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U.S. Navy SEAMAN John Coleman clears a clogged hose in the sand blaster aboard the Kitty Hawk Class Aircraft Carrier USS KITTY HAWK (CV 63) on Jan. 19, 2007, during anchor maintenance in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST 3rd Class Adam York) (RELEASED)

U.S. Navy SEAMAN John Coleman clears a clogged hose in the sand blaste...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Yokosuka State: Kanagawa Prefecture Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: MC3 Adam York, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

A rusted metal container sitting on top of a pile of rocks. Rust hose piping.

A rusted metal container sitting on top of a pile of rocks. Rust hose ...

Stock photo: A rusty metal container sitting on top of rocks / A rusted metal container sitting on top of a pile of rocks.

Trunk Hose, 16th century, Bohemia

Trunk Hose, 16th century, Bohemia

Bohemia Public domain photograph of an archaeological object, Europe, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Hose, Jas - State: Washington - Year: 1843 - File Number: H23

Hose, Jas - State: Washington - Year: 1843 - File Number: H23

Letters Received

Hose, Jas - State: Maryland - Year: 1843 - File Number: H23

Hose, Jas - State: Maryland - Year: 1843 - File Number: H23

Letters Received

[Portrait of fireman from the Perseverance Hose Company]

[Portrait of fireman from the Perseverance Hose Company]

Photograph shows a three-quarter length portrait of a man wearing fireman's uniform with right hand on a speaker trumpet. Inscribed in pencil on mount: fireman from the Perseverance Hose Company. (DLC/PP-1999:... More

Old fire apparatus with hose or hand pump "Torrent" fire truck with hose reel

Old fire apparatus with hose or hand pump "Torrent" fire truck with ho...

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A bed with a white comforter and a white radiator. Bath house row bathhouse hot springs national park.

A bed with a white comforter and a white radiator. Bath house row bath...

Find the best copyright-free images of beautiful women. Download all photos, art posters, and prints: images you can use without copyright restrictions, even for commercial purpose.

Library - City Hall & hose tower - Thomasville, Georgia

Library - City Hall & hose tower - Thomasville, Georgia

In album: Lot 7753-C, p. 71. Public domain photograph of a city hall, public building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Hose, Oscar - Age [Blank], Year: [Blank] - Sixth Infantry - West Virginia

Hose, Oscar - Age [Blank], Year: [Blank] - Sixth Infantry - West Virgi...

Carded Records Showing Military Service of Soldiers Who Fought in Volunteer Organizations During the American Civil War

Hose co. no. 1, Juneau [Alaska] Fire Dept.

Hose co. no. 1, Juneau [Alaska] Fire Dept.

Posed on street. Photo coyrighted by Winter & Pond. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf. Fire stations.

Gummifabriken, slang, Trelleborgs museum, Sweden

Gummifabriken, slang, Trelleborgs museum, Sweden

Gummifabriken, slang Public domain photograph, Sweden, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bascus, Hose - Age [Blank], Year: [Blank] - Second Infantry, A - Bo - Louisiana

Bascus, Hose - Age [Blank], Year: [Blank] - Second Infantry, A - Bo - ...

Carded Records Showing Military Service of Soldiers Who Fought in Confederate Organizations

[Marion County] Court Hose, [Salem, Ore.; exterior and surroundings]

[Marion County] Court Hose, [Salem, Ore.; exterior and surroundings]

Photogravure copyrighted by the W.H. Bufghardt Co., Salem. Reference copy may be in County Court Houses of the United States microfiche 133 (E8). This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

First steam fire engine of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, owned by the [Goodwill] Hose Company

First steam fire engine of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, owned by the [Goodw...

Photograph shows steam fire engine sitting in fenced in yard. Public domain photograph of a car, automobile, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Rescue no. 4, hose & chemical - York, Pennsylvania, fire department

Rescue no. 4, hose & chemical - York, Pennsylvania, fire department

Stationary fire engine drawn by two horses. J156965 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Simon & Murnane, York, Pa.

Royal hose & nozzle--York, Pennsylvania, fire department

Royal hose & nozzle--York, Pennsylvania, fire department

Stationary engine drawn by two horses. J156966 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Simon & Murnane, York, Pa.

