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10-page report on town's preparations, enlistments, and procurement of supplies for war effort

10-page report on town's preparations, enlistments, and procurement of...

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10-page report on town's preparations, enlistments, and procurement of supplies for war effort

10-page report on town's preparations, enlistments, and procurement of...

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10-page report on town's preparations, enlistments, and procurement of supplies for war effort

10-page report on town's preparations, enlistments, and procurement of...

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10-page report on town's preparations, enlistments, and procurement of supplies for war effort

10-page report on town's preparations, enlistments, and procurement of...

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10-page report on town's preparations, enlistments, and procurement of supplies for war effort

10-page report on town's preparations, enlistments, and procurement of...

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10-page report on town's preparations, enlistments, and procurement of supplies for war effort

10-page report on town's preparations, enlistments, and procurement of...

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10-page report on town's preparations, enlistments, and procurement of supplies for war effort

10-page report on town's preparations, enlistments, and procurement of...

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10-page report on town's preparations, enlistments, and procurement of supplies for war effort

10-page report on town's preparations, enlistments, and procurement of...

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10-page report on town's preparations, enlistments, and procurement of supplies for war effort

10-page report on town's preparations, enlistments, and procurement of...

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10-page report on town's preparations, enlistments, and procurement of supplies for war effort

10-page report on town's preparations, enlistments, and procurement of...

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10-page report on town's preparations, enlistments, and procurement of supplies for war effort

10-page report on town's preparations, enlistments, and procurement of...

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10-page report on town's preparations, enlistments, and procurement of supplies for war effort

10-page report on town's preparations, enlistments, and procurement of...

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10-page report on town's preparations, enlistments, and procurement of supplies for war effort

10-page report on town's preparations, enlistments, and procurement of...

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10-page report on town's preparations, enlistments, and procurement of supplies for war effort

10-page report on town's preparations, enlistments, and procurement of...

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10-page report on town's preparations, enlistments, and procurement of supplies for war effort

10-page report on town's preparations, enlistments, and procurement of...

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10-page report on town's preparations, enlistments, and procurement of supplies for war effort

10-page report on town's preparations, enlistments, and procurement of...

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10-page report on town's preparations, enlistments, and procurement of supplies for war effort

10-page report on town's preparations, enlistments, and procurement of...

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10-page report on town's preparations, enlistments, and procurement of supplies for war effort

10-page report on town's preparations, enlistments, and procurement of...

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"'A souvenir of today at Cudgewa 25.10.16.' It looks something like a Red Cross meeting, but it's just the normal state of patriotic girls during the Great War." - Cudgewa, Victoria, 25 October 1916 / photographer unknown

"'A souvenir of today at Cudgewa 25.10.16.' It looks something like a ...

Format: Photograph..Notes: Find more detailed information about this photograph: 388921 ( http://388921 ) . .From the collection of the State Library of New South Wales ( )

SGT. HENRY JOHNSON - AMERICAN HERO of WORLD WAR I - AN INSPIRATION TO OUR FIGHTING MEN TODAY

SGT. HENRY JOHNSON - AMERICAN HERO of WORLD WAR I - AN INSPIRATION TO ...

Sergeant Henry Johnson - with biographical paragraphs. Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston

Three women spinning wool to knit socks for soldiers during World War I - Tenterfield, NSW, ca. 1915 / photographer unknown

Three women spinning wool to knit socks for soldiers during World War ...

Format: Photograph..Notes: Find more detailed information about this photograph: 394773 ( http://394773 ) . .From the collection of the State Library of New South Wales ( )

Poster, "You're proud of your pals in the Army of course!"

Poster, "You're proud of your pals in the Army of course!"

Public domain vintage photo from New Zealand archive, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Knitting pattern book, 'Her Excellency's Knitting Book'

Knitting pattern book, 'Her Excellency's Knitting Book'

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Mina Van Winkle, head of the Lecture Bureau of the U.S. Food Administration, explains Victory gardening and food processing to support the war effort

Mina Van Winkle, head of the Lecture Bureau of the U.S. Food Administr...

Photograph shows president of the Woman's Political Union of New Jersey displaying fresh and canned vegetables on table in front of blackboard on which is written a canning club song.

