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NPS employee standing next to the confederate memorial in Shiloh National Military Park.

Topographical sketch of the line of operations of the Army of the Ohio under the command of Major General D. C. Buell, U.S. Volunteers : evacuation of Corinth by the enemy, May 30th, 1862 /

Topographical sketch of the line of operations of the Army of the Ohio...

Shows drainage, roads, railraods, dwellings with names of inhabitants, churches, "Buell's landing," "Battleground, 6th and 7th of Apr., 1862," and location of Buell's various headquarters, numbered I through VI... More

Map of the field of Shiloh, near Pittsburgh Landing, Tenn., shewing the positions of the U.S. forces under the command of Maj. Genl. U. S. Grant, U.S. Vol. and Maj. Genl. D. C. Buell, U.S. Vol. on the 6th and 7th of April 1862

Map of the field of Shiloh, near Pittsburgh Landing, Tenn., shewing th...

Public domain scan of a vintage map, city plan, atlas, cartoghraphy, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Dunkirk, Hardin County, Ohio

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Dunkirk, Hardin County, Ohio

Jul 1895. 1 Sheet(s). Ohio fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liability. Th... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Alden, Hardin County, Iowa

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Alden, Hardin County, Iowa

Jan 1896. 1 Sheet(s). Iowa fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liability. Th... More

Hardin County. Historic map, Library of Congress

Hardin County. Historic map, Library of Congress

Public domain scan of a vintage map, plan, atlas, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Union, Hardin County, Iowa

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Union, Hardin County, Iowa

Apr 1914. 1 Sheet(s). Iowa fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liability. Th... More

Digging potatoes. 14 and 16 years old. Location: Hardin County--West Point [vicinity], Kentucky / Lewis W. Hine.

Digging potatoes. 14 and 16 years old. Location: Hardin County--West ...

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

"Grubbing out the fence corners." See also 4440. A common scene in the Fall. Boys are 9, 12, 15 and 17 years old. Father, R.A. Cave, Route 2, Box 56, Cecilia, Ky. The children go to Long Grove School. Location: Hardin County--Cecilia, Kentucky Lewis W. Hine

"Grubbing out the fence corners." See also 4440. A common scene in the...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 4439. "Div. 3" recorded on caption card as part of the geographic location; probably refers to a school district. Credit line: National Child Labor ... More

"Grubbing out the fence corners." A common scene in the Fall. Boys are 9, 12, 15 and 17 years old. Father, R.A. Cave, Route 2, Box 56, Cecilia, Ky. The children go to Long Grove School. Location: Hardin County--Cecilia, Kentucky / Lewis W. Hine.

"Grubbing out the fence corners." A common scene in the Fall. Boys are...

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

"Grubbing out the fence corners." See also 4440. A common scene in the Fall. Boys are 9, 12, 15 and 17 years old. Father, R.A. Cave, Route 2, Box 56, Cecilia, Ky. The children go to Long Grove School. Location: Hardin County--Cecilia, Kentucky / Lewis W. Hine.

"Grubbing out the fence corners." See also 4440. A common scene in the...

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

Demetra Jones. Father, G.G. Jones, R. 3, Sonora, Ky. 11-year old farm hand. Father said: "She's the only farm hand I got. She helps a lot in the field work and house work too. Is good in school--5th grade." He owns the farm and expects to build soon. Location: Hardin County--Sonora [vicinity], Kentucky / Lewis W. Hine.

Demetra Jones. Father, G.G. Jones, R. 3, Sonora, Ky. 11-year old farm ...

