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

Washington, D.C. Mr. and Mrs. Thor Thors relaxing in their garden behind the legation

New York, New York. Mr. Fing, a Chinese-American merchant, and his wife in their Flatbush home. Notice the rubber tire ashtrays

Mr. and Mrs. Di Costanzo at the bar of their restaurant 8d23919v

Mr. and Mrs. Martinetti at Sunday dinner 8d24190v

Mr. and Mrs. Martinetti at Sunday dinner 8d24191v

Production. Submarines. Mounting submarines on scaffoldings facilitates assembly. Here a worker rivets parts of the hull together

Mounting motor on a Fairfax B-25 bomber, at North American Aviation, Inc., plant in Inglewood, Calif (cropped)

Washington, D.C. Mrs. Close, wife of the minister from South Africa; the wife of a Canadian official; Mrs. Casey, wife of the minister from Australia; and Mrs. Nash, wife of the minister from New Zealand, looking at an exhibit of Australian photographs of the Australia-New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC)

Washington, D.C. Mrs. Casey, wife of the minister from Australia, and Mrs. Nash, wife of the minister from New Zealand (?) in front of the Australian exhibit during the Australian-New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) exhibit at the Bundles for Britain headquarters

Mr. Pennepacker, one of seven barbers in town 31908v

Mr. Pennepacker, one of seven barbers in town 8d10725v

Mrs. Atkins putting Ann to bed in her room8d21015v

Mrs. Atkins reading a story to Ann and Pierce 8d21010v

Mr. Lund, who is the head of District Red Cross8d21191v

Mr. Lund, who is the head of District Red Cross8d21194v

Mr. O.K. Bushong, express agent.8d23497v

Mr. O.K. Bushong, express agent8d23494v

Mr. O.K. Bushong, express agent8d23496v

Mr. Pennepacker, a barber who is an air raid warden8d23506v

Mrs. Cora Ann Bowen (left) works as a cowler at the Naval Air Base; Mrs. Eloise J. Ellis is a senior supervisor in the Assembly and Repairs Department, Corpus Christi, Texas

Mrs. Doris Duke, who is 26 and a mother of one child, Corpus Christi, Texas. Mrs. Duke is a civil service worker in the A ssembly and R epair dept. at the Navy Air Base (shot - reconditioning spark plugs)

Mrs. Eloise J. Ellis has been appointed by civil service to be senior supervisor in the Assembly and Repairs Department at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas. She buoys up feminine morale in her department by arranging suitable living conditions for out-of-state employees and by helping them

Mrs. Eloise J. Ellis, senior supervisor in the Assembly and Repairs Dept. of the Naval Air Base, talking with one of the men, Corpus Christi, Texas

Working down the mine

Mrs. Earle Landis taking Thanksgiving pies from the oven 8d10751v

Mrs. Farnk Romano putting her baby to bed. 8d11650v

Mrs. Frank Romano and her month-old bab8d11639v

Mrs. Frank Romano and her month-old baby 8d11643v

Mrs. Frank Romano and her month-old baby 8d11644v

Mrs. Frank Romano putting her baby to bed. 8d11647v

Production. 105 mm. howitzers. Mrs. Florence Ritter removing a 105 mm. howitzer from a drilling machine at the Milwaukee, Wisconsin plant of Chain Belt Company

Yonkers, New York. Mrs. Garrity hanging the wash

Washington, D.C. Mrs. Hurley, wife of our envoy to New Zealand (?); Mrs. Close, wife of the minister from South Africa; and Mrs. Nash, wife of the minister from New Zealand at the opening of Australia-New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) exhibit at the Bundles for Britain headquarters

Washington, D.C. Mrs. Hurley, wife of our envoy to New Zealand (?) with Mrs. Nash, wife of the minister from New Zealand, examining a knitting bag on sale at the opening of the Australia-New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) exhibit at the Bundles for Britain headquarters

Mrs. Julian Bachman at home with her family.8d10689v

Mrs. Julian Bachman, twenty-three, has been married a year8d10677v

Mrs. Julian Bachman, twenty-three8d10691v

Mrs. Marianna Costanzo in the living room of her apartment on Waverly Place.8d11561v

Mrs. Marianna Costanzo in the living room of her apartment on Waverly Place8d11560v

Mrs. Marianna Castorella

Mrs. Henry Morgenthau, wife of the Secretary of the Treasury,8d00103v

Mrs. Hoover reading a copy of the Greenbelt Cooperator 8d21098v

Mrs. Hoover reading a copy of the Greenbelt Cooperator 8d21099v

Production. 105 mm. howitzers. Mrs. Mary Betchner inspecting one of the twenty-five cutters for burrs before inserting it in the inside of a 105 mm. howitzer in the Milwaukee, Wisconsin plant of Chain Belt Company. Her son is in the Army; her husband and daughter are in war work

Mustang Mk.IA fighters at North American Aviation, Inglewood, California (USA), in October 1942 (fsac.1a35322)

Mrs. William Wood manages a one hundred and twenty acre farm in Coloma, Michigan, with little male assitance.

Mrs. Virginia Davis, a riveter in the assembly and repair department of the Naval Air Base, supervises Chas. Potter, a NYA trainee from Michigan; Corpus Christi, Texas

Mrs. Virginia Davis, a riveter in the assembly and repair department of the Naval air base, supervises Chas. Potter, a NYA trainee from Michigan, Corpus Christi, Texas. After eight weeks of training he will go into civil service. Should he be inducted or enlist in the armed service, he will be valua

New York, New York. Mrs. Winn or Wynn, a Czech-American, and her daughters, Marie and Janet, going shopping for groceries

New York, New York. Mrs. Wynn or Winn, a Czech-American, returns from shopping with Janet and Marie. In the background is the apartment house where they live at 425 East Seventy-second Street

New York, New York. Mrs. Winn or Wynn, a Czech-American, calling her daughters, Janet and Marie, after Sunday school at the Jan Huss church

Washington, D.C. Under the auspices of the Bureau of University Travel and the National Capital School Visitors' Council, over 200 high school students chosen for their intellectual alertness visited Washington for a week. Mrs. Roosevelt greeting each one as they visited the White House

Washington, D.C. Under the auspices of the Bureau of University Travel and the National Capital School Visitors' Council, over 200 high school students chosen for their intellectual alertness visited Washington for a week. Mrs. Roosevelt apologizes to students for the disarray of the White House roo

Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Mural painting in a parking lot

Lititz, Pennsylvania. Mrs. Morris Kreider selling one of the few remaining aluminum roasters to Dr. Posey

Mrs. Viola Marvel and her daughter work side by side8d10687v

Mrs. Viola Marvel in her apartment 8d10709v

Mrs. Viola Marvel in her apartment 8d10718v

Mrs. Viola Marvel in her apartment. 8d10697v

Washington, D.C. Municipal swimming pool on Sunday