Boys and Girls! You Can Help Your Uncle Sam Win the War. . . .

Boys and Girls! You Can Help Your Uncle Sam Win the War. . . .

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U.S. Food Administration workers presenting information on canning and food processing to support the war effort

U.S. Food Administration workers presenting information on canning and...

Photograph shows three women in U.S. Food Administration uniforms making a presentation to an audience of African American women at a playground.

Tallying and inspecting, "War Chest" Sock Appeal, Sydney, May 1917 / photographer G. A. Hills

Tallying and inspecting, "War Chest" Sock Appeal, Sydney, May 1917 / p...

Total received 125,636 pairs of socks!..Format: Photograph..Notes: Find more detailed information about this photograph: 879070 ( http://879070 ) . .From the collection of the State Library of New South Wales ( )

Preparedness for the Gardening Campaign

Preparedness for the Gardening Campaign

This illustration entitled, "Preparedness for the Gardening Campaign", by cartoonist Clifford Berryman, which appeared in the Washington Evening Star on March 18, 1917, depicts that America will need the suppor... More

The All-American Spirit - Political cartoon, public domain image

The All-American Spirit - Political cartoon, public domain image

This illustration entitled, "The All-American Spirit", by cartoonist Clifford Berryman, which appeared in the Washington Evening Star on April 9, 1917, portrays allies Brazil, Cuba, Guatemala and Panama joining... More

Untitled - U.S. National Archives Public Domain photograph

Untitled - U.S. National Archives Public Domain photograph

This untitled illustration by cartoonist Clifford Berryman, which appeared in the Washington Evening Star on April 16, 1917, shows citizens from all walks of life answering Woodrow Wilson's call for Universal S... More

Suppose We Raised War Taxes By Volunteering

Suppose We Raised War Taxes By Volunteering

This illustration entitled, "Suppose We Raised War Taxes By Volunteering", by cartoonist Clifford Berryman, which appeared in the Washington Evening Star on April 24, 1917, shows that as the government continue... More

Opportunities for Patriotic Service: Market Economy

Opportunities for Patriotic Service: Market Economy

This illustration entitled, "Opportunities for Patriotic Service: Market Economy", by cartoonist Clifford Berryman, which appeared in the Washington Evening Star on May 2, 1917, pictures a woman doing her part ... More

Squash Center Comments on the National Slogan

Squash Center Comments on the National Slogan

This illustration entitled, "Squash Center Comments on the National Slogan", by cartoonist Clifford Berryman, which appeared in the Washington Evening Star on May 6, 1917, shows a scene at the Squash Center, wh... More

Willie's Deduction - Political cartoon, public domain image

Willie's Deduction - Political cartoon, public domain image

This illustration entitled, "Willie's Deduction", by cartoonist Clifford Berryman, which appeared in the Washington Evening Star on May 13, 1917, depicts a rooster digging in a garden, and since the general fee... More

A political cartoon of a group of people Untitled - Political cartoon, public domain image

A political cartoon of a group of people Untitled - Political cartoon,...

This untitled illustration by cartoonist Clifford Berryman, which appeared in the Washington Evening Star on May 16, 1917, shows a proud and happy Uncle Sam looking on as citizens display their heart-felt patri... More

The Big Push - Political cartoon, public domain image

The Big Push - Political cartoon, public domain image

This illustration entitled, "The Big Push", by cartoonist Clifford Berryman, which appeared in the Washington Evening Star on May 29, 1917, depicts Mr. DC leading the charge to raise ten million dollars with th... More

The Up-to-Date Valedictorian - Political cartoon, public domain image

The Up-to-Date Valedictorian - Political cartoon, public domain image

This illustration entitled, "The Up-to-Date Valedictorian", by cartoonist Clifford Berryman, which appeared in the Washington Evening Star on June 9, 1917, shows a patriotic young school boy who is willing to d... More

The Flag Day  Tocsin for the Liberty Loan

The Flag Day Tocsin for the Liberty Loan

This illustration entitled, "The Flag Day Tocsin for the Liberty Loan", by cartoonist Clifford Berryman, which appeared in the Washington Evening Star on June 14, 1917, shows Uncle Sam preparing to ring the Lib... More

Many Roads to Opportunity - Drawing. Public domain image.

