Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information photos from the 1940s
6,949 photos, in date order; 4,141–4,200 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
View of a Chicago and Northwestern i.e. North Western railroad freight house. A long line of truck trailers are loading and unloading goods, Chicago, Ill.
1942-12
View in a departure yard at C & NW RR's i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad's Proviso (?) yard at twilight, Chicago, Ill.
1942-12
View in a departure yard at C & NW RR's i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad'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 in a departure yard at C & NW RR's i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad's Proviso(?) yard, at twilight, Chicago, Ill.
1942-12
Vultee A-31 Vengeance in flight near Nashville in 1942
1942-08
Village in New Mexico
c. 1942
View of the Utah Copper Company open-pit mine workings at Carr Fork, as seen from the railroad, Bingham Canyon, Utah
1942-11
Virgin redwood, 864 years old 1a35447v
1942
Volunteer fire watchers, sitting on the fire engines8d10679v
1942-11
Volunteer translators in the Red Cross district library 8d21281v
1942-06
View over the town on a windy day in the fall8d23438v
1942-11
Volunteer firemen called out during an air raid drill 8d23484v
1942-11
Volunteer fireman rolling up hose during a practice air raid drill 8d23544v
1942-11
Volunteer firemen practicing during an air raid drill 8d23551v
1942-11
Volunteer firemen practicing in a vacant lot during an air raid drill8d23543v
1942-11
Volunteer firemen practicing during an air raid drill8d23552v
1942-11
Virgin redwood, 864 years old
1942
VirginiaDavis (cropped)
1942-08
Walter Francis White
1942-06
Washington, D.C. Head waiter, waiter, and diner at the Occidental Hotel restaurant. An old stove is used as decoration
1942-07
Wader resting on the edge of an automobile ford8c34856v
1942
Waders at an automobile ford 8c34858v
1942
Wading in Rock Creek Park8c34854v
1942
Waiting for trains at the Pennsylvania railroad station 8d21823v
1942
Waiting for trains at the Pennsylvania railroad station 8d21826v
1942
Waiting for trains at the Pennsylvania railroad station 8d21828v
1942
Waiting for trains at the Pennsylvania railroad station 8d21831v
1942
Waiting for trains at the Pennsylvania railroad station 8d21834v
1942
Waiting for trains at the Pennsylvania railroad station 8d21835v
1942
Waiting for trains at the Pennsylvania railroad station8d21829v
1942
Waiting for trains at the Pennsylvania railroad station8d21830v
1942
Waiting for trains at the Pennsylvania railroad station8d21836v
1942
Waiting for trains at the Pennsylvania railroad station8d21839v
1942
Waiting room at the Pennsylvania railroad station8d21845v
1942
Waiting room at the Pennsylvania railroad station8d21846v
1942
Waiting room of the Pennsylvania railroad station8d21847v
1942
Waiting for the Third Avenue elevated train in the Fifties 8d22122v
1942-09
Waiting in line for rowboats at the Central Park 8d22242v
1942-09
Waiting for the Third Avenue elevated railway 8d22299v
1942-09
Waiting for buses on a rainy market day8d23389v
1942-11
Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Waiting for buses on a rainy market day
1942-11
Waiting for Armistice Day parade8d23446v
1942-11
I'll carry mine. Waiting for a street car during "off" hours, a soldier gives a helping hand to one of America's patriotic shoppers, who has pledged to help merchants conserve tires and gasoline by carrying her own packages
1942-12
Walter Pidgeon cph 3b24937
1942-06
War Manpower Commission 1942
1942-05
War Labor Board Little Steel hearing broad view 1942
1942-07-01
Washday at the FSA (Farm Security Administration) Camelback Farms, Phoenix, Arizona
1942
Walter T. Watanabe examining two specimens of guayule
1942-06-02
Washington, D.C. Amateur baseball team
1942-07
Washington, D.C. Publicity photographer and model at the municipal swimming pool
1942-07
Washington, D.C. Window of Recap Tire Corporation, Georgia Avenue
1942-06
Washington, D.C. Rubber salvage pile at Georgia Avenue gas station
1942-06
Washington, D.C. Girdles, toys, tires in rubber salvage pile at Georgia Avenue filling station
1942-06
Washington, D.C. Empty gas tanks at Esso filling station on the waterfront
1942-06
Washington, D.C. Cyclist contributes to rubber salvage pile at Georgia Avenue
1942-06
Washington, D.C. A bicycle rental shop on 22nd Street, near Virginia Avenue N.W., on Sunday
1942
Washington, D.C. A bicycle rental shop on 22nd street near Virginia Avenue, N.W. on Sunday
1942-06
Washington, D.C. Amateur baseball game. The White House is in the background
1942
Washington, D.C. Amateur baseball games are held daily on fields near the Washington Monument, between rival governmental departments, employees of restaurants, garages, etc.
1942
Washington, D.C. A man from the U.S. Department of Agriculture grading beef in the District grocery store warehouse
1942-07