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Kobayashi Kiyochika - Heian Period Courtier on a Moonlit Beach

Kobayashi Kiyochika - Heian Period Courtier on a Moonlit Beach

Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japanese, 1847–1915) Meiji period (1868–1912) Public domain photograph of 19th-century woodblock print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Silk Textile Nuihaku (Noh Costume), Japan

Silk Textile Nuihaku (Noh Costume), Japan

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese costume accessory, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Carel Adolph Lion Cachet - Ontwerpen voor kleden of tableau's met monogrammen van scheepvaartmaatschappijen

Carel Adolph Lion Cachet - Ontwerpen voor kleden of tableau's met mono...

Ontwerpen voor kleden of tableau's met monogrammen van de Java-China-Japan-lijn en de Koninklijke Pakketvaart Maatschappij.

Twee ontwerpen voor kleden voor de Java-China-Japan-Lijn

Twee ontwerpen voor kleden voor de Java-China-Japan-Lijn

Public domain photograph of Imperial Japan, Japanese empire during World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fuji pumpverk, Japan. Ur album för KMW. AB Karlstads Mekaniska Werkstad.

Fuji pumpverk, Japan. Ur album för KMW. AB Karlstads Mekaniska Werksta...

Fuji pumpverk, Japan. Ur album för KMW. AB Karlstads Mekaniska Werkstad.

Aga-fyren Habushiwa i Japan.. Public domain, Post-war Japan.

Aga-fyren Habushiwa i Japan.. Public domain, Post-war Japan.

Aga-fyren Habushiwa i Japan. Public domain photograph of Imperial Japan, Japanese empire, during World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Kolorerad skioptikonbild med motiv av geisha.

Kolorerad skioptikonbild med motiv av geisha.

Kolorerad skioptikonbild med motiv av geisha. Public domain photograph of Imperial Japan, Japanese empire during World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Begrafenisstoet in Japan - Rijksmuseum public domain dedication

Begrafenisstoet in Japan - Rijksmuseum public domain dedication

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a military parade, 20th-century armed forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Kolorerad skioptikondbild av japansk samurai.

Kolorerad skioptikondbild av japansk samurai.

Kolorerad skioptikondbild av japansk samurai. Public domain photograph of Imperial Japan, Japanese empire during World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mannen op een vlot in een rivier in Japan, mogelijk vissers met aalscholvers

Mannen op een vlot in een rivier in Japan, mogelijk vissers met aalsch...

Onderdeel van Reisalbum met foto's van bezienswaardigheden in Japan. Public domain photograph of Imperial Japan, Japanese empire, during World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Gezicht op een stroomversnelling in Japan, mogelijk in de Hozurivier op Kyoto

Gezicht op een stroomversnelling in Japan, mogelijk in de Hozurivier o...

Onderdeel van Reisalbum met foto's van bezienswaardigheden in Japan. Public domain photograph of Imperial Japan, Japanese empire, during World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Gezicht op een stroomversnelling in Japan, mogelijk in de Hozurivier op Kyoto

Gezicht op een stroomversnelling in Japan, mogelijk in de Hozurivier o...

Onderdeel van Reisalbum met foto's van bezienswaardigheden in Japan. Public domain photograph of Imperial Japan, Japanese empire, during World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Twee boten met (vermoedelijk) Europeanen op een rivier in Japan

Twee boten met (vermoedelijk) Europeanen op een rivier in Japan

Onderdeel van Reisalbum met foto's van bezienswaardigheden in Japan. Public domain photograph of Imperial Japan, Japanese empire, during World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Straatversiering in Kyoto - Rijksmuseum public domain dedication

Straatversiering in Kyoto - Rijksmuseum public domain dedication

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a military parade, 20th-century armed forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Trein bij een station in Japan - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

Trein bij een station in Japan - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

Onderdeel van Reisalbum met foto's van bezienswaardigheden in Japan. Public domain photograph of Imperial Japan, Japanese empire, during World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mannen in een boot op een rivier, mogelijk de Hozurivier op Kyoto

Mannen in een boot op een rivier, mogelijk de Hozurivier op Kyoto

Onderdeel van Reisalbum met foto's van bezienswaardigheden in Japan. Public domain photograph of Imperial Japan, Japanese empire, during World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Geelkuif kaketoe in boom, Ohara Koson

Geelkuif kaketoe in boom, Ohara Koson

Kaketoe tussen het groene gebladerte van een boom; een dunne tak met de snavel omvattend.