Many Roads to Opportunity - Drawing. Public domain image.

This illustration entitled, "Many Roads to Opportunity", by cartoonist Clifford Berryman, which appeared in the Washington Evening Star on June 15, 1917, shows a new graduate pondering which road to support the... More

Slackers - Drawing. Public domain image.

Slackers - Drawing. Public domain image.

This illustration entitled, "Slackers", by cartoonist Clifford Berryman, which appeared in the Washington Evening Star on June 23, 1917, depicts food gamblers and speculators, who did not want to support the wa... More

Somewhere in France - Drawing. Public domain image.

Somewhere in France - Drawing. Public domain image.

This illustration entitled, "Somewhere in France", by cartoonist Clifford Berryman, which appeared in the Washington Evening Star on June 28, 1917, shows France welcoming the first American soldiers to join the... More

Hard Pressed - Political cartoon, public domain image

Hard Pressed - Political cartoon, public domain image

This illustration entitled, "Hard Pressed", by cartoonist Clifford Berryman, which appeared in the Washington Evening Star on July 15, 1917, depicts the enthusiastic preparation for World War I that the country... More

A cartoon of a man sitting in a chair reading a newspaper Untitled - Political cartoon, public domain image

A cartoon of a man sitting in a chair reading a newspaper Untitled - P...

This untitled illustration by cartoonist Clifford Berryman, which appeared in the Washington Evening Star on August 1, 1917, depicts big businesses under heat as corporate income tax rates were raised support l... More

War recruitment meeting ? outside David Jones, George Street, Sydney, between 1914-1918 / photographer unknown

War recruitment meeting ? outside David Jones, George Street, Sydney, ...

Format: Photograph..Find more detailed information about this photographic collection: 925264 ( http://925264 ) ..Search for more great images in the State Library's collections: ( http:// ) ..From the collect... More

"Knitting for our soldiers" - Kambala School, Sydney, NSW, between 1914-1918 / photographer unknown

"Knitting for our soldiers" - Kambala School, Sydney, NSW, between 191...

Format: Photograph..Notes: Find more detailed information about this photograph: 389452 ( http://389452 ) . .From the collection of the State Library of New South Wales ( )

Map 8:  Features Constructed During Period 4 of Truman’s Life: Attaining National Prominence, 1934-1953

Map 8: Features Constructed During Period 4 of Truman’s Life: Attaini...

Features Constructed During Period 4 of Truman’s Life: Attaining National Prominence, 1934-1953. These features were constructed between 1934 and 1953, the years that Harry Truman served on the national stage a... More

Untitled negative showing Charles Ormsbee and sons Richard and Conrad collecting scrap metal for the war effort, East Montpelier, Vermont

Untitled negative showing Charles Ormsbee and sons Richard and Conrad ...

(Source: researcher, A. Ormsbee, 2017) Negative not titled and probably not printed by FSA/OWI/OEM. Images with neighboring call numbers that are similar in appearance may have titles based on agency captions... More

Section of the batch house at a plant of the Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corporation, Toledo, Ohio. In the bins are stored the raw materials for the batch from which fiberglass materials vital to the war effort are produced

Section of the batch house at a plant of the Owens-Corning Fiberglass ...

12002-29. 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

Section of the batch house at a plant of the Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation, Toledo, Ohio. In the bins are stored the raw materials for the batch from which fiberglass materials vital to the war effort are produced

Section of the batch house at a plant of the Owens-Corning Fiberglas C...

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Students at Washington High School at class, training for specific contributions to the war effort, Los Angeles, Calif. Ralph Angar, instructor, explains propeller characteristics to student[s] in the aeronautics class

Students at Washington High School at class, training for specific con...

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Section of the batch house at a plant of the Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation, Toledo, Ohio. In the bins are stored the raw materials for the batch from which fiberglass materials vital to the war effort are produced

Section of the batch house at a plant of the Owens-Corning Fiberglas C...

12002-29. 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

Servicing one of the floodlights that turn night into day at the big construction operations for a new steel plant which will make important additions to the vast amount of steel needed for the war effort, Columbia Steel Co., Geneva, Utah

Servicing one of the floodlights that turn night into day at the big c...

