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CBP female officers going aboard a ship

CBP female officers going aboard a ship

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers going aboard a ship to examine cargo in May 2004.

Dones seminola - A black and white photo of a man and a woman

Dones seminola - A black and white photo of a man and a woman

Two Seminole women cooking cane syrup, Seminole Indian Agency, Florida.

"... women employed at Savannah Quartermaster Depot, Savannah, Georgia.", ca. 1943 - NARA - 522887

"... women employed at Savannah Quartermaster Depot, Savannah, Georgia...

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

"Alice McCarter, weaving a baby blanket at the Pi Beta Phi School, Gatlinburg, Tennessee. This particular material is... - NARA - 532764

"Alice McCarter, weaving a baby blanket at the Pi Beta Phi School, Gat...

Public domain photograph of public works, FDR administration, New Deal, Great Depression, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

"Aunt Lizzie Reagan, at the Pi Beta Phi School, Gatlinburg, Tennessee, weaving old-fashioned jean. Very few can weave... - NARA - 532763

"Aunt Lizzie Reagan, at the Pi Beta Phi School, Gatlinburg, Tennessee,...

Public domain photograph of public works, FDR administration, New Deal, Great Depression, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

"Beauty Operator, Liillian Newman, now working on a milling machine, US Navy Yard, Mare Island, CA." - NARA - 296890

"Beauty Operator, Liillian Newman, now working on a milling machine, U...

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

"Harvest War Crops, The Women's Land Army" - NARA - 514440

"Harvest War Crops, The Women's Land Army" - NARA - 514440

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

"Ida Pratt, Churchill, Tennessee. General ability and skill are required for the operation of side stitching. This... - NARA - 532752

"Ida Pratt, Churchill, Tennessee. General ability and skill are requir...

Public domain photograph of public works, FDR administration, New Deal, Great Depression, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

"Marie Clabo, a mountain girl, making cotton bags at the Pi Beta Phi School, Gatlinburg, Tennessee." - NARA - 532766

"Marie Clabo, a mountain girl, making cotton bags at the Pi Beta Phi S...

Public domain photograph of public works, FDR administration, New Deal, Great Depression, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

"Miss Clara Camille Carroll..., contributes her bit to the war effort in her daily work. She is one of the thousands of - NARA - 535813

"Miss Clara Camille Carroll..., contributes her bit to the war effort ...

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

"Mrs. Lloyd M. Bowers was employed in the Pattern Shop in 1942. US Navy Yard, Mare Island, CA." - NARA - 296886

"Mrs. Lloyd M. Bowers was employed in the Pattern Shop in 1942. US Nav...

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

"Ola Brooks, Mt. Carmel, Tennessee. This girl is placing index tabs. The tabs are applied with tweezers, and a... - NARA - 532748

"Ola Brooks, Mt. Carmel, Tennessee. This girl is placing index tabs. T...

Public domain photograph of public works, FDR administration, New Deal, Great Depression, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

"Pauline Minga, 146 Wanda Street, Kingsport, Tennessee, casing in and inspecting at the Kingsport Press, another... - NARA - 532741

"Pauline Minga, 146 Wanda Street, Kingsport, Tennessee, casing in and ...

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

"Picking cherries on an Oklahoma Fruit Ranch." A baby in a stroller watches the busy family at work, ca. 1900. Copy of h - NARA - 516436

"Picking cherries on an Oklahoma Fruit Ranch." A baby in a stroller wa...

Public domain photograph of document from the US National Archives, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

"THEY ALSO SERVE" No.II - NARA - 535642

"THEY ALSO SERVE" No.II - NARA - 535642

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

"WHAT A RECORD^ A WHOLE YEAR WITHOUT A SERIOUS ACCIDENT IN OUR DEPARTMENT" " LET'S KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK". - NARA - 516119

"WHAT A RECORD^ A WHOLE YEAR WITHOUT A SERIOUS ACCIDENT IN OUR DEPARTM...

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

"White" & "Black" work side by side - North American Aviation Co. Plant - NARA - 195477

"White" & "Black" work side by side - North American Aviation Co. Plan...

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

1920 detail, Woman member of the Secret Service, Olive H. Doyle. - NARA - 522872 (cropped)

1920 detail, Woman member of the Secret Service, Olive H. Doyle. - NAR...

Public domain photo, woman, 1940s female portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A landing gear, ready for assembly on a B-25 bomber, is rolled into place on the final assembly line of North... - NARA - 196384

A landing gear, ready for assembly on a B-25 bomber, is rolled into pl...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A woman welder at the Inglewood, Calif. plant of North American Aviation works on a sub-assembly for one of the huge... - NARA - 196382

A woman welder at the Inglewood, Calif. plant of North American Aviati...

