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

Buffalo, New York. Lakeview nursery school for children of working mothers, operated by the Board of Education at a tuition fee of three dollars weekly. Taking naps after lunch

Buffalo, New York. Lakeview nursery school for children of working mothers, operated by the Board of Education at a tuition fee of three dollars weekly. Taking naps. One child cannot sleep

Buffalo, New York. Lakeview nursery school for children on working mothers, operated by the Board of Education at a tuition fee of three follars weekly. Gary at mid-afternoon lunch of milk and zweibach

Buffalo, New York. Lakeview nursery school for children of working mothers, operated by the Board of Education at a tuition fee of three dollars weekly. Mother taking her child home after work

Buffalo, New York. Lakeview nursery school for children of working mothers, operated by the Board of Education at a tuition fee of three dollars weekly. Children from outside looking into the nursery school yard longingly

Buffalo, New York. Lakeview nursery school for children of working mothers, operated by the Board of Education at a tuition fee of three dollars weekly. Mother coming to pick up her child after work

Buffalo, New York. Lakeview nursery school for children of working mothers, operated by the Board of Education at a tuition fee of three dollars weekly. Mother, who has come to pick up her child after work plays with other children

Buffalo, New York. Lakeview nursery school for children of working mothers, operated by the Board of Education at a tuition fee of three dollars weekly. Playing in the well-equipped yard

Buffalo, New York. Lakeview nursery school for children of working mothers, operated by the Board of Education at a tuition fee of three dollars weekly. Eating lunch which consists of meat and vegetables, milk, prune whip

Buffalo, New York. Lakeview nursery school for children of working mothers, operated by the Board of Education oat a tuition fee of three dollars weekly. Taking cod liver oil after lunch

Buffalo, New York. Lakeview nursery school for children of working mothers, operated by the Board of Education at a tuition fee of three dollars weekly. Children washing themselves and combing their hair

Buffalo, New York. Lakeview nursery school for children of working mothers, operated by the Board of Education at a tuition fee of three dollars weekly. Children themselves washing and combing their hair

Buffalo, New York. Lakeview nursery school for children of working mothers, operated by the Board of Education at a tuition fee of three dollars weekly. Each child has own comb and towel, washes himself and combs his won hair

Buffalo, New York. Lakeview nursery school for children of working mothers, operated by the Board of Education at a tuition fee of three dollars weekly. Five-minute rest period on mats before washing up for lunch

Buffalo, New York. Lakeview nursery school for children of working mothers, operated by the Board of Education at a tuition fee of three dollars weekly. Gary playing in the yard which is well-equipped

Buffalo, New York. Lakeview nursery school for children of working mothers, operated by the Board of Education at a tuition fee of three dollars weekly. Gary busy building contraptions in the well-equipped yard

Lakeview nursery school for children of working mothers, operated by the Board of Education at the tuition fee of three dollars weekly. Gary's father brings him to school because he goes to work later than his mother

Buffalo, New York. Lakeview nursery school for children of working mothers, operated by the Board of Education at the tuition fee of three dollars weekly. Reactions to Mother Goose during morning play period

Buffalo, New York. Lakeview nursery school for children of working mothers, operated by the Board of Education at the tuition fee of three dollars weekly. A mother bringing her child

Buffalo, New York. Lakeview nursery school for children of working mothers, operated by the Board of education at a tuition fee of three dollars weekly. Lee comes to school before breakfast, so has it there

Buffalo, New York. Lakeview nursery school for children of working mothers, operated by the Board of Education at the tuition fee three dollars weekly. A mother saying goodbye to her child as she goes to work

Buffalo, New York. Lakeview nursery school for children of working mothers, operated by the Board of Education at a tuition fee of three dollars weekly. Lee having breakfast

Buffalo, New York. Lakeview nursery school for children of working mothers, operated by the Board of Education at a tuition fee of three dollars weekly. An eleven year old boy brings his young sister and brother to school at 6:30 a.m. and stays with them until school opens. Their mother goes to work

Buffalo, New York. Lakeview nursery school for children of working mothers, operated by the Board of Education at a tuition fee of three dollars weekly. After the health examination, children drink a glass of water

Buffalo, New York. Lakeview nursery school for children of working mothers, operated by the Board of Education at the tuition fee of three dollars weekly. Brother and sister amusing themselves with a doll and book

Buffalo, New York. Lakeview nursery school for children of working mothers, operated by the Board of Education at a tuition fee of three dollars weekly. Reactions to Mother Goose during morning play period

