Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information photos from the 1940s
6,949 photos, in date order; 6,001–6,060 on this page. The photos were taken for US government agencies, so they are US government works and not under copyright. About the collection
- 1930s
- 1940s
New York Post journalist Ted Poston working at the Office of War Information with his assistants William Clark and Harriette Easterlin
1943-03
New York, New York. Washington Square.
1943-03
New York, New York. A follower of the late Marcus Garvey who started the "Back to Africa" movement 8d28526v
1943-04
New York, New York. A follower of the late Marcus Garvey who started the "Back to Africa" movement 8d28528v
1943-04
New York, New York. A Harlem newsboy ( )
1943-05
New York, New York. A woman and her dog in the Harlem section ( )
1943-05
New York, New York. A trio of musicians from Duke Ellington's orchestra during the early morning broadcast ( )
1943-04
Night view of part of Santa Fe R.R. yard, Kansas City, Kansas
1943-03
Night view of part of the South Water street freight terminal of the Illinois Central R.R., Chicago, Ill.
1943-05
New York, New York. Newsstand on Fourth Avenue at Fourteenth Street which sells foreign language newspapers
1943-01
Night shift worker waiting for the car 8d27920v
1943-04
Nited States National Youth Administration trainee 8d16912v
1943-04
Union Station, Chicago, Illinois by Jack Delano, 1943 ( )
1943-01
On the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe by Jack Delano, 1943 ( )
1943
Trains and Chicago Skyline by Jack Delano, 1943 ( )
1943-04
Union Stockyards in Chicago, Illinois By Jack Delano, 1943 ( )
1943-05
Nick Parrino 1943
1943-03
Nick Parrino 1943 B
1943-03
Oswego, New York. A Norwegian sailor visiting Oswego during United Nations week
1943-06
Oswego, New York. Norwegian sailor helping his hostess's daughter to clear the breakfast table during United Nations week
1943-06
Norwegian sailor and naval officer having breakfast 8d38962v
1943-06
O'Reilly's at Third Avenue and Fifty-Fourth Street 8d13268v
1943-02
Nun awaiting contributions of workers in the Bethlemhem Fairfield shipyard 8d15844v
1943-04
Oswego, New York. Norwegian and Belgian sailors having lunch at the boy scout outing during United Nations week
1943-06
Workers in Columbia Mills listening to the speeches 8d38927v
1943-06
Nurse Frances Bullock wheels a wounded soldier back to his bed in the orthropedics ward of an Army hospital
1943
O'Reilly's, at Third Avenue and Fifty-Fourth Street 8d13184v
1943-02
Washington, D.C. OWI (Office of War Information) research workers
1943
Old Illinois Central Yard
1943-04
Old Illinois Central Yard Restored
1943–2010
Old bus parts to be contributed to the national scrap drive, 8d16156v
1943-04
Workers in the Fitzgibbons tank factory 8d38934v
1943-06
One of the cuts through the mountains, near Cajon, Calif., Cajon Pass, Calif.
1943-03
Once a week, as employees of the day shift leave the Ross Heater 8d18002v
1943-04
On the left, a Pennsylvania Railroad iron ore train about to leave for the steel mills; right, a Pennsylvania Railroad train is coming in from the coal mines
1943-05
One of the girls of Vilter Manufacturing Co. filing small gun parts, Milwaukee, Wisc. One brother in Coast Guard, one going to Army.
1943-02
A real-life "Rosie the Riveter" operating a hand drill at Vultee-Nashville, Tennessee, working on an A-31 Vengeance dive bomber. Downsampled from original and sharpened slightly and resaved to increase managability of file.
1943-02
One-armed painter, hired since the war, repainting the interior of a trolley 8d15855v
1943-04
Niagara Falls, New York. One of the war workers living at Mrs. Hannegan's boardinghouse entertaining a friend
1943-05
OPA (Office of Price Administration) lawyers hold nightly hearing for offenders in the pleasure driving regulations. Policemen, accompanied by OPA investigators, stop the drivers and question them. If there is any question about their reason for driving, they are asked to appear at a hearing that sa
1943
OPA (Office of Price Administration) lawyers hold nightly hearings for offenders in the pleasure driving regulations.
1943-06
OPA (Office of Price Administration) lawyers holding night hearings for offenders of the pleasure driving regulations. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The man being sworn in has been stopped by policeman, accompanied by an OPA investigator. There was some question as to his reasons for driving, and he was
1943
OPA (Office of Price Administration) lawyers holding night hearings for offenders of the pleasure driving regulations. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The man being sworn in has been stopped by policemen, accompanied by an OPA investigator. There was some question as to his reasons for driving, and he was
1943
OPA (Office of Price Administration) lawyers, including a woman, hold nightly hearings for violators of the pleasure driving regulations
1943
La Goulette, Tunis. One of the turbines which supplies electric power to al the Tunis area. This is the only one of the turbines running; the others which were wrecked are being rebuilt
1943
One of the women employees in the machine shop of the Greyhound garage 8d32729v
1943-09
One of the women employees in the machine shop of the Greyhound garage 8d32730v
1943-09
Buffalo, New York. Peter Grimm, age ten, waiting with his wagon outside Loblaw's grocery store for customers to ask him to deliver their groceries. This was a rainy day with few customers. Sometimes Peter makes as much as three dollars on a Saturday. He pays for all his school supplies and much of h
1943-05
Operating a hand drill this woman worker is shown working on the horizontal stabilizer
1943-02
Operating a machine for putting tops on crates at a co-op orange packing plant, Redlands, Calif. Santa Fe R.R. trip
1943-03
Ore being unloaded from the lake steamer Algosoo of Sault Ste. Marie at Pennsylvania R.R. ore docks, Sandusky, Ohio
1943-05
Oswegan reading the pledge to the United Nations 8d38685v
1943-06
Oswego, New York. A home
1943-06
Oswego, New York. A park
1943-06
Oswego, New York. A residential street
1943-06
Oswego, New York. Park
1943-06
Oswego, New York. A street
1943-06
Oswegans leaving the Episcopal church on Sunday morning8d31707v
1943-06
Oswegans leaving the Episcopal church on Sunday morning8d31708v
1943-06
Women in essential services. Formerly a salesgirl, librarian, and sixth-grade school teacher, Grace Northrup, of San Francisco, has been repairing and serving cars for the past six months. She's becoming an expert in this field once open only to men
1943