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

9-year old tobacco worker. Location: Hardin County--Sonora vicinity, Kentucky Lewis W. Hine

9-year old tobacco worker. Location: Hardin County--Sonora vicinity, K...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 4531. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the Na... More

Demetra Jones. Father, G.G. Jones, R. 3, Sonora, Ky. 11-year old farm hand. Father said: "She's the only farm hand I got. She helps a lot in the field work and house work too. Is good in school--5th grade." He owns the farm and expects to build soon. Location: Hardin County--Sonora vicinity, Kentucky Lewis W. Hine

Demetra Jones. Father, G.G. Jones, R. 3, Sonora, Ky. 11-year old farm ...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 4418. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the Na... More

Civil War Base Ball Doubleheader

Civil War Base Ball Doubleheader

The Scouts and Farriers are introduced before starting a game during the 157 battle anniversary. Both teams are part of the Tennessee Association of Vintage Base Ball.

Tending the chicks. 16 year old girl. Home of William Olliges, Stithton, Ky. The children go to parochial school in Stithton. Location: Hardin County, Kentucky Lewis W. Hine

Tending the chicks. 16 year old girl. Home of William Olliges, Stithto...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 4416. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the Na... More

Tending the chicks. 16 year old girl. Home of William Olliges, Stithton, Ky. The children go to parochial school in Stithton. Location: Hardin County, Kentucky / Lewis W. Hine.

Tending the chicks. 16 year old girl. Home of William Olliges, Stithto...

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

Cannon Crew and VIPs - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

Cannon Crew and VIPs - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

Superintendent Dale Wilkerson (left) and Captian Bo Johns (right) attend an artillery demonstration on Memorial Day weekend.

Stithton School opened July 24th. Enrolment [sic] of 60 out of 186 in district. This low average is due to there being over 100 Catholic children in district and they will go to Parochial School. The Stithton Public School is a very pretty, well-built school--best I have seen of its kind in the county. Location: Hardin County--Stithton, Kentucky / Lewis W. Hine.

Stithton School opened July 24th. Enrolment [sic] of 60 out of 186 in ...

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

"Grubbing out the fence corners." See also 4439. A common scene in the Fall. Boys are 9, 12, 15 and 17 years old. Father, R.A. Cave, Route 2, Box 56, Cecilia, Ky. The children go to Long Grove School. Location: Hardin County--Cecilia, Kentucky Lewis W. Hine

"Grubbing out the fence corners." See also 4439. A common scene in the...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 4440. "Div. 3" recorded on caption card as part of the geographic location; probably refers to a school district. Credit line: National Child Labor ... More

9-year old tobacco worker. Location: Hardin County--Sonora [vicinity], Kentucky / Lewis W. Hine.

9-year old tobacco worker. Location: Hardin County--Sonora [vicinity]...

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

Stithton School opened July 24th with an enrollment of 60 out of 186 in district. This low average is due to there being over 100 Catholic children in district, and they will go to Parochial School. The Stithton Public School is a very pretty, well-built school--best I have seen of its kind in the county. Location: Hardin County--Stithton, Kentucky Lewis W. Hine

Stithton School opened July 24th with an enrollment of 60 out of 186 i...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 4523. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the Na... More

Stithton School opened July 24th with an enrollment of 60 out of 186 in district. This low average is due to there being over 100 Catholic children in district, and they will go to Parochial School. The Stithton Public School is a very pretty, well-built school--best I have seen of its kind in the county. Location: Hardin County--Stithton, Kentucky / Lewis W. Hine.

Stithton School opened July 24th with an enrollment of 60 out of 186 i...

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

Living Historians Portray Ruggles Battery

Living Historians Portray Ruggles Battery

Filming "Ruggles Battery" for Shiloh: Fiery Trial Public domain photograph of military forces, army, artillery, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Tending the chicks--16-year old girl. Home of William Olliges. The children go to Parochial School. Location: Hardin County--Stithton, Kentucky Lewis W. Hine

Tending the chicks--16-year old girl. Home of William Olliges. The chi...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 4520. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the Na... More

"Grubbing out the fence corners." See also 4439. A common scene in the Fall. Boys are 9, 12, 15 and 17 years old. Father, R.A. Cave, Route 2, Box 56, Cecilia, Ky. The children go to Long Grove School. Location: Hardin County--Cecilia, Kentucky / Lewis W. Hine.