Public domain photograph of laboratory, scientist, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

African-American women weighing wire coils and recording weights, to establish wage rates - NARA - 522865

African-American women weighing wire coils and recording weights, to e...

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

ANTONELLI INDUSTRIES, RIFLE, A SKI GOGGLES FACTORY, EMPLOYS FOURTEEN WORKERS MOST OF WHOM ARE FARM WIVES - NARA - 552635

ANTONELLI INDUSTRIES, RIFLE, A SKI GOGGLES FACTORY, EMPLOYS FOURTEEN W...

Public domain image - Environmental protection federal program, the 1970s, color photographs, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Busch (Bush) Terminal. Women laborers seated on front of engine in railroad yard. War industries picture. - NARA - 522868

Busch (Bush) Terminal. Women laborers seated on front of engine in rai...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a locomotive, train tracks, rail transportation, railroad, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Cable Piano Company. Row of girl key fitters. Operation in manufacturing of pianos. - NARA - 522860

Cable Piano Company. Row of girl key fitters. Operation in manufacturi...

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

Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company. View of row of operators. View of chairs showing type of chairs used by... - NARA - 522875

Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company. View of row of operators. Vi...

Public domain photograph of US government agency meeting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Columbus, Ohio. State Hospital. Here the Works Progress Administration (WPA) has a large number of workers who assist... - NARA - 518270

Columbus, Ohio. State Hospital. Here the Works Progress Administration...

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) was a New Deal program established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1935 as a response to the high unemployment during the Great Depression. The program put people t... More

Girl bootblack, Hotel McAlpin, New York. - NARA - 533757

Girl bootblack, Hotel McAlpin, New York. - NARA - 533757

Public domain image related to the United States participation in World War One, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Girls deliver ice. Heavy work that formerly belonged to men only is being done by girls. The ice girls are delivering... - NARA - 533758

Girls deliver ice. Heavy work that formerly belonged to men only is be...

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

Girls drop bundles of flax straw, wet from the ratting tank, onto the ground in the drying field - NARA - 283920

Girls drop bundles of flax straw, wet from the ratting tank, onto the ...

Public domain photograph related to 1930s farming, farms, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Girls operate stock boards at Waldorf-Astoria. The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel is employing girls to operate tickers and... - NARA - 533759

Girls operate stock boards at Waldorf-Astoria. The Waldorf-Astoria Hot...

Public domain photograph of US government agency meeting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Grace Janota, former department store clerk, is now a lathe operator at a Western aircraft plant producing B-24... - NARA - 196370

Grace Janota, former department store clerk, is now a lathe operator a...

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

Grace Janota, former department store clerk, was trained as a lathe operator by Rudolph Dolkas, who deserted the... - NARA - 196371

Grace Janota, former department store clerk, was trained as a lathe op...

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

Historical. Women's work, railway workers. Railsdok Parcel Truck workers. Operating railway parcel transfer. Girl... - NARA - 522866

Historical. Women's work, railway workers. Railsdok Parcel Truck worke...

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

Homestead wife in Falls City, Nebraska, inspecting winter food supplies - NARA - 196415

Homestead wife in Falls City, Nebraska, inspecting winter food supplie...

Public domain photograph related to 1930s farming, farms, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

I'm glad at the chance to do something real while my husband's in the army. And, say, these machinists are swell... - NARA - 535416

I'm glad at the chance to do something real while my husband's in the ...

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

Intaglio web perforating machine for stamps. (Woman working) - NARA - 532293

Intaglio web perforating machine for stamps. (Woman working) - NARA - ...

Public domain photograph of industrial workers, factory building, work, assembly line, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Kellogg Company. Women inspecting filled boxes of cereal before boxes go to sealer. - NARA - 522864

Kellogg Company. Women inspecting filled boxes of cereal before boxes ...

Public domain photograph of US government agency meeting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Labor. (African-American) women at work in lumber yards. (African-American) women, dressed in men's clothes, lifting... - NARA - 522867

Labor. (African-American) women at work in lumber yards. (African-Amer...

Public domain photograph of US government agency meeting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Like girls from Mars are these "top women" at U.S. Steel's Gary, Indiana, Works. Their job is to clean up at regular... - NARA - 522883

Like girls from Mars are these "top women" at U.S. Steel's Gary, India...

General notes: Use War and Conflict Number 812 when ordering a reproduction or requesting information about this image.