Buffalo, New York. Lakeview nursery school for children of working mothers, operated by the Board of Education at a tuition fee of three dollars weekly. Gary saying goodbye to his father who has brought him to school

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Buffalo, New York. Lakeview nursery school for children of working mothers, operated by the Board of Education at a tuition fee of three dollars weekly. Children stop playing in the yard to watch a train go by

Buffalo, New York. Lakeview nursery school for children of working mothers, operated by the Board of Education at the tuition fee of three dollars weekly. Johnny finds it hard to adjust himself and is apt to go off in corners alone and look very sad

Buffalo, New York. Lakeview nursery school for children of working mothers, operated by the Board of Education at the tuition fee of three dollars weekly. A child showing his new wristwatch to the teacher

Landscape along the Santa Fe R.R., Willard, N ew Mex ico

Lawrence Brown 1943

Buffalo, New York. Laura and Frank Czaya, a couple of Polish descent, in the bedroom of the home which they share with Laura's mother, aunt, and brother, in Depew. Frank is home on a ten-day furlough. Laura works in the nearby Symington-Gould plant

Buffalo, New York. Laura and Frank Czaya, a couple of Polish descent, in the living room of the home which they share with Laura's mother, aunt, and brother, in Depew. Frank is home on a ten-day furlough. Laura works in the nearby Symington-Gould plant

Buffalo, New York. Laura and Frank Czaya, a couple of Polish descent, in the bedroom in the home which they share with Laura's mother, aunt, and brother, in Depew. Frank is home on a ten-day furlough. Laura works in the nearby Symington-Gould plant

Buffalo, New York. Laura Czaya painting snubbers, a part of railroad car couplers at Symington-Gould. She is of Polish descent and formerly worked at Gould Battery. Previously she was forelady of a WPA (Work Projects Administration) sewing project. Her husband is in the Army

Buffalo, New York. Laura Ozaya writing to her husband, a corporal stationed in Arkansas. This is Sunday, and she has washed and set her hair. Her mother is reading a prayer book in the background. Laura works in the inishing department of Symington-Gould, makers of tank, ship and railroad parts. The

Liberator bomber crosses the P-40 fighter planes

Lena Horne launching SS George Washington Carver

Arlington Farms, war duration residence halls.

Buffalo, New York. "Leg" being lowered from the tower of a grain elevator drawing near grain by means of an endless belt of buckets

Lester Ward, a Greyhound bus driver 8d32932v

War workers nursery. Leaving her youngster at a well-run nursery school in Oakland, California, this war-working mother can devote all her thoughts to the job, knowing that the child will be kept busy and happy during the day

War nursery schools. Virgina. "Let's get this over so we can eat," appears to be the thought uppermost in the minds of Bobby Marlatt and Eddie Cord as they gingerly go about the process of cleaning up at a Virginia war nursery. The nursery is conducted for war workers' children at a nearby ordnance

Left face detail, Alfred T. Palmer bolt cutting (cropped)

Leslie Wheeler, Department of Agriculture; John D. East, Lend-lease Administration; Boaz Long, United States ambassador to Ecuador; Blackwell Smith, War Production Board fsa.8b06527

Lie Litvinov Wallace

Baltimore, Maryland. Light street

Light street 8d27931v

Buffalo, New York. Line at late moving picture show which starts between 1:30 and 2 a.m. once a week especially for workers on the swing shift

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Lillie Smith, working as a car washer in a garage, earns fifty-five cents per hour. She formerly did housework but likes this much better; she has one brother in the U.S. Army

Lieutenant Milton Marx of New York City, attached to the Public Relations Office of the United States Army Ninth Air Force, does some painting in the streets of Tripoli.8d29653v

Line waiting to ride on the roller coaster at the amusement park 8d28117v

Production. Magnesium.

Lieutenant Colonel William K. McKnown, of Lawrence, Kansas, commander of the 314th Squadron of the 57th Fighter Group (center, wearing leather jacket) talking to his two aces

New York, New York. Linotyper in the Cocce press on Barrow Street

New York, New York. Linotypers in the Cocce press on Barrow Street. All workers are Italian-Americans. They print the weekly newspaper La Parola, among others. The make-up desk is in the background

Lithuanian-Americans attending Memorial Day mass in the Lithuanian cemetery 8d30391v

Lithuanian-Americans attending Memorial Day mass in the Lithuanian cemetery 8d30394v