Royal hose & chemical no. 6--York, Pennsylvania, fire department

Royal hose & chemical no. 6--York, Pennsylvania, fire department

Stationary fire engine drawn by two horses. J156960 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Simon & Murnane, York, Pa.

Laurel hose reel no. 1--York, Pennsylvania, fire department

Laurel hose reel no. 1--York, Pennsylvania, fire department

Coiled fire hose on four-wheeled cart. J156957 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Simon & Murnane, York, Pa.

Royal Hose & turn. nozzle no. 6 - York, Pennsylvania, Fire Department

Royal Hose & turn. nozzle no. 6 - York, Pennsylvania, Fire Department

Three firemen and dalmatian on fire engine drawn by two horses.

Nearly 9 A.M. Girl (about 8 years old) carrying sack of hose supporters home, a long distance and she had to run to get home in time for school. Up hill and tiring work, resting frequently. (See also Report.) Witness F.A. Smith. Location: Worcester, Massachusetts.

Nearly 9 A.M. Girl (about 8 years old) carrying sack of hose supporter...

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Photo at 4 P.M. Witness F. A. Smith. Home of Thomas Murry, 8 1/2 Milton St., rear, top floor, Worcester, Massachusetts. Mother and children, 6 yrs., 8 yrs. two of 12 yrs. old. The 3-year-old helps a little. Earn $1.50 to $3.00 a week working on hose supporters. Father makes $15 a week. Two other children work: one gets $7 to $11 a week, one gets $4 a week. Home workers work until 8:30 or 9 P.M. nearly every day. (See also Report.) Location: Worcester, Massachusettsachusetts.

Photo at 4 P.M. Witness F. A. Smith. Home of Thomas Murry, 8 1/2 Milto...

Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, economic conditions, children workers, exploitation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Nearly 9 A.M. Girl (about 8 yrs. old) carrying sack of hose supporters home, a long distance and she had to run to get home in time for school. Up hill and tiring work, resting frequently. (See also Report.) Witness F.A. Smith. Location: Worcester, Massachusetts.

Nearly 9 A.M. Girl (about 8 yrs. old) carrying sack of hose supporters...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of child, child labor, farmer, early 20th-century farm, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Operation of Bowes Hose Rack, Hose Off, Water Running

Operation of Bowes Hose Rack, Hose Off, Water Running

Photographs of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard

Operation of Bowes Hose Rack, Water Turned on and Hose Ready to be Drawn Out

Operation of Bowes Hose Rack, Water Turned on and Hose Ready to be Dra...

Photographs of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard

Effect of an incendiary shell during World War I

Effect of an incendiary shell during World War I

Fire-fighters enter a burning building after an incendiary bombing in France, during World War I. In the photograph a man stands silhouetted in the window of a burning building as he attempts to douse the flame... More

River water having passed through the process, comes out pure into the canvas cistern

River water having passed through the process, comes out pure into the...

Sterilising water stage 2, France, during World War I. This photograph shows the process of water sterilisation. Two hoses appear to be bringing water from a mobile treatment plant behind the lorry. The treated... More

Drawing water in a captured village, Flanders

Drawing water in a captured village, Flanders

Two soldiers trying to get water in the flattened ruins of a village. They appear to be setting up a small mobile pump in the ruins, presumably by a well. They have a horse-drawn water-cart with a large water-d... More

Colleges and Universities - New Hampshire College - New Hampshire College, U.S. Army Training Detachment, Durham, New Hampshire. Fire hose house. Feb 21, 1919

Colleges and Universities - New Hampshire College - New Hampshire Coll...

Date Taken: 1918 Colleges and Universities - New Hampshire College Public domain photograph related to the United States in World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

"Hose of Luxite" Advertisement for Holeproof Hosiery Co.

"Hose of Luxite" Advertisement for Holeproof Hosiery Co.

Coles Phillips (American, 1880–1927) Public domain reproduction of artwork in Metropolitan Museum of Art, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Golf club on fire. Firetruck with spraying hose attached

Golf club on fire. Firetruck with spraying hose attached

The Theodor Horydczak Collection - architecture and social life of Washington DC in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s.

[Water hose aimed at State, War, and Navy Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Water hose aimed at State, War, and Navy Building, Washington, D.C.]

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

Costume Hood & Hose Only - Drawing. Public domain image.

Costume Hood & Hose Only - Drawing. Public domain image.

