Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information photos from the 1940s
6,949 photos, in date order; 4,681–4,740 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
A tailor fitting a coat at the shop maintained in the Greyhound garage. 8d32804v
1943-09
Production. Magnesium.
1943-01
Dehydration. Potatoes. Trays of blanched potatoes are placed on racks which will be rolled into the tunnel-type dehydrator at the Western Regional Research Laboratory in Albany, California
1943-02
A United States Army truck convoy carrying supplies for Russia, 8d29573a
1943-03
A truck driver checking the oil. He is with a United States Army truck convoy carrying supplies for the aid of Russia, 8d29399
1943-03
A truck driver checking the oil. He is with a United States Army truck convoy carrying supplies for the aid of Russia
1943-03
A truck driver checking the oil. He is with a United States Army truck convoy carrying supplies for the aid of Russia. Somewhere in the Persian corridor. March, 1943.
1943-03
A view looking through the White Mountains from the fire control tower manned by Barbara Mortensen, a fire and airplane lookout on Pine Mountain, Gorham vicinity, N.H. View is to the south
1943-06
A waiter in John's Restaurant 8d12370v
1943-01
A waiter in John's Restaurant on East Twelfth Street 8d12373v
1943-01
A window shade factory on the Oswego River 8d39957v
1943-06
A Western Union clerk accepting a telegram 8d30831v
1943-06
Production. Magnesium.
1943-02
Production. Magnesium. A year ago this location was the barren desert of southern Nevada.
1943-01
War workers' nursery. A young supervisor at the Bella Vista Nursery School in Oakland, California, eats luncheon with the smallest to prevent dawdling over food
1943
A view looking south through the White Mountains from the fire tower manned by Barbara Mortensen, a fire and airplane lookout on Pine Mountain, Gorham vicinity, N.H.
1943-06
A-31s Vultee assembly Feb 1943
1943-02
A.S. Gerdee, of 3251 Maypole(?) Street, working as a switchman at Proviso yard of C & NW RR, Chicago, Ill.
1943-04
Activity in the Santa Fe R.R. yard, Los Angeles, Calif. All switch lights, head lights and lamps have been shaded from above in accordance with blackout regulations. The heavy light streaks are caused by paths of locomotive headlights and the thin lines by lamps of switchmen working in the yard. San
1943-03
Activity in the Santa Fe R.R. yard, Los Angeles, Calif.
1943-03
Advertisement of the United States Employment Service, 8d16963v
1943-05
Oswego, New York. A Yugoslavian merchant seaman during United Nations week.
1943-06
Admiring the cherry blossoms 8d27137v
1943-04
A.S. Gerdee, of 3251 Maypole(?) Street, working as a switchman at Proviso yard of C & NW RR i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad, Chicago, Ill.
1943-04
Activity in the Santa Fe R.R. yard, Los Angeles, Calif. Due to blackout regulations, flood lights, switch lights, locomotive headlights and lights on the bridge in background have been shaded to cast light downward. Broad streaks of light are caused by paths of locomotive headlights, thin wavy lines
1943-03
Abandoned German military equipment at Sidi Ali El Mekki Beach, Porto Farina, Tunisia, in May 1943 (fsa.8d29846)
1943-05
ATSF Super Chief
1943-03
ATSF the Chief 1943
1943-03
B&O passenger train 1943
1943-01
B-24 Snow White Nose Art - 1943
1943-04
African American worker Richmond Shipyards
1943-04
After the ore is weighed in the "Hewlett" i.e. "Hulett" machine it is dropped in the waiting hopper cars below; Pennsylvania R.R. iron ore docks, Cleveland, Ohio
1943-05
Agnes Cliemka, age 23, married and husband may be going into the service any day, Heil and Co., Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Agnes used to work in a dep artmen t store. Checking of gasoline hose of gasoline trailers before being turned over the Air Force
1943-02
Buffalo, New York. After being interviewed and given an eye test, Mabel Goodwin, forty-five, is examined by a woman doctor at the employment office of the Bell Aircraft plant. She worked in a factory in the last war, and has since been a housewife, and has two children over fourteen
1943-05
Buffalo, New York. After being interviewed as to past history and work qualifications, Mabel Goodwin has a physical examination at the Bell Aircraft plant. A nurse records her height and weight. She is forty-five, worked in a factory in the last war, and has since been a housewife and has two childr
1943-05
Buffalo, New York. After placing chains around steel bars, "hookers" give signal to the crane operator to hoist in the finishing department of Republic Steel
1943-05
Buffalo, New York. After being interviewed as to past history and work qualifications, Mabel Goodwin is given an eye test at the employment office of the Bell Aircraft plant. She worked in a factory in the last war, and has since been a housewife and has two children over fourteen
1943-05
African American worker Richmond Shipyards (cropped)
1943-04
After green peas are picked, they're not shipped hit or miss to the retail stores. They must be sorted and graded before they are packed for shipment; and that's what these two young women are doing. Clean, easy work for women who join the U.S. Crop Corps, and very essential Related Names: United St
1943
Alfred T. Palmer bolt cutting
1943
Aircraft engine El Aouiana May1943
1943-05
Air cadets marching in front of the boy scouts carrying United Nations flags 8d38702v
1943-06
Air raid notice on a bus window 8d27924v
1943-04
Alfred T. Palmer bolt cutting (cropped)
1943
Amarillo Texas March 1943 View
1943-03
Amarillo Texas March 1943 Sacred Heart Cathedral 2
1943
Amarillo Texas March 1943 View AMA
1943-03
Amarillo Texas March 1943 View Sinclair gas station
1943
Amarillo Texas March 1943 View MPC gas station
1943
All Aid to the Wounded
1943-10-12
Amarillo, Texas, general view, Santa Fe R.R. trip
1943-03
Altar in the church, Trampas, New Mexico. The prevailing colors are grey and blue. A Coca-Cola bottle is used as a candle holder." Interor of the San José de Gracia Church — in Las Trampas, Taos Co., New Mexico.
1943
Altar boys and lay brothers in the sacristy during Easter high mass8d28444v
1943-04
Altar boys in the procession at the Easter high mass at the Corpus Christi Church8d28470v
1943-04
Buffalo, New York. All "hookers" in the processing department of Republic Steel are women. Resting on a pile of billets, they are eating lunch on the job
1943-05
Niagara Falls, New York. All workers must show their badges and insides of their lunch boxes and packages to the guards at the gate when they enter and leave the Bell Aircraft plant
1943-05
Tunis, Tunisia. Allied troops entering the city
1943-05-20
All nursing and no play might make Frances Bullock (right) a dull girl! To preclude such a possibility, Army nurses hold dances in the nurses' home
1943
All nursing and no play might make Frances Bullock (center) a dull girl! To preclude such a possibility, Army nurses hold dances in the nurses' home
1943
Altar in the church, Trampas, New Mexico. The prevailing colors are grey and blue. A Coca-Cola bottle is used as a candle holder
1943