Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information photos from the 1940s
6,949 photos, in date order; 841–900 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
In the old fort built by the French, Frederiksted, Saint Croix, Virgin Islands
1941-12
In the old fort built by the French, Frederiksted, Saint Croix island, Virgin Islands
1941-12
In a working class section of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (ppmsca.01510)
1941-01
In the mill district of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (fsa.8c29020)
1941-01
Industrial area in Massachusetts, possibly around New Bedford
c. 1941
Industrial town in Massachusetts, possibly New Bedford
c. 1941
Inspecting of landing wheel of the transport planes at Willow Run
1941–1945
Installing the defense bond sales photomural, prepared by the Farm Security Administration, in the concourse of the Grand Central terminal.
1941
New York, New York. Installing the defense bond sales photomural, prepared by the Farm Security Administration, in the concourse of the Grand Central terminal.
1941
Installing the defense bond sales photomural, prepared by the Farm Security Administration, in the concourse of the Grand Central terminal.
1941
Installing the defense bond sales photomural, prepared by the Farm Security Administration, in the concourse of the Grand Central terminal.
1941
Installing the defense bond sales photomural, prepared by the Farm Security Administration, in the concourse of the Grand Central terminal.
1941
Inspecting of landing wheel of the transport planes at Willow Run
1941–1945
Inspecting the gates of the old McLean Mansion
1941–1942
Installing one of the 4 motors on the transport plane at Willow Run
1941–1945
Interior of rural house, Greene County, Georgia, 8c05929
1941-06
Iron ore piles and blast furnaces, Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation mill in Etna, Pennsylvania
1941-11
It isn't so funny. Cherry Blossom Festival 8b31143v
1941-05
Ironing. Family on relief. Chicago, Illinois
1941-04
Jack Delano - Corozal, Puerto Rico
1941-12
Jack Delano, FSA borrower, vicinity of Frederiksted, St. Croix, Virgin Islands, 1941
1941-12
Jack Delano, Lower Manhattan seen from the S.S. Coamo leaving New York, 1941
1941-12
Jack Delano, Industrial town in Massachusetts, 1941
1941-01
Jack Delano, Children in a company housing settlement, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1941
1941-12
Jack Delano, Lower Manhattan, New York, 1941
1941-12
Jack Delano, Going to town on Saturday afternoon, Greene County, Georgia, 1941
1941-05
Jack Delano, Spectators at the state fair, Rutland, Vermont, 1941
1941-09
Jefferson Hall
1941-05
John Vachon Halifax County Virginia 1941
1941-03
John Collier - Westport commuter arriving at the station for the train to New York City Not a bad parking spot!
1941-10
Kaiser shipyards, Richmond, California Miss Eastine Cowner, a former waitress, is helping in her job as a scaler to construct the Liberty Ship SS George Washington Carver launched on May 7, 1943.
1941–1945
Ladle of molten iron is poured into an open hearth furnace for conversion into steel, Allegheny Ludlum Steel e Corp., Brackenridge, Pa. Note the safety latch on the crane hook
c. 1941
Lake in Glacier National Park, Montana
1941-08
Labor contractor's crew picking peas, Nampa, Idaho, 8a30151
1941-06
Landscape on the Jackson farm, vicinity of White Plains, Ga.
1941-06
Laundry, barbershop and store, Washington, D.C.?
1941–1942
Laundry, barbershop and stores, Washington, D.C.?
1941–1942
Large pipe elbows for the Army are formed at Tube Turns, Inc., by heating lengths of pipe with gas flames and forcing them around a die, Louisville, Kentucky, USA.
1941
Large pipe elbows for the Army are formed at Tube Turns, Inc., by heating lengths of pipe with gas flames and forcing them around a die, Louisville, Ky.
1941
Launch of SS Zebulon B. Vance at the North Carolina Shipbuilding Company on 6 December 1941 (fsa.8b08631)
1941-12-06
Laundry on line back of cottage of "permanent" farm worker at the FSA (Farm Security Administration) labor camp. Caldwell, Idaho. Here is a community laundry with washing machines, ironing equipment lines, etc. but some of the "permanent" workers living in individual cottages prefer to do their laun
1941-06
Laundry facilities at the Sarasota trailer park. Sarasota, Florida
1941-01
Laundry room in Oak Grove trailer park. This park on the edge of Detroit, Michigan is occupied mainly by defense workers
1941-08
Laundry room, utility building. Southeast Missouri
1941
Shipbuilding. "Liberty" ships.
c. 1941
Lessing J. Rosenwald cropped
1941–1942
Living quarters and "juke joint" for migratory workers, a slack season; Belle Glade, Fla.
1941-02
Lincoln Highway approaching Paradise, Pennsylvania, 8b16224
1941-12
Livestock chicago 1947
1941-07
Linotype operators of the Chicago Defender
1941-04
Wheat farm, Walla Walla, Washington
1941-07
Little boy putting on his shoes. Chicago, Illinois
1941
Little girl ironing. Family is on relief. Chicago, Illinois
1941-04
Loading cargo on a freighter in the harbor of Frederiksted, St. Croix, Virgin Islands. Because there is no pier, the ship must anchor far from shore
1941-12
Log train03
1941-05
Log loading station
1941-05
Log loading operation
1941-05
Long Bell Lumber Co 01
1941-10
Long Bell Lumber Co 02
1941-10
Long Bell Lumber Co 03
1941-10