U.S. National Archives photos from the 1940s
1,644 photos, in date order; 481–540 on this page. Photos taken by federal employees as part of their duties are US government works and not under copyright. About the collection
Members of the experimental staff at the Inglewood, Calif., plant of North American Aviation, Inc., observing wind tunnel tests on an accurate scale model of a B-25 9'Billy Mitchell") bomber.
c. 1942
"WAAC officers go shopping.soon after their arrival at Fort Huachuca, Arizona, these two officers 3d Officers Vera Harrison and Irma J. Cayton started shopping for lamps and other accessories needed in their recreation hall."
1942
Somewhere in the field with the U.S. Army, comprehensive clerical work is carried on between maneuvers.
c. 1942
"Chippers." Women war workers of Marinship Corp, 1942
1942
A top-notch mechanic, Mary Josephine Farley expertly rebuilds airplane engines. Although she is only twenty years old she has a private pilot's license and has made several cross-country flights.
1942-08
Dusk falls on a "baby flat-top" (aircraft carrier escort and her brood of winged subhunters).
1942-11
Gyrene glider pilots in training at Page Field, Parris Island.
1942-05
". WAAC cooks prepare dinner for the first time in new kitchen at Fort Huachuca, Arizona.", 12/05/1942
1942-12-05
Construction Progress Photographs
1942
The La Roe family of Austis, Fla., after a day's work for The Deland pool. Left is Mrs. La Roe, with her twe-year-old granddaughter, next is four-year-old Eugene, Clarence La Roe's son, and Mr. La Roe.
c. 1942
U.S. Army Arts Projects at Fort Belvoir, Virginia: "Here are four of the soldier-artists working on their murals.
c. 1942
Sailors shipping out from San Diego, Cal
1942-06
The "peep" (not a jeep this time) has a vital role to play in defense of America's shores at Fort Story, VA.
1942-04
"Lt. B. Holmes instructing cadres in the art of parry and long thrust in bayonet practice. Left to right: T/Sgt. Leroy Smith, Pvt. George W. Jones, and Sgt. Leo Shorty, look on.", 11/1942
1942-11
Hayward, California. These people of Japanese ancestry are awaiting the special bus which will take.
1942-05-08
Women are welders discuss the production of motor mounts and welded parts in a welding booth at the Inglewood, Calif., plant of North American Aviation, Inc. The plant produces B-25 ("Billy Mitchell") bombers and P-51 ("Mustang") fighter planes.
1942-10
Soldiers of an Inf. haul their 37mm gun up a Mt. pass through the snow and over the rough terrian. Alaska.
c. 1942
Anna Samet is one of hundreds of tenants of New York's East Side market places who are cooperating with their government by displaying prominently their price ceiling listings.
c. 1942
Women take over the operation of some of the heaviest machine tools at the Inglewood, Calif., plant of North American Aviation, Inc. Day and night, shifts of girl employees use this huge hydraulic press to form thousands of sheet metal parts for United Nations war planes.
1942-10
Lcdr. J.T. Blackburn being transferred by breeches buoy from a tanker to the USS Santee (CVE-29) in the Atlantic Ocean. He spent 64 hours in the ocean waiting for rescue.
1942-11
U.S. Naval Training Station, (Lake Pend Oreille) Farragut, Idaho.
1942-09-19
Under the close supervision of a foreman, a new engine assembly is installed in a B-25 bomber at North American's Inglewood. Calif., plant.
c. 1942
"Just after stepping out of Ft. Benning GA Theater No. 4 at the conclusion of the 16th O.C.S. graduating exercises, 2nd Lts. Henry C. Harris, Jr.; Frank Frederick Doughton; Elmer B. Kountze; and Rogers H. Beardon (behind) start pinning their brass bars on each others shoulders.", 05/29/1942
1942-05-29
Recovered paper ballon and equipment which was reflected. This particular ballon was forced to the ground by a Naval airplane and found in very good physical condition. Montana
c. 1942
Aviation machinists mates at Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois. Students working on a complex aircraft engine.
1942-07
"Negro messmen aboard a United States Navy cruiser who volunteered for additional duty as gunners. They have been doing proficient work under battle conditions on a task force in the Pacific under the instruction of the officers at the right."
1942-07-10
North American Aviation's wing assembly department in Inglewood, Calif.
1942-10
A poster in bold, clear letter, beside the meat counter is the easiest way for a retailer to display his ceiling on meats, which are included among the cost-of-living commodities in the General Maximum Price Regulation.
c. 1942 · poster
"Negro messmen aboard a United States Navy cruiser who volunteered for additional duty as gunners. They have been doing proficient work under battle conditions on a task force in the Pacific under the instruction of the officers at the right.", 07/10/1942
1942-07-10
The Stars and Stripes wave over a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier at sea. On this flight deck is a Grumman "Avenger" TBM, torpedo plane; astern, turning to port behind the carrier is an escort destroyer.