Picryl description: Public domain image of an 18th-19th-century costume, fashion, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Airman Fred Horrigan handles a fueling hose on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71).

Airman Fred Horrigan handles a fueling hose on the flight deck of the ...

ARABIAN GULF (Jan. 14, 2018) Airman Fred Horrigan handles a fueling hose on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). Theodore Roosevelt and its carrier strike group are deployed ... More

U.S. Navy Hose Team One Sailors prepare to enter a smoke-filled compartment to combat a simulated fire during a general quarters drill aboard the Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS NIMITZ (CVN 68) on Oct. 14, 2006, while the NIMITZ is currently underway conducting a tailored ships training availability (TSTA) off the coast of Southern California. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST 2nd Class Shannon E. Renfroe) (Released)

U.S. Navy Hose Team One Sailors prepare to enter a smoke-filled compar...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Nimitz (CVN 68) Scene Camera Operator: MC2 Shannon E. Renfroe, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photog... More

US Navy (USN) Aviation Structural Mechanic Third Class (AM3) Johan Sanchez, Strike Fighter Squadron 41 (VFA-41), Black Aces, of checks the hydraulic lines and blades of an aerial refueling system (ARS) aboard the Aircraft Carrier USS NIMITZ (CVN 68). The ARS is a combination external fuel tank and hose reel used for aerial refueling operations

US Navy (USN) Aviation Structural Mechanic Third Class (AM3) Johan San...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Nimitz (CVN 68) Scene Major Command Shown: VFA-41 Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Shannon E. Renfroe, Usn Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

Damage Controlman Fireman Cameron Michalak guides a hose down a ladderwell as a hose team prepares to combat a simulated fire.

Damage Controlman Fireman Cameron Michalak guides a hose down a ladder...

INDIAN OCEAN (Jan. 06, 2012) Damage Controlman Fireman Cameron Michalak, a member of the ship's flying squad, guides a hose down a ladderwell as a hose team prepares to combat a simulated fire aboard the Nimitz... More

US Navy (USN) AIRMAN (AN) (James Feltman charges a fire hose during a scrub down on the flight deck of the Aircraft Carrier USS KITTY HAWK (CV 63). The Scrub Exercises (SCRUBEX) are performed periodically on the flight deck and in the hangar bays to reduce hydraulic fluid, grease and dirt buildup, which present a hazard to aircraft and personnel

US Navy (USN) AIRMAN (AN) (James Feltman charges a fire hose during a ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) Country: Pacific Ocean (POC) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Benjamin Dennis, Usn Release Status: Released to Public Combined ... More

A Damage Control Training Team (DCTT) Senior Chief, right, watches as Sailors, assigned to Repair Locker 1 Bravo, participate in fire fighting hose handling training.

A Damage Control Training Team (DCTT) Senior Chief, right, watches as ...

Persian Gulf (Mar. 01, 2005) A Damage Control Training Team (DCTT) Senior Chief, right, watches as Sailors, assigned to Repair Locker 1 Bravo, participate in fire fighting hose handling training on the fantail ... More

Midshipmen practice using a firefighting hose.

Midshipmen practice using a firefighting hose.

PACIFIC OCEAN (Aug. 13, 2012) Midshipmen practice using a firefighting hose on the fantail of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) during damage control training. Nimitz is underway conducting fleet replace... More

Old Faithful Inn, Fire Hose House, West Thumb, Teton County, WY

Old Faithful Inn, Fire Hose House, West Thumb, Teton County, WY

Survey number: HABS WY-87-K National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 73000226

Northern Liberty Hose Company Number Four, 714 New Market Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Northern Liberty Hose Company Number Four, 714 New Market Street, Phil...

Significance: An interesting example of an urban volunteer firehouse of the 1840s. The organization was one of the representative hose companies of its period. Later, it functioned as a general fire company, k... More

Hose House, Virginia City, Storey County, NV

Hose House, Virginia City, Storey County, NV

Survey number: HABS NV-15-82 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000458

Southwark Hose Company No. 9, 512 South Third Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Southwark Hose Company No. 9, 512 South Third Street, Philadelphia, Ph...

Survey number: HABS PA-1369 Public domain photograph of theater building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

U.S. Hose Company No. 14, 423 Buttonwood Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

U.S. Hose Company No. 14, 423 Buttonwood Street, Philadelphia, Philade...

