Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information photos from the 1940s
6,949 photos, in date order; 3,781–3,840 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
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Swedish-American vice president of the SKF roller bearing factory and engineer looking over a blueprint
1942–1943
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Swedish-American vice-president and engineer of the SKF roller bearing factory looking over a blueprint
1942–1943
Swimming pool. Bathers pay admittance according to age. 8d21077v
1942
Swimming pool8d21079v
1942
Swimming pool8d21083v
1942
Swimming pool8d21148v
1942
Swedish-American foreman at the SKF roller bearing plant 8d27972v
1942–1943
Swedish-American foreman with the SKF roller bearing factory 8d27990v
1942–1943
Swedish-American vice president of the SKF roller bearing factory 8d27979v
1942–1943
Swedish-American vice president of the SKF roller bearing factory 8d27995v
1942–1943
Swedish-American vice president of the SKF roller bearing factory with his family. 8d27996v
1942–1943
Swedish-American woman at the SKF roller bearing factory 8d27976v
1942–1943
Swedish-American worker at the SKF roller bearing factory 8d27964v
1942–1943
Swedish-American worker at the SKF roller bearing factory8d27963v
1942–1943
Montgomery County, Maryland. Tire of farmer's car
1942-11
Switch lists coming in by teletype to the hump office at a Chicago and Northwestern i.e. North Western railroad yard, Chicago, Ill.
1942-12
Tank commander, Ft Knox, Ky
1942-06
Tank commander, Ft. Knox, Ky.
1942-06
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. Talking to a parrot in the patio of the Pan-American Union
1942-02
Taking snapshots on Sunday in Rock Creek Park 8c34837v
1942
Nurse training. Taking care of an oxygen-tent patient is one of the many duties which students like young Susan Petty must perform during their apprenticeship
1942-11
Tank driver
1942-06
Tennessee Valley Authority Douglas Dam on the French Broad River: "Big Pete" Ramagna
1942-06
Tennessee Valley Authority Douglas Dam on the French Broad River: making forms for the generating plant
1942-06
Tennessee Valley Authority Douglas Dam on the French Broad River: rocky going for a bulldozer
1942-06
Tennesse Valley Authority, dams in Alabama, "Muscle Shoals," A Negro worker tending an electric phosphate smelting furnacewhich is producing elemental phosphorus at a TVA chemical plant in the Muscle Shoals area. Phosphatic fertilizer is shipped abroad under provisions of the Lend-Lease Bill. Photo
c. 1942
Tank crew standing in front of an M-4 tank, Ft. Knox, Ky.
1942-06
Tank crew standing in front of M-4 tank, Ft. Knox, Ky.
1942-06
Tank driver, Ft. Knox, Ky.
1942-06
Teacher in a Negro grammar school in her bedroom at home. 8d20236v
1942-03
Teacher being greeted by her daughter as she comes home 8d20344v
1942-03
Teacher in her study at home8d20346v
1942-03
Tenants cultivating their garden plot. 8d21080v
1942
Telegraph room of the New York Times newspaper. 8d22681v
1942-09
Tank crews fuel up their M-4 and M-3 tanks at Fort Knox, Ky
1942-06-01
Tank crews fuel up their M-4 and M-3 tanks at Fort Knox, Ky (cropped)
1942-06-01
Thanksgiving grace 1942
1942-11
Thanksgiving guests at the home of Earle Landis took a walk 8d10739v
1942-11
Thanksgiving guests at the house of Earle Landis 8d10729v
1942-11
Thanksgiving dinner at the house of Earle Landis 8d10757v
1942-11
The Animal Trap Company of America now makes bullets 8d10759v
1942-11
Tennis courts with the school in the background 8d21073v
1942
New York, New York. The Bowery at 10 p.m.
1942-09
The 76th Street station of the Third Avenue 8d22276v
1942-09
New York, New York. The Bowery about 10 p.m.
1942-09
The Australian Legation. Mrs. Casey8d22920v
1942-03
Conservation of durable goods. That's no idle whim of Uncle Sam's; these empty tubes you turn in before buying more are converted into essential products. Vital tin and alloy metals conserved by this procedure
1942
That washing machine has to last for a long time, so keep it in good condition. Drain it immediately after use, rinse tub thoroughly, remove agitator or suction cups and rinse with clear water
1942-02
That line on the inside of your washing machine is a load line 8e10793v
1942-02
Production. Aircraft engines.
1942-07
Women in industry. Tool production.
1942-08
Women in industry. Tool production.
1942-08
Gasoline rationing. The busiest spot on the Pennsylvania turnpike. Eastbound motorists stop at this service station for a very good reason: it's the last chance to fill up before entering a gas-rationed area
1942-07
Production. 105 mm. howitzers. Testing a 105 mm. howitzer in the Milwaukee, Wisconsin plant of Chain Belt Company
1942
The charge of the scrap brigade in Roanoke, Virginia, includes such methods of collecting as this pony cart. The patriotic and energetic youngsters of the town are making an all-out effort to corner every available piece of scrap in the city, so their soldier and sailor brothers will have the shells
c. 1942
The freight house at a Chicago and Northwestern Railroad yard. In the foreground are old cars used as living quarters for some yard workers and itinerant help; Chicago, Ill.
1942-12
The crew of an M-3 tank learn all the ways of causing trouble for the Axis with a 75-mm. gun, a 37-mm. gun and four machine guns, Fort Knox, Ky. The Fort Knox School for tank crews has graduated many men who are now ready to meet the enemy on our far flung battle lines -- and on more than equal term
1942-06
The countryside near the Tennessee Valley Authority dam site, Douglas Dam vicinity, Tenn.
1942-06
The countryside near the TVA site of the Douglas Dam, Tenn.
1942-06
The careful hands of women are trained in precise aircraft engine installation1a35325v
1942-10