"Grubbing out the fence corners." See also 4439. A common scene in the...

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

Tending the chicks--16-year old girl. Home of William Olliges. The children go to Parochial School. Location: Hardin County--Stithton, Kentucky / Lewis W. Hine.

Tending the chicks--16-year old girl. Home of William Olliges. The chi...

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

"Grubbing out the fence corners." A common scene in the Fall. Boys are 9, 12, 15 and 17 years old. Father, R.A. Cave, Route 2, Box 56, Cecilia, Ky. The children go to Long Grove School. Location: Hardin County--Cecilia, Kentucky Lewis W. Hine

"Grubbing out the fence corners." A common scene in the Fall. Boys are...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 4438. "Div. 3" recorded on caption card as part of the geographic location; probably refers to a school district. Credit line: National Child Labor ... More

Topographic map of Hardin County, Illinois - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection

Topographic map of Hardin County, Illinois - Vintage map, Norman B. Le...

Public domain image of the vintage map from Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library is a special... More

1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Iowa - Hardin County - Eldora - ED 42-9, ED 42-10, ED 42-11, ED 42-12, ED 42-13, ED 42-14

1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Iowa - Hardin County - Eldora ...

Enumeration District Maps for Hardin County, Iowa

Entrance Drive, Fort Knox, Ky. postcard

Entrance Drive, Fort Knox, Ky. postcard

Picryl description: Public domain image of park architecture, palace, chateau, open space, 18th, and 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Kentucky - Hardin County - Elizabethtown - ED 47-1, ED 47-13, ED 47-23

1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Kentucky - Hardin County - Eli...

Enumeration District Maps for Hardin County, Kentucky

Main Post Exchange, Fort Knox, Ky.

Main Post Exchange, Fort Knox, Ky.

Public domain photograph of library building - Picryl description

Air view, Fort Knox, Ky. postcard

Air view, Fort Knox, Ky. postcard

Public domain photograph of library building - Picryl description

Greetings from Fort Knox, KY. postcard

Greetings from Fort Knox, KY. postcard

Picryl description: Public domain image of a fort tower, stone walls, fortification, 18th-19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

1950 Census Enumeration District Maps - Ohio (OH) - Hardin County - Patterson - ED 33-23

1950 Census Enumeration District Maps - Ohio (OH) - Hardin County - Pa...

1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Ohio - Hardin County

Post Chapel, Fort Knox, Ky. postcard

Post Chapel, Fort Knox, Ky. postcard

Public domain photograph of church building, Christianity, religious architecture - Picryl description

Brick Hospital, Fort Knox, Ky. postcard

Brick Hospital, Fort Knox, Ky. postcard

Public domain photograph of library building - Picryl description

U. S. Gold Depository, Ft. Knox, KY.

U. S. Gold Depository, Ft. Knox, KY.

Picryl description: Public domain image of military training, armed forces fort, camp, exercise activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Kentucky - Hardin County - Upton - ED 47-7

1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Kentucky - Hardin County - Upt...

Enumeration District Maps for Hardin County, Kentucky

Gold Vault, U. S. Depository, Fort Knox, Ky.

Gold Vault, U. S. Depository, Fort Knox, Ky.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commercial building, downtown, shopping center, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Iowa - Hardin County - Ackley - ED 42-16

1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Iowa - Hardin County - Ackley ...

Enumeration District Maps for Hardin County, Iowa

Station Hospital, Fort Knox, Ky.

Station Hospital, Fort Knox, Ky.

Picryl description: Public domain image of park architecture, palace, chateau, open space, 18th, and 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Post Theatre #1, Fort Knox, Ky.

Post Theatre #1, Fort Knox, Ky.

Public domain photograph of theater building - Picryl description

The early bird gets the "worm" at Hughes worm ranch, Savannah, Tenn.