Significance: A Greek Revival volunteer firehouse. It is similar in scale and design to other small firehouses of the mid-19th century. Survey number: HABS PA-1804

Goodwill Fire Engine & Hose Company Engine House, 1231 Sixth Avenue, Altoona, Blair County, PA

Goodwill Fire Engine & Hose Company Engine House, 1231 Sixth Avenue, A...

Survey number: HABS PA-5850 Building/structure dates: 1882- 1885 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1894 Subsequent Work

Washington Hose Company No. 10, 35 North Ninth Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Washington Hose Company No. 10, 35 North Ninth Street, Philadelphia, P...

Survey number: HABS PA-1488 Public domain photograph - city, downtown, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Perseverance Hose Company No. 5, 316 Race Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Perseverance Hose Company No. 5, 316 Race Street, Philadelphia, Philad...

Survey number: HABS PA-1455 Public domain photograph of theater building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Schuylkill Hose, Hook & Ladder Company No. 24, 1227 Locust Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Schuylkill Hose, Hook & Ladder Company No. 24, 1227 Locust Street, Phi...

Survey number: HABS PA-1577 Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Untitled - Political cartoon, public domain image

Untitled - Political cartoon, public domain image

Berryman Political Cartoon Collection Public domain reproduction of political cartoon, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Photograph of Front View of Hose Washing Machine

Photograph of Front View of Hose Washing Machine

Original caption: Front view of "hose washing machine" K. Sedgewick, Supt. Of Blackwell CCC camp, holding the upper brush & pointing to the place where the hose is inserted. Historic Photographs

Café Värmlands matsalar på Östra Torggatan 10 eldhärjas i oktober 1938. Huset kan inte räddas utan ersätts med en ny byggnad. Se bild DG100.

Café Värmlands matsalar på Östra Torggatan 10 eldhärjas i oktober 1938...

Café Värmlands matsalar på Östra Torggatan 10 eldhärjas i oktober 1938. Huset kan inte räddas utan ersätts med en ny byggnad. Se bild DG100.

Protest silk boycott. Washington, D.C., Jan. 28. Members of the American Federation of Hosiery Workers arriving today at Union Station today from they staged a parade to the White House as a protest against the boycott of Japanese silk. The women, three hundred strong, carried banners exhorting women to continue to wear silk hose and thus save the jobs of thousands of hosiery workers, 1/28/38

Protest silk boycott. Washington, D.C., Jan. 28. Members of the Americ...

Public domain photograph of official photograph, building on the background, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Convincing argument. Washington, D.C., Jan. 28. These girls, members of the delegation of three hundred hosiery workers from Philadelphia who paraded to the White House today in protest against the Japanese Silk boycott present a convincing argument on why women should continue to wear silk hose, 1/28/38

Convincing argument. Washington, D.C., Jan. 28. These girls, members o...

A group of women sitting next to each other holding a sign. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Café Värmlands matsalar på Östra Torggatan 10 eldhärjas i oktober 1938. Huset kan inte räddas utan ersätts med en ny byggnad. Se bild DG100.

Café Värmlands matsalar på Östra Torggatan 10 eldhärjas i oktober 1938...

Café Värmlands matsalar på Östra Torggatan 10 eldhärjas i oktober 1938. Huset kan inte räddas utan ersätts med en ny byggnad. Se bild DG100.

Café Värmlands matsalar på Östra Torggatan 10 eldhärjas i oktober 1938. Huset kan inte räddas utan ersätts med en ny byggnad. Se bild DG100.

Café Värmlands matsalar på Östra Torggatan 10 eldhärjas i oktober 1938...

Café Värmlands matsalar på Östra Torggatan 10 eldhärjas i oktober 1938. Huset kan inte räddas utan ersätts med en ny byggnad. Se bild DG100.

Mexican migrant boy drinking out of water hose at filling station where the truck which is taking him home from Mississippi where he has been picking cotton has stopped. Neches, Texas

Mexican migrant boy drinking out of water hose at filling station wher...

Picryl description: Public domain image of industrial or agricultural worker, 1930s, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions. show less

Submarine Sculpin Lying off the Port Beam of the Salvage Ship Falcon, Assisting with Pumping Operations through a Hose Line

Submarine Sculpin Lying off the Port Beam of the Salvage Ship Falcon, ...

