Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information photos from the 1940s

Washington, D.C. Amateur baseball game between two rival restaurants held on Sunday in the Ellipse. The White House is in the background

Washington schoolchild brings a load of scrap paper 8c34773v

Washington schoolchild brings a load of scrap paper 8c34774v

Washington schoolchild brings a load of scrap paper 8c34775v

Washington schoolchildren also collect string to tie their bundles of scrap paper 8c34781v

Washington schoolchildren fold cartons 8c34776v

Washington matron in a nurses' aid uniform 8c35121v

Washington matron in a nurses' aid uniform8c35122v

Washington (southwest section), D.C. Negro woman washing clothes in her kitchen

Washington, D.C. Air raid wardens' meeting in zone nine, Southwest area. Air raid wardens attending a meeting in their headquarters which is provided by the landlord in the basement of a large apartment building ( )

Washington, D.C. District of Columbia and Maryland boundary line at Wisconsin Avenue in the evening Taken one evening in June or July 1942, this photo shows the intersection of Wisconsin Avenue and Western Avenues, at the boundary of the Village of Chevy Chase in Maryland and the neighborhood of Fri

Washington, D.C. Deciding whether to buy the small can at twenty-five cents or the large can at sixty-seven cents at the Giant Food shopping center on Wisconsin Avenue

Washington, D.C. Display of canned goods, showing ceiling price signs in the Giant Food shopping center on Wisconsin Avenue

Washington, D.C. Buying carrots from a shopping list in the Giant Food shopping center on Wisconsin Avenue

Washington, D.C. Checking a shopping list at the Giant Food shopping center on Wisconsin Avenue

Washington, D.C. Checking over purchases while waiting in line to pay the cashier at the Giant Food shopping center on Wisconsin Avenue

Washington, D.C. Bicycling on Sunday in East Potomac Park, in front of the statue erected to the memory of the victims of the Titanic

Washington, D.C. Bicycling on Sunday in East Potomac Park 8c36440v

Washington, D.C. Bathroom in Mr. Cracke's boarding house in the old Roosevelt home at 1733 N Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C. Boarding house at 17th and N Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C. Cars parked in an alley behind the boardinghouses on N Street

Washington, D.C. District grocery store warehouse on 4th Street S.W. Bananas are brought into the warehouse unripe, are put into a special room, and kept at a certain temperature to rippen. Steam, seen in the background, is turned on periodically to keep the air moist. This man is cutting into them

Washington, D.C. District grocery store warehouse on 4th Street S.W. Trucks large and small, lined up in front of the warehouse at dawn, to be loaded for delivery

Washington, D.C. District grocery store warehouse on 4th Street S.W. Unloading cabbages and spinach

Washington, D.C. District grocery store warehouse on 4th Street S.W. This truck driver had just brought in a load of corn which he is about to unload

Washington, D.C. District grocery store warehouse on 4th Street S.W. This man is a sorter. He grades fruits and vegetables and throws out spoiled ones

Washington, D.C. Cutting beef in the District grocery store warehouse

Washington, D.C. District grocery store warehouse on 4th Street S.W. Checking over a shipment of cabbage which has just been unloaded

Washington, D.C. District grocery store warehouse on 4th Street S.W. Assistant head of the produce department checking over a shipment of spinach which has just been unloaded

Washington, D.C. District grocery store warehouse on 4th Street S.W. Unloading cabbages

Washington, D.C. Checker going over an order of groceries in the District grocery store warehouse. It will be checked again before being loaded for delivery to store

Washington, D.C. Checking merchandise in the grocery department of the District grocery store warehouse

Washington, D.C. District grocery store warehouse about 6:30 a.m. Trucks are still being loaded for delivery to stores

Washington, D.C. Engineer checking on the temperature in a vegetable storage room at District grocery store warehouse

Washington, D.C. Engineer Graham is a full-time employee at the District grocery store, on call at all hours of the day and night. He is responsible for air conditioning and keeping the storerooms and cold room at the right temperature

Washington, D.C. Coca-Cola and sandwich stand which caters to government workers at noon outside the U.S. Department of Agriculture

Washington, D.C. Dinner hour at the S&W Cafeteria on G Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C. Dinner hour at the S&W Cafeteria on G Street N.W.

Washington, D.C. Cantaloupes at the farmers' market

Washington, D.C. Bicycling on Sunday at Haines Point8c34849v

Washington, D.C. Elderly couple eating dinner at their home on Lamont Street, N.W. ( )

Washington, D.C. Fruit counter in the Giant Food shopping center on Wisconsin Avenue

Washington, D.C. Inquiring of a salesman why fruit and vegetables have no ceiling price, while coffee does

Washington, D.C. Purchasing beets at the Giant Food shopping center on Wisconsin Avenue

Washington, D.C. Garbage in an alley back of a group of N Street boardinghouses

Washington, D.C. Girls going to work through Scott Circle early in the morning

Washington, D.C. Lawn of Mrs. Harper's tourist home

Washington, D.C. Morning mail in the front hall of Mr. Cracke's boardinghouse in the old Roosevelt home at 1733 N Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C. Pickwick Arms Residence Club8c28414v

Washington, D.C. Figures stamped by a U.S government grader on the fat of a side of beef in the District grocery store warehouse to indicate high quality

Washington, D.C. Grocery department of the District grocery store warehouse. Foreman calling out orders to be loaded onto small trucks

Washington, D.C. Handling eggs in the District grocery store warehouse

Washington, D.C. Mr. Nathan is in charge of the meat department at the District grocery store warehouse; he sits in a corner wrapped in a warm overcoat to see that all goes well in the cold room where meat is kept until delivery

Washington, D.C. Filling orders in the grocery department of the District grocery store warehouse

Washington, D.C. Loading sugar in grocery department of the District grocery store

Washington, D.C. Government workers lunching near the Washington Monument

Washington, D.C. Government workers lunching by Lincoln Memorial lagoon

Washington, D.C. Lincoln Memorial lagoon, showing corridors between temporary war buildings, government workers eating lunch on the grass, and small boys swimming

Washington, D.C. Negro barbershop on U Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C. Peoples' drugstore on G Street N.W. at noon