The early bird gets the "worm" at Hughes worm ranch, Savannah, Tenn.

Picryl description: Public domain photo of vintage Tennessee postcard.

Fort Knox Theatre - The Tichnor Brothers Postcard Collection

Fort Knox Theatre - The Tichnor Brothers Postcard Collection

Public domain photograph of theater building - Picryl description

N. C. O. Club, Fort Knox, Ky. postcard

N. C. O. Club, Fort Knox, Ky. postcard

Picryl description: Public domain image of park architecture, palace, chateau, open space, 18th, and 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Ohio - Hardin County - Kenton - ED 33-3, ED 33-4, ED 33-5, ED 33-6, ED 33-7, ED 33-8, ED 33-9, ED 33-10

1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Ohio - Hardin County - Kenton ...

1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Ohio - Hardin County

1950 Census Enumeration District Maps - Ohio (OH) - Hardin County - Dunkirk - ED 33-1

1950 Census Enumeration District Maps - Ohio (OH) - Hardin County - Du...

1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Ohio - Hardin County

U. S. Gold Depository, Ft. Knox, KY.

U. S. Gold Depository, Ft. Knox, KY.

Public domain photograph of library building - Picryl description

Indiana Monument, Shiloh National Military Park, Shiloh, Tennessee

Indiana Monument, Shiloh National Military Park, Shiloh, Tennessee

This monument was erected in honor of the troops from Indiana that served at Shiloh. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Indiana Monument, Shiloh National Military Park, Shiloh, Tennessee

Indiana Monument, Shiloh National Military Park, Shiloh, Tennessee

This monument was erected in honor of the troops from Indiana that served at Shiloh. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Visitors' buildings. Another view of one of twin overlook buildings shown on K 1986. Structures are lightweight because they were placed on a relatively recent fill. Walls and partitions are of three inch by three inch studs, steel were exposed and wood otherwise, covered by asbestos panels on a modular spacing. Window, door, and solid panels are interchangeable

Visitors' buildings. Another view of one of twin overlook buildings sh...

Original Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) number: K 1983. Title and other information from caption sheet entry. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division... More

Pickwick Dam. Light concrete stair with galvanized mesh railing on Pickwick project. Note that light comes from flush controllens fixtures recessed into concrete

Pickwick Dam. Light concrete stair with galvanized mesh railing on Pic...

Original Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) number: K 2202. Title and other information from caption sheet entry. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division... More

Small boat recreation landing on one of the arms of Pickwick Lake built with work relief labor and lumber cut on the property

Small boat recreation landing on one of the arms of Pickwick Lake buil...

Public domain photograph of a house, cottage, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pickwick Dam. View of generator hall from visitors' overlook Note that photograph shows initial stage; present installation extended to four generators; ultimately six. Generator housings have been designed and finished on all projects with attention to architectural appearance as well as engineering efficiency

Pickwick Dam. View of generator hall from visitors' overlook Note that...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, assembly line, industrial facility, 1930s aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Pickwick Dam. Reception room of a powerhouse which is somewhat difficult to reach (therefore, supplementary visitors' facilities were developed at the opposite end of the dam in separate buildings). Rest rooms, elevators, stairway, overlook balcony, and control room can be viewed either through glass doors from this room or from large plate glass openings of the overlook balcony. Terrazzo floor and base, burlap covered plaster walls, acoustic plaster ceiling. Graphic display is in a shallow wall niche between control room doors; top line shows three functions of projects in cross-sectional perspectives; photographs elaborate on TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) program; map of valley is applied to specially constructed movable table

Pickwick Dam. Reception room of a powerhouse which is somewhat difficu...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, assembly line, industrial facility, 1930s aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Pickwick Dam. View of generator hall from visitors' overlook Note that photograph shows initial stage; present installation extended to four generators; ultimately six. Generator housings have been designed and finished on all projects with attention to architectural appearance as well as engineering efficiency

Pickwick Dam. View of generator hall from visitors' overlook Note that...

