Wikimedia Commons photos from the 1940s
879 photos, in date order; 361–420 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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Stockton, California. Part of the Stockton Assembly center as seen at noon on a hot day. This cent.
1942-05-19
Nighthawks by Edward Hopper
1942-01-21
WW works photo, 1942
1942
WV works photo, 1942
1942
WM works photo, 1942
1942
Full Rigged Pack-Saddle
c. 1942 · drawing
Dane Chanase
1942-01-26
Dane Chanase
1942-01-26
Dane Chanase
c. 1942
Dane Chanase
c. 1942
Fosden Ransom
1942-01-27 · map
Fosden Ransom
1942-01-27 · map
Jean Xceron
1942-01-13 · painting
Jean Xceron
1942-01-13 · painting
Jean Xceron
1942-01-13 · painting
Jean Xceron
1942-01-13 · painting
Baby Doll celebration a part of Mardi Gras in New Orleans Louisiana in 1942 Tambourine Bar
1942-03-19
Baby Doll celebration a part of Mardi Gras in New Orleans Louisiana in 1942 Petes Blue Heaven
1942-03-19
Bal Masque Army & Navy Relief Ball New Orleans 1942
1942-02 · poster
Chief Pocahontas Indians and girl dancing in New Orleans Louisiana in 1942
1942-03-19
Dancing with Baby Dolls in New Orleans Louisiana in 1942
1942-03-19
Indians of Yellow Pocahontas with Chief at residence of Chief Paul Joseph in New Orleans Louisiana during Mardi Gras in 1942
1942-03-19
Jean Xceron
1942 · painting
Jean Xceron
1942 · painting
Jean Xceron
1942 · painting
Jean Xceron
1942 · painting
St Josephs Altar, Magazine Street New Orleans 1942
1942-03-19
Tamoubrine Player Baby Doll celebration in New Orleans Louisiana in 1942
1942-03-19
Picking Cotton in Georgia, 1943 (cropped)
c. 1943
USS Bowfin Officers Second Patrol
1943-12-09
B-29 Superfortress of the 20th Bomber Command near Chengdu, China
1943–1945
2nd Platoon-Company B 339th
1943
1943-06-22 USAAF 390th Bomb Group B-17s, in transit from the US to UK, at Kindley Field, in the British Imperial fortress colony of Bermuda
1943-06-22
1943 Sept 19 SS George Sterling launch program cover. Courtesy of Richmond Calif. Museum of History
1943-09-19
Col. Lawrence V. Castner, 1943
1943
Young men training at U.S. Navy pre-flight school at Hotel Del Monte, Monterey, Calif., grin as they file out of the mess hall.
1943-07
"Our Fighting Men Need Good Books" library display, March 16, 1943
1943-03-16
Informal remarks while having supper with a group of soldiers at Camp Gruber, Oklahoma.
1943-04-18
USS Stevens (DD-479) underway off Charleston, South Carolina (USA), on 15 March 1943 (80-G-K-13835)
1943-03-15
ONI JAN 1 Uniforms and Insignia Page 119 Spanish Navy WW2 Commissioned officers March 1943 Field recognition. US public doc. No known copyright
1943–1944
PB4Y-1 VB-110 with SCR-717 radar in flight 1943
1943
PT-333 training off New York in August 1943
1943-08-20
Pocket Guide of Uniform Insignia 1943 13+14 FRANCE Flag "United Nations" rank insignia (Prepared by United States Army) Author uncredited No known copyright Archive.org
1943
IDENTIFICATION The World's Military, Naval And Air Uniforms, Insignia And Flags 1943 BELGIUM Officers' rank insignia Cap Collar Shoulder strap Cockade Khaki service uniform etc WW2 Google-digitized Public domain
1943
ONI JAN 1 Uniforms and Insignia Page 054 Italian Navy WW2 Seamen speciality insignia. April 1943 Field recognition. US public doc. No known copyright
1943–1944
Eastern Front - 4 July-1 Aug 1943
1943 · map
B-17F formation over Schweinfurt, Germany, August 17, 1943
1943-08-17
ONI JAN 1 Uniforms and Insignia Page 072 Japanese Navy WW2 Commissioned officers. Summer field dress, helmet cover, officer's sword, marine, tropical leather puttees, cape collar insignia naval ensign. Sept 1943 Field recognition. No kn
1943–1944
ONI JAN 1 Uniforms and Insignia Page 033 German Air Force Luftwaffe WW2 Misc uniforms. Pilot leather jacket, general overcoat, Flak troops overcoat, leather coat, etc. Aug 1943 Field recognition. US public doc. No known copyright
1943–1944
USS St. Louis (CL-49) at Tulagi, circa in 1943 (80-G-K-3971)
c. 1943
SBD-5s VB-9 on USS Essex (CV-9) c1943
1943–1944
USS Wickes (DD-578) at sea in October 1943
c. 1943
US Navy CruDiv 12 off Efate 1943
1943
Somewhere in the South Pacific where American amphibious forces are wresting island strongholds from the Japs, a Coast Guard-manned LST opens its yawning bow doors to receive a contingent of fighters.
1943
Machine gun team of the 2nd Marine Raider Battalion in a flooded foxhole on the Piva Trail.
1943
A PBY “Catalina” takes off from Hawkins Field on Betio Island
1943-11
Mary Welsh wore a uniform when she was a war correspondent -b
1943
336-H-07-F4175 - M-4 Tanks on Pier 3 before being loaded for overseas service. Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation, Newport News Virginia. 9 May, 1943.
1943-05-09
One American soldier who found his relatives in Sicily was Vincent J. Orivello -i.e. Crivello- of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, eating ice-cream at a sidewalk cafe in Palermo with three of his cousins.
1943
Upon returning, the intelligence officer Lt. Harrison, checks off the names of the pilots. Guadalcanal. June, 1943.
1943