Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information photos from the 1940s
6,949 photos, in date order; 1,981–2,040 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
Don't let pretty labels on cans mislead you, but learn the difference between grades and the relative economy of buying larger instead of small cans. The Pure Food Law requires packers to state exact quantity and quality of canned products, so take advantage of this information and buy only after th
1942
Do you know why sugar must be rationed? Why you can't buy any more refrigerators or pleasure cars?
1942-02
Women in industry. Gas mask production.
1942-07
District Grocery Stores truck
1942-10
Douglas Dam Construction
1942-06
Dr. James McCarl and dental assistant with young patient
1942-05
New York, New York. Dr. and Mrs. Winn or Wynn, Janet and Marie, a Czech-American family, playing Chinese checkers while their grandmother knits
1942-10
Production. 105 mm. howitzers. Dorothy Conger and Earl A. Ross, U.S. ordnance inspectors, checking over 105 mm. howitzers in the plant of Chain Belt Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1942
Douglas Radney onboard the gunning turret of B-25
1942
Drill press operator fsac 1a35306
1942-10
Dr.James McCarl at Greenbelt Memorial Day Ceremony
1942-05
Drilling a wing bulkhead for a transport plane at the Consolidated Aircraft
1942-10
New York, New York. Dr. Winn or Wynn, a Czech-American, buying his daughters a popsicle in Central Park
1942-10
New York, New York. Dr. Winn or Wynn, a Czech-American, has his office in the apartment at 425 East Seventy-second Street
1942-10
New York, New York. Dr. Winn or Wynn, a Czech-American, tasting his daughter Marie's popsicle in Central Park
1942-10
New York, New York. Dr. Winn or Wynn, a Czech-American, telling Janet a tall story in Central Park
1942-10
Draft Board Number 5 8d10692v
1942-11
Washington, D.C. Drafting class at the Armstrong Technical High School
1942-03
Greenbelt, Maryland. Dr. McCarl, Greenbelt dentist, treating a young patient
1942
Greenbelt, Maryland. Dr. McCarl, Greenbelt dentist, as chairman of the American Legion committee for the Memorial Day ceremonies, opening the program
1942
New York, New York. Drinking fountain in Central Park on Sunday
1942-09
New York, New York. Drinking fountain in Central Park
1942-09
New York, New York. Drama department of the New York Times newspaper. Brooks Atkinson, drama critic, longhanding the review of a new play
1942-09
Drill press operator fsac 1a35306 (cropped)
1942-10
Dr. Liu Chieh, minister counselor of the Chinese embassy, speaking with Miss S.Y. Wang
1942-09
Driver of Marine truck, New River, NC
1942-05
Driver of Marine truck at New River, NC
1942-05
Driver of Marine truck at New River, N.C.
1942-05
Driver of Marine truck, New River, N.C.
1942-05
Ducks in the Rock Creek Park Zoo 8c34892v
1942
Lititz, Pennsylvania. During an air raid drill, the fire department was also called out
1942-11
Lititz, Pennsylvania. During air raids this bread truck would be on duty for the Red Cross
1942-11
Lititz, Pennsylvania. During an air raid alarm this night a policeman was also called out on duty. The bread truck is on duty for the Red Cross
1942-11
Lititz, Pennsylvania. During an air raid alarm, workers in this furniture store sat in the window display
1942-11
Driver of Marine truck, New River, NC (cropped)
1942-05
Earl Carroll Theatre fsa 8d45155
1942-04
Eagle Fruit Store and Capital Hotel, Lincoln, Nebraska
1942
Early stage of construction work at the TVA's Douglas Dam, Tenn. In the background is a log coffer dam
1942-06
Early stages of construction work at the TVA's Douglas Dam, Tenn.
1942-06
Earle Landis freezing ice cream on the back porch 8d10734v
1942-11
Neffsville, Pennsylvania. Earle Landis freezing ice cream on the back porch on Thanksgiving day. When it gets hard, his son sits on the freezer to hold it down
1942-11
Earle Landis' mother and father had a wedding anniversary 8d10740v
1942-11
Each child is entitled to a free physical checkup 8d21095v
1942
Each child is entitled to a free physical checkup8d21093v
1942
Manpower. Americans all.
1942-09
Washington, D.C. Family at Haines Point i.e. Hains Point on Sunday
1942
E, Instructor C.C. Gravelge, showing one of his classes the difficult art of overhead welding in preparation for their initiation into aircraft welding jobs. Former nightclub in Daytona Beach, Florida April 1942. - Flickr - polkbritton
1942-04
Edward Arnold fsa 8b06651
1942-05-06
Edward R. Stettinius Jr. and President Roosevelt
1942-12
Eight generator units in the generator room of a new addition to TVA's hydroelectric plant at Wilson Dam, Sheffield vicinity, Ala. Located 260 miles above the mouth of the Tennessee River, the dam has an authorized power installation of 288,000 kw., which can be increased to a possible ultimate of 4
1942-06
Editorial meeting working on the student paper at the Banneker Junior High School 8d20261v
1942-03
New York, New York. East Fifty-Second Street between Second and Third Avenues
1942-09
Harvest for Hitler.
1942-08
Edvard Beneš (cropped)
c. 1942
Electric phosphate smelting furnace
1942-06
Electric phosphate smelting furnace used to make elemental phosphorus in a TVA chemical plant in the vicinity of Muscle Shoals, Alabama
1942-06
New York, New York. The Lincoln School of Teachers' College, Columbia University. Elementary school students singing America the Beautiful during a radio broadcast to Latin America under the auspices of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs
1942-01
Elizabeth Almoney, who has three sons and three brothers8d10684v
1942-11
Elizabeth Almoney who works as a gauge tester 8d10722v
1942-11
Electric phosphate smelting furnace used in the making of elemental phosphorus in a TVA chemical plant in the Muscle Shoals area, Alabama
1942-06