Linda King finds working as a roof bolter's helper at the Bullitt Mine in Big Stone Gap, Virginia, more challenging... - NARA - 539990

Linda King finds working as a roof bolter's helper at the Bullitt Mine...

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

Machine being monitored by an employee in a 3M Co. plant

Machine being monitored by an employee in a 3M Co. plant

Public domain image - Environmental protection federal program, the 1970s, color photographs, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Maricopa County, Arizona. Mexican girls bunching broccoli, they earn about $2.50 a day. John Jacob's farm. - NARA - 512797

Maricopa County, Arizona. Mexican girls bunching broccoli, they earn a...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a child labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Meridian Hill Park. View showing texture of concrete in lower wall. Maid with small children in view. Washington... - NARA - 513481

Meridian Hill Park. View showing texture of concrete in lower wall. Ma...

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

MIGRANT WORKER IN FIELD - NARA - 543864

MIGRANT WORKER IN FIELD - NARA - 543864

Public domain image - Environmental protection federal program, the 1970s, color photographs, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Minneapolis General electric Company meter readers - NARA - 522876

Minneapolis General electric Company meter readers - NARA - 522876

Picryl description: Public domain image of a uniform, military personnel, armed forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mrs. Guadina, living in a dirty, poverty stricken home. On the trunk is the work of 4 days. She was struggling along... - NARA - 523517

Mrs. Guadina, living in a dirty, poverty stricken home. On the trunk i...

Public domain photograph related to child labor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mrs. Ricca, making rompers for Campbell kids. Husband out of work. New York City. - NARA - 523504

Mrs. Ricca, making rompers for Campbell kids. Husband out of work. New...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a living room, salon, office, late 19th-century interior, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mrs. Sam Crawford helps with tobacco harvesting on her husband's farm in Maryland.", 10-08-1943 - NARA - 532819

Mrs. Sam Crawford helps with tobacco harvesting on her husband's farm ...

Scope and content: Mrs. Crawford wears the Women's Land Army uniform.

New York, New York. Works Progress Administration (WPA) sewing shop at 475 Tenth Avenue, New York City. - NARA - 518269

New York, New York. Works Progress Administration (WPA) sewing shop at...

Public domain photograph of manufacturing, industry, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

No original caption. (African-American woman computer operator) - NARA - 558656

No original caption. (African-American woman computer operator) - NARA...

Public domain photograph of US government agency meeting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

No original caption. (Women worker testing eggs.) - NARA - 532623

No original caption. (Women worker testing eggs.) - NARA - 532623

Public domain photograph of restaurant chef, culinary, food preparation, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

No original caption. Credit Vocational Schools, Baltimore. (African-American Woman working at what appears to be... - NARA - 516348

No original caption. Credit Vocational Schools, Baltimore. (African-Am...

Public domain photograph of manufacturing, industry, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Nuclear Nursing - Chief Hospitalman Lee Jones, U.S. Navy, of Silver Spring, Maryland, demonstrates radiation survey... - NARA - 521004

Nuclear Nursing - Chief Hospitalman Lee Jones, U.S. Navy, of Silver Sp...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a woman, nurse, caring, hospital, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

NYA-"Lee County Training School(Negro)"-Tupelo, Mississippi-students at work in library - NARA - 195369

NYA-"Lee County Training School(Negro)"-Tupelo, Mississippi-students a...

Landscape Public domain photograph related to race relations, African Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

NYA-Springfield, Massachusetts-women operating machinery - NARA - 195665

NYA-Springfield, Massachusetts-women operating machinery - NARA - 1956...

Public domain photograph related to Rosie the Riveter painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Older women doing hand ironing in laundry where general lay-out is good, but women apparently have no seats. Sitting... - NARA - 522869

Older women doing hand ironing in laundry where general lay-out is goo...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory worker, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions. show less

Photograph of the Division of Classification and Cataloging, 1937

Photograph of the Division of Classification and Cataloging, 1937

Scope and content: Original caption: Division of Classification and Cataloging, November 17, 1937.

Photograph of Women Rivet Heaters at Puget Sound Navy Yard, 05-29-1919 - NARA - 522877

Photograph of Women Rivet Heaters at Puget Sound Navy Yard, 05-29-1919...

Scope and content: Original caption: Women Rivet Heaters and Passers on, Ship Construction Work. Navy Yard, Puget Sound, Washington.

Portrait of Ella Agnew, the first Home Extension Agent. - NARA - 513392

Portrait of Ella Agnew, the first Home Extension Agent. - NARA - 51339...

