Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information photos from the 1940s

Baltimore, Maryland. Sign on a church

Buffalo, New York. Sign in the lobby of the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) coeducational recreation program for third shift and swing shift workers from 9 a.m. to 1 and midnight to 5 a.m.; includes sports, singing and dancing

Washington, D.C. A sign in front of Woodrow Wilson high school on the day when number four ration books were issued

A sign in front of Woodrow Wilson High School on the day when number four ration books were issued

Side altar in the church dedicated to San Lorenzo and San Felipe de Jesus, Trampas, New Mexico

Side altar in the church dedicated to the Madonna and to Santiago Matamoro, Trampas, New Mexico

Bell Aircraft Corp., Niagara Falls, New York. Simple device for curbing absenteeism is this AWOL card put up on the board near the time clock

Buffalo, New York. Silent tribute to the war dead at the "I am an American" day rally in Memorial Auditorium

Washington, D.C. Sitting on the Capitol grounds

Washington, D.C. Sitting on the steps of the National Gallery of Art on a Sunday afternoon

If the ration points are cut, so must the prices be. Slashed points without slashed prices are one of the surest clues to black-market meats

Sister Mary Aquinas Kinskey 1

Singer who helped put on a radio broadcast for the local people, Palermo, Sicily, 1943

Skilled women workers helped build SS George Washington Carver

Soldiers and their girls window shopping 8d27918v

Soda bar at the swingshift dance held weekly8d16690v

Soda bar at the swingshift dance held weekly8d16692v

Washington, D.C. Soilders taking a picture of his girlfriend on the steps of the National Gallery of Art on a Sunday afternoon

Washington, D.C. Soldier and a sailor on the steps of a monument in front of the Capitol on a Sunday

Washington, D.C. Soldier in front of the Capitol Theatre

Washington, D.C. Soldier taking pictures on the steps of the National Gallery of Art on a Sunday afternoon

Washington, D.C. Soldier asking permission to sit at a booth at the Sea Grill

Washington, D.C. Soldiers form Walter Reed Hospital drinking beer at the Sea Grill

Washington, D.C. Soldiers from Walter Reed hospital drinking beer

Snow White, a B-24 bomber of the 9th Air Force at a forward base in the Libyan desert

Washington, D.C. Thomas Circle

Sonny Greer 1943

Soo Line Railroad-refrigerated car

Sonny Greer Apr 1943

Somewhere in Iran. An American engine transporting allied aid for Russia, stopping at a station rimmed by mountains

Somewhere in the Persian corridor. A United States Army truck convoy carrying supplies for the aid of Russia. An Iranian native moving his livestock from the mountain road as a United States truck passes

Some Greyhound buses which are placed over the pits for repairs at the garage 8d32910v

Washington, D.C. Soldiers taking pictures of a girl on the steps of the National Gallery of Art on a Sunday afternoon

Thomas Circle, Washington, D.C.

Somewhere in the Persian corridor, 8d29482a

Somewhere in Iran. American, Russian and Royal air force pilots at a delivery point of Allied warplanes to the Russians. March, 1943.

Somewhere on the Persian corridor with a United States Army truck convoy carrying supplies for the aid of Russia. The driver cleaning the desert dust off his windshield. 1943.

Somewhere in Iran. Major General Lewis Brererton in the center, the Commander of the United States Army force in the Middle East, with a group of Russian officers

Somewhere in Iran. Major General Lewis Brereton in the center, the Commander of the United States Army force in the Middle East, with a group of Russian officers

Southland Paper Co., Kraft pulp mill under construction, Lufkin, Texas

SS George Washington Carver

St Vincent Cathedral Tunis fsa.8d32491

Washington, D.C. Spectators in the National Gallery of Art on a Sunday afternoon

Spraying paint on bus wheels at the maintenance terminal 8d15852v

Spraying paint on bus wheels at the maintenance terminal 8d15853v

Oswego, New York. Thomas E. Farrel, attorney

Steps of the Pan American Building, Washington, D.C. ( )

Steps of the Pan American Building, Washington, D.C.

Statue of Garibaldi in Washington Square Park 8d12760v

Store on First Avenue between Tenth and Fourteenth Streets 8d12748v

Store on First Avenue between Tenth and Fourteenth Streets 8d12750v

Sticking stars onto a flag at the Annin Flag Company 8d14569v

Baltimore, Maryland. Street car conductor

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Stator frame of the 30,000 kilowatt generator which Westinghouse Electric Company is manufacturing for the Watts Bar Dam of Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). It is lined with thousands of armature coils, and over 100,000 sheets of laminated iron which serve to conduct the

Street scene harlem 1943

Emmitsburg, Maryland. Street scene

Students crossing the street after leaving public school eight 8d25795v

Students crossing the street after leaving public school eight 8d25796v

Baltimore, Maryland. Street under viaduct

Student football fans at a game Woodrow Wilson High 8d33848v