1942-11
Two workers installing single row intake pipes on a new Pratt and Whitney airplane engine in a big Eastern plant.
c. 1942
Mary Miller, operator of a router at the Boeing plant in Seattle, drills holes in a part for a new B-17F (Flying Fortress) bomber.
1942-12
Blind-folded and heavily-guarded, these Japanese arrive at Dutch Harbor, Alaska--but in the role of prisoners rather than fighting men.
1942-10-07
Memorial Day services at Manzanar, Calif., a War Relocation Authority center where evacuees of Japanese ancestry will spend the duration. American Legion members and Boy Scouts participated in the services.
c. 1942
Scrap Rubber Drive. Bing Crosby
1942-06-15
"Just after stepping out of Ft. Benning GA Theater No. 4 at the conclusion of the 16th O.C.S. graduating exercises, 2nd Lts. Henry C. Harris, Jr.; Frank Frederick Doughton; Elmer B. Kountze; and Rogers H. Beardon (behind) start pinning their brass bars on each others shoulders."
1942-05-29
A shipping department employee at the Inglewod, Calif., plant of North American Aviation drills holes in a shipping crate for a "Mustang" fighter for the Royal Air Force.
c. 1942
Varied programs are presented at North American's Inglewood, Calif., plant during lunch periods. Here thousands watch a boxing match between two employees.
c. 1942
Pensacola Hospital - Victory Nurses Aides
1942-09-21
"A squad of non-coms, cadres of the 92nd Division, get a refresher course in charging through smoke. When the main body of troops arrives it will be up to the cadres to train them.", 11/1942
1942-11
Enlisted men going through exercises on board the USS Santee (CVE-29) enroute to Africa.
1942-11
Aerial of first landing on North Africa
1942-11
"Lt. B. Holmes instructing cadres in the art of parry and long thrust in bayonet practice. Left to right: T/Sgt. Leroy Smith, Pvt. George W. Jones, and Sgt. Leo Shorty, look on."
1942-11
"Howard Wilson operating the sewing machine in the C. & E. Shoe Shop at Fort Benning, Georgia, as he finishes off a pair of parachutists boots."
1942-07
Jonny J. Jones show moving three of its circus animals from its winter quarters at the Volusia County fairgrounds in order to make room for the subcontractors in the Dealnd pool, who turned the fairgrounds buildings into a large war production plant.
c. 1942
This crack areial machine gunner is a 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
Wooden wheels are attached to a P-51 ("Mustang") fighter plane so it may be moved around the ramp at the Inglewood, Calif., plant of North American Aviation, Inc.
c. 1942
U.S. soldiers begin to uncover a comrade who has been buried in the debris of a building hit by a bomb during a Nazi air attack in the Cerasuolo area, Italy
c. 1942
U.S. Army Arts Projects: "Barracks Concert" by Private Willard Cummings, hanging at Fort Belvoir, Virginia
c. 1942 · painting
TBF's flying in perfect echelon formation over Norfolk, VA
1942-09
George ("Randy") McCraw, decorating a Vega Ventura bomber. Every ship that rolls off the line carries a cartoon aimed at the Axis.
c. 1942 · drawing
Mrs. Alene Green, of Deland, Fla., with two sons in the Army and one in the Navy, still felt she wasn't doing enough. So she enrolled in the Deland vocational school to learn how to put fabric on airplane wings.
1942-04
Grace Janota, former department store clerk, is now a lathe operator at a Western aircraft plant producing B-24 bombers and C-87 transports.
1942-10
Women man America's machines in a west coast airplane factory, where the swing shift of drill press operators is composed almost entirely of women.
1942-05
Part of the cowling for one of the motors for a B-25 bomber is assembled in the engine department of North American's Inglewood, Calif. plant.
1942-10
When Joe Smith goes down to the barber shop (after July 1) for a haircut, shave and shine, only the price of the shine will be controlled by OPS's price control order.
c. 1942
Young America, bare feet and all, made a gala event of the Hattiesburg, Mississippi parade which featured the drive for scrap rubber and metals.
c. 1942
Last call to pick up suits and gowns before shades were pulled down in "Little Tokyo," in Los Angeles, prior to evacuation of residents of Japanese ancestry.
c. 1942
"WAAC officers go shopping.soon after their arrival at Fort Huachuca, Arizona, these two officers 3d Officers Vera Harrison and Irma J. Cayton started shopping for lamps and other accessories needed in their recreation hall.", 1942
1942
New Lockheed P-38 pursuit ships receive final inspections and adjustments on assembly lines outside a large western aircraft plant.
c. 1942