Public domain photograph of US government agency meeting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

School Number 26, Indianapolis, Indiana. Mrs. Hattye Gaillard, Instructor. Making preserves, circa 1917-18., 1917 - ca. - NARA - 512433

School Number 26, Indianapolis, Indiana. Mrs. Hattye Gaillard, Instruc...

General notes: Use War and Conflict Number 560 when ordering a reproduction or requesting information about this image.

Sergeant Laurie Rich, white female, and Sherrine Freeman, minority female. (White House Police Officers) - NARA - 558657

Sergeant Laurie Rich, white female, and Sherrine Freeman, minority fem...

Public domain photograph - law enforcement, police, troopers, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Some of the employees. All wear bloomers. Hope Webbing Company., ca. 1918 - NARA - 533661

Some of the employees. All wear bloomers. Hope Webbing Company., ca. 1...

General notes: Use War and Conflict Number 546 when ordering a reproduction or requesting information about this image.

Suffrage farmerettes. Mrs. Ruth Litt of East Patchoque, New York at work producing . . . - NARA - 533775

Suffrage farmerettes. Mrs. Ruth Litt of East Patchoque, New York at wo...

Scope and content: Full caption reads as follows: Suffrage farmerettes. Mrs. Ruth Litt of East Patchoque, New York at work producing food. Received from the Leslie Woman Suffrage Commission.

This is a card puncher, an integral part of the tabulation system used by the United States Census Bureau to compile... - NARA - 513295

This is a card puncher, an integral part of the tabulation system used...

Public domain photograph related to civil rights, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Tobacco plant. Picture of (African-American) woman before work tables covered with tobacco. - NARA - 522859

Tobacco plant. Picture of (African-American) woman before work tables ...

Public domain photograph of US government agency meeting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Topeka, Kansas. Works Progress Administration (WPA) mattress making project. - NARA - 518266

Topeka, Kansas. Works Progress Administration (WPA) mattress making pr...

Public domain image of personnel, army, group of people in uniform, parade, historic place, military activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Washington County, Mississippi. Delta-Pine Land Company. (African-American woman) picking cotton on Delta land that... - NARA - 512796

Washington County, Mississippi. Delta-Pine Land Company. (African-Amer...

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

Washington, D.C. Dusting mits with which dusting can be done with both hands develops speed and efficiency. Dusting... - NARA - 513403

Washington, D.C. Dusting mits with which dusting can be done with both...

Public domain photograph of US government agency official, administrative meeting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Woman dusting and using a vacuum

Woman dusting and using a vacuum

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Woman member of the Secret Service, Olive H. Doyle. - NARA - 522872

Woman member of the Secret Service, Olive H. Doyle. - NARA - 522872

Public domain photograph of US government agency official, administrative meeting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Women assembling dolls on a long worktable at the Shrenhat Toy Company, Philadelphia, 10-1912 - NARA - 523031

Women assembling dolls on a long worktable at the Shrenhat Toy Company...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Women electric welders at Hog Island shipyard. These are the first women to be engaged in actual ship construction, in t - NARA - 533763

Women electric welders at Hog Island shipyard. These are the first wom...

General notes: Use War and Conflict Number 536 when ordering a reproduction or requesting information about this image.

Women move into the wartime labor force - NARA - 292121

Women move into the wartime labor force - NARA - 292121

Scope and content: New women employees proceed through their first few days at the Cornhusker Ordnance Plant in Nebraska. Interview

Women move into the wartime labor force - NARA - 292122

Women move into the wartime labor force - NARA - 292122

Scope and content: New women employees proceed through their first few days at the Cornhusker Ordnance Plant in Nebraska; the physical examination.

Women move into the wartime labor force - NARA - 292123

Women move into the wartime labor force - NARA - 292123

Scope and content: New women employees proceed through their first few days at the Cornhusker Ordnance Plant in Nebraska; the identification photo and fingerprinting.

Women move into the wartime labor force - NARA - 292124

Women move into the wartime labor force - NARA - 292124

Scope and content: New women employees proceed through their first few days at the Cornhusker Ordnance Plant in Nebraska; an orientation meeting.

Women move into the wartime labor force - NARA - 292125

Women move into the wartime labor force - NARA - 292125

Scope and content: New women employees proceed through their first few days at the Cornhusker Ordnance Plant in Nebraska; introductions on the job.

Women move into the wartime labor force - NARA - 292126

Women move into the wartime labor force - NARA - 292126

Scope and content: New women employees proceed through their first few days at the Cornhusker Ordnance Plant in Nebraska; signing in.