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A group of men standing next to an airplane. Jimmy stewart pilot world war ii.

A group of men standing next to an airplane. Jimmy stewart pilot world...

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Students at Washington High School at class, training for specific contributions to the war effort, Los Angeles, Calif

Students at Washington High School at class, training for specific con...

12002-40. 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

Section of the batch house at a plant of the Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation, Toledo, Ohio. In the bins are stored the raw materials for the batch from which fiberglass materials vital to the war effort are produced

Section of the batch house at a plant of the Owens-Corning Fiberglas C...

12002-29. 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

Dinner to Adolph Zukor, Hotel Australia, Sydney, August 1939 / photographer Sam Hood

Dinner to Adolph Zukor, Hotel Australia, Sydney, August 1939 / photogr...

Format: Negative..Find more detailed information about this photographic collection: 24766 ( http://24766 ) ..From the collection of the State Library of New South Wales ( )

On To Victory Dance, Springfield Armory National Historic Site, 1943.

On To Victory Dance, Springfield Armory National Historic Site, 1943.

Exact date unknown but taken while employees prepare for the 1943 'On To Victory Dance'. Workers were the backbone of the armory and played a crucial role in the war effort. In order to keep up morale and creat... More

United Nations Fight for Freedom: Boy Scout in front of Capitol. They help out by delivering posters to help the war effort

United Nations Fight for Freedom: Boy Scout in front of Capitol. They ...

12002-49. 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. Sou... More

Students at Washington High School at class, training for specific contributions to the war effort, Los Angeles, Calif.

Students at Washington High School at class, training for specific con...

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Students at Washington High School at class, training for specific contributions to the war effort, Los Angeles, Calif.

Students at Washington High School at class, training for specific con...

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Section of the batch house at a plant of the Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corporation, Toledo, Ohio. In the bins are stored the raw materials for the batch from which fiberglass materials vital to the war effort are produced

Section of the batch house at a plant of the Owens-Corning Fiberglass ...

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Servicing one of the floodlights that turn night into day at the big construction operations for a new steel plant which will make important additions to the vast amount of steel needed for the war effort, Columbia Steel Co., Geneva, Utah

Servicing one of the floodlights that turn night into day at the big c...

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Workers at the Kaiser Shipyards

Workers at the Kaiser Shipyards

Louis Lee's photographs offer a behind-the-scenes window into the labor necessary to build ships for the war effort during World War II.

Old lead mines here have been reopened, Creede, Colo. Creede for many years was "a ghost town," but has resumed the activities that made it an important lead producing center years ago, and is now producing much vitally needed metal for the war effort

Old lead mines here have been reopened, Creede, Colo. Creede for many ...

12002-62. 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

United Nations Fight for Freedom : colored, white and Chinese Boy Scouts in front of Capitol, They help out by delivering poster to help the war effort

United Nations Fight for Freedom : colored, white and Chinese Boy Scou...

12002-49. 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. Sou... More

Learning how to determine latitude by using a sextant is Senta Osoling, student at Polytechnic High School, Los Angeles, Calif. Navigation classes are part of the school's program for training its students for specific contributions to the war effort

Learning how to determine latitude by using a sextant is Senta Osoling...

12002-40. 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

Section of the batch house at a plant of the Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation, Toledo, Ohio. In the bins are stored the raw materials for the batch from which fiberglass materials vital to the war effort are produced

Section of the batch house at a plant of the Owens-Corning Fiberglas C...

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Steel and concrete go into place rapidly as a new steel mill takes form, Columbia Steel Co., Geneva, Utah. The new plant will make important additions to the vast amount of steel needed for the war effort

Steel and concrete go into place rapidly as a new steel mill takes for...

12002-60. 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

Servicing one of the floodlights that turn night into day at the big construction operations for a new steel plant which will make important additions to the vast amount of steel needed for the war effort, Columbia Steel Co., Geneva, Utah

Servicing one of the floodlights that turn night into day at the big c...

12002-60. 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

Servicing one of the floodlights that turn night into day at the big construction operations for a new steel plant which will make important additions to the vast amount of steel needed for the war effort, Columbia Steel Co., Geneva, Utah

Servicing one of the floodlights that turn night into day at the big c...