The Osaka Y.M.C.A. Inner Circle at Sumiyoshi, June 17, 1917

The Osaka Y.M.C.A. Inner Circle at Sumiyoshi, June 17, 1917

Picryl description: Public domain photo of vintage YMCA postcard, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Members of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), at Anzac Park, Kure

Members of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), at...

ID Number: HOBJ2590 .Maker: Hobson, Phillip Oliver .Place made: Japan . .Rights Info: No known copyright restrictions...This photograph is from the Australian War Memorial's collection ( http:// ) ..: c... More

Mannen haori met oogstscene bij de berg Fuji

Mannen haori met oogstscene bij de berg Fuji

Haori voor een man met een versiering op de voering van een voorstelling van een dorsend boerenechtpaar bij hun huis waar de vlag uithangt, een geparkeerde auto bij de schuur en de berg Fuji op de achtergrond. ... More

Visitekaartje van uitgever Watanabe

Visitekaartje van uitgever Watanabe

Twee dansende figuren aan weerszijde van naam en adres (in Engels) van de uitgever Watanabe Shozaburo; de verso zijde vermeldt dezelfde gegevens in het Japans.

Kimono with a Mythical Hoo Bird

Kimono with a Mythical Hoo Bird

The kimono is one of the iconic garments from Asia. In Japan and elsewhere it is a symbol of the country and its culture. While its basic shape has been the same for centuries, there are many different variatio... More

Japanese music. Public domain, Post-war Japan.. Public domain image of 1950s Japan.

Japanese music. Public domain, Post-war Japan.. Public domain image of...

ID number: HOBJ5213.Photographer: Phillip Oliver Hobson.Place: Kure, Japan..Recording Japanese musical instruments for a Britcom Broadcasting Station program...Rights Info: No known copyright restrictions..Thi... More

Women’s kimono decorated with chrysanthemums

Women’s kimono decorated with chrysanthemums

Slightly lower in the kimono hierarchy is the tsukesage, a smart garment for occasions such as tea ceremonies. Com-parison with the more formal examples to the left reveals that the less formal the kimono, the ... More

Women’s kimono decorated with geometric patterns

Women’s kimono decorated with geometric patterns

In the early 20th century new fabrics were introduced. Semi-synthetic rayon was used in Japan for informal, contemporary clothing. Motifs and colours were also progressive, reflecting the global modernist movem... More

Mannen haori met scenes rond Edo

Mannen haori met scenes rond Edo

Haori voor een man met een versiering op de voering van drie elkaar gedeeltelijk overlappende rechthoekige vlakken tegen de achtergrond van een afbeelding van een brug, met voorstellingen van het bewerken van ... More

Four Japanese men wearing suits and holding parasols by a roadside possibly in Nagoya

Four Japanese men wearing suits and holding parasols by a roadside pos...

This photo is part of the Australian National Maritime Museum’s Samuel J. Hood Studio collection. Sam Hood (1872-1953) was a Sydney photographer with a passion for ships. His 60-year career spanned the romantic... More

Schoen gedragen door Jhr. Mr. Dr. A.W.L. Tjarda van Starkenborch Stachouwer

Schoen gedragen door Jhr. Mr. Dr. A.W.L. Tjarda van Starkenborch Stach...

Schoen gedragen door Jhr. Mr. Dr. A.W.L. Tjarda van Starkenborch Stachouwer, gekregen na de bevrijding uit een Japans kamp in 1945 van een Amerikaans militair. Zware bruin leren halfhoge schoen, sluitend aan de... More

Portrait of a sailor with SS TANDA emblazoned on his cap

Portrait of a sailor with SS TANDA emblazoned on his cap

This photo is part of the Australian National Maritime Museum’s Samuel J. Hood Studio collection. Sam Hood (1872-1953) was a Sydney photographer with a passion for ships. His 60-year career spanned the romantic... More

Schoen gedragen door Jhr. Mr. Dr. A.W.L. Tjarda van Starkenborch Stachouwer

Schoen gedragen door Jhr. Mr. Dr. A.W.L. Tjarda van Starkenborch Stach...

