Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information photos from the 1940s
6,949 photos, in date order; 5,521–5,580 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
Holabird ordnance depot, Baltimore, Maryland. In the recapping shop, after the application of camelback, the tire is placed in a mold and is "cured" for about one hour and forty-five minutes. Here soldiers are removing it from the mold; as soon as it has cooled it is ready for use
1943-05
Holabird ordnance depot, Baltimore, Maryland. In the recapping shop, after visual inspection, the tire is put in a tire spreader for thorough inside and outside inspection. Here a soldier is using a probe to remove a nail from the tire
1943-05
Indiana Harbor Belt RR, switchman demonstrating signal with a "fusee" - used at twilight and dawn - when visibility is poor. This signal means "back up." Calumet City, Ill.
1943-01
Indiana Harbor Belt RR, switchman demonstrating signal with a "fusee" - used at twilight and dawn - when visibility is poor. This signal means "stop." Calumet City, Ill.
1943-01
Indiana Harbor Belt RR, switchman demonstrating signalwith a "fusee"- used at twilight and dawn - when visibility is poor. This signal means "go ahead." Calumet City, Ill.
1943-01
Industrial training for war work offered to women by New York University 8d13170v
1943-02
Industrial training for war work offered to women by New York University8d13171v
1943-02
Industrial training for war work offered to women by New York University8d13173v
1943-02
Industrial training for war work offered to women by New York University8d13175v
1943-02
Industrial training for war work offered to women by New York University 8d13180v
1943-02
Industrial training for war work offered to women by New York University 8d13188v
1943-02
Industrial training for war work offered to women by New York University 8d13262v
1943-02
Industrial training for war work offered to women by New York University 8d13263v
1943-02
Industrial training for war work offered to women by New York University 8d13264v
1943-02
Industrial training for war work offered to women by New York University 8d13266v
1943-02
Industrial training for women. 8d13955v
1943-02
Industrial training for women.8d13956v
1943-02
Industrial training for women.8d13958v
1943-02
Buffalo, New York. Inside the half-empty hold of a grain boat from Deluth which is unfolding wheat at a grain elevator on the Erie Canal. In the extreme background the "leg" draws wheat into the tower by means of an endless belt of buckets. A shovel rigged up on ropes scoops the grain into an area w
1943-05
Buffalo, New York. Inside the half-empty hold of a grain boat from Duluth which is unloading wheat at a grain elevator for the Erie Canal. In the extreme background the "leg" draws wheat into the tower by means of an endless belt of buckets. A shovel rigged up on ropes scoops the grain into an area
1943-05
Buffalo, New York. Inside the nearly emptied hatch of a grain boat from Duluth unloading wheat at a grain elevator. The "leg" is drawing grain into the tower on an endless belt of buckets
1943-05
Buffalo, New York. Inside the nearly-emptied hatch of a Duluth grain boat unloading wheat in a grain elevator on the Erie Canal. Men who work here are called scoopers. Here they are guiding the ropes of a shovel which scoops grain into the range of the "leg" which draws grain into the tower on an en
1943-05
Buffalo, New York. Inside the nearly-emptied hatch of a Duluth grain boat unloading wheat in a grain elevator on the Erie Canal. Men who work here are called scoopers. Here they are guiding the ropes of a shovel which scoops grain into range of the "leg" which drives grain into the tower of an endle
1943-05
Buffalo, New York. Inside the nearly-emptied hatch of a Duluth grain boat unloading wheat in a grain elevator on the Erie Canal. Men who work here are called scoopers. Here they are guiding the ropes of a shovel which scoops grain into range of the "leg" which draws grain into the tower on an endles
1943-05
Installing one of the four engines of a new B-24E (Liberator) bomber on one of the assembly lines of ford's big Willow Run plant.
c. 1943
Inspecting and stamping identification numbers on rods for aircraft engines. This woman worker wisely wears a hardy work apron in dark blue to protect her light-colored uniform from grease or oil
1943-03
Baltimore, Maryland. Insurance office
1943-04
Washington, D.C. Instructor in a health education class at Woodrow Wilson High School
1943
Italian and Jewish customers in the First Avenue market3c31127v
1943-01
New York, New York. Italian grocery store owned by the Ronga brothers on Mulberry Street
1943-01
New York, New York. Italian meat stall in the First Avenue market at Tenth Street
1943-01
New York, New York. Italian surgeon bandaging a patient's arm
1943-01
New York, New York. Italian family on the steps of a Catholic church in the Bronx after mass on Sunday
1943-01
New York, New York. Italian grocer in the First Avenue market at Tenth Street
1943-01
New York, New York. Italian journalist eating at John's Restaurant on East Twelfth Street
1943-01
New York, New York. Italian-American cabinet maker
1943-02
Italian-American cabinet maker
1943-02
Italian bakery of First Avenue between Tenth and Fourteenth 8d12756v
1943-02
Italian butcher on First Avenue between Tenth and Fourteenth 8d12755v
1943-02
Italian grocer on First Avenue between Tenth and Fourteenth 8d12753v
1943-02
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Isidore Rubinoff, tailor at the shop in the Greyhound garage. He was the first tailor with the company, which now has five in various cities
1943-09
Isidore Rubinoff, the tailor for the Greyhound Company 8d45204v
1943-09
Isleta order hoops
1943-03
Italian fisherman making a net, Palermo, Sicily, September 1943
1943-09
New York, New York. Italian-American shoe repair man
1943-02
New York, New York. Italian-American seaman in the American Merchant Marine
1943-02
Italian-American garment worker in the N.M. Press Company 8d12758v
1943-02
Italian-American garment worker in the N.M. Press Company 8d12759v
1943-02
Italian-Americans coming out of Saint Dominick's church 8d23901v
1943-01
Italian-Americans coming out of Saint Dominick's church 8d23902v
1943-01
Italian-Americans coming out of Saint Dominick's church 8d23906v
1943-01
Italian-Americans leaving Saint Patrick's church8d24661v
1943-02
Italian-Americans leaving Saint Patrick's church8d24662v
1943-02
Italian-Americans leaving Saint Patrick's church8d24670v
1943-02
Italian-American children warming their hands outside a fruit store 8d13176v
1943-02
Italian-American child at First Avenue and Tenth Street 8d13177v
1943-02
Italian-American fruit stand at First Avenue and Tenth Street 8d13178v
1943-02
Verona, New Jersey. Italian-American woman, with two sons in the Army, at the Annin Flag Company trimming threads from a finished flag for the government
1943-03
Italian-American worker hooking locomotive wheels8d16894v
1943-04
Italian-Americans at work on bombers 8d17206v
1943-02