12002-60. 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

A suggestion box serves as idea headquarters at the Link Aviation Devices plant, Binghamton, New York. The war production drive headquarters offers national certificates and citations for ideas of outstanding value to the war effort and recommends that plants make awards for meritorious suggestions

A suggestion box serves as idea headquarters at the Link Aviation Devi...

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

Production. Copper. Loading a copper converter at the Garfield, Utah smelter of the American Smelting and Refining Company. Vast quantities of copper ore are recovered for the war effort at this plant

Production. Copper. Loading a copper converter at the Garfield, Utah s...

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A suggestion box serves as idea headquarters at the Link Aviation Devices plant, Binghamton, New York. The war production drive headquarters offers national certificates and citations for ideas of outstanding value to the war effort and recommends that plants make awards for meritorious suggestions

A suggestion box serves as idea headquarters at the Link Aviation Devi...

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Production. Copper. Loading a copper converter at the Garfield, Utah smelter of the American Smelting and Refining Company. Vast quantities of copper ore are recovered for the war effort at this plant

Production. Copper. Loading a copper converter at the Garfield, Utah s...

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

Production. Copper. Fine copper ore travelling on a conveyor belt which discharges the ore into bins at one of the concentrators of the Utah Copper Company at Magna and Arthur in Utah. Vast quantities of the copper so vital to the war effort are treated here

Production. Copper. Fine copper ore travelling on a conveyor belt whic...

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

George Washington Memorial Parkway - Approaching World War II Memorial

George Washington Memorial Parkway - Approaching World War II Memorial

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: A few people casually walk toward the World War II Memorial, which commemorates the War effort and the lives sacrificed. Location: Loca... More

Production. Copper. Fine copper ore travelling on a conveyor belt which discharges the ore into bins at one of the concentrators of the Utah Copper Company at Magna and Arthur in Utah. Vast quantities of the copper so vital to the war effort are treated here

Production. Copper. Fine copper ore travelling on a conveyor belt whic...

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

Poster, 'Volunteer For National Service'

Poster, 'Volunteer For National Service'

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A black and white photo of a man standing on a conveyor belt. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man standing on a conveyor belt. Office o...

Actual size of negative is E (approximately 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Divisi... More

U.S. railroads engage in all-out war effort

U.S. railroads engage in all-out war effort

Photograph shows several men waving from the open windows of a troop train car leaving a midwestern U.S. military camp. Portrait of America, no. 45. Photographs received from the U.S. Office of War Information.

Military tire manufacture. Huge truck tire like those shown in this tire storeroom are playing important part in the nation's war effort. Tires like these are used on huge trucks and military prime movers. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Military tire manufacture. Huge truck tire like those shown in this ti...

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

Buffalo head. Symbols of a glorious past join the scrap for freedom. This giant buffalo head is being disposed of as scrap to aid the war effort. The Union Pacific Railroad has notified the Industrial Salvage Section of the War Production (WPB) Board Bureau of Industrial Conservation. It was erected on the road's Missouri River Bridge in 1888 to symbolize the wildness of the Western plains. The weight of the copper bronze buffalo head is estimated to be 2400 pounds, not including 1000 pounds of steel in the framework. It is seven feet six inches high, six feet wide and four feet nine inches thick

Buffalo head. Symbols of a glorious past join the scrap for freedom. T...

Public domain image of cattle, cow, bull, livestock, farm animals, agriculture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a man working on a machine. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man working on a machine. Office of War I...

Actual size of negative is E (approximately 2 1/4 x 2 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 a row of barrels. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a row of barrels. Office of War Information...

Actual size of negative is E (approximately 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Divisi... More

This plaque, bearing a design showing a plow, anchor and steam hammer, symbolizing the agriculture, commerce and manufacturing of the east, is being disposed of as scrap to aid the war effort. The Union Pacific Railroad has notified the Industrial Salvage Section of the War Production Board (WPB) Bureau of Industrial Conservation. It was erected on the road's Missouri River Bridge in 1888. The weight of the plaque is estimated at 1000 pounds of bronze and steel, including frame supports. It is five feet high, six feet wide and four inches thick

This plaque, bearing a design showing a plow, anchor and steam hammer,...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from print in lot and lot catalog card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Wash... More

Military tire manufacture. Huge truck tire like those shown in this tire storeroom are playing important part in the nation's war effort. Tires like these are used on huge trucks and military prime movers. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Military tire manufacture. Huge truck tire like those shown in this ti...