Schoen gedragen door Jhr. Mr. Dr. A.W.L. Tjarda van Starkenborch Stachouwer, gekregen na de bevrijding uit een Japans kamp in 1945 van een Amerikaans militair. Zware bruin leren halfhoge schoen, sluitend aan de... More

A black and white photo of a man bending over, possibly related to: A group of farmers on sale day in Mapleton, Iowa

A black and white photo of a man bending over, possibly related to: A ...

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

Farmers sawing wood for fuel in timber near Aledo, Illinois

Farmers sawing wood for fuel in timber near Aledo, Illinois

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 man and a woman standing in front of a building, possibly related to: Mr. and Mrs. Roy Merriott on rented farm of 160 acres near Estherville, Iowa. Until recently owned by loan company; it has been sold to a private party. It is the third farm Merriott has lost in the past ten years

A man and a woman standing in front of a building, possibly related to...

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

Bed in Buckboard Charlie's cabin near Iron River, Michigan

Bed in Buckboard Charlie's cabin near Iron River, Michigan

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 trainload of timber recently cut and ready to be shipped to the sawmill. Little effort is made to clean up after cutting timber. Note slashings and brush in foreground. Wisconsin

A trainload of timber recently cut and ready to be shipped to the sawm...

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 drink on the house. Lumberjacks, proprietor and lady attendant in saloon. Craigville, Minnesota

A drink on the house. Lumberjacks, proprietor and lady attendant in sa...

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 farmer in his toolhouse, near McLeansboro, Illinois

A farmer in his toolhouse, near McLeansboro, Illinois

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

Charles Miller's household goods being moved onto the farm which he is renting northeast of Fowler, Indiana

Charles Miller's household goods being moved onto the farm which he is...

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 man in overalls and a hat Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information photo.

A black and white photo of a man in overalls and a hat Farm Security A...

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 driving a tractor, possibly related to: Loading sugar cane onto truck by means of large scissors grab, in sugarcane field near New Iberia, Louisiana

A black and white photo of a man driving a tractor, possibly related t...

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

Parade of the colors, state fair, Donaldsonville, Louisiana

Parade of the colors, state fair, Donaldsonville, Louisiana

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 men walking on a dock, possibly related to: Negro stevedore, with lumber on shoulder, New Orleans, Louisiana

A black and white photo of men walking on a dock, possibly related to:...

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 two boys sitting on a pile of bags Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information photo.

A black and white photo of two boys sitting on a pile of bags Farm Sec...

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

Southeast Missouri Farms Project. Fitting seat and lid on sanitary base of privy

Southeast Missouri Farms Project. Fitting seat and lid on sanitary bas...

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

Painting sacks of rice for identification purpose, state rice mill, Abbeville, Louisiana

Painting sacks of rice for identification purpose, state rice mill, Ab...

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

Clarinet players, Southwestern University band, National Rice Festival, Crowley, Louisiana

Clarinet players, Southwestern University band, National Rice Festival...

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

Mess hall meal, Manzanar National Historic Site, 1942.

Mess hall meal, Manzanar National Historic Site, 1942.

Photo by government photographer Clem Albers of a typical Manzanar mess hall scene in 1942.

Manzanar War Relocation Center detainees, Manzanar National Historic Site, 2016.

Manzanar War Relocation Center detainees, Manzanar National Historic S...

Photo date unknown. Over 110,000 Japanese Americans were betrayed by their country and forced to live in one of ten military-style internment camps, like Manzanar, during World War II. Many women became mothers... More

Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN, signs the Instrument of Surrender as United States Representative.

Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN, signs the Instrument of Surrende...

Photo #: 80-G-701293 Surrender of Japan, Tokyo Bay, 2 September 1945 Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN, signs the Instrument of Surrender as United States Representative, aboard USS Missouri , 2 September 19... More

Daughter of tenant farmer hanging up clothes near Warner, Oklahoma

Daughter of tenant farmer hanging up clothes near Warner, Oklahoma

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

The famous picture taken by Associated Press photographer

The famous picture taken by Associated Press photographer

The famous picture taken by Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal actually captured the second flag-raising event of the day. A U.S. flag was first raised atop Suribachi soon after it was captured early i... More

Burned docks - National Parks Gallery

Burned docks - National Parks Gallery

The docks burn at Dutch Harbor following the bombing by Japanese airplanes, June 1942

A group of men riding on the backs of horses, possibly related to: Judges at Bean Day rodeo, Wagon Mound, New Mexico

A group of men riding on the backs of horses, possibly related to: Jud...

