U.S. National Archives photos from the 1940s
1,644 photos, in date order; 421–480 on this page. Photos taken by federal employees as part of their duties are US government works and not under copyright. About the collection
Photomap - Scorzardo - Césole
1941–1947
Map of Treviso with Defense Overlay
1941–1947 · map
WWI File Copies of Work Other Than Maps Vol. 1 File Numbers 1-600
1941–1947 · map
After Action Report - Freiburg
1941–1947 · map
Naval photograph documenting the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii which initiated US participation in World War II. Navy's caption: The USS ARIZONA afire and sinking after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.
1941-12-07
Photomap - Pieve di Casio - Marzolara - Pointe di Verzuno - Carpineta
1941–1947
Road and Bridge Data - Gummersbach
1941–1947
Map of Brenta with Defense Overlay
1941–1947 · map
Photomap - Brede - Sacchetta - San Lucia - Mirasole
1941–1947
Photomap - Querceto - Pianoro
1941–1947
Road and Bridge Data - Leverkusen
1941–1947
Topographic Map of Bitche (SW) with Defense Overprint
1941–1947 · map
Naval photograph documenting the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii which initiated US participation in World War II. Navy's caption: Oil burning on top of water near the Naval Air Station after the Japanese "sneak attack" on Pearl Harbor of Dec. 7, 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 terrific explosion of the destroyer USS SHAW when her magazine exploded after being bombed by Japanese aircraft in the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7
1941-12-07
Maginot Line Fortifications - Wissembourg 30 January 1945
1941–1947 · map
Photomap - Pizzano - Cadi Razzone - Casella
1941–1947
THIS IS AMERICA. MELTING POT OF LIBERTY-LOVING PEOPLE FROM ALL CORNERS OF THE EARTH.
1941–1945 · poster
Sutter County, near Yuba City, California. Detail of front view of multiple family dwellings in Yub.
1941-03
Labor Management Committee of the Anthracite Industry in Pennsylvania confering on ways of increasing production in the mines
c. 1942
Planes in an aircraft production plant
c. 1942
Bpmbardiers in training at Fort Benning, Ga. use practice bombs to learn the routine of loading a light bombing plane.
c. 1942
Since Pearl Harbor, students are constructing scale model planes to Navy specifications, to be used in training military and civilian personnel to be familiar with all types of planes.
c. 1942
Fort Story, VA coastal defense. Soldiers loads a 16 inch howitzer for target practice.
1942-04
Eleven football players who have gained national recognition on the gridiron are now undergoing Marine Corps training at Parris Island,SC. They are left to right, Tommy Davis, Duke; Mike Micka, Colgate; Bert Gianelli, Coll. of Pacific; Elmer Jones, Franklin and Marshall; Alex Agase, Purdue; Pat Pres
1942
Victory Corps. The correct method of carrying a wounded comrade by some of the boys in the "Commando" course in Flushing High School in Queens, New York.
c. 1942
Faced with a ban on motor busses for sightseeing purposes, Jimmy Grace obtained a horse-drawn bus which makes daily trips to the point of interest of the nation's Capitol.
c. 1942
The many tons of scrap metal and rubber collected during the salvage drive in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, were carried through the city in an impressive truck parade.
c. 1942
The irresistable roll of America's might new army is already shaping world events.
c. 1942
Near Algiers, "Torch" troops hit the beaches behind a large American flag "Left" hoping for the French Army not fire on it.
1942-11-08
British tanks and crews line up on Tripoli's waterfront after capturing the city.
1942
Dante Electrical Company, Dantam, Connecticut. One of the many small shops throughout the nation making articles for the War production program.
c. 1942
A new oversize trailer for war workers which holds 141 persons and is 55 feet long.
c. 1942
A member of the Washington D.C. Boys Club wheels in a load of old sneakers and arctics to add to the nation's scrap rubber collection.
c. 1942
San Francisco, California. Dwelling is being vacated in the Japanese section near Post Street as ev.
1942-04-07
Wing Scouts. National Wing Commander for girls, Mrs. Harry T. Jordan. National Aeronautic Association. Junior Air Reserves.
1942-06-15
A 16 inch howitzer at Fort Story, VA and the men who operate it.
1942-04
A lot of headaches for the Axis are packed in this combination of good American soldier and good American equipment. A medium (M-3) tank and a trainee of the armored forces completing the course at Fort Benning, Georgia.
c. 1942
This crack aerial machine gunner is part of an unbeatable combination. He has a fast, accurate gun--and the world's best in the way of plane and pilot.
c. 1942
Some people preferred to sleep in barber charirs, paying $1.50 a night for the priviledge, or spend the night in the local movie which kept open for sleeping
c. 1942
American sisters of charity were photographed as they left the Yukiang Mission Church to flee to the hills when they received word that a revenge bound army of Japanese was approaching.
c. 1942
Bombardiers in training at Fort Benning, Ga. use practice 100 lb - bombs to learn the routine of loading a light bombing plane.
c. 1942
A column of halftrac armored cars waits for orders to proceed to a practice engagement at Fort Knox, Ky.
1942-06
"A young evacuee of Japanese ancestry waits with the family baggage before leaving by bus for an assembly center in the spring of 1942.", 04/1942
1942-04
At an eastern aircraft factory, Philip Leung, Chinese, Marcell Webb, Negro, and an unidentified White worker adjust the retractable landing gear of a pursuit plane on the final assembly line.
c. 1942
". WAAC cooks prepare dinner for the first time in new kitchen at Fort Huachuca, Arizona."
1942-12-05
The Deland industrial pool needed the county fair buildings housing a circus for its defense plant. So the roustabouts loaded the elephants, the sideshows, the big top and its trainloads of other equipment and went on the road a week early this year. (
c. 1942
Workers assembling the bottom of an aircraft
c. 1942
M-3 tank cew members, in training at Fort Knox, Ky., get extensive practice in meeting every situation that may arise on the battlefield.
1942-06
Her mind's on her work - and on her country. That small flag tells the story of this young woman's absorption in her job. Employed by a midwest drill and tool plant, she's grinding points on drills which will be used in the production of America's ships and planes and guns.
1942-08
Marine Corps Gliders for student pilots at Page Field
1942-05
"Auxiliaries Ruth Wade and Lucille Mayo (left to right) further demonstrate their ability to service trucks as taught them during the processing period at Fort Des Moines and put into practice at Fort Huachuca, Arizona.", 12/08/1942
1942-12-08
Construction Progress Photographs " Condemned Improved Property Two Stores North Side Cutting Blvd., between Thrid and Fourth Streets, Richmond, CA Photograph # 1-939-32 "
1942-10-21
TBF being hoisted aboard the USS Santee (CVE-29) at a coast port.
c. 1942
An airplane engine under special test in a secluded and carefully guarded woodland area near a Midwest engine plant.
c. 1942
"Chippers." Women war workers of Marinship Corp
1942
United States shipbuilding
1942-09-16
Miss Myrtle Berheim, White House Secretary, holding a check for $70,000, which was written on the wood and metal wing flap of a Japanese airplane.
1942-10-07
United States Army Air Force gunner Sgt. William Watts of Alexandria, La. fires machine gun on enemy during aerial fight with German planes somewhere in the European theatre.
c. 1942
Americans of various racial groups contribute to the war effort in a large eastern plant which produces propellors for military aircraft.
c. 1942
Hundreds of junked cars were denied to the war effort by the Lennox Motor Company in Maryland. The owner refused to sell at the established junk prices.
c. 1942