Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information photos from the 1940s
6,949 photos, in date order; 4,081–4,140 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

Victory Program. Metal eagle from ship is among objects 8c34701v
1942-05

Victory Program. Miscellaneous metal scrap 8c34673v
1942-05

Victory Program. Old Ironsides is written on this stove 8c34702v
1942-05

Victory Program. People unloading trash 8c34689v
1942-05

Victory Program. Powerful hydraulic press 8c34691v
1942-05

Victory Program. Powerful hydraulic press for pressing metal scrap 8c34693v
1942-05

Victory Program. Stamping on scrap paper 8c34683v
1942-05

Victory Program. Storage batteries, with valuable rubber casing 8c34704v
1942-05

Victory Program. This wagon has been used to collect scrap.8c34690v
1942-05

Victory Program. Using acetylene torch to break up metal scrap 8c34699v
1942-05

Victory Program. Variety of junk-bearing vehicles 8c34676v
1942-05

Victory Program. Electro-magnet loads metal scrap 8c34729v
1942-05

Victory Program. Large cutter which breaks up metal parts 8c34722v
1942-05

Victory Program. Metal skelton of an old car 8c34725v
1942-05

Victory Program. Miscellaneous metal scrap 8c34734v
1942-05

Victory Program. Motor which runs hydraulic press 8c34717v
1942-05

Victory Program. Old Ironsides 8c34705v
1942-05

Victory Program. Opening up hydraulic press 8c34713v
1942-05

Victory Program. Picking up iron scraps from floor with a magnet 8c34715v
1942-05

Victory Program. Pieces of glass and porcelain 8c34728v
1942-05

Victory Program. Retail junkyard 8c34742v
1942-05

Victory Program. Rubber scrap in a wholesale junkyard 8c34720v
1942-05

Victory Program. Saleable parts which were removed 8c34733v
1942-05

Victory Program. Unloading metal scrap from a truck 8c34739v
1942-05

Victory Program. Loading scrap paper into a hydraulic press 8c34747v
1942-05

Victory Program. Picking up pieces of iron scrap 8c34761v
1942-05

Victory Program. Scrap being weighed 8c34756v
1942-05

Victory Program. Scrap being weighed 8c34762v
1942-05

Victory Program. Scrap rags being weighed 8c34754v
1942-05

Victory Program. Stacking bales of pressed paper 8c34764v
1942-05

Victory Program. Stacking bales of pressed paper 8c34766v
1942-05

Victory Program. Unloading scrap 8c34748v
1942-05

Victory Program. Children bringing their weekly contribution of scrap paper to school 8c34793v
1942-05

Victory Program. Children bringing their weekly contribution of scrap paper to school8c34791v
1942-05

Victory Program. Children bringing their weekly contribution of scrap paper to school8c34794v
1942-05

Working in machine shop at the Armstrong Technical High School8d20253v
1942-03

Victory Program. Schoolchildren contributing to their class pile of scrap paper 8c34783v
1942-05

Victory Program. These children are bringing piles of rags and metal objects 8c34810v
1942-05

Victory Program. This contributor has found himself a newsboy's bag which seems to amuse the school traffic monitor 8c34796v
1942-05

Victory Program. Washington schoolchildren also collect string 8c34782v
1942-05

Victory Program. Old tires in yard of wholesale junk company 8c34824v
1942-05

Victory Program. Sleeping scrap in an attic. 8c34812v
1942-05

Victory Program. Sleeping scrap in an attic. 8c34813v
1942-05

Victory Program. This boy is looking up junk dealers in the telephone directory 8c34818v
1942-05

Victory Program. This boy keeps stacks of paper, metal and rags in his cellar 8c34814v
1942-05

Victory Program. This little girl folds the Sunday paper 8c34823v
1942-05

Victory Program. This mother has found in her closet some metal hangers 8c34822v
1942-05

Victory Program. Torn rubber raincoat found in attic 8c34826v
1942-05

Victory Program. Truck loaded with scrap metal is weighed 8c34811v
1942-05

View in a departure yard at Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company's Proviso yard at twilight. Chicago, Illinois, December 1942
1942-12

View of Mount Shasta, Calif.
1942-06

View of a classification yard at C & NW RR's Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill.
1942-12

View in a departure yard at C & NW RR's Proviso (?) yard at twilight, Chicago, Ill. Brakeman is signaling with a red flare and the train is going by during exposure
1942-12

View of a Chicago and Northwestern railroad freight house. A long line of truck trailers are loading and unloading goods, Chicago, Ill.
1942-12

View of the B-25 final assembly line at North American Aviation's Inglewood, California, plant
1942

View along US 40 in Mount Vernon Canyon, Colorado
1942-12

Victory Program. Wholesale junkyard beside siding in rear background 8c34716v
1942-05

Victory Program. Weighing scrap 8c34745v
1942-05

Working in machine shop at the Armstrong Technical High School8d20254v
1942-03

View of a classification yard at C & NW RR's i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad's Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill.
1942-12