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

The Democrat Mayor Scanlon in his city hall office 8d38939v

Niagara Falls, New York. The first shift of workers leaving the plant while the swing shift workers arrive at 4:15 p.m. at the Bell Aircraft plant

The customs house, the last port of call for the loads of Dutch Guiana bauxite 8d31696v

War housing needs. The end of a long day's search for a place to live finds this seaman's wife and child at the war housing center in San Francisco, waiting for accommodations. Aid to stranded families such as this will come only when unused rooms in private homes are made available to war workers a

The giant 10 million bushel grain elevator of the Santa Fe R.R., Kansas

U.S. Army medical field service school.8d25769v

The Governor's Palace, Williamsburg, Va.

The Governor's Palace, Williamsburg, Monticello, Va.

The giant Santa Fe R.R. 10 million bushel grain elevator, Kansas

U.S. Army medical field service school.8d25770v

Buffalo, New York. The Grimm children doing the housework. The mother, a twenty-six year old widow, is a crane operator at Pratt and Letchworth

Buffalo, New York. The Grimm children doing the housework. Their mother, a twenty-six year old widow, is a crane operator at Pratt and Letchworth

Buffalo, New York. The Grimm family. Mrs. Grimm, a twenty-six year-old widow with six children under twelve, is a crane operator in a war plant. The two youngest children live in a foster home during the week. The others stay at school all day, but on Saturday are home and do all housework. Patsy, s

Buffalo, New York. The Grimm family eating Sunday dinner. Mrs. Grimm, a twenty-six year old widow, is a crane operator at Pratt and Letchworth. The two youngest children live in a foster home during the week

Buffalo, New York. The Grimm family sitting in the living room after supper on a Sunday evening. Mrs. Grimm, a twenty-six year old widow, is a crane operator at Pratt and Letchworth. The two youngest children live in a foster home during the week

The Greyhound bus garage 8d32864v

The Greyhound bus garage 8d32865v

Safe clothes for women war workers. The importance of keeping hair short and neat for industrial war work cannot be over-emphasized. Here Eunice Kimball, Bendix employee, gives a final pat to her newly-dressed hair. Bendix Aviation Plant, Brooklyn, New York

The giant 10 million bushel grain elevator of the Santa Fe R.R.1a34712v cut

The - Operating a hand drill at Vultee-Nashville, woman is working on a "Vengeance" dive bomber, Tennessee ( )

The main altar in the church, Trampas, N.M. There are paintings on the wall behind the altar."*Interor of the San José de Gracia Church — in Las Trampas, Taos Co., New Mexico.

The Oswego River, looking across to the bauxite docks 8d39943v

Buffalo, New York. The metallurgical laboratory of Republic Steel entirely manned by women. Twenty-one year old Florence Bergtold is "boss" of one shift. Here steel samples are tested for tensil strength, hardenability, and density. Billet samples such as one being pounded, weighing from sixty to ei

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The lower bracket of the 30,000 kilowatt waterwheel generator which Westinghouse Electric Company is manufacturing for the Watts Bar Dam of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). The total weight of the generator is 955,000 pounds. The eight arms of the lower bracket which e

The Oswego River, looking toward Lake Ontario. 8d31691v

The Oswego River, looking toward Lake Ontario8d31706v

The Palladium-Times, a daily afternoon paper, is distributed by these boys on bicycles.8d45277v

The Palladium-Times, a daily afternoon paper, is distributed by these boys on bicycles.8d45278v

The main shopping center at the corner of Bridge and First Street8d45284v

Oswego, New York. The main shopping center at the corner of Bridge and First Street

War workers' nursery. The morning checkup at modern nursery schools includes mouth and throat inspection. Mrs. Arlene Corbin, time checker at a Richmond, California shipyard waits until two-and-a-half-year-old Arlene is pronounced in perfect health by Mrs. Elsie Curran, supervisor at the Bella Vista

The main altar in the church, Trampas, N.M. There are paintings on the wall behind the altar

The - Operating a hand drill at Vultee-Nashville, woman is working on a "Vengeance" dive bomber, Tennessee ( ) (cropped)

The Santa Fe R.R. crosses the Southern Pacific R.R. at Vaughn, N ew Mexi ico. A Southern Pacific RR freight passing Vaughn

The town hall and the back of First Street 8d39945v

Niagara Falls, New York. The table is set for a midnight supper at Nan Hannegan's twentieth birthday party, at her mother's house where girl war workers board

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The shaft of the 30,000 kilowatt waterwheel generator which Westinghouse Electric Company is manufacturing for the Watts Bar Dam of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). This is the central rotating part of the generator. It weighs 75,000 pounds and is the heaviest single p

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Baltimore, Maryland. The yard of Washington terminal, maintenance plant of the Baltimore Transit Company. Most of these trolleys can be reconditioned for use if wartime needs so require. In the distance are trackless trolleys

Baltimore, Maryland. The yard of the Washington terminal, maintenance plant of the Baltimore Transit Company. From left to right: old trolley made into a smoker for employees; a work car; and old horse car. The Baltimore Trust building on the horizon

These trolleys dating from about 1914 8d16149v

Buffalo, New York. The wedding of Cecelia Wrazen and Bronislaus Nowak, who work at Ross Heater, makers of condensers for the Navy. They are of Polish descent. He is temporarily deferred from the Army because of his essential work

Buffalo, New York. The wedding of Cecelia Wrazen and Bronislaus Nowak, who work at Ross Heater, makers of condensers for the Navy. They are of Polish descent. He is temporarily deferred from the Army because of his essential work. They will live with her mother

Buffalo, New York. These huge machines cut and slice imperfections from steel castings, in this case, gun barrels. They are manned by a man and a woman helper in the processing department of Republic Steel

Bell Aircraft Corporation, Niagara Falls, New York. There are well-equipped first aid stations throughout the plant

Oswego, New York. The waterfront looking toward Lake Ontario. A grain elevator is in the far left and the bauxite docks are at the far right

Victory Gardens--for family and country. There's no age limit when Americans get down to the business of preparing for a Victory Garden. These youngsters are carefully selecting seeds for the vegetables they'll be growing this summer: carrots, beets, tomatoes, squash. The estimable spinach will no d

Victory Gardens--for family and country. These Victory Gardeners are transferring good top soil to improve the fertility of their garden. Like all good gardeners, they realize the importance of keeping the soil productive

California shipyard workers. These shipbuilders enjoy a scenic ride to work every day aboard a special ferry going from San Francisco to the giant shipyards across the bay

Holabird ordnance depot, Baltimore, Maryland. These rubber half-track treads cannot be recapped. Extreme care must therefore be taken to remove nails, glass and rocks from the grooves

Thibodaux, Louisiana 1943 road signs by Vachon

This former salesgirl, librarian, and sixth-grade school teacher has been repairing and servicing cars which used to be only open jobs for men.

New York, New York. This boy has brought a book to Public School Eight which he is showing to fellow pupils during class discussion

Baltimore, Maryland. Third shift defense workers being picked up by a car pool around midnight

Third shift defense workers getting a snack 8d28337v

Third shift defense workers getting a snack8d28338v

Third shift defense workers starting to work in a car pool8d28342v

Third shift defense workers waiting in a combination delicatessen 8d28335v

Third shift defense workers waiting on the corner8d28339v

Baltimore, Maryland. Third shift workers waiting on a street corner to be picked up by car pools around midnight