Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information photos from the 1940s
6,949 photos, in date order; 1,261–1,320 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
A constant stream of water runs down the swimming pool slide8d21040v
1942
A Czech doctor's wife, Mrs. Winn 8d23185v
1942-10
A Czech physician's older daughter, 8d23187v
1942-10
A Czech physician, Dr. Winn8d23183v
1942-10
A Czech physician, Dr. Winn8d23184v
1942-10
Nurse training.
1942-11
Salvage. Des Moines collection center. A Des Moines garage and salvage center strings up a "come on" display of rubber articles to stimulate contributions
1942-09
A giant of the skyways poises for flight, Langley Field, Va. The four powerful engines of a YB-17 bomber are warmed up before a takeoff
1942-05
A general view of a classification yard at C & NW RR's Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill.
1942-12
A general view of a classification yard at C & NW RR's Proviso(?) yard, Chicago, Ill.
1942-12
Women in war. Supercharger plant workers. A former bank clerk and a college graduate who majored in physics, find war jobs in the shipping department of a large Midwest supercharger plant. Betty Hinz (left) whose husband is in the Army Air Corps, left a job in a Milwaukee bank to take a more active
1942-10
A girl riveting machine operator at the Douglas Aircraft Company plant joins sections of wing ribs to reinforce the inner wing assemblies of B-17F heavy bombers, Long Beach, Calif. Better known as the "Flying Fortress," the B-17F bomber is a later model of the B-17, which distinguished itself in act
1942-10
A young woman riveting machine operator at the Douglas Aircraft Company plant joins sections of wing ribs to reinforce the inner wing assemblies of B-17F heavy bombers, Long Beach, Calif.
1942-10
A good job in the air cleaner of an army truck, Fort Knox, Ky
1942-06
A good job in the air cleaner of an army truck, Fort Knox -2
1942-06
A hydraulic mechanic greasing the landing gear of a transport, before the plane leaves the last station on the assembly line at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, Texas
1942-10
A good job in the air cleaner of an army truck, Fort Knox, Ky. This Negro soldier, who serves as truckdriver and mechanic, plays an important part in keeping army transport fleets in operation
1942-06
Hitler would like this man to go home and forget about the war. A good American non-com at the side machine gun of a huge YB-17 bomber is a man who knows his business and works hard at it
1942-05
Nurse training. A graduate nurse (right) watches student Susan Petty prepare a hypodermic for a patient. Strict adherence to doctors' orders is something every probationer must learn
1942-11
Women in industry. Tool production.
1942-08
Women in war. Supercharger plant workers. A good day's work done, employees of a large Midwest supercharger plant line up to punch their timecards. With women comprising 80 percent of its workers, its nothing unusual to find an all-female contingent like this one at the plant. Allis Manufacture Comp
1942-10
A helpful sign on a safety door
1942-11
A large electric phosphate smelting furnace used to make elemental phosphorus in a TVA chemical plant in the vicinity of Muscle Shoals, Ala
1942-06
A mother and grandmother listening to News Broadcasts and Bing Crosby.
c. 1942
A lathe operator machining parts for transport planes at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, Texas
1942-10
A marine glider pilot in training, a lieutenant, at Page Field, Parris Island, S.C.
1942-05
A marine Lieutenant, glider pilot in training at Page Field, Parris Island, S.C.
1942-05
A Marine Corps glider being towed by a power plane from Page Field, at Parris Island, S.C.
1942-05
A large electric phosphate smelting furnace used in the making of elemental phosphorus in a TVA chemical plant in the Muscle Shoals area, Alabama
1942-06
A message from the Netherlands received at the Red Cross Foreign Inquiry Service 8d21284v
1942-06
A moment's pause in a full day, as graduate student nurses relax 8b08221v
1942-11
Women in industry. Aircraft motor workers.
1942-08
Women in war. Supercharger plant workers. A man-sized machine and a man-sized job are effectively handled by 21-year-old Virginia Grochowski of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Employed by a Midwest supercharger plant, this former hosiery mill worker operates these giant drill presses as expertly as any man. A
1942-10
A miner tests for the presence of flammable gas using a safety lamp
1942-11
A miner detonates a stick of dynamite
1942-11
A miner tests for flammable gas using a safety lamp
1942-11
A mechanic
1942-11
A miner tests the stability of the tunnel roof
1942-11
A mechanic greasing a landing gear
1942-10
A large electric phosphate smelting furnace used to make elemental phosphorus in a TVA chemical plant in the vicinity of Muscle Shoals, Ala.
1942-06
A noontime rest for a full-fledged assembly worker at the Long Beach, Calif., plant of Douglas Aircraft Company. Nacelle parts for a heavy bomber form the background
1942-10
A nose wheel and landing gear assembly for a B-25 bomber under construction in a western aircraft plant, North American Aviation, Inc., Calif. A front section of the plane shows in the background. General Doolittle has called the ship the best military plane in existence. With plenty of speed, a 1,7
1942-10
A noontime rest for a full-fledged assembly worker at the Long Beach, Calif., plant of Douglas Aircraft Company
1942-10
A Negro bench worker 8d36018v
1942
NYA (National Youth Administration) work center, Brooklyn, New York. A Negro bench worker, who is receiving training in machine shop practice, removing the burrs from a side piece for a metal pulley block
1942
NYA (National Youth Administration) work center, Brooklyn, New York. A Negro bench-lathe worker, who is receiving training in machine shop practice, shown here removing a burr from a screw held in a collet
1942
NYA (National Youth Administration) work center, Brooklyn, New York. A Negro bench-lathe worker, who is receiving training in machine shop practice, gauging a screw just removed from the collet
1942
NYA (National Youth Administration) work center, Brooklyn, New York. A Negro bench-lathe worker, who is receiving training in machine shop practice, removing burrs from a special taper head screw
1942
NYA (National Youth Administration) work center, Brooklyn, New York. A Negro turret-lathe worker, who is receiving training in machine shop practice, learning a filing operation on a turret lathe
1942
A nurse and the physical therapist negotiate something of a dispute 8b08187v
1942-11
A nurse assists the doctor, who is inserting a needle in a patient's arm 8b08201v
1942-11
A nurse's aide and a student attend a convalescing patient 8b08188v
1942-11
A nurse gives this weak infant its meal through the Gavage method 8b08217v
1942-11
Production. Willow Run bomber plant.
1942-07
A North American "Mustang" for the British Royal Air Force is disassembled prior to crating and shipping
1942
Rather than wait two months for the delivery of a machine which would burr holes on the inside of a shell booster, the engineering department of a Midwestern plant built its own machine in thirty hours. A novel feature of the homemade machine is the use of a dental burr, which in peacetime is used t
1942
A Rural Electrification Administration cooperative lineman at work in Hayti, Missouri
1942-07
A package for Hitler. An infantryman in training at Fort Belvoir, Va., prepares to hurl a pineapple of the inedible variety.
c. 1942
A package for Hitler.
1942-11
A rivet is her fighting weapon. Oyida Peaks, daughter of a Navy lieutenant, one of many women taking NYA training to become mechanics at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas. After eight weeks apprenticeship she will be qualified as a civil service worker in the Assembly and Repair Department
1942-08