Wikimedia Commons photos from the 1940s
879 photos, in date order; 1–60 on this page. Each photo's page says why it is public domain and which Commons licence category it was read from. About the collection
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USS Osceola (YT-129)
1940

Group photograph of Renwick, Cassidy, yours truly and Easter
c. 1940

Keel of USS San Juan (CL-54) at the Fore River Shipyard, in May 1940
1940-05

Rotterdam, Laurenskerk, na bombardement van mei 1940
1940

Bernard J. Curran DPAA
1940

U.S. Defence stamp album
1940

Robert Fred Sargent selective service registration
1940-10-16

Otvaranje narodnih kuhinja
1940

IMMIGRANTS ARRIVING AT THE "KFAR VITKIN" IMMIGRANTS CAMP. עולים מגיעים למחנה העולים "כפר ויתקין".D8-058
1940

IMMIGRANTS ARRIVING AT THE "KFAR VITKIN" IMMIGRANTS CAMP. עולים מגיעים למחנה העולים "כפר ויתקין".D820-124
1940

Migratory cotton picker with his cotton sack slung over his shoulder, restored
1940-11

Avraham Binyamin Teitz. 1940
1940

Predbransky Mlyn Uhersky Brod
1940

Radiotechna Prelouc Telefunken
1940

Downman Road NOLA before WPA work houses 1940
1940-10-22

Lacey V. Murrow Bridge construction
1940-01-29

Шахта 4-4 бис в разрушенном состоянии
1940

Eloise Polk McGill, 1868-1939, was born in Independence, Texas
1940

Werksbild Henschel 19.1001 ohne Verkleidungen
1940

Руины завода Хямекоски, 1940 год
1940

Pennsylvania German Plate
c. 1940 · drawing

Carved Picture Frame
1940–1941 · drawing

French Settlement La Ferry Bayou Pierre
1940–1943

100 Water Colors WPA Art Project poster 1940
1940-07-22 · poster

2317 Newkirk Avenue, Brooklyn, 1940 NYC Tax Photograph
1940

Linen and Cotton Homespun
c. 1940 · drawing

Patchwork and Applique Quilt
c. 1940 · drawing

Music Class at St Elizabeths Orphanage New Orleans 1940
1940-01-10

Rectangular Table for Serving or Tea
c. 1940 · drawing

Adolf Dehn
1940-10-29

Angna Enters
1940-11-18 · painting

Adolf and Virginia Dehn
1940-01-01 · painting

A young child named Joachim at a free Federal Art Project art class in Brooklyn
1940-04-01

Eitaro Ishigaki
c. 1940

Eitaro Ishigaki
c. 1940 · painting

Eitaro Ishigaki
c. 1940 · painting

David Margolis
1940-05-29 · painting

David Margolis
1940-05-29 · painting

Francis Criss
1940-10-29

Francis Criss
1940-10-29 · painting

Eugenie Gershoy
1940-10-29

Enrico Glicenstein
1940-09-29

Enrico Glicenstein
1940-09-29

James Brooks
1940-08-21

Louis Bouche, Reginald Marsh and William Zorach
1940-10-22

Lucile Blanch
1940-10-31 · painting

Marion Greenwood
1940-06-04

Julian E. Levi
1940-10-31

Marion Greenwood
1940-06-04

Marion Greenwood
1940-04-08

Marion Greenwood
1940-06-25

Marion Greenwood
1940-06-25

Marion Greenwood
1940-06-25

Marion Greenwood
1940-06-25

Marion Greenwood
1940-06-25

Philip Guston working on mural
1940-08-21

Philip Guston
1940-07-29

Raymond Turner
1940-09-13

Ruth Reeves
1940-06-10

Ruth Reeves
1940-06-10