Correspondence Concerning Ships Public domain image of a U.S. navy ship during World War Two, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Firemen's muster. Boothbay center, Maine. Coach directing those crew to take best advantage of the wind. Note that he is under the hose stream

Firemen's muster. Boothbay center, Maine. Coach directing those crew t...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, trees, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Agnes Cliemka, age 23, married and husband may be going into the service any day, Heil and Co., Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Agnes used to work in a dep[artmen]t store. Checking of gasoline hose of gasoline trailers before being turned over the Air Force

Agnes Cliemka, age 23, married and husband may be going into the servi...

Public domain photograph related to army, military forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Detail of oil drilling equipment: hook of the traveling block, links and clamp of the elevator, hose connection from mud hog and swivel. Oil well, Kilgore, Texas

Detail of oil drilling equipment: hook of the traveling block, links a...

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

CCC SPRAYING - BROKEN HOSE - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

CCC SPRAYING - BROKEN HOSE - Public Domain image, National Parks Galle...

MEN IN WOODS. HOSE ON GROUND. MEN LOOK TO BE WORKING ON THE HOSE.

Photograph of R. C. Donovan Operating the Hose

Photograph of R. C. Donovan Operating the Hose

Original caption: R. C. Donovan operating the hose crimper in the shop of the Ely Warehouse. This crimping is done on one section of hose before splicing two sections of hose together. Historic Photographs

Photograph of Hose Splicing and Patching Machine

Photograph of Hose Splicing and Patching Machine

Original caption: Hose splicing & patching machine made in the Ely warehouse shop by Ben Wiley from plans borrowed from the Canadian-Ontario Forestry Branch. This machine is used to repair fire hose damaged by ... More

Photograph of Marine Fire Pump and Hose Unit

Photograph of Marine Fire Pump and Hose Unit

Original caption: Marine fire pump and hose unit, Supervisor's office cache at Cass Lake, Minn. Historic Photographs

Cotton stockings. Rita Hayworth in a pink and silver lame evening dress designed by the famed Hollywood designer Howard Greer. Her evening hose are of fine crepe lisle of the same spun sugar sheen as the dress

Cotton stockings. Rita Hayworth in a pink and silver lame evening dres...

Public domain photograph of model, woman, photo, fashion advertising, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cotton stockings. Paulette Goddard illustrates the new fashion trend of having her hose blend in color with her evening dress. The dress she wears is of gold bugle beads, designed by the famous Hollywood designer, Edith Head. Her stockings are gold-colored sheer crepe lisle

Cotton stockings. Paulette Goddard illustrates the new fashion trend o...

Public domain photograph of model, woman, photo, fashion advertising, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Connecting water hose at grass fire on Fourth of July. Vale, Oregon

Connecting water hose at grass fire on Fourth of July. Vale, Oregon

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

Your wartime duty! Don't waste water Do not use hose for washing your automobile. Do use water from a pail / / Kerkam.

Your wartime duty! Don't waste water Do not use hose for washing your ...

Poster for The New York City Department of Water Supply, Gas & Electricity for a campaign to conserve water, showing a man washing his car. F.H. La Guardia, Mayor - Department of Water Supply, Gas & Electricity... More

The air raid protective services. One of the things an auxiliary fireman must learn is that the hose must be free of kinks before the water is turned on. Proper laying of fire hose is a technique of itself, a technique in which the volunteers must be instructed

The air raid protective services. One of the things an auxiliary firem...

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

Cotton stockings. Ann Sheridan demonstrates the elasticity and sheerness of the new style of cotton hose

Cotton stockings. Ann Sheridan demonstrates the elasticity and sheerne...

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

Cotton stockings. Paulette Goddard illustrates the new fashion trend of having her hose blend in color with her evening dress. The dress she wears is gold bugle beads, designed by the famous Hollywood designed, Edith Head. Her stockings are gold-colored sheer crepe lisle

Cotton stockings. Paulette Goddard illustrates the new fashion trend o...

