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A group of people standing on top of a snow covered slope, New Hamshire. Farm Security Organization photograph

A group of people standing on top of a snow covered slope, New Hamshir...

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A man standing next to an old car in the snow, Vermont. Farm Security Administration photogrpaph.

A man standing next to an old car in the snow, Vermont. Farm Security ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a car, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A couple of people sitting in a car, New Hamshire. Farm Security Organization photograph

A couple of people sitting in a car, New Hamshire. Farm Security Organ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of migrant workers, 1930s car, Great Depression, Dust Bowl refugees, poverty, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of an old car in the snow, Vermont. Farm Security Administration photogrpaph.

A black and white photo of an old car in the snow, Vermont. Farm Secur...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a car, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a man in the back of a truck, Vermont. Farm Security Administration photogrpaph.

A black and white photo of a man in the back of a truck, Vermont. Farm...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a car, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Hired man on farm near Woodstock, Vermont, usually empties the radiator in his car every evening and refills it again with water in the morning to save the cost of antifreeze

Hired man on farm near Woodstock, Vermont, usually empties the radiato...

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Monopoly Committee told price of auto wheels reduced 20 per cent in last five years. Washington, D.C., Jan. 20. Clarence C. Carlton, President of the Motor Wheel Corp. of Detroit, today told the Monopoly Committee that the patent system had engendered competitive conditions in the auto industry and lowered the cost of the product. He said, for example, that the cost of wheels had been reduced 20 percent during the last five years, 12039

Monopoly Committee told price of auto wheels reduced 20 per cent in la...

A black and white photo of a man in a suit and tie, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 19... More

A couple of men standing next to a car in the snow, Vermont. Farm Security Administration photogrpaph.

A couple of men standing next to a car in the snow, Vermont. Farm Secu...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a car, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of two people sitting on top of a car, New Hamshire. Farm Security Organization photograph

A black and white photo of two people sitting on top of a car, New Ham...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a car, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Old couple who have moved into tent home near Sallisaw, Oklahoma, in order to save rent and cost of wood in town

Old couple who have moved into tent home near Sallisaw, Oklahoma, in o...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a tent, military, or refugee camp, temporary settlement, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Before Monopoly Committee. Washington, D.C., June 29. R.R. Rogers, left, Vice President of the Prudential Life Insurance Co., today told the Monopoly Committee Investigating Insurance Company Setups that reduction of interest and amortization rates on homes would stimulate sale of houses but would not necessarily mean a lower ultimate cost to the purchaser. Lower housing costs, he said, must be effected in the fields of construction, materials, and labor. He is pictured with H.W. Fitzgerald, statistician for Prudential

Before Monopoly Committee. Washington, D.C., June 29. R.R. Rogers, lef...

A black and white photo of two men sitting at a table, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc.... More

Home of Jack Whinery at Pie Town, New Mexico. The original dugout house cost him thirty cents for nails, and took him ten days to build. Since then two small sleeping rooms have been added. The fence was built by Mrs. Whinery after her husband had cut the slats

Home of Jack Whinery at Pie Town, New Mexico. The original dugout hous...

Public domain photograph of life in the United States in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Interior of four-room scattered labor home built by FSA (Farm Security Administration) at cost of five hundred dollars. New Madrid County, Missouri

Interior of four-room scattered labor home built by FSA (Farm Security...

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Mark S. Massel. Cost consultant to the Bureau of Research and Statistics, on loan to the Division of Purchases, Office of Production Management (OPM)

Mark S. Massel. Cost consultant to the Bureau of Research and Statisti...

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Reciprocal aid. American soldiers, sailors, and marines, recuperating from wounds and illness on roof of a new 3 million dollae hospital which government of Australia, without cost to the United States has provided for our forces, "somewhere in Australia." Huge red cross identifies building for passing airplanes. Hospital is one of many facilities given the United States by Australia as reciprocal lend-lease

Reciprocal aid. American soldiers, sailors, and marines, recuperating ...

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Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Bryant in their trailer about two miles out of Bath. Mr. Leslie Bryant works in the shipyard. They have been living in the trailer for two months. They could not rent in Bath and although a trailer cost them almost as much as a house, Mr. Bryant feels that it is a better investment because they do not know where they will go next in search of work when this "boom" is over. Bath, Maine

Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Bryant in their trailer about two miles out of Bat...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of the 1930s - 1940s, woman, female portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Combination living and bedroom in one of the four-room scattered labor homes built by FSA (Farm Security Administration) at a cost of five hundred dollars. New Madrid County, Missouri

Combination living and bedroom in one of the four-room scattered labor...

