Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information photos from the 1940s
6,949 photos, in date order; 3,361–3,420 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
Pressroom of the New York Times newspaper. 8d22713v
1942-09
Pressroom of the New York Times newspaper. 8d22714v
1942-09
Pressroom of the New York Times newspaper. 8d22719v
1942-09
Pressroom of the New York Times newspaper.8d22716v
1942-09
Pressroom of the New York Times newspaper.8d22717v
1942-09
Pressroom of the New York Times newspaper.8d22718v
1942-09
Private first class Fred D. Long, home on leave from Fort Bliss 8d23472v
1942-11
Private first class Fred D. Long, home on leave from Fort Bliss 8d23473v
1942-11
Production of B-24 bombers and C-87 transports, Consolidated Aircraft Corp., Fort Worth, Texas. Cabbie Coleman, former housewife, works at western aircraft plant. Installing of oxygen racks above the flight deck
1942-10
Production of B-24 bombers and C-87 transports2 (cropped)
1942-10
Production. Motor torpedo boats (wooden).
1942-07
Public card party held in the firehouse to raise money 8d10710v
1942-11
Public card party held in the firehouse to raise money 8d10711v
1942-11
New York, New York. Proprietress of a Jewish weaving shop on Broom Street
1942
Production. Aircraft engines
1942-07
Production. Willow Run bomber plant.
1942-07
Production. Willow Run bomber plant.
1942-07
Production. Willow Run bomber plant.
1942-07
Production. Willow Run bomber plant.
1942-07
Production. Willow Run bomber plant.
1942-07
Production. Willow Run bomber plant.
1942-07
Production. Willow Run bomber plant.
1942-07
Production. Willow Run bomber plant.
1942-07
Production. Willow Run bomber plant.
1942-07
Production. Willow Run bomber plant.
1942-07
Production. Willow Run bomber plant. The outer wing panel of a bomber undergoes assembly in the giant Willow Run plant. When finished, this section will be removed and cranes will install another section in the fixture. Ford plant, Willow Run
1942-07
Production. Airplane manufacture, general. The fabric department at Inglewood, California, plant of North American Aviation is the only department that had women employees before the war. Here, women sew the covering and control surface parts for bomber and fighter planes. This plant produces the ba
1942-10
Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Mrs. Lewis, women's counselor at the Inglewood, California, plant of North American Aviation, discusses a problem with an employee. Women employees are free to consult Mrs. Lewis anytime. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 ("Billy Mitchell") bomber
1942
Production. Airplane manufacture, general. A group of North American's women employees at Inglewood, California, discuss a coming sports event with Bonnie Edlund, women's activities director. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 ("Billy Mitchell") bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on To
1942-10
Production. B-17 heavy bomber. A skilled team of men and women workers at the Boeing plant in Seattle complete assembly and fitting operations on the interior of a fuselage section for a new B-17F (Flying Fortress) bomber. About half of the workers at the Boeing plant are women. The Flying Fortress
1942-12
Production. B-17 heavy bomber. Men and women work together to complete a fuselage framework for a new B-17F (Flying Fortress) bomber. About half of the workers in this plant are women. The Flying Fortress has performed with great credit in the South Pacific over Germany and elsewhere. It is a four-e
1942-12
Provincetown, Massachusetts. Fishermen aboard the Portuguese drag trawler, Francis and Marion, sending a net
1942-04
Punching rivet holes in a frame member for a B-25 bomber, the plant of North American Aviation, Inc, Calif
1942-06
Pullman porter making up an upper berth aboard the "Capitol Limited," bound for Chicago, Illinois
1942-03
Punching rivet holes in a frame member for a B-25 bomber, the plant of North American Aviation, Inc., Calif.
1942-06
Putting the nose section of a mighty transport plane in place in the fuselage mating fixture at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, Texas
1942-10
New York, New York. Public school teacher showing the first grade pupils pictures of Indians to give them ideas for Indian hats. Marie Winn or Wynn, a Czech-American child, is in foreground
1942-10
New York, New York. The Lincoln School of Teachers' College, Columbia University. Putting the finishing touches on a map of the world, showing routes of early explorers
1942-01 · map
New York, New York. The Lincoln School of Teachers' College, Columbia University. Putting a splint on a "broken arm" in first aid class
1942-01
New York, New York. Children's Colony, a school for refugee children administered by a Viennese. Pupils being taken for a walk. They hold hands in order not to get lost or run over
1942-10
Pupil in a Negro grammar school 8e04933v
1942-03
Washington, D.C. Publicity photographer and model at the municipal swimming pool on Sunday
1942-07
Quartering beef in the District grocery store warehouse cold room8c34996v
1942-07
Quartering beef in the District grocery store warehouse cold room8c34997v
1942-07
Quartering beef in the District grocery store warehouse cold room8c35001v
1942-07
Pupil at the Banneker Junior High School3c30965v
1942-03
Pupil in a Negro grammar school8d20298v
1942-03
Pupil of Banneker Junior High School with a kite 8d20379v
1942-03
Pupil of Banneker Junior High School with a kite 8d20381v
1942-03
Public sale of house and property 8d23613v
1942-11
Public sale of house and property8d23616v
1942-11
Queen of Wellstown, 1942
1942-03
R-2600 engines for B-25s Inglewood 1942
1942-10
R-1830 engine on C-47 at factory 1942
1942-10
Racially segregated municipal swimming pool - Washington DC - 1942
1942-07
Looking east toward Rackham Building, Detroit, Mich.
1942-07
R. H. Macy and Company department store 8d11584v
1942-12
R. H. Macy and Company department store 8d11585v
1942-12
R. H. Macy and Company department store 8d11586v
1942-12
R. H. Macy and Company department store 8d11590v
1942-12