U.S. National Archives photos from the 1940s
1,644 photos, in date order; 1–60 on this page. Photos taken by federal employees as part of their duties are US government works and not under copyright. About the collection
Informal Remarks At Frankford Arsenal
1940-10-23
Gunners from the British Navy are being instructed by American Naval gunners in the operation of a secret device that is part of the guns aboard the over-age Destroyers turned over too Britain in exchange for Naval & Air bases. The photo was taken at a Canadian port
1940-09-12
Informal Remarks At New York Shipbuilding Company Plant Camden, New Jersey
1940-10-23
13th December 1940: Sheffield blitz
1940
One of 50 old Destroyers crossing Atlantic for new duties under British flag, Fall of 1940.
c. 1940
Wichita (heavy CA45). Aerial, port beam, underway
1940-05-01
US Navy Antarctic Expedition Helicopter returns from survey of South Pole waters. The Coast Guard helicopter is shown landing on the icebreaker Northwind. In the distanc are other ships of Task Force 68.
c. 1940
Wasp (CV7). Port bow
1940-12-27
Wasp (CV7). Port bow, 12/27/1940
1940-12-27
WWII; Homefront; England; Europe; "Bomb Damage"
c. 1940
Informal Remarks At Worcester, Mass
1940-10-30
Informal Remarks At Bell Aircraft Plant, Buffalo, New York
1940-11-02
Informal Remarks From The Rear Platform Of His Special Train
1940-10-11
Informal Remarks At Batavia, New York
1940-11-02
Wichita (heavy CA45). Aerial, port beam, underway, 05/01/1940
1940-05-01
Informal Remarks At New Haven, Conn
1940-10-30
Informal Remarks On The Occasion Of The Dedication Of The 100,000th Housing Unit, In Terrace Village, Pittsburg, PA
1940-10-11
McNews subdivision. 2 and 1/2 miles S.E. of Bakersfield, Kern County, California.Water for all pu.
1940-04-10
McNews subdivision, 2 and 1/2 miles S.E. of Bakersfield, Kern County, California.Families crowd o.
1940-04-10
Airport tract, near Modesto, Stanislaus County, California. Shows self-built home on Conejo Street i.
1940-05-10
Near Eloy, Pinal County, Arizona. Twelve-year-old boy picking cotton in the field.
1940-11
Near Coolidge, Maricopa County, Arizona. Young girl works in cotton field on Saturday morning. Her f.
1940-11
Pinal County, Arizona. Migratory cotton picker weighing in his morning's work at the cotton wagon.
1940-11
Cashion, Maricopa County, Arizona. Self-resettlement by Southwestern whites on 100 acre subdivision.
1940-11
Near Coolidge, Maricopa County, Arizona. Family labor at cotton picking time in the fields of the Ca.
1940-11
Eloy District, Pinal County, Arizona. Coming in from the field along the ditch bank on way to the we.
1940-11
Olivehurst, Yuba County, California. Another of the 26 homes on Second Avenue.
1940-02-20
Eloy District, Pinal County, Arizona. Migratory cotton pickers dump their sacks into the field wagon.
1940-11
Coolidge, Arizona. Weighmaster keeps his books at the cotton scales.
1940-11
Eloy District, Pinal County, Arizona. Seven-thirty A.M. Migratory cotton picker's children come out.
1940-11
Near Brentwood, Contra Costa County, California. One of the cabins in the Davis Auto Camp.
1940-05-10
Sutter County, near Yuba City, California. Air view of Yuba City Farm Workers Community, (F.S.A.). S.
1940-03
Arvin, Kern County, California. Portrait of Oklahoma Charlie. A single man now living in California.
1940-04-11
Ryer Island, Sacramento County, California. Facilities in grower's camp for Filipino asparagus field.
1940-04-05
Marysville, Yuba County, California. Squatter shacks under D Street Bridge. On edge of old Califo.
1940-02-20
Near Coolidge, Maricopa County, Arizona. These pickers are all members of families who live and work.
1940-11
Kern County, California. A couple from Oklahoma, now resettled in California. They came four years a.
1940-04-11
Near Coolidge, Arizona. View of Casa Grande cooperative farm in third year of operation. See testimo.
1940-11
Coolidge, Maricopa County, Arizona. Within six-tenths of a mile run on the Eastern edge of this town.
1940-11
Edison, Kern County, California. 17-year-old boy agri. sic worker sacking early potatoes after mec.
1940-04-11
McNews subdivision. 2 and 1/2 miles S.E. of Bakersfield, Kern County, California. Tents and shacks f.
1940-04-10
Olivehurst, Yuba County, California. The beginnings of a new home. The house-trailer has been raised.
1940-03-21
Olivehurst, Yuba County, California. New settlers on western addition of Olivehurst have just instal.
1940-02-21
Sacramento, California. Squatter camp of agricultural labor migrants one-eighth mile outside city li.
1940-03-19
Cortaro Farms, Pinal County, Arizona. Cotton pickers with full sacks make their way through the fiel.
1940-11
Eloy District, Pinal County, Arizona. Many children work in the cotton fields in the Eloy District.
1940-11
Airport tract, near Modesto, Stanislaus County, California. Another type of home entirely self-built.
1940-05-10
Olivehurst, Yuba County, California. Looking down Second Avenue from Olivehurst to the west. This st.
1940-02-20
Shafter, Kern County, California. A view of the Shafter camp provided by Kern County since 1936 for.
1940-04-11
Near Buckeye, Maricopa County, Ariz. Single-room apartment in the. grower's camp. This room is oc.
1940-11
Coolidge, Arizona. Indians, Negroes, Mexicans, and white Americans buy food, clothing, and seek recr.
1940-11
Chandler, Maricopa County, Arizona. Auto camp for cotton pickers. Sixteen one-room cabins, rent - $1.
1940-11
Near Buckeye, Maricopa County, Arizona. Sister of cotton picker.
1940-11
Eloy District, Pinal County, Arizona. 7:30 A.M. Migratory cotton pickers' children come out of the t.
1940-11
Near Coolidge, Arizona. These families are picking their own cotton. Mainly they are members of the.
1940-11
Cortaro Farms, Pinal County, Arizona. Quarters for Negro cotton pickers on industrialized cotton fa.
1940-11
Cortaro Farms, Pinal County, Arizona. Weighmaster is a year-round employee paid $60. per month.
1940-11
Cortaro Farms, Pinal County, Arizona. Migratory cotton picker on Cortaro Farms.
1940-11
Oildale, Kern County, California. "Tent village" another private auto court for agricultural workers.
1940-04-13
Sutter County, near Yuba City, California. Multiple family dwellings of the Yuba City Farm Workers C.
1940-03