Public domain photograph of indoor, interior activity, America in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Washington, D.C. Modeling osnaburg pinafore worked out for a high school girl on a low income by graduate students of the Department of Clothing and Textiles, School of Home Economics, University of Alabama. Total cost of materials was fifty-seven cents

Washington, D.C. Modeling osnaburg pinafore worked out for a high scho...

Public domain photograph of Washington DC, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Shopping for victory with war bonds. This is a war bond in action! That ashcan hurtling through the air, fired from a Y gun on a PC boat, is a depth charge containing potential death for a lurking submarine. It is in action because somebody bought $105 worth of war bonds. That's what the "ashcan" cost

Shopping for victory with war bonds. This is a war bond in action! Tha...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s US industrial development, Second World War, US war production, indusry, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Washington, D.C. Modeling blue dress made from sugar sacks worked out for a high school girl on a low income by graduate students of the Deptartment of Clothing and Textiles, School of Home Economics, University of Alabama. Total cost of materials was three dollars and eighteen cents

Washington, D.C. Modeling blue dress made from sugar sacks worked out ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an armed man, military forces, weapon, fight,18th-19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Washington, D.C. Modeling osnaburg pinafore worked out for a high school girl on a low income by graduate students of the Department of Clothing and Textiles, School of Home Economics, University of Alabama. Total cost of materials was fifty-seven cents

Washington, D.C. Modeling osnaburg pinafore worked out for a high scho...

Public domain photograph of Washington DC, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mr. Dickerson, farmer, who owns and runs a ski tow on hill in back of his farmhouse. It cost him about one thousand dollars to install three years ago and this is the first year he has made money on it, but business is increasing rapidly now. He has small dairy, and until last year when the hurricane wiped out his entire grove of sugar maples he used to make and sell syrup. Lisbon, New Hampshire

Mr. Dickerson, farmer, who owns and runs a ski tow on hill in back of ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a farmer, 1930s, 20th-century dust bowl era, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mr. Dickinson, farmer and his ski tow, which he installed on his property three years ago, at cost of about one thousand dollars. This past winter was the first time he made money on it but business is increasingly rapidly now. Lisbon, near Franconia, New Hampshire

Mr. Dickinson, farmer and his ski tow, which he installed on his prope...

Public domain photograph of United States agriculture in the 1930s, country, farmer, farm, great depression, migration, dust bowl refugees, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mr. Dickerson, farmer, who owns and runs a ski tow on hill in back of his farmhouse. It cost him about one thousand dollars to install three years ago and this is the first year he has made money on it, but business is increasing rapidly now. He has small dairy, and until last year when the hurricane wiped out his entire grove of sugar maples he used to make and sell syrup. Lisbon, New Hampshire

Mr. Dickerson, farmer, who owns and runs a ski tow on hill in back of ...

Public domain photograph of the United States military and military-industrial complex before World War Two, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

One of the scattered labor homes built by FSA (Farm Security Administration) at a cost of five hundred dollars. New Madrid County, Missouri

One of the scattered labor homes built by FSA (Farm Security Administr...

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

One year of reciprocal aid. American soldiers at work in a kitchen fatigue pantry in Australia, with newly-erected barracks in the background. As reciprocal aid, modern facilities like these have been built for our men without cost to the United States, not only in Australia, but in the United Kingdom, New Zealand, and the areas controlled by the fighting French as well

One year of reciprocal aid. American soldiers at work in a kitchen fat...

Public domain vintage photo from New Zealand archive, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Washington, D.C. Modeling osnaburg pinafore worked out for a high school girl on a low income by graduate students of the Department of Clothing and Textiles, School of Home Economics, University of Alabama. Total cost of materials was fifty-seven cents

Washington, D.C. Modeling osnaburg pinafore worked out for a high scho...

Public domain photograph of Washington DC, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Kitchen of one of the scattered labor homes built by FSA (Farm Security Administration) in New Madrid County, Missouri, at a cost of about five hundred dollars

Kitchen of one of the scattered labor homes built by FSA (Farm Securit...

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Kitchen in one of the scattered labor homes built by FSA (Farm Security Administration) at a cost of five hundred dollars. New Madrid County, Missouri

Kitchen in one of the scattered labor homes built by FSA (Farm Securit...