Women move into the wartime labor force - NARA - 292127

Women move into the wartime labor force - NARA - 292127

Scope and content: New women employees proceed through their first few days at the Cornhusker Ordnance Plant in Nebraska; being issued new coveralls.

Women move into the wartime labor force - NARA - 292128

Women move into the wartime labor force - NARA - 292128

Scope and content: New women employees proceed through their first few days at the Cornhusker Ordnance Plant in Nebraska; payday.

Women move into the wartime labor force - NARA - 292129

Women move into the wartime labor force - NARA - 292129

Scope and content: New women employees proceed through their first few days at the Cornhusker Ordnance Plant in Nebraska; at work on a shell.

Women move into the wartime labor force - NARA - 292130

Women move into the wartime labor force - NARA - 292130

Scope and content: New women employees proceed through their first few days at the Cornhusker Ordnance Plant in Nebraska; mealtime in the cafeteria.

Women move into the wartime labor force - NARA - 292131

Women move into the wartime labor force - NARA - 292131

Scope and content: New women employees proceed through their first few days at the Cornhusker Ordnance Plant in Nebraska; at work on a line of shells.

Women open bundles of dry flax straw and spread on a table - NARA - 283919

Women open bundles of dry flax straw and spread on a table - NARA - 28...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory worker, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions. show less

Women paint the pottery - NARA - 285594

Women paint the pottery - NARA - 285594

Public domain reproduction of artwork, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Women taking place of men on Great Northern Railway at Great Falls. Montana, circa 1918. Great Falls Commercial Club., 1 - NARA - 533760

Women taking place of men on Great Northern Railway at Great Falls. Mo...

General notes: Use War and Conflict Number 543 when ordering a reproduction or requesting information about this image.

Women workers in ordnance shops, Midvale Steel and Ordnance Company, Nicetown, Pennsylvania. Hand chipping with pneumati - NARA - 530774

Women workers in ordnance shops, Midvale Steel and Ordnance Company, N...

General notes: Use War and Conflict Number 545 when ordering a reproduction or requesting information about this image.

World War I farmerettes pack peaches on a Virginia fruit farm in August, 1917. - NARA - 512802

World War I farmerettes pack peaches on a Virginia fruit farm in Augus...

Public domain photograph of US government agency meeting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A group of female employees on the front steps of Star Clothing Manufacturing Company Factory No. 3

A group of female employees on the front steps of Star Clothing Manufa...

Title: A group of female employees on the front steps of Star Clothing Manufacturing Company Factory No. 3.

Unidentified woman using a water pump in a South St. Louis neighborhood

Unidentified woman using a water pump in a South St. Louis neighborhoo...

Title: Unidentified woman using a water pump in a South St. Louis neighborhood.

Keypunching 1940s census

Keypunching 1940s census

Transferring data from the 1940 census questionnaire to punch cards for tabulation.

Keypunch operator 1950 census IBM 016

Keypunch operator 1950 census IBM 016

A clerk employee creates punch cards containing data from the 1950 Census. The Census Bureau initially tabulated the 1950 Census using punch cards and electronic tabulators reminiscent of those developed by He... More

Census pantograph and 1930s keypunches

Census pantograph and 1930s keypunches

A U.S. Census Bureau clerk (left) prepares punch cards using a pantograph similar to that developed by Herman Hollerith for the 1890 Census, while a second clerk (right) uses a 1930s key punch to perform the s... More

Census IBM early alphanumeric card punches

Census IBM early alphanumeric card punches

US Census employees operate early alphanumeric keypunches

Census National Processing Center employees in Jeffersonville, Indiana

Census National Processing Center employees in Jeffersonville, Indiana

Keypunch operators at the U.S. Census Bureau's National Processing Center in Jeffersonville, Indiana, hard at work preparing for the 1980 Census.

Punchcards 1910

Punchcards 1910

Punch cards in use by the US Census Bureau circa 1910

Woman operating Census Univac 1105

Woman operating Census Univac 1105

A U.S. Census Bureau employee uses a UNIVAC 1105 computer to tabulate data following the 1960 Census. The UNIVAC 1105 computers replaced the UNIVAC I computers installed at the Census Bureau in the early 1950s.

"Harvest War Crops, The Women's Land Army" - NARA - 514440

"Harvest War Crops, The Women's Land Army" - NARA - 514440

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

"I've Found the Job" - NARA - 513613

"I've Found the Job" - NARA - 513613

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

"WACS WITH THE ARMY GROUND FORCES" - NARA - 515994

"WACS WITH THE ARMY GROUND FORCES" - NARA - 515994

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

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