U.S. National Archives photos from the 1940s
1,644 photos, in date order; 241–300 on this page. Photos taken by federal employees as part of their duties are US government works and not under copyright. About the collection
Arvin, Kern County, California. Man in doorway: "I'm paying $7 a month for this rig right here and w.
1940-04-11
Kern County, California. Company housing for field workers. Two privies. Seventeen family units. Wat.
1940-04-12
Olivehurst, Yuba County, California. One of the new settlers.
1940-03-19
Eloy District, Pinal County, Arizona. Cotton pickers, on their way to the cotton wagon at noontime,.
1940-11
Near Coolidge on Highway 87, Pinal County, Arizona. Migratory cotton pickers' car, stalled alongside.
1940-11
Kern County, California. Housing on abandoned grower's ranch camp; now being occupied as permanent r.
1940-04-12
Chandler, Maricopa County, Arizona. The community building of the FSA co-operative part-time farm.
1940-11
Sacramento, California. A typical dwelling in Louis' Camp
1940-03-19
Sunset District, East Bakersfield, Kern County, California. Row of cribs adjoining recreation center.
1940-04-10
Olivehurst, 2 miles south of Marysville, Yuba County, California. St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church i.
1940-03-21
Olivehurst, Yuba County, California. One of the 26 family units on Second Avenue. Note woodpile, chi.
1940-02-20
Near Buckeye, Maricopa County, Arizona. Child of African-American cotton pickers in grower's camp.
1940-11
Cortaro Farms, Pinal County, Arizona. Migrant picker bringing cotton from the field. Wages $.75 per.
1940-11
Near Coolidge on Highway 87, Pinal County, Arizona. Migratory white cotton pickers stopped by engine.
1940-11
Edison, Kern County, California. Close-up potato camp
1940-04-11
Contra Costa, California. Photograph shows best type quarters available in Davis auto camp in which.
1940-05-10
Edison Kern County, California. Age 70, she came from near Greely, Nebraska, with sister age 65 neph.
1940-04-11
Olivehurst, Yuba County, California. Family unit. The houses are covered with tarpaper.
1940-03-20
Riverbank, Stanislaus County, San Joaquin, California. The family living here came to California Jan.
1940-04-09
Eloy, Pinal County, Arizona. Squatter camp, across the road from the cotton gin. The only water avai.
1940-11
On Highway 84, Pinal County, Arizona. Ranch advertisement during cotton harvest in Eloy District.
1940-11
Shafter, Kern County, California. Looking down on auto camp seen from water tower. The cheapest rent.
1940-04-11
Shafter, Kern County, California. Typical of Shafter area. Shows auto camp behind grocery which face.
1940-04-11
Sacramento, California. Close-up of one of 125 living units in squatter camps. The dismantled aut.
1940-03-19
Eloy, Pinal County, Arizona. Outskirts of Eloy seen from water tower of cotton gin. Shows cotton yar.
1940-11
Eloy, Pinal County, Arizona. Young American family - migratory cotton pickers, in town on Saturday a.
1940-11
Project History - Boulder Canyon Project - Boulder Dam
1940-01-01
Photograph of Aerial View of a Coal Mine Stripping Area
1940-10
"A" The Panama Canal Dredging Division Activities Gaillard Cut Project No 13 Panoramic view taken from Station E showing conditions over waterfront portion of north end of project and also comparison of 500' channel opposite grader and air compressor to 300' channel at location of steamship in middl
1940-04-17
USSArizona PearlHarbor 2
1941-12-07
Pearl Harbor aerial 17 Jan 1941
1941-01-17
"Men 38-45 you can serve in the U.S. Coast Guard"
1941–1945 · poster
USS Arizona (BB-39) on 10 December 1941
1941-12-10
Photograph of Japanese Envoy (Saburo Kurusu) in Washington Talking "Peace" As Their Nation Attack Pearl Harbor
1941-12-07
Battleship row ablaze from south 1941
1941-12-07
USS West Virginia (BB-48) burning at Pearl Harbor 1941
1941-12-07
USS Arizona (BB39) 10 Dec 1941; View from ahead looking aft
1941-12-10
The USS Arizona (BB-39) burning after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, 12/07/1941
1941-12-07
USS Raleigh CL-7 fantail Pearl Harbor 1941
1941-12-12
NAS Kaneohe Bay aerial photo 9 Dec 1941
1941-12-09
NAS Ford Island apron with planes during attack 1941
1941-12-07
B5N wreckage at Pearl Harbor Naval Hospital 1941
1941-12-07
Aircraft wreckage at Hangar 6 NAS Ford Island 1941
1941-12
USS California (BB-44) sinking at Pearl Harbor 1941
1941-12-07
USS Oklahoma (BB-37) at Pearl Harbor with USS Maryland (BB-46) behind 1941
1941-12-07
USS Nevada (BB-36) afire off Ford Island 1941
1941-12-07
USS Oklahoma (BB-37) capsized at Pearl Harbor 1941
1941-12
USS Phoenix (CL-46) steams down the channel at Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941
1941-12-07
USS Vestal (AR-4) beached on Aiea shoal, Pearl Harbor, after the Japanese attack on 7 December 1941
1941-12-07
Naval photograph documenting the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii which initiated US participation in World War II. Navy's caption: The destroyer USS SHAW after her magazine exploded during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7,1941.
1941-12-07
Map of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, with approximate position of ships on 7 December 1941 (80-G-47105)
1941-12-07 · map
USS Raleigh (CL-7) being kept afloat by a barge lashed alongside, at Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941 (80-G-19938)
1941-12-07
USS Raleigh (CL-7) being kept afloat by a barge lashed alongside, Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941 (80-G-19938)
1941-12-07
Franklin Roosevelt signing declaration of war against Japan
1941-12-08
Pearl harbour
1941-12-07
USSArizona PearlHarbor
1941-12-07
USS Downes (DD-375), USS Cassin (DD-372) and USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) in Dry Dock No. 1 at the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, 7 December 1941
1941-12-07
USS Arizona sinking 2
1941-12-07
USS Arizona sinking 2a
1941-12-07
Message pertaining to the attack on Pearl Harbor.
1941-12-07