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Chart for the sanitary units of a trailer court which is under construction, San Diego, California. The owner-builder estimates that it will cost him about two thousand dollars to put in this court which will accommodate seventy-five trailers. Rental fee will be near ten dollars a month

Chart for the sanitary units of a trailer court which is under constru...

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Mark S. Massel. Cost consultant to the Bureau of Research and Statistics, on loan to the Division of Purchases, Office of Production Management (OPM)

Mark S. Massel. Cost consultant to the Bureau of Research and Statisti...

Public domain photograph of the United States in the 1930s, portraits, people, events, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Tank manufacture (Chrysler). The final cost of olive drab paint is applied by spraygun to the twenty-eight ton M-3 tank just before it leaves the huge Chrysler tank arsenal in Detroit

Tank manufacture (Chrysler). The final cost of olive drab paint is app...

Public domain photograph of indoor, interior activity, America in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Interior of one of the group labor homes built by FSA (Farm Security Administration) in New Madrid County, Missouri for agricultural day labor. This house cost about seven hundred twenty dollars

Interior of one of the group labor homes built by FSA (Farm Security A...

Public domain photograph of indoor, interior activity, America in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Interior of four-room scattered labor house built by FSA (Farm Security Administration) at cost of five hundred dollars. New Madrid County, Missouri

Interior of four-room scattered labor house built by FSA (Farm Securit...

Public domain photograph of 1930s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Washington, D.C. Modeling blue dress made from sugar sacks worked out for a high school girl on a low income by graduate students of the Department of Clothing and Textiles, School of Home Economics, University of Alabama. Total cost of materials was three dollars and eighteen cents

Washington, D.C. Modeling blue dress made from sugar sacks worked out ...

Public domain photograph of Washington DC, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Family of agricultural day laborer living in one of the four room scattered labor homes built by FSA (Farm Security Administration) at a cost of five hundred dollars. New Madrid County, Missouri

Family of agricultural day laborer living in one of the four room scat...

Public domain photograph of Great Depression, farm, farmer, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Giant tire manufacturing. Construction of modern airports and other military facilities which requires moving large quantities of earth necessitates equipment identified as earth movers. Earth movers use huge rubber tires like these, some of which cost as much as $2,500 each. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Giant tire manufacturing. Construction of modern airports and other mi...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Bofors forty-millimeter mounts. A plant inspector carefully checks welded gun carriages for Bofors forty-millimeter anti-aircraft guns. These carriages and Bofor gun mounts are now manufactured in a large Midwest rubber company which has been converted to production of war necessities. Originally, Bofors carriages were riveted and required many additional operations in assembling, but company engineers have produced this welded construction which has reduced time and cost of manufacture and produced a much stronger, one-piece article

Bofors forty-millimeter mounts. A plant inspector carefully checks wel...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial equipment, workshop, assembly line, factory, power engine, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Defense housing. Ben Morrell Project, Norfolk, Virginia. A surveyor on the Ben Morrell Project near Norfolk, Virginia. The homes being built here by the Navy under the coordinated Defense Housing Program are for both married enlisted and civilian personnel employed at the Norfolk naval base. The project was built at a cost of 3,356,771 dollars and contains 1,362 units. Rentals run from $17-23 a month

Defense housing. Ben Morrell Project, Norfolk, Virginia. A surveyor on...

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Defense housing. Hale Homes, Portsmouth, Virginia. A 300-unit project to house civilian workers employed at the Norfolk Navy Yard. These homes, constructed at a cost of $1,114,748 by the USHA (U.S. Housing Authority) through the local housing authority, are permanent construction and are expected to continue after the emergency as part of the local authority's low-rent housing project. Rents are divided into three groups which run from a low of $19 to a high of $39 per month. The project completed on February 1941

Defense housing. Hale Homes, Portsmouth, Virginia. A 300-unit project ...

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War housing. Langley Field, Newport News, Virginia. Multi-unit apartments for housing married, enlisted personnel at the Army Air base. Construction work on one of the 350 units being built by the Public Buildings Administration under a war authority program at a cost of $1,282,000. The project is over ninety percent completed (July 1941). Rentals run about twenty percent of tenant's income

War housing. Langley Field, Newport News, Virginia. Multi-unit apartme...

