, and ammunition they need to beat the Axis

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

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

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

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

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A black and white photo of two women in a kitchen. Office of War Information Photograph

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Manpower, junior size. "Who wants to be a junior commando?" teacher asks. Willing hands shoot up and eager voices cry "Yes!" Everyone in this Roanoke, Virginia class wants to be one of the thirty-million children banding together throughout the United States to form America's junior army, young fighters to collect scrap for ammunition

Picryl description: Public domain image of a classroom, college auditorium, school, students, teaching, education, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Manpower, junior size. Saturday's a holiday for most of the nation's small-fries, but to these youngsters of Roanoke, Virginia, it's fat collection day. As part of their junior commando activities, these boys and girls collect all fats and greases from local housewives during the week, and turn it over to school authorities on Saturday. From here, the fats are sent to a rendering plant where precious glycerin will be derived from it

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Manpower, junior size. Too young to help? Not the youngsters of Roanoke, Virginia. They're out to win the war by gathering up every piece of scrap metal, every bit of worn-out rubber, and all waste fats and greases in the town

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Manpower, junior size. The charge of the scrap brigade in Roanoke, Virginia includes such methods of collection as this pony cart. The patriotic and energetic youngsters of the town are making an all-out effort to corner every available piece of scrap in the city, so that their soldier and sailor brothers will have the shells, guns, and tanks with which to beat the Axis

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a car, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Manpower, junior size. Junior commandos of Roanoke, Virginia, follow up on their fat collection drive with a visit to the local rendering plant to see what happens to the household fats they have collected during the week. They're learning firsthand how explosives are derived from bacon grease and meat fats

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944 More

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

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

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

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944 More

Manpower, junior size. Notes from parents giving permission to their sons and daughters to join the Roanoke, Virginia junior army are received by teacher Doris Jordan. Now these newly appointed junior commandos are ready to collect scrap for victory

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Manpower, junior size. Discussing the best ways to collect the maximum of scrap from the neighborhood, Mrs. Bertha Traynham of Roanoke, Virginia finds that her young grandson is well informed about locations of the most productive garrets and cellars. An evangelist, Mrs. Traynham promises to help the drive by talking about it at her meetings

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, politician, meeting, civil rights movement, African Americans, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Manpower, junior size. Too young to help? Not the youngsters of Roanoke, Virginia. They're out to win the war by gathering up every piece of scrap metal, every bit of worn out rubber, and all waste fats and greases in the town

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Manpower, junior size. Any fats today? This Roanoke, Virginia fourth grader collects waste fats from each house in his neighborhood and brings it to school every Saturday morning. The collected ingredients of fats are sent to the local rendering plant for processing into glycerine--vital ingredient of explosives

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

Manpower, junior size. A mild-mannered little girl--she looks as though she would rather tuck her baby doll into bed than toss old iron into a waiting scrap truck. But along with thirty-million other young Americans, she is a "scrapper for victory" and is spending her days gathering scrap for Uncle Sam's fighting men

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Divisi More

Manpower, junior size. These hardy determined young fighters of the Jamison Elementary School in Roanoke, Virginia, are bent upon doing their best as members of Uncle Sam's newest home front fighting team, the junior army. Their teacher is explaining the seriousness of Uncle Sam's scrap metal, rubber, and fats shortage and how they are to be mobilized to collect this vital scrap

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Manpower, junior size. Two barefoot junior commandos in Roanoke, Virginia, wriggle their toes with delight as they study their instructions for collecting scrap for Uncle Sam's great army. Directions for the scrap collection were given to the children at the huge star-spangled rally that launched the campaign

Picryl description: Public domain image of children of farmers, migrant workers, Great Depression era, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Salvage. School children get in the scrap. The school children of America were officially organized for a nationwide salvage program starting on Monday, October 5, 1942. The children are going into the field as a junior army engaged in a major campaign for victory. Plans included the laying out of definite areas in each community to be assigned to specific groups of children. Plans were also made for holding meetings, collecting scrap, storing it and getting it to central points for shipment. Roanoke, Virginia has already gotten its program underway. This picture shows scrap being dug out of an attic by the "junior commandos"