Original Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) number: K 1849. Title and other information from caption sheet entry. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division... More

Small boat recreation landing on one of the arms of Pickwick Lake built with work relief labor and lumber cut on the property

Small boat recreation landing on one of the arms of Pickwick Lake buil...

Public domain photograph of a house, cottage, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pickwick Dam. Control room at Pickwick powerhouse with equipment for first two units in place. All principal lighting is indirect to avoid reflections on instrument faces. Recessed lights along rear wall illuminate back of main panel. Ceiling is acoustic tile; floor, linoleum. Series of glass panels in back of operator seated at desk permits view of generator hall such as appears on K 1849. Also, by means of a balcony visitors can inspect control room through these panels

Pickwick Dam. Control room at Pickwick powerhouse with equipment for f...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a lobby, large living room, hall, interior, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Pickwick Dam. Light concrete stair with galvanized mesh railing on Pickwick project. Note that light comes from flush controllens fixtures recessed into concrete

Pickwick Dam. Light concrete stair with galvanized mesh railing on Pic...

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pickwick Dam. End of spillway section of dam showing service stair and heavy concrete buttresses, surmounted by light fixtures, which act as bumpers for the great gantry cranes that travel on the spillway deck and operate the gates

Pickwick Dam. End of spillway section of dam showing service stair and...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a modernist architecture building, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Visitors' buildings. Partial view of interior of one of the twin buildings shown on photographs numbers 1986, 1983. This room serves as the guard station and also as reception room where the features of the project and the progress of the TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) are explained to visitors before they are taken on inspection trips

Visitors' buildings. Partial view of interior of one of the twin build...

Public domain photograph of train station, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pickwick Dam. Cranes and other engineering features are designed with same care as architectural feaatures. This one, in back of generator hall, serves for the transfer of heavy equipment from barges into the assembly and repair space

Pickwick Dam. Cranes and other engineering features are designed with ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial equipment, workshop, assembly line, factory, power engine, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Pickwick Dam.Transformers in back of generator hall, switchyard mounted on top of building and heavy transfer crane make interesting combination of architectural and engineering features

Pickwick Dam.Transformers in back of generator hall, switchyard mounte...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial equipment, workshop, assembly line, factory, power engine, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Pickwick Dam. Downstream view of first two units of powerhouse. Intended for an eventual length of six, it has been extended to four units since photograph was taken. Assembly and repair bay surmounted by offices and reception facilities, in left end. Concrete shows ordinary formwork composed of tongue-and-groove boards, whereas most TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) projects make use of special formwork described in connection with Guntersville powerhouse

Pickwick Dam. Downstream view of first two units of powerhouse. Intend...

Original Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) number: K 1975. Title and other information from caption sheet entry. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division... More

Small boat recreation landing on one of the arms of Pickwick Lake built with work relief labor and lumber cut on the property

Small boat recreation landing on one of the arms of Pickwick Lake buil...

Original Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) number: K 1770. Title and other information from caption sheet entry. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division... More

Pickwick Dam. Reception room of a powerhouse which is somewhat difficult to reach (therefore, supplementary visitors' facilities were developed at the opposite end of the dam in separate buildings). Rest rooms, elevators, stairway, overlook balcony, and control room can be viewed either through glass doors from this room or from large plate glass openings of the overlook balcony. Terrazzo floor and base, burlap covered plaster walls, acoustic plaster ceiling. Graphic display is in a shallow wall niche between control room doors; top line shows three functions of projects in cross-sectional perspectives; photographs elaborate on TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) program; map of valley is applied to specially constructed movable table

Pickwick Dam. Reception room of a powerhouse which is somewhat difficu...