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

Roughnecks guiding bailer into hole during bailing out operations, oil well, near Seminole, Oklahoma. They were bailing out mud and water in old well before drilling to a deeper level

Roughnecks guiding bailer into hole during bailing out operations, oil...

Gap between frames M3 and M4. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the ... More

HIYEI -- Japan. Warship photograph collection

HIYEI -- Japan. Warship photograph collection

Photograph shows the Hiei an Imperial Japanese Navy warship which served during World War I and World War II. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012)

Manzanar War Relocation Center detainees, Manzanar National Historic Site, 2016.

Manzanar War Relocation Center detainees, Manzanar National Historic S...

Photo date unknown. Over 110,000 Japanese Americans were betrayed by their country and forced to live in one of ten military-style internment camps, like Manzanar, during World War II. Many women became mothers... More

Boys at summer camp eating breakfast. El Porvenir, New Mexico

Boys at summer camp eating breakfast. El Porvenir, New Mexico

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

Children at the internment camp, Manzanar National Historic Site, 1942.

Children at the internment camp, Manzanar National Historic Site, 1942...

Photo by Dorothea Lange, 1942. Public domain photograph of Imperial Japan, Japanese empire, during World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

HIYEI -- Japan, George Grantham Bain Collection

HIYEI -- Japan, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows the Hiei an Imperial Japanese Navy warship which served during World War I and World War II. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the nega... More

A couple of men standing next to each other, possibly related to: Farmers in town Saturday afternoon, Laurel, Mississippi

A couple of men standing next to each other, possibly related to: Farm...

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

Weigher at poultry cooperative, Brownwood, Texas

Weigher at poultry cooperative, Brownwood, Texas

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

Donald Stobbs in a treeless landscape

Donald Stobbs in a treeless landscape

Attu, August 1945. Ensign Don Stobbs looking out over the Northwest arm of Holtz Bay. This was one of the landings sites when the Americans retook the island after the Japanese occupied it in 1943. The white do... More

Farm boy resting on rail fence. San Augustine County, Texas

Farm boy resting on rail fence. San Augustine County, Texas

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

A group of people standing around a horse - FSA / Office of War Inform...

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

Making barbecue sandwiches at the free barbecue on Labor Day, Ridgway, Colorado

Making barbecue sandwiches at the free barbecue on Labor Day, Ridgway,...

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 US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine stands at attention after placing a wreath on an artillery piece, at a dedication ceremony for an artillery gun park in Camp Lejeune, North Carolina (NC). The park was named after USMC Private First Class (PFC) Harold C. Agerholm, 4th Battalion, 10th Marines, 2nd Marine Division, who received the Medal of Honor posthumously during World War II for action against Japanese forces on Saipan and rescuing forty-five casualties under heavy enemy fire

A US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine stands at attention after placing a wr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: MARFORLANT Scene C... More

A group of people sitting on top of a truck - FSA / Office of War Information Photograph

A group of people sitting on top of a truck - FSA / Office of War Info...

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

Mr. F. Neal Sever (center), a U.S. Navy World War Two Submarine Veteran, talks to U.S. Navy Sailor serving aboard the Los Angeles Class Attack Submarine, USS OKLAHOMA CITY (SSN 723) during his visit at Naval Station Norfolk Va., on Oct. 13, 2006.  Following his tour, Mr. Sever attended the time-honored dolphin pinning ceremony and gave a first hand account of the only ground-combat operation on Japanese territory in World War II. (U.S. Navy PHOTO by Mass Communication SPECIALIST 1ST Class Christina M. Shaw) (Released)

Mr. F. Neal Sever (center), a U.S. Navy World War Two Submarine Vetera...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MC1 Christina M. Shaw, USN Release Status: Released ... More

A World War II (WWII) veteran and US Army (USA) 126th Infantry troop attends the Annual Training Parade marking the end of the 2005 Annual Training Exercise (ATE) at Camp Grayling, Michigan (MI). The 126th Infantry was part of the 32nd "Red Arrow" Division in World War II. The 32nd Division was the first US Division to fight an offensive action against the Japanese in the Southwest Pacific. (A3596)

A World War II (WWII) veteran and US Army (USA) 126th Infantry troop a...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Camp Grayling State: Michigan (MI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSG Jim Downen Jr., Miarng Release Status: Rel... More

A group of men sitting on top of a wooden fence - FSA / Office of War Information Photograph

A group of men sitting on top of a wooden fence - FSA / Office of War ...

