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

Washington, D.C. Refrigeration room for meat at the District grocery store warehouse

Washington, D.C. Recreation in a Negro grammar school

Washington, D.C. Government charwoman

Washington, D.C. George Camblair leaving home early in the morning to go to the Selective Service Board from which, with about fifty others, he will leave by train for the induction station

Washington, D.C. Pouring lemonade at a birthday party on Seaton Road ( )

Washington, D.C. Laborer listening to instructions of wrecking company foreman on Independence Avenue ( )

Washington, D.C. Grocery store owned by Mr. J. Benjamin, on Saturday afternoon ( )

Washington, D.C. Members of the congregation of the Church of God in Christ ( )

Washington, D.C. International student assembly. Theodore R. Johnson, a delegate from Tuskegee Institute ( )

Washington, D.C. Negro mechanic for the Amoco oil company ( )

Washington, D.C. International youth assembly. Liudmila Pavlichenko, a delegate from Russia

Washington, D.C. Representatives of 26 United Nations at Flag day ceremonies in the White House to reaffirm their pact

Washington, D.C. Shopper leaving the Giant Food shopping center on Wisconsin Avenue

Washington, D.C. Shopper watching the weighing of a chicken in the Giant Food shopping center

Washington, D.C. Sunday in Rock Creek Park

Washington, D.C. Sunday picnic in Rock Creek Park

Washington, D.C. Renting bicycles at a gas station on East Potomac Park. Notice the "no gas" sign on the nearest gasoline pump

Washington, D.C. Renting horses on Sunday at a stable near East Potomac Park

Washington, D.C. Sorting out the good and bad vegetables at the District grocery store warehouse

Washington, D.C. Teacher helping pupils in Negro grammar school

Washington, D.C. The Egyptian Legation on Massachusetts Avenue. Officials of the legation

Washington, D.C. The Australian Legation. At 6:35 am the Casey children walk to the legation gate to wait for a school bus

Washington, D.C. The Australian Legation. Jane Casey, daughter of the minister, on her way to wait for a school bus at the Legation gate

Washington, D.C. The Australian Legation. Minister Casey in his chancery office

Washington, D.C. The Australian Legation. Minister Casey in his chancery office. Mrs. Casey painted the picture

Washington, D.C. The Australian Legation. Mr Casey, minister from Australia, conferring with the naval attache

Washington, D.C. The Australian Legation. Mrs. Casey, wife of the minister, examining a globe with her son and daughter

Washington, D.C. The Australian Legation. Mrs. Casey and her daughter Jane in front of the legation

Washington, D.C. The Australian Legation. Mrs. Casey, wife of the minister, learns typing in her spare time. She painted the picture on the wall which depicts her family at their Australian farm

Washington, D.C. The Australian Legation. Mrs. Casey, wife of the minister, a good amateur artist, finishing a poster for ANZAC week, watched by her son

Washington, D.C. The Australian Legation. Mrs. Squire, secretary to Minister Casey

Washington, D.C. The Australian Legation. The son of minister Casey boarding a school bus. The legation can be seen in the background

Washington, D.C. The Australian Legation. The chancery is in one wing of the legation. Here minister Casey has just stepped out of his office into the entrance hall of his home to speak to his children

Washington, D.C. The Egyptian Legation on Massachusetts Avenue. Secretary of agriculture of the legation

Washington, D.C. The Egyptian Legation on Massachusetts Avenue. Legation officials

Washington, D.C. South African Legation on Massachusetts Avenue. Legation secretaries on their way to lunch. In the background is the new part of the chancery built of yellow stucco in South African Boer style

Washington, D.C. South African Legation on Massachusetts Avenue. First secretary of the legation giving orders to a messenger

Washington, D.C. The Australian Legation. Minister Casey reading the newspaper to his dayghter Jane

Washington, D.C. South African Legation on Massachusetts Avenue. Minister and Mrs. Close leaving the legation to enter their car

Washington, D.C. South African Legation on Massachusetts Avenue. Minester Close giving orders to his chauffeur

Washington, D.C. South African Legation on Massachusetts Avenue. Minister Close at his desk

Washington, D.C. South African Legation on Massachusetts Avenue. Minister Close, in the middle of a telephone call, asking his wife to do an errand for him in town where she is bound

Washington, D.C. South African Legation on Massachusetts Avenue. Mr. R. W. Close, minister from the Union of South Africa, conferring with his first secretary

Washington, D.C. South African Legation on Massachusetts Avenue. The commercial attache of the legation

Washington, D.C. South African Legation on Massachusetts Avenue. Official of the South African purchasing commission

Washington, D.C. Sunday cyclist at Haines Point 8c34852v

Washington, D.C. Shopper on Saturday afternoon ( )

Washington, D.C. Sergeant George Camblair with his mother and brother while at home. September, 1942.

Washington, D.C. The Turkish Embassy. Ambassador and Madame Ertrogren -i.e., Ertegun- in their living room

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

Washington, D.C. Watering vegetables to keep them fresh in the Giant Food shopping center on Wisconsin Avenue

Washington, D.C. The Giant food shopping center on Wisconsin Avenue, showing the ramp to the roof, where customers' cars are parked

Washington, D.C. The Giant food shopping center on Wisconsin Avenue

Washington, D.C. Unloading a meat train at the District grocery store warehouse

Washington, D.C. Unloading watermelons at the farmers' market

Washington, D.C. Watermelon vendors at the farmers' market

Washington, D.C. The Egyptian Legation on Massachusetts Avenue. Agricultural secretary of the legation

Washington, D.C. The Egyptian Legation on Massachusetts Avenue. Mahmoud Hassan, minister from Egypt, and a member of his staff

Washington, D.C. The Egyptian Legation on Massachusetts Avenue. Mahmoud Hassan, minister from Egypt, conferring with a member of his staff

Washington, D.C. The Egyptian Legation on Massachusetts Avenue. Minister Hassan conferring with a member of his staff