Original Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) number: K 1977. Title and other information from caption sheet entry. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division... More

Cherry Mansion, Overlook, 101 Main Street, Savannah, Hardin County, TN

Cherry Mansion, Overlook, 101 Main Street, Savannah, Hardin County, TN

Survey number: HABS TN-141-A Public domain photograph of Tennessee, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pickwick Dam. Control, office and reception wing as seen from the deck of dam

Pickwick Dam. Control, office and reception wing as seen from the deck...

Original Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) number: K 1969. Title and other information from caption sheet entry. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division... More

Visitors' buildings. Partial view of interior of one of the twin buildings shown on photographs numbers 1986, 1983. This room serves as the guard station and also as reception room where the features of the project and the progress of the TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) are explained to visitors before they are taken on inspection trips

Visitors' buildings. Partial view of interior of one of the twin build...

Original Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) number: K 1994. Title and other information from caption sheet entry. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division... More

Visitors' buildings. Because the TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) system is owned by the public, visitors are encouraged to inspect the projects, and do so in large numbers. Many of them arrive after traveling long distances; therefore, restrooms and refreshment concessions are provided. The photograph shows such facilities at south end of Pickwick Landing Dam, divided between twin buildings which straddle the earthfill portion of the dam. The buildings front on an overlook terrace which connects with broad stairs to the lock operating deck below

Visitors' buildings. Because the TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) syst...

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pickwick Dam. Control room at Pickwick powerhouse with equipment for first two units in place. All principal lighting is indirect to avoid reflections on instrument faces. Recessed lights along rear wall illuminate back of main panel. Ceiling is acoustic tile; floor, linoleum. Series of glass panels in back of operator seated at desk permits view of generator hall such as appears on K 1849. Also, by means of a balcony visitors can inspect control room through these panels

Pickwick Dam. Control room at Pickwick powerhouse with equipment for f...

Original Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) number: K 1775. Title and other information from caption sheet entry. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division... More

Visitors' buildings. Another view of one of twin overlook buildings shown on K 1986. Structures are lightweight because they were placed on a relatively recent fill. Walls and partitions are of three inch by three inch studs, steel were exposed and wood otherwise, covered by asbestos panels on a modular spacing. Window, door, and solid panels are interchangeable

Visitors' buildings. Another view of one of twin overlook buildings sh...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a power station, dam, electric generator, industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Pickwick Dam. Downstream view of first two units of powerhouse. Intended for an eventual length of six, it has been extended to four units since photograph was taken. Assembly and repair bay surmounted by offices and reception facilities, in left end. Concrete shows ordinary formwork composed of tongue-and-groove boards, whereas most TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) projects make use of special formwork described in connection with Guntersville powerhouse

Pickwick Dam. Downstream view of first two units of powerhouse. Intend...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of a factory, warehouse, commercial or industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Pickwick Dam. End of spillway section of dam showing service stair and heavy concrete buttresses, surmounted by light fixtures, which act as bumpers for the great gantry cranes that travel on the spillway deck and operate the gates

Pickwick Dam. End of spillway section of dam showing service stair and...

Original Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) number: KX 815. Title and other information from caption sheet entry. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division... More

Pickwick Dam. Control, office and reception wing as seen from the deck of dam

Pickwick Dam. Control, office and reception wing as seen from the deck...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of a factory, warehouse, commercial or industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Small boat recreation landing on one of the arms of Pickwick Lake built with work relief labor and lumber cut on the property

Small boat recreation landing on one of the arms of Pickwick Lake buil...

Original Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) number: K 1770. Title and other information from caption sheet entry. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division... More

Fort Knox, Kentucky. Every record of the classification section of the Armored Force Replacement Training Center tumbled when Private Preston G. Redd, of 4829-Fourth Avenue, Los Angeles, scored 159 on the general intelligence test out of the yet unattained 160 maximum possible. He also scored 141 in mechanical aptitude, 125 in radio aptitude, and 165 in clerical aptitude. He is approaching his 19th birthday, and when inducted was a pre-medical student. He is being welcomed into the Armored by Brigadier General Henry C. Newton

Fort Knox, Kentucky. Every record of the classification section of the...