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 people on a truck - FSA / Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a group of people on a truck - FSA / Office...

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

Australian fighting forces in action at Papua. Infantrymen advance as an Australian-manned American tank blast Japanese pillboxes and clear trees of snipers. In one morning's fighting this tank's machine guns fired 10,000 rounds. The picture was taken during actual warfare

Australian fighting forces in action at Papua. Infantrymen advance as ...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Image source: Australian Commonwealth photo. Title and other information from caption card. T... More

Member of the Casa Grande Valley Farms shaping a piece of tin to repair the hay chopper. Pinal County, Arizona

Member of the Casa Grande Valley Farms shaping a piece of tin to repai...

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

Quemado, New Mexico. Bronc busting at the rodeo

Quemado, New Mexico. Bronc busting at the rodeo

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Electronic surrogate made from item with the same number in the LC-USF34 series. Transfer; United States... More

War Production Board (WPB) poster. "Slap Happy Jap." This life-size figure of "Slap Happy Jap" has been created by the "Quicker for Victory" campaign of the labor-management committee in the Cleveland warehouse plant. He appears in different departments with varying messages to spur production

War Production Board (WPB) poster. "Slap Happy Jap." This life-size fi...

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

Sign. Torry Pines, near San Diego, California

Sign. Torry Pines, near San Diego, California

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

Displayed aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni,

Displayed aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni,

Displayed aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, is the last standing Mitsubishi A6M Zero hangar. It was one of many that were housed aboard station during the World War II era. The hangar’s existence ... More

Milk caps. Arizona part-time farms. Chandler unit

Milk caps. Arizona part-time farms. Chandler unit

Possibly photographed by Russell Lee. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information ab... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) World War Two (WW II) Veterans who served in the battle of Iwo Jima, salute and render respect to all those who served in the battle, at the Reunion of Honor Memorial on the Island of Iwo Jima, Japan, as part of the 58th Commemorative Anniversary Ceremony, observing the Battle of Iwo Jima

US Marine Corps (USMC) World War Two (WW II) Veterans who served in th...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Iwo Jima Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: CPL Cory P. Griffith, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digi... More

Donald W. Stobbs Photo 4 - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

Donald W. Stobbs Photo 4 - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

Attu, August 1945. Sites, Betus, Speakmon, Stobbs. Japanese fortification at Holtz Bay.

Nominees for the office of singing director of the county 4-H Club organization. Eufaula, Oklahoma

Nominees for the office of singing director of the county 4-H Club org...

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 US Marine Corps (USMC) World War Two (WW II) Veterans, who served in the battle of Iwo Jima, shakes the hand of a member of the Japanese Army who fought against him, as they commemorate together at the Reunion of Honor Memorial on the Island of Iwo Jima, Japan, as part of the 58th Commemorative Anniversary Ceremony, observing the Battle of Iwo Jima

A US Marine Corps (USMC) World War Two (WW II) Veterans, who served in...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Iwo Jima Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: CPL Cory P. Griffith, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digi... More

Assault wave, Salerno. Allied troops pour ashore at Salerno, wading through the surf under heavy machine gun and shell fire from hidden enemy positions back of the beaches. One of the landing craft is set aflame by an enemy shell. Another shell just misses an LCVP (landing craft, vehicle personnel) and sends up a plume of smoke and water. Allied cruisers come in close to shore to blast the enemy whose positions are relayed by naval spotters advancing with the landing parties

Assault wave, Salerno. Allied troops pour ashore at Salerno, wading th...

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

Mormon boys, young members of the priesthood. Mendon, Utah

Mormon boys, young members of the priesthood. Mendon, Utah

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 man petting a donkey, possibly related to: Son of Pomp Hall, Negro tenant farmer, unharnessing mule on his father's farm, Creek County, Oklahoma. See general caption number 23

A black and white photo of a man petting a donkey, possibly related to...