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The Herbsters live in a low cost housing project in Elizabeth, New Jersey. They pay $22.50 a month for five rooms consisting of three bedrooms, kitchen, living room and bath. The children have a playground which keeps them off the street

The Herbsters live in a low cost housing project in Elizabeth, New Jer...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children in poverty during the Great Depression, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Defense housing. Langley Field, Newport News, Virginia. This project built by the Federal Works Agency and the Public Buildings Administration, at a cost of $1,282,000 contains 350 units to house married enlisted personnel employed at the Army Air base. Construction is about ninety percent completed and rentals run about twenty percent of tenant's income

Defense housing. Langley Field, Newport News, Virginia. This project b...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s Virginia, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Defense housing. Merrimack Park, Norfolk, Virginia. This project to house married enlisted personnel of the Norfolk naval base has 500 units which include single-story detached dwellings, two family houses, two-story group houses and apartments. Built at a cost of $1,980,000 by the USHA (U.S. Housing Authority), the project was opened for occupancy on July 1, 1941. Rentals are divided into four groups which run from a low 13-15 dollars to a high of 30-33 dollars

Defense housing. Merrimack Park, Norfolk, Virginia. This project to ho...

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The silo on the Daxtater barn has just been finished and cost three hundred fifty dollars. Little Falls, New York

The silo on the Daxtater barn has just been finished and cost three hu...

Public domain photograph of New York in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Defense housing. Hale Homes, Portsmouth, Virginia. A 300-unit project to house civilian workers employed at the Norfolk Navy Yard. These homes, constructed at a cost of $1,114,748 by the USHA (U.S. Housing Authority) through the local housing authority, are permanent construction and are expected to continue after the emergency as part of the local authority's low-rent housing project. Rents are divided into three groups which run from a low of $19 to a high of $39 a month. The project completed on February, 1941, consists almost entirely of apartment-type dwellings

Defense housing. Hale Homes, Portsmouth, Virginia. A 300-unit project ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a commercial or residential multi-story building, condominium, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Defense housing. Ferguson Park, Newport News, Virginia. A 1200-unit project built by the Navy at a cost of $3,500,882 to house civilian workers employed in the shipbuilding yards. Units have from one to four bedrooms and rentals range from $30 to $35 a month, including up to $3.70 worth of utilities

Defense housing. Ferguson Park, Newport News, Virginia. A 1200-unit pr...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential building, house, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. The old and the new. At the right is pictured one of the new defense homes now under construction, while in the background is shown one of the apartment homes built for the defense workers during World War I. Where as many of the latter homes were disposed of due to private concerns after the war, it is expected that many of the new defense homes now being built will eventually become part of the overall slum clearance program. Others will help fill the urgent peace time need in America for low cost homes

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. The old and the new. At the right...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Defense housing, Ben Morrell Project, Norfolk, Virginia. Housing for civilian and married enlisted personnel at the Norfolk, Virginia housing naval base. Constructed at a cost of $3,356,000 by the Navy. Of the 1,362 units built, 1,062 were completed August 15, 1941. Rents range from $17 to $23 a month

Defense housing, Ben Morrell Project, Norfolk, Virginia. Housing for c...

Public domain photograph of the 1930s, United States, cars, streets, John Kennedy, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Defense housing. Ben Morrell Project, Norfolk, Virginia. Construction of the steel frame units. This project is being built by the Navy at a cost of $3,356,000 to house married enlisted personnel and civilians employed at the Norfolk naval base. Of the 1,362 units, 1,062 were completed by June 1, 1941 and the other 300 scheduled for completion August 15, 1941. Rents range from $17 to $23 a month

Defense housing. Ben Morrell Project, Norfolk, Virginia. Construction ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a construction site, wooden frame, timber, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The Ford Motor Company has constructed and equipped, in eight months an airplane engine building. It covers 17.8 acres, will employ over 14,000 men, will turn out Pratt and Whitney engines at the rate of one an hour for sixteen hours a day. Building and machinery cost twenty-three million dollars. Photo shows three machines on truck, on their way to be installed in the new aircraft building

The Ford Motor Company has constructed and equipped, in eight months a...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a locomotive, train tracks, rail transportation, railroad, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Defense housing. Merrimack Park, Norfolk, Virginia. This project to house married enlisted personnel of the Norfolk naval base has 500 units which include single-story detached dwellings, two family houses, two-story group houses and apartments. Built at a cost of $1,980,000 by the USHA (U.S. Housing Authority), the project was opened for occupancy on July 1, 1941. Rentals are divided into four groups which run from a low 13-15 dollars to a high of 30-33 dollars

