Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information photos from the 1940s
6,949 photos, in date order; 3,301–3,360 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
Photographic department of the New York Times newspaper. 8d22703v
1942-09
Photographic department of the New York Times newspaper. 8d22702v
1942-09
New York, New York. Photographer's display on Bleeker Street
1942-12
Washington, D.C. Photographs for a poster or billboard to persuade citizens not to complain about wartime shortage of coffee
1942-12 · poster
Philipsburgh, Montana
1942-03
Peter Fraser 1942 (cropped)
1942
Peter Fraser (cropped)
1942
Washington, D.C. Picnickers in East Potamac Park
1942
Greenbelt, Maryland. Picnicking beside the artificial lake
1942
Women in industry. Tool production. Pioneers of the production line
1942-07
Salvage. Scrap for steel mills. Pint sized scrap collectors bring discarded metal toys to their Chicago school to add to the local salvage drive (Carnegie Steel, Chicago, Illinois)
1942-10
Pit River bridge, Shasta County, California. Notice the protective nets underneath
1942-06
Pit River bridge, Shasta County, California. Notice the protective nets underneath (cut)
1942-06
Plane at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas
1942-08
Washington, D.C. Players and spectators in a baseball game at the Ellipse
1942-07
Players in an amateur baseball game between the employees' recreation association 8c34950v
1942-07
Players in an amateur baseball game between the employees' recreation association8c34958v
1942-07
Playing tennis in the park in front of the U.S. Department of Commerce building8c34966v
1942-07
Playing tennis in the park in front of the U.S. Department of Commerce building8c34968v
1942-07
Playing tennis in the park in front of the U.S. Department of Commerce building8c34969v
1942-07
Washington, D.C. Playground at Banneker Junior High School
1942-03
Washington, D.C. Playground of the Banneker Junior High School
1942-03
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (vicinity). Montour no. 4 mine of the Pittsburgh Coal Company. Safety lamps in lamp house (fsa.8d23683)
1942-11
Women in war. Supercharger plant workers. Plant foremen point to 20-year-old Annie Tabor as one of their best lathe operators, despite her lack of previous industrial experience. Employed by a large Midwest supercharger plant, this young woman machines parts of aircraft engines. Like many other youn
1942-10
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (vicinity). Champion no. 1 coal cleaning plant. Cleaned coal being loaded into railroad cars
1942-11
Ponderosa pine, Malheur National Forest, Grant County, OR 1a34227u original
1942-07
With the free French foroes in the Western Desert: A "poilu" taking a drink after dinner
1942
Pony riding in Central Park 8d22195v
1942-09
New York, New York. Pony riding in Central Park on Sunday
1942-09
Policeman obliges three Sunday stroller in Central Park 8d22288v
1942-09
Production. 105 millimeter shells. Plumbing fixtures came off these assembly lines in peace time, but today Giles Knowles and his fellow workers produce 105 millimeter shells in a Midwest plant now converted 100 percent to war production. Knowles, a minor league baseball pitcher, broke a league reco
1942-10
Lititz, Pennsylvania. Postmaster Robert Pautz chatting with two friends in the post office. He has three sons and one son-in-law in the service, and his daughter works in the U.S. War Department, so he has every reason to push the sale of war bonds. He plasters his post office with every available p
1942
Postmaster Robert Pautz chatting with two friends8d10665v
1942-11
Postmaster Robert Pautz selling a war bond8d10667v
1942-11
Lititz, Pennsylvania. Post office
1942-11
Postmaster Robert Pautz chatting with two friends 8d23611v
1942-11
Post-operative care of patients is part of every nurse's responsibility 8b09883v
1942-11
Portrait of a mistreated vacuum cleaner. It's in the repair shop because it inhaled bits of metal, pieces of wire, hairpins,and other harmful objects. Keep the machine away from such things, clean the brushes and belt regularly, and empty the bag at least once a week
1942-02
Portrait of Russell Lee, FSA (Farm Security Administration) photographer - Original
c. 1942
Portrait of Russell Lee, FSA (Farm Security Administration) photographer
c. 1942
Portrait of Russell Lee, FSA photographer (3x4 cropped)
c. 1942
Preparing for take-off at the glider pilot training program, Page Field, Parris Island, S.C.
1942-05
Preparing section of Big Inch pipeline to go under railroad
1942-10
Washington, D.C. Preparing vegetables for sale at the farmers' market
1942-07
Powers Agency model in a WAVE's 8d22866v
1942-10
Powers Agency model in a WAVE's 8d22869v
1942-10
Powers Agency model in a WAVE's 8d22870v
1942-10
Powers Agency model in a WAVE's 8d22871v
1942-10
A pre-marketing "must": prepare your shopping list by comparing "best buys" appearing in the newspapers. You'll save a surprising amount this way, and those extra nickels and dimes can be invested in other household essentials or in defense stamps
1942
Production of B-24 bombers and C-87 transports
1942-10
Production of B-24 bombers and C-87 transports2
1942-10
Priming Big Inch pipe with hot asphalt paint
1942-10
Printing the school paper at the Armstrong Technical High School8d20383v
1942-03
New York, New York. Pressroom of the New York Times newspaper. After casting, plates are shaved of unessential metal, and cooled in water in shaver
1942-09
Pressroom of the New York Times department.8d22694v
1942-09
Pressroom of the New York Times newspaper. 8d22695v
1942-09
Pressroom of the New York Times newspaper.8d22696v
1942-09
Pressroom of the New York Times newspaper.8d22697v
1942-09
Pressroom of the New York Times newspaper.8d22698v
1942-09
Pressroom of the New York Times newspaper.8d22699v
1942-09