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

Mrs. Joan Dawson receives cased colors for 4th Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, during the dedication ceremony for an artillery gun park in Camp Lejeune, NC.  The park is named after her brother USMC Private First Class (PFC) Harold C. Agerholm, 4th Battalion, 10th Marines, 2nd Marine Division, who received the Medal of Honor posthumously during World War II for action against Japanese forces on Saipan and rescuing forty-five casualties under heavy enemy fire

Mrs. Joan Dawson receives cased colors for 4th Battalion, 10th Marine ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: MARFORLANT Scene C... More

View from within Ventura bomber of a Japanese "Oscar" fighter

View from within Ventura bomber of a Japanese "Oscar" fighter

1945 aerial action photo of a Japanese Oscar fighter engaging Bill’s Ventura in a sortie over the Kurile Islands.

Pre-WWII collection of Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information

Pre-WWII collection of Farm Security Administration - Office of War In...

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

A group of men sitting at desks in a classroom. Pie Town, New Mexico. Farm Security Administartion photograph.

A group of men sitting at desks in a classroom. Pie Town, New Mexico. ...

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

Retired US Marine Corps (USMC) World War Two (WW II) General (GEN) Hanes (speaker), who fought in the Battle of Iwo Jima, talks to the assembly of guests about his experience during the Reunion Of Honor Ceremony held on the Island of Iwo Jima, Japan, as part of the 58th Commemorative Anniversary Ceremony, observing the Battle of Iwo Jima

Retired US Marine Corps (USMC) World War Two (WW II) General (GEN) Han...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Iwo Jima Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: CPL Cory P. Griffith, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digi... More

Attu's treeless landscape - National Parks Gallery

Attu's treeless landscape - National Parks Gallery

Attu, August 1945. Ensign Don Stobbs looking out over the Northwest arm of Holtz Bay. This was one of the landings sites when the Americans retook the island after the Japanese occupied it in 1943. The white do... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) World War Two (WW II) Combat Correspondent, Mr. C.J. Obrien (center) who served in the battle of Iwo Jima, shakes the hand of a member of the Japanese Army who fought against allied forces, as they commemorate together at the Reunion of Honor Memorial on the Island of Iwo Jima, Japan, as part of the 58th Commemorative Anniversary Ceremony, observing the Battle of Iwo Jima

US Marine Corps (USMC) World War Two (WW II) Combat Correspondent, Mr....

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Iwo Jima Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: CPL Cory P. Griffith, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digi... More

A black and white photo of a man in uniform A black and white photo of a man in uniform. Pie Town, New Mexico. Farm Security Administartion photograph.

A black and white photo of a man in uniform A black and white photo of...

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

US Marine Corps (USMC) World War Two (WW II) Veterans, who served in the battle of Iwo Jima, shake hands with members of the Japanese Army who fought against them, as they commemorate together at the Reunion of Honor Memorial on the Island of Iwo Jima, Japan, as part of the 58th Commemorative Anniversary Ceremony, observing the Battle of Iwo Jima

US Marine Corps (USMC) World War Two (WW II) Veterans, who served in t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Iwo Jima Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: CPL Cory P. Griffith, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digi... More

A black and white photo of two men with guns, possibly related to: Miner attaching airhose to power drill which he will use in drilling contest, Labor Day celebration, Silverton, Colorado

A black and white photo of two men with guns, possibly related to: Min...

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 kneeling down, possibly related to: Negro playing marbles on the first warm day in the spring. In this game the players shoot from hole to hole, the same idea as in golf or miniature golf. Eufaula, Oklahoma

A black and white photo of a man kneeling down, possibly related to: N...

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

Pre-WWII collection of Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information

Pre-WWII collection of Farm Security Administration - Office of War In...

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

Partially sunken ship - National Parks Gallery

Partially sunken ship - National Parks Gallery

The dry docked ship Northwestern was hit by Japanese planes during the attack, 12 men killed. June 1942.

Natives of the Netherlands East Indies have long been on the alert against the expected Japanese aggression. They have realized for ten years that the natural wealth of their islands would eventually mean a Japanese move for "unification," and air raid defenses such as these have long been ready for action. The crew is composed of members of the Royal Netherlands Indian Army. During action they wear steel helmets, rather than the bamboo hats shown here

Natives of the Netherlands East Indies have long been on the alert aga...

Actual size of negative is B (approximately 5 x 7 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

A group of men standing next to each other near a train - FSA / Office of War Information Photograph

A group of men standing next to each other near a train - FSA / Office...

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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