Defense housing. Merrimack Park, Norfolk, Virginia. This project to ho...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s house, porch, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Defense housing. Hale Homes, Portsmouth, Virginia. A 300-unit project to house civilian workers employed at the Norfolk Navy Yard. These homes, constructed at a cost of $1,114,748 by the USHA (U.S. Housing Authority) through the local housing authority, are permanent construction and are expected to continue after the emergency as part of the local authority's low-rent housing project. Rents are divided into three groups which run from a low of $19 to a high of $39 per month (July 1941). The project completed on February 1941

Defense housing. Hale Homes, Portsmouth, Virginia. A 300-unit project ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, warehouse, depot, train station, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). This speaker is installed in the steel framework of the ways on which the huge new battleship U.S.S. Alabama is being rushed to completion at a cost of more than 70 million dollars. This super dreadnought will be launched in February, 1942

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). This speaker is installed in the ste...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a ferris wheel, luna park, attractions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Giant tire manufacturing. Construction of modern airports and other military facilities which requires moving large quantities of earth necessitates equipment identified as earth movers. Earth movers use huge rubber tires like these, some of which cost as much as $2,500 each. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Giant tire manufacturing. Construction of modern airports and other mi...

Public domain photograph of the 1930s-1940s World War Two, armed forces, military production, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

War housing. Hale Homes, Portsmouth, Virginia. A 300-unit project to house civilian workers employed at the Norfolk Navy Yard. These homes, constructed at a cost of $1,114,748 by the USHA (U.S. Housing Authority) through the local housing authority, are permanent and are expected to continue after the emergency as part of the local authority's low-rent housing project. Rents are divided into three groups which run from a low of $19 to a high of $39 a month. The project completed on February, 1941, consists almost entirely of apartment-type dwellings

War housing. Hale Homes, Portsmouth, Virginia. A 300-unit project to h...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential building, house, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Southington, Connecticut. At the health center, the people of Southington may receive medical advice and a certain amount of medical care (such as physical check-ups, which this girl is receiving) without cost

Southington, Connecticut. At the health center, the people of Southing...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Connecticut, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

West Danville, Vermont. Mr. Hasings in his general store, figuring up, says, "You can't carry on a business, especially nowadays, without a lot of book work. But whether it is for income tax or making up price lists for cost of living comodities, it is all a part of keeping our government going so we can win the war and have the kind of world we want to have"

West Danville, Vermont. Mr. Hasings in his general store, figuring up,...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of worker, marketplace, vendor, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Need a spring coat? Be sure to look at the label to find the wool content of the garment. If you know exactly what you're buying, you'll know what the cost should be and how to take care of it

Need a spring coat? Be sure to look at the label to find the wool cont...

Public domain photograph - female portrait, the 1940s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Edmundston, New Brunswick, Canada. Church which cost a half million dollars to build

Edmundston, New Brunswick, Canada. Church which cost a half million do...

Public domain photograph of 1930s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Safety. Hindering war production. The driver fell asleep and, in the process, ruined a good truck, delayed an important lumber shipment, created a dangerous situation on the highway, and nearly cost a number of lives. Such accidents seriously hinder war production

Safety. Hindering war production. The driver fell asleep and, in the p...

Public domain photograph of 1930s cars, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Auto conversion to airplane engines. With normal operations of this automobile factory suspended for the duration, the gigantic task of converting the entire plant (floor space: 500' x 900') to war production was taken over by the National Defense Plant Corporation. This involved all degrees of remodelling, the removal of old and installation of new machinery, and extensive rebuilding of the plant itself. This hand milling machine, formerly used in manufacture of automobile motors, has been converted to production of airplane engines. In peacetime it was used to mill the pulley keyway on the front of crankshafts. It cost $150 to convert this $1,800 machine with installation of a special fixture to enable milling of staking nicks at each end of crankpin oil hobs. Chevrolet, Buffalo, New York

Auto conversion to airplane engines. With normal operations of this au...

Public domain photograph of New York in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Civilian defense. Fire prevention. Cook stoves, lamps, and other household utilities in which there are open flames, cannot be watched too closely. This line of clothes drying over a gas stove is very dangerous. So is a curtain that a puff of wind can float over an open flame. So is anything combustible that is allowed to come too close to fire. These fires cost over five million dollars

Civilian defense. Fire prevention. Cook stoves, lamps, and other house...