Image source: U.S. Army, Washington, D.C. Title and other information from file print. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information ... More

A group of men standing around a horse - FSA / Office of War Information Photograph

A group of men standing around a horse - FSA / Office of War Informati...

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Fort Knox, Kentucky. Every record of the classification section of the Armored Force Replacement Training Center tumbled when Private Preston G. Redd, of 4829-Fourth Avenue, Los Angeles, scored 159 on the general intelligence test out of the yet unattained 160 maximum possible. He also scored 141 in mechanical aptitude, 125 in radio aptitude, and 165 in clerical aptitude. He is approaching his 19th birthday, and when inducted was a pre-medical student. He is being welcomed into the Armored by Brigadier General Henry C. Newton

Fort Knox, Kentucky. Every record of the classification section of the...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military personnel, army, group photograph, armed people in uniform, war inspection, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Arthur Rothstein - Cornfield. Hardin County, Iowa

Arthur Rothstein - Cornfield. Hardin County, 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

Harvesting sweet corn. Ryken farm, Hardin County, Iowa

Harvesting sweet corn. Ryken farm, Hardin County, 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

Farm. Hardin County, Iowa - safety film negatives, Library of Congress

Farm. Hardin County, Iowa - safety film negatives, Library of Congress

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

A black and white photo of a man in a straw hat Farmers of Great Depression. Dust bowl refugees, Resettlement program.

A black and white photo of a man in a straw hat Farmers of Great Depre...

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 man picking corn, possibly related to: Farmer looks at the size of the cob in judging quality of hybrid corn, Hardin County, Iowa

A black and white photo of a man picking corn, possibly related to: Fa...

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 men in a field, possibly related to: Farmers at mechanical cornhusking contest, Hardin County, Iowa

A black and white photo of a group of men in a field, possibly related...

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

Farm. Hardin County, Iowa - safety film negatives, Library of Congress

Farm. Hardin County, Iowa - safety film negatives, Library of Congress

Picryl description: Public domain image of a rural countryside landscape, farmhouse, farm field, pasture free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Farmers examine hybrid corn, mechanical cornhusking contest, Hardin County, Iowa

Farmers examine hybrid corn, mechanical cornhusking contest, Hardin Co...

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

Highway through Hardin County, Iowa

Highway through Hardin County, Iowa

Public domain photograph of the 1930s, United States, cars, streets, John Kennedy, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a man in a straw hat, Iowa. Farm Security Administration photograph

A black and white photo of a man in a straw hat, Iowa. Farm Security A...

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

Farmer adjusts corn picker at mechanical cornhusking contest, Hardin County, Iowa

Farmer adjusts corn picker at mechanical cornhusking contest, Hardin C...

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 couple of men standing next to each other. Great Depression FFSA / OWI Negatives

A couple of men standing next to each other. Great Depression FFSA / O...

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

A couple of women standing next to a kiosk, Popcorn stand. Iowa Falls, Iowa

A couple of women standing next to a kiosk, Popcorn stand. Iowa Falls,...

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

Freight train and plowed field. Hardin County, Iowa

Freight train and plowed field. Hardin County, 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

Farmer looks at the size of the cob in judging quality of hybrid corn, Hardin County, Iowa

Farmer looks at the size of the cob in judging quality of hybrid corn,...

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

Farmers coming over a stile, at mechanical cornhusking contest, Hardin County, Iowa

Farmers coming over a stile, at mechanical cornhusking contest, Hardin...

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

Farm. Hardin County, Iowa - safety film negatives, Library of Congress

Farm. Hardin County, Iowa - safety film negatives, Library of Congress

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

A group of men standing next to each other in a field. Great Depression FFSA / OWI Negatives

A group of men standing next to each other in a field. Great Depressio...

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

Farmer with hybrid corn, Hardin County, Iowa

Farmer with hybrid corn, Hardin County, 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

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