Picryl description: Public domain image of a school, preschool, children, education, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Manpower, junior size. Proud young fighters in Uncle Sam's junior army visit a scrap yard in Roanoke, Virginia to see for themselves what happens to the scrap they collect for our war industries. One of the workers explains to the children how the acetylene torch he holds cuts heavy metal into the shapes required for melting by the steel mills

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Manpower, junior size. Notes from parents giving permission to their sons and daughters to join the Roanoke, Virginia junior army are received by teacher Doris Jordan. Now these newly appointed junior commandos are ready to collect scrap for victory

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Divisi More

Manpower, junior size. Nobody played hookey the day teacher Doris Jordan at Jamison Elementary School explained how every pupil can help win the war. These Roanoke, Virginia youngsters, along with some thirty million other young Americans, are being mobilized into the nation's newest home front fighters, the junior army, to collect scrap for ammunition

Picryl description: Public domain image of a classroom, college auditorium, school, students, teacher, teaching, studying, education, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Manpower, junior size. Junior commandos of Roanoke, Virginia, follow up on their fat collection drive with a visit to the local rendering plant to see what happens to the household fats they have collected during the week. They're learning firsthand how explosives are derived from bacon grease and meat fats

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

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

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

Salvage. School children get in the scrap. The school children of America were officially organized for a nationwide salvage program starting on Monday, October 5, 1942. The children are going into the field as a junior army engaged in a major campaign for victory. Plans included the laying out of definite areas in each community to be assigned to specific groups of children. Plans were also made for holding meetings, collecting scrap, storing it and getting it to central points for shipment. Roanoke, Virginia has already gotten its program underway. This is one of the first official pictures of the school salvage campaign (taken in Roanoke where it is actually in operation) and it presents a fair sample of what is taking place all over the country. This picture shows children receiving instructions in school, after which they will be made lieutenants, sergeants, corporals, etc., and undertake the actual collection of scrap metal, rubber, fats and greases

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Divisi More

Manpower, junior size. The charge of the scrap brigade in Roanoke, Virginia includes such methods of collecting as this pony cart. The patriotic and energetic youngsters of the town are making an all-out effort to corner every available piece of scrap in the city, so that their soldier and sailor brothers will have the shells, guns, and tanks with which to beat the Axis

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a car, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a woman handing something to a boy. Office of War Information Photograph

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Divisi More

Manpower, junior size. "Any scrap for Uncle Sam?" Captain Charles Wentworth, a junior commando in Roanoke, Virginia, hands Mrs. John Farr a leaflet announcing the hunt for precious metal and rubber. Units of three children to a block combed every house for scrap and brought it to their own houses where city trucks carted it away

Picryl description: Public domain image of children of farmers, migrant workers, Great Depression era, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A group of people riding in a horse drawn carriage. Office of War Information Photograph

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944 More

Manpower, junior size. What's a home without its sidewalk scrap pile? Junior commandos of Roanoke, Virginia see to it that each home has given enough scrap to make the scrap collectors monthly visit worthwhile. When the truck appears, every youngster in the neighborhood pitches in to help load it

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

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

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944 More

A little boy standing on a wooden bench. Office of War Information Photograph

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Divisi More

Manpower, junior size. Nobody played hookey the day teacher Doris Jordan at Jamison Elementary School explained how every pupil can help win the war. These Roanoke, Virginia youngsters, along with some thirty million other young Americans, are being mobilized into the nation's newest home front fighters, the junior army, to collect scrap for ammunition

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War More

Manpower, junior size. "Who wants to be a junior commando?" teacher asks. Willing hands shoot up and eager voices cry "Yes!" Everyone in this Roanoke, Virginia class wants to be one of the thirty-million children banding together throughout the United States to form America's junior army, young fighters to collect scrap for ammunition

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War More