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War Labor Board: "Little Steel" hearing. Philip Murray, Congress of Industrial Organization (CIO) leader, left, and Harold Ruttenberg, research director for United Steel Workers (USW), at the "Little Steel" hearing held by the War Labor Board, at the in Washington, D.C., July 1. The hearing arose from a wage dispute between union demands and four "Little Steel" companies: Bethlehem Steel, Republic Steel, Youngstown Sheet and Tube, and Inland Steel. The hearing resulted in a fifteen per cent wage increase formula, and set a precedent for future wage adjustments to meet recent increases in the cost of living

War Labor Board: "Little Steel" hearing. Philip Murray, Congress of In...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Washington DC during the First World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

A couple of women standing next to each other. Office of War Information Photograph

A couple of women standing next to each other. Office of War Informati...

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Divisi... More

Washington, D.C. Tire moulds which are handmade and cost hundreds of dollars and tires with recaps glued in place

Washington, D.C. Tire moulds which are handmade and cost hundreds of d...

Public domain photograph of Washington DC, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

New York, New York. Italian-American cafe espresso shop on MacDougal Street where coffee and soft drinks are sold. The coffee machine cost one thousand dollars

New York, New York. Italian-American cafe espresso shop on MacDougal S...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic place interior, salon, hall lobby, living room, 18th-19th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Latest addition to D.C. War Housing Program. To relieve the shortage of housing for Negro women war workers in Washington, the Federal Works Agency (FWA) is completing construction of Wake and Midway Halls, which will accommodate 1,000 women. The project was erected by Samuel Plato, Negro contractor, at a cost of $1,600,000. Photo shows front elevation of the dining room and recreation buildings attached to the structure

Latest addition to D.C. War Housing Program. To relieve the shortage o...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Washington DC during the First World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

On cost of living items, the retailer must show his ceiling prices. Government price controls, taking effect May 18 for retail sales, requires a storekeeper to display his ceiling prices on cost of living items. One way for the retailer is to stamp the ceiling right on the price tag itself

On cost of living items, the retailer must show his ceiling prices. Go...

Actual size of negative is B (approximately 5 x 7 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Bridgeton, New Jersey. FSA (Farm Security Administration) agricultural workers' camp. This truckload of Florida migrants had been on the way three days and three nights. It was raining much of the time, and one woman contracted pleurisy. The trip cost each person about eight dollars. They arrived at the camp at 4:30 a.m. in a drizzle

Bridgeton, New Jersey. FSA (Farm Security Administration) agricultural...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a woman working, women labor, 1940s, economic conditions, home front, world war two, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

It's easy to do mark-downs. Government price regulations place the ceiling for each store at the store's highest March prices. Signs like this will be common to advertise cost of living items that are substantially below the store's maximum

It's easy to do mark-downs. Government price regulations place the cei...

Public domain photograph of Washington DC, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

New York, New York. Italian-American cafe espresso shop on MacDougal Street where coffee and soft drinks are sold. The coffee machine cost one thousand dollars

New York, New York. Italian-American cafe espresso shop on MacDougal S...

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In the war against waste, American housewives are learning the basic steps of wise buying: buy by weight, not by number; buy in quantity when savings come that way; compare cost per ounce with cost per pound; and read the scales carefully

In the war against waste, American housewives are learning the basic s...

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Civilian defense. Fire prevention. Fires caused by faulty electrical wiring and the misuse of electrical equipment cost the United States 26 million dollars last year. A total of 55,000 fires were started by overheated irons, defective lamp cords, overloaded and improperly fused circuits, and other faults in the use or construction of electrical equipment

Civilian defense. Fire prevention. Fires caused by faulty electrical w...

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War Labor Board: "Little Steel" hearing. Philip Murray, Congress of Industrial Organization (CIO) leader, left, and Harold Ruttenberg, research director for United Steel Workers (USW), at the "Little Steel" hearing held by the War Labor Board, at the Hotel Washington in Washington, D.C., July 1. The hearing arose from a wage dispute between union demands and four "Little Steel" companies: Bethlehem Steel, Republic Steel, Youngstown Sheet and Tube, and Inland Steel. The hearing resulted in a fifteen per cent wage increase formula, and set a precedent for future wage adjustments to meet recent increases in the cost of living

War Labor Board: "Little Steel" hearing. Philip Murray, Congress of In...

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High school Victory Corps. Home economics students at Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, Maryland, do their part in the school's Victory Corps program by preparing and serving food at cost in the student run cafeteria

High school Victory Corps. Home economics students at Montgomery Blair...

