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

Hattie B. Sheehan, a streetcar operator of the Capitol Transit Company

Helen Ryan, age 41 (with cap), widow and used to work in a show factory, Heil and Co., Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Agnes Cliemka, age 23, married and husband may be going into the service any day, brother in the army. She used to be a clerk in a dep artmen t store. Unmasking and checking parts of the ga

Oswego, New York. Heroes visiting during United Nations week lined up for a photograph by a local newspaper photographer

Washington, D.C. Health education students at Woodrow Wilson High School examining the bones of the foot

New Orleans, Louisiana. Higgins shipyard workers leaving the plant at four pm

Higgins shipyards, New Orleans, Louisiana. Hellcat of Higgins, an experimental PT (patrol-torpedo) type boat

New Orleans, Louisiana. Higgins shipyard workers buying milk at lunch hour

New Orleans, Louisiana. Higgins shipyard workers on their lunch hour

Higgins shipyards worker. New Orleans, Louisiana

New Orleans, Louisiana. Higgins shipyards workers leaving at 4 p.m.

Higgins speedboats in a port in the Middle East, Lend-Lease program, 1943

Highway outside the Glenn L. Martin plant with cars 8d15864v

Washington, D.C. High school students helping to issue number four ration books at Woodrow Wilson High School

Production. Magnesium.

Production. Magnesium.

War workers' nursery. His milk and graham crackers, part of the Bella Vista Nursery School's afternoon schedule, do not seem to be totally occupying this young man's attention

Holabird ordnance depot, Baltimore, Maryland.

Holabird ordnance depot, Baltimore, Maryland

Holabird ordnance depot, Baltimore, Maryland. Jeep driver testing a tire valve for leakage by the old "spit of finger" method

Holabird ordnance depot, Baltimore, Maryland. The buffing room in the recapping shop. Before being recapped, tires must be buffed. The rasp buffs rubber off. This rubber is afterwards collected for salvage

Holabird ordnance depot, Baltimore, Maryland. After having been repaired, tires which need only spot recapping are cured in these section molds. They remain in these molds under pressure for about one hour and forty-five minutes

Holabird ordnance depot, Baltimore, Maryland. Lineup of ambulances ready to be shipped overseas

Holabird ordnance depot, Baltimore, Maryland. The rule for United States Army and civilian drivers is to avoid bumps. Here a jeep driver carefully avoids a rock on one of the camp roads. Drivers are thoroughly instructed in preventive maintenance measures before they are allowed to drive United Stat

Holabird ordnance depot, Baltimore, Maryland. An officer checking the air pressure of giant tires on LeTourneau roadscrapers to be shipped overseas. Pressure must be ten pounds above normal load to keep tires in best condition during the journey

Holabird ordnance depot, Baltimore, Maryland. A soldier cementing the inner side wall of a truck tire; he is preparing this tire for sectional repair in the recapping shop

Holabird ordnance depot, Baltimore, Maryland. A convoy prepares for departure by checking all tires on all vehicles. Air pressure must be at the required poundage on every tire before the convoy is allowed to leave. Vehicle in the center has mobile air pressure pump attached to trailer

Holabird ordnance depot, Baltimore, Maryland. All United States Army drivers are warned to take it easy around curves. One of the best ways to shorten the life of tires is to take curves without materially slackening speed

Holabird ordnance depot, Baltimore, Maryland. In the recapping shop, after having been buffed and coated with cement, the tire gets a capping of camelback. It is first put on by hand and then by the power stitcher, as in this picture

Holabird ordnance depot, Baltimore, Maryland. In the recapping shop, after application of camelback, the tire is placed in a mold where it is "cured" for about an hour and forty-five minutes. Here soldiers are removing it from the mold; as soon as it is cool it is ready for use

Holabird ordnance depot, Baltimore, Maryland. Careful records of air pressure in a Le-Tourneau roadscraper's giant tires are made before the scrapers are shipped overseas. Ten pounds additional pressure is put in tires before the journey to assure best condition of the tire upon arrival

Holabird ordnance depot, Baltimore, Maryland. Soldier sweeping up the buffing dust in the recapping shop which will be turned into the United States Army quartermaster for salvage. Both crude and cured rubber are salvaged as is the Holland paper which covers the surface of the uncured rubber when it

Holabird ordnance depot, Baltimore, Maryland. Periodic complete vehicle inspection is required of every United States Army driver. This soldier is checking the wheel alignment of his truck, one of the most important factors in the length of life of tires

Holabird ordnance depot, Baltimore, Maryland. A careful check is made of air pressure, tire conditions and condition of valves and valve caps before these ambulances are sent overseas

Homefront posters

Home of Thomas Jefferson

Holabird Ordnance Depot

Holabird ordnance depot, Baltimore, Maryland. A soldier checking the air pressure on his spare tire. The gages are called "fiddlesticks

Holabird ordnance depot, Baltimore, Maryland. Lieutenant George Sundstrom, San Bernardino, California, and Staff Sergeant Harold Creasap, Akron, Ohio, inspecting an Army truck tire which has been brought to the recapping shop. All tires are given this preliminary visual inspection

Holabird ordnance depot, Baltimore, Maryland. U.S. Army vehicles ready to be shipped overseas

Hotel Franciscan, Albuquerque

Hookers standing in front of gondola car in Republic Steel yard 8d18024v

Victory Gardens--for family and country. Hopscotch has been supplanted by a new and serious game for these Girl Scouts--it's called Plant the Victory Garden. Like thousands of other school-age youngsters, Pat Nelson, Doris Laclair and Barbara Redford, all of San Francisco, are enthusiastic participa

Houston House 1943 by John Vachon

Howard P. Perry, the first African-American US Marine Corps recruit

House, Houston, Texas

Oswego, New York. Howard Fast, author of Citizen Tom Paine, addressing the high school. United Nations flags are on the stage during United Nations week

Howard Heckethorn, owner of a dry cleaning establishment, 8d20114v

Housewife in the Polish community preparing her Easter feast 8d16903v

Oswego, New York. Howard Fast, author of "Citizen Tom Paine," addressing the high school. United Nations flags are on the stage during United Nations week

Buffalo, New York. In the finishing department of Republic Steel. Gladys Chase (left), former beautician, using an acetylene torch to burn defects from a twenty-foot steel billet which will later be shaped into a machine gun barrel. It takes six months to learn this process, which is called scarfing

Hs129B wreck El Aouiana May 1943

Tunis, Tunisia. Wrecked German planes at El Aouiana airport

Hs 129Bs El Aouiana May1943

Hymn of the Nations 1944 OWI film (03 Arturo Toscanini conducting Verdi's La Forza del Destino 03)

Hymn of the Nations 1944 OWI film (01 Arturo Toscanini conducting Verdi's La Forza del Destino 01)

Hymn of the Nations 1944 OWI film (02 Arturo Toscanini conducting Verdi's La Forza del Destino 02)

Hymn of the Nations 1944 OWI film (04 Arturo Toscanini conducting Verdi's La Forza del Destino 04)

Hymn of the Nations 1944 OWI film (05 Arturo Toscanini conducting Verdi's La Forza del Destino 05)

Hymn of the Nations 1944 OWI film (06 Arturo Toscanini conducting Verdi's La Forza del Destino 06)

Hymn of the Nations 1944 OWI film (07 Arturo Toscanini conducting Verdi's La Forza del Destino 07)