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

Labor-management committees in various plants invite members of the armed forces to attend rallies of workers to emphasize the importance of production in the war effort. Here soldiers mingle with workers at the Johns-Manville plant, Manville, New Jersey

Labor-management committees in various plants invite members of the ar...

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

This plaque, bearing a design showing a plow, anchor and steam hammer, symbolizing the agriculture, commerce and manufacturing of the east, is being disposed of as scrap to aid the war effort. The Union Pacific Railroad has notified the Industrial Salvage Section of the War Production Board (WPB) Bureau of Industrial Conservation. It was erected on the road's Missouri River Bridge in 1888. The weight of the plaque is estimated at 1000 pounds of bronze and steel, including frame supports. It is five feet high, six feet wide and four inches thick

This plaque, bearing a design showing a plow, anchor and steam hammer,...

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

A man welding a piece of metal on a wall. Office of War Information Photograph

A man welding a piece of metal on a wall. Office of War Information Ph...

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

War production drive. Anthracite rallies. Smiling with pleasure, a coal miner reads the paycheck enclosure which explains the importance to the war effort of all-out production. He extracts anthracite, or hard coal, from an Eastern Pennsylvania mine

War production drive. Anthracite rallies. Smiling with pleasure, a coa...

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A black and white photo of a train station. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a train station. Office of War Information ...

Actual size of negative is E (approximately 2 1/4 x 2 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 a group of men. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a group of men. Office of War Information P...

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

A black and white photo of a mountain village. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a mountain village. Office of War Informati...

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 poster comes to life. Two soldiers learn about each other's contribution to the war effort in the shadow of one of the nation's roaring steel furnaces. Sergeant French Vinyard tells this Allegheny-Ludlum electrician about life in the Army and learns in turn what it takes to turn out the weapons of victory on the industrial battlefront. Allegheny-Steel, Pittsburgh

A poster comes to life. Two soldiers learn about each other's contribu...

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

Pulitzer Prize author sends typewriter to war. Louis Bromfield, Pultzer Prize winning author of best-selling novels, has sold one of his typewriters to the government so that it may play a vital part in the war effort. The picture shows Bromfield (left) receiving a check for his machine. Uncle Sam has urgent need of 600,000 typewriters for the armed services. These machines must come from private industry which is asked to sell "1 out of 4" of its late models to the government

Pulitzer Prize author sends typewriter to war. Louis Bromfield, Pultze...

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

Production. Copper (refining). Handling a fire door for a furnace at a large copper refining operation. Large amounts of copper are produced for the war effort at the El Paso, Texas plant of Phelps-Dodge Refining Company

Production. Copper (refining). Handling a fire door for a furnace at a...

Picryl description: Public domain image of workers, labor, 1940s, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. Copper (refining). Electrolytic tanks in a large copper refining operation. Sheets of pure copper are formed by electrolysis, later melted and poured into ingots. Large amounts of copper are produced for the war effort at the El Paso, Texas plant of Phelps-Dodge Refining Company

Production. Copper (refining). Electrolytic tanks in a large copper re...

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

A poster comes to life. They're working together, these three Americans whose roles in the war effort are equally important and interdependent. Radio-aviation Chief John Marshall Evans, steelworker George Woolslayer and Sergeant French L. Vineyard watch the roaring steel furnaces in an Allegheny-Ludlum mill and realize that in truth they are "Men Working Together" for victory; soldier and sailor dependent on steelworker for the weapons of war, and worker dependent on the armed forces for the preservation of his life and liberty. Allegheny-Steel, Pittsburgh

A poster comes to life. They're working together, these three American...

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

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

A black and white photo of a man and a little girl. Office of War Info...

Annotation on original negative jacket. Title and other information from lot catalog card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More informat... More

A black and white photo of a man standing in front of a building. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man standing in front of a building. Offi...

Actual size of negative is E (approximately 2 1/4 x 2 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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