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West Danville, Vermont. OPA (Office of Price Administration) inspector Maurice J. Sullivan stopping in for a friendly visit with the Hastings. He mentions that chickens and strawberries don't have to have their calling prices posted because they are not designated as cost of living commodities in Bulletin no. 1, entitled "The General Maximum Price Regulation," which he holds in his hand

West Danville, Vermont. OPA (Office of Price Administration) inspector...

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Safety. Hindering war production. The driver fell asleep and, in the process, ruined a good truck, delayed an important lumber shipment, created a dangerous situation on the highway, and nearly cost a number of lives. Such accidents seriously hinder war production

Safety. Hindering war production. The driver fell asleep and, in the p...

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War Labor Board: "Little Steel" hearing. Philip Murray, Congress of Industrial Organization leader, speaking at the "Little Steel" hearing held by the War Labor Board, at the Hotel Washington in Washington, D.C., July 1. The hearing arose from a wage in Washington, D.C., July 1. The hearing arose from a wage dispute between union demands and four "Little Steel" companies: Bethlehem Steel, Republic Steel, Youngstown Sheet and Tube, and Inland Steel. The hearing resulted in a fifteen per cent wage increase formula, and set a precedent for future wage adjustments to meet recent increases in the cost of living

War Labor Board: "Little Steel" hearing. Philip Murray, Congress of In...

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New York, New York. Italian-American cafe espresso shop on MacDougal Street where coffee and soft drinks are sold. The coffee machine cost one thousand dollars

New York, New York. Italian-American cafe espresso shop on MacDougal S...

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De Land pool. Moving circus. War production in Florida cost these circus animals their winter home for the duration. They are shown as the Johnny J. Jones show vacated its winter quarters at the Volusia County fairgrounds to make room for subcontractors in the De Land pool, who turned the fairgrounds' buildings into a large war production plant

De Land pool. Moving circus. War production in Florida cost these circ...

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On cost of living items, the retailer must show his ceiling prices. Government price controls, taking effect May 18 for retail sales, requires a storekeeper to display his ceiling prices on cost of living items. One way for the retailer is to stamp the ceiling right on the price tag itself

On cost of living items, the retailer must show his ceiling prices. Go...

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War Labor Board: "Little Steel" hearing. Lee Pressman, Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) counselor; Philip Murray, CIO president; and Harold Ruttenberg (speaking), research director, United Steel Workers (USW), at the "Little Steel" hearing held by the War Labor Board at the Hotel Washington in Washington, D.C., July 1. The hearing arose from a wage dispute between union demands and four "Little Steel" companies: Bethlehem Steel, Republic Steel, Youngstown Sheet and Tube, and Inland Steel. The hearing resulted in a fifteen per cent wage increase formula, setting a precedent for future wage adjustments to meet recent increases in the cost of living

War Labor Board: "Little Steel" hearing. Lee Pressman, Congress of Ind...

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Safety. Hindering war production. The driver fell asleep and, in the process, ruined a good truck, delayed an important lumber shipment, created a dangerous situation on the highway, and nearly cost a number of lives. Such accidents seriously hinder war production

Safety. Hindering war production. The driver fell asleep and, in the p...

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Trampas, New Mexico. Everybody in remote New Mexico buys by mail. Juan Lopez, the majordomo (mayor), and his wife Maclovia are thinking of buying new harnesses; it will cost sixty dollars, so they will probably get along with what they have

Trampas, New Mexico. Everybody in remote New Mexico buys by mail. Juan...

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Mejex-El-Bab, Tunisia. A market operated by the Allied civilian relief groups to sell at cost food, clothing, kerosene, etc., supplied by the U.S. Office of Foreign Relief and Rehabilitation Operations to natives and Europeans, victims of war deprivation

Mejex-El-Bab, Tunisia. A market operated by the Allied civilian relief...

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Mejex-El-Bab, Tunisia. A market operated by the Allied civilian relief groups to sell at cost food, clothing, kerosene, etc., supplied by the U.S. Office of Foreign Relief and Rehabilitation Operations to natives and Europeans, victims of war deprivation

Mejex-El-Bab, Tunisia. A market operated by the Allied civilian relief...

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Mejex-El-Bab, Tunisia. A market operated by the Allied civilian relief groups to sell at cost food, clothing, kerosene, etc., supplied by the U.S. Office of Foreign Relief and Rehabilitation Operations to natives and Europeans, victims of war deprivation

Mejex-El-Bab, Tunisia. A market operated by the Allied civilian relief...

