Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information photos from the 1940s
6,949 photos, in date order; 2,101–2,160 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
3023 Fingers of Destruction.
1942
Face detail, from- A mechanic (cropped)
1942-11
Face detail, Annette del Sur publicizing salvage campaign in yard of Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif (cropped)
1942-10
Families of migratory workers in front of their row shelters, FSA - labor camp, Robstown, Tex.
1942-01
Face detail, Woman lathe operator in the 1940s (cropped)
1942
Face detail, Production of B-24 bombers and C-87 transports2 (cropped)
1942-10
Face detail, R-1830 engine on C-47 at factory 1942 (cropped)
1942-10
Face detail, With careful Douglas training, women do accurate electrical assembly and installation work, Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Ca (cropped)
1942-10
Face detail, Woman aircraft worker, Vega Aircraft Corporation, Burbank, Calif, Shown checking electrical assemblies (cropped)
1942-06
It's an intricate operation - installing a 30-calibre machine gun in a Navy PBY plane, but not too tricky for Jesse Rhodes Waller, Corpus Christi, Texas. He's a Georgia man who's been in the Navy 5-1/2 years. At the Naval Air Base he sees that the flying ships are kept in tip-top shape. Waller is an
1942-08
Face detail, We Can Do It- Women riveters (1942) (cropped)
1942-12
Face detail, Virginia Davis (cropped)
1942-08
Face detail, Operating a hand drill at North American Aviation, Inc, a woman is working in the control surface department assembling a section of the leading edge for the horizontal stabilizer of a plane, Inglewood, Calif (cropped)
1942-10
Face detail, Women working at Douglas Aircraft (cropped)
1942-10
Negro boy near Cincinnati, Ohio
1942
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Farm bureau hybrid corn test field on the road between Lancaster and Manheim, Pennsylvania
1942-11
New York, New York. Jewish boys sitting on the synagogue steps at night in the Jewish section
1942
Farm owned by James Pompey, who 20 years ago came from Italy on the advice of a brother, Southington, Connecticut. People of Finnish, Slav, German, and Polish extraction help him to farm it
1942-05
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Farm road
1942-11
Farmer and his wife at her stall in Central Market. Lancaster, Pennsylvania
1942-11
Farmers Market Litiz Pennsylvania 1942
1942-11
Farmers Market Lititz Pennsylvania 1942
1942-11
Manheim, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Farmer in town to shop
1942-11
Lititz, Pennsylvania. Farmers' market. Many of the farmers are Mennonites
1942
Lititz, Pennsylvania. Farmers' market
1942
Farmers' National Bank at noon on Friday 8d10712v
1942-11
Montgomery County, Maryland. Farmer feeding the pigs
1942-11
Montgomery County, Maryland. Farmers feeding his pigs
1942-11
Montgomery County, Maryland. Farmers sharing a car on market day
1942-11
Montgomery County, Maryland. Farmers sharing a truck on market day
1942-11
Lititz, Pennsylvania. Farmers' market held weekly at the rear of Benny Lutz's butcher shop
1942-11
Lititz, Pennsylvania. Farmer's market
1942-11
New York, New York. Jewish printer in a small shop on Broom Street
1942
New York, New York. Children's Colony, a school for refugee children administered by a Viennese. Father bringing his son to school. Children of all nations come here and learn English rapidly
1942-10
Greenbelt, Maryland. Father and son shopping in the cooperative store
1942
Federal housing project on the outskirts of the town of Yauco, Puerto Rico. About an acre of land for gardens is provided with each house
1942-01
Greenbelt, Maryland. Federal housing project. Mrs. Leslie Atkins preparing dinner in her kitchen, one end of which is the dining room. Notice the mangle and washing machine on either side of the stove
1942
Greenbelt, Maryland. Federal housing project. Typical scene outside the grocery store
1942
Greenbelt, Maryland. Federal housing project. Elementary school which is used as the community center at night
1942-05
Greenbelt, Maryland. Federal housing project. A row of flat-roofed houses. Front yards communicate with the roads by paths
1942
Greenbelt, Maryland. Federal housing project. Arrival at the senior prom catches her dress on a bicycle, Greenbelt's most popular form of transportation
1942
Greenbelt, Maryland. Federal housing project. Arrivals at the senior prom
1942
Greenbelt, Maryland. Federal housing project. Building a railroad train out of blocks at the nursery school
1942
Greenbelt, Maryland. Federal housing project. Cakes and grape punch during intermission at the senior prom
1942
Greenbelt, Maryland. Federal housing project. Cakes and grape punch during the intermission at the Senior Prom
1942
Greenbelt, Maryland. Federal housing project. Grand march at the senior prom which was held in the gymnasium of the elementary school
1942
Greenbelt, Maryland. Federal housing project. Intermission at the senior prom
1942
Greenbelt, Maryland. Federal housing project. Kindergarten children practice their May Day dances on the grass in front of the school
1942
Greenbelt, Maryland. Federal housing project. Mrs. Leslie Atkins keeps scraps and supplies in the seat of her sewing machine stool
1942
Greenbelt, Maryland. Federal housing project. Nursey school
1942
Greenbelt, Maryland. Federal housing project. Senior prom held by the high school graduating class at the time of graduation. This is conversation during an intermission
1942
Greenbelt, Maryland. Federal housing project. Story hour at the nursery school
1942
Greenbelt, Maryland. Federal housing project. Story hour in the nursey school which is run cooperatively by the mothers. The teacher is paid twenty-five dollars a week
1942
Greenbelt, Maryland. Federal housing project. Third grade children have a discussion about compositions which they have written
1942
Greenbelt, Maryland. Federal housing project. Two flat-roofed houses from the front
1942
Greenbelt, Maryland. Federal housing project. Children approaching drinking fountain in the shopping center
1942
Greenbelt, Maryland. Federal housing project. Children at the drinking fountain in the shopping center square. Playground is situated in a grove of trees behind the shopping center
1942
Greenbelt, Maryland. Federal housing project. Children playing on apparatus in one of the numerous playgrounds situated in shady groves
1942
Greenbelt, Maryland. Federal housing project. Children returning from school through an underpass
1942
Greenbelt, Maryland. Federal housing project. Kindergarten children planning their May Day festival
1942