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Keysville, Virginia. Randolph Henry High School. Cafeteria. Students don't have much money so they bring produce from farms for which they receive tickets. Lunches cost about fifteen cents. Typical lunch for fifteen cents: candied yams, macaroni and cheese, fruit salad, deviled eggs, dessert and milk. Milk is free and children can have as much as they want

Keysville, Virginia. Randolph Henry High School. Cafeteria. Students d...

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Mejex-El-Bab, Tunisia. A market operated by the Allied civilian relief groups to sell at cost food, clothing, kerosene, etc., supplied by the U.S. Office of Foreign Relief and Rehabilitation Operations to natives and Europeans, victims of war deprivation

Mejex-El-Bab, Tunisia. A market operated by the Allied civilian relief...

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Keysville, Virginia. Randolph Henry High School. Cafeteria. Students don't have much money so they bring produce from home for which they receive tickets. Lunches cost about fifteen cents. Typical lunch for fifteen cents: candied yams, macaroni and cheese, fruit salad, deviled eggs, dessert and milk. Milk is free and children can have as much as they want

Keysville, Virginia. Randolph Henry High School. Cafeteria. Students d...

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New Tidal Basin bridge under construction in Washington, D.C. The famous cherry blossoms along the Tidal Basin in Washington, D.C., may be viewed from a new angle next season when the million-dollar bridge across the Tidal Basin will have been completed. The bridge, which will connect Independence Avenue with the Potomac River Highway above 15th Street, is being built by the engineering firm of Alexander and Repass of Des Moines, Iowa. When completed it will cost more than a million dollars. Photo shows heavy machinery and piers used in early stages of construction

New Tidal Basin bridge under construction in Washington, D.C. The famo...

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Mejex-El-Bab, Tunisia. A market operated by the Allied civilian relief groups to sell at cost food, clothing, kerosene, etc., supplied by the U.S. Office of Foreign Relief and Rehabilitation Operations to natives and Europeans, victims of war deprivation

Mejex-El-Bab, Tunisia. A market operated by the Allied civilian relief...

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Mejex-El-Bab, Tunisia. A market operated by the Allied civilian relief groups to sell at cost food, clothing, kerosene, etc., supplied by the U.S. Office of Foreign Relief and Rehabilitation Operations to natives and Europeans, victims of war deprivation

Mejex-El-Bab, Tunisia. A market operated by the Allied civilian relief...

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Mejex-El-Bab, Tunisia. A market operated by the Allied civilian relief groups to sell at cost food, clothing, kerosene, etc., supplied by the U.S. Office of Foreign Relief and Rehabilitation Operations to natives and Europeans, victims of war deprivation

Mejex-El-Bab, Tunisia. A market operated by the Allied civilian relief...

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New Tidal Basin bridge under construction in Washington, D.C. The famous cherry blossoms along the Tidal Basin in Washington, D.C., may be viewed from a new angle next season when the million-dollar bridge across the Tidal Basin will have been completed. The bridge, which will connect Independence Avenue with the Potomac River Highway above 15th Street, is being built by the engineering firm of Alexander and Repass of Des Moines, Iowa. When completed it will cost more than a million dollars. Photo shows heavy machinery and piers used in early stages of construction

New Tidal Basin bridge under construction in Washington, D.C. The famo...

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Mejex-El-Bab, Tunisia. A market operated by the Allied civilian relief groups to sell at cost food, clothing, kerosene, etc., supplied by the U.S. Office of Foreign Relief and Rehabilitation Operations to natives and Europeans, victims of war deprivation

Mejex-El-Bab, Tunisia. A market operated by the Allied civilian relief...

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Mejex-El-Bab, Tunisia. A market operated by the Allied civilian relief groups to sell at cost food, clothing, kerosene, etc., supplied by the U.S. Office of Foreign Relief and Rehabilitation Operations to natives and Europeans, victims of war deprivation

Mejex-El-Bab, Tunisia. A market operated by the Allied civilian relief...

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Keysville, Virginia. Randolph Henry High School. The library. The state pays half of the cost of the library, the local school board pays one quarter and the school raises the other one quarter through parties, plays, etc.

Keysville, Virginia. Randolph Henry High School. The library. The stat...

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Gloucester, Massachusetts. Antionia Milietello and Vito Cannela of the fishing boat Alden repairing a seining net. These nets cost from seven to ten thousand dollars. Before the war one could be bought for three thousand dollars

Gloucester, Massachusetts. Antionia Milietello and Vito Cannela of the...

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