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

Civilian defense. There's not much that is omitted in the equipment of these special gas and electrical emergency trucks. On the floor in front of the trunk are, left to right, the following items: a fitter's kit for repairing small gas leaks; a rubberized blanket for electrical work; an atmosphere testing machine; an inhalator; a Phister fire extinguisher; an air blower ; a lux fire extinguisher kit; a splicer's kit containing insulated hand tools; a fuse kit; a manhole guard rail and a rubber mat for electrical work. The worker at the left is wearing a special mask with a half-hour suplly of oxygen for use where a fresh air hose is not practical. He is also wearing rubber gloves for repair work. The man standing in the center is holding a hand operated manhole pump. The truck and its equipment were on display at Madison Square Garden, New York, as part of the huge civilian defense show held there in October

Civilian defense. There's not much that is omitted in the equipment of...

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

Cotton stockings. Rita Hayworth in a pink and silver lame evening dress, designed by the famed Hollywood designer, Howard Greer. Her evening hose are of fine crepe lisle of the same spun sugar sheen as the dress

Cotton stockings. Rita Hayworth in a pink and silver lame evening dres...

Public domain photograph related to dance, ballet, musical performance, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The air raid protective services. One of the things an auxiliary fireman must learn is that the hose must be free of kinks before the water is turned on. Proper laying of fire hose is a technique of itself, a technique in which the volunteers must be instructed

The air raid protective services. One of the things an auxiliary firem...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

The air raid protective services. One of the special techniques these volunteer auxiliary firemen must master is that of controlling the water streaming from their firehoses. Certain conditions call for spray, others for steady streams of water. These volunteers are trained to know just how best to handle the hose nozzles

The air raid protective services. One of the special techniques these ...

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

Civilian protection. These auxiliary firemen will play an important part in our civilian defense in the event of air raids on American cities. Here they are going out on a practice "emergency call." The truck is a regular fire department hose wagon, painted battleship gray to reduce visibility and equipped with blackout headlights. The Maltese crosses on the men's armbands is the insignia of the auxiliary fire forces

Civilian protection. These auxiliary firemen will play an important pa...

Public domain photograph of an automobile, 1920s car, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The air raid protective services. One of the special technics these volunteer auxiliary firemen must master is that of controlling the water streaming from their firehoses. Certain conditions call for spray, others for steady streams of water. These volunteers are trained to know just how best to handle the hose nozzles

The air raid protective services. One of the special technics these vo...

Public domain photograph of United States in World War Two, home front, industrial military production, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cotton stockings. Cotton is coming to have a universal appeal. Shopping for cotton hose in a Hollywood store, Rita Hayworth finds that the shop-girl, too, is wearing hose much the same type she plans to buy. Miss Hayworth is inspecting a diamond pattern lisle stocking, personally selected for her by Hollywood's famed designer, Howard Greer, to accompany her afternoon emsemble

Cotton stockings. Cotton is coming to have a universal appeal. Shoppin...

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

Cotton stockings. Ann Sheridan wears a gabardine suit, skin tone hose with a clock design worked in at the ankle. This photograph demonstrates to some extent, the elasticity and sheerness of the new types of cotton stockings. The cotton hose now being made have more "give" and "twist" than the old type of cotton yarn

Cotton stockings. Ann Sheridan wears a gabardine suit, skin tone hose ...

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

Shipbuilding. "Liberty" ships. This is the bow of a new Liberty Fleet member, awaiting its hose or template at a large Eastern shipyard. Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards Inc., Baltimore, Maryland

Shipbuilding. "Liberty" ships. This is the bow of a new Liberty Fleet ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a construction site, industrial or commercial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Cotton stockings. Cotton is coming to have universal appeal. Shopping for cotton hose in a Hollywood store, Rita Hayworth finds that the shop girl, too, is wearing hose much the same type she plans to buy. Miss Hayworth is inspecting a diamond pattern lisle stocking personally selected for her by Hollywood's famed designer, Howard Greer, to accompany her afternoon emsemble

Cotton stockings. Cotton is coming to have universal appeal. Shopping ...

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

Cotton stockings. Cotton is coming to have universal appeal. Shopping for cotton hose in a Hollywood store, Rita Hayworth finds that the shop girl, too, is wearing hose much the same type she plans to buy. Miss Hayworth is inspecting a diamond pattern lisle stocking personally selected for her by Hollywood's famed designer, Howard Greer, to accompany her afternoon emsemble

Cotton stockings. Cotton is coming to have universal appeal. Shopping ...

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

Fill 'er up! Tugging at the large hose, known as the "inflation sleeve", this worker stands inside the "manhole" of a new barrage balloon to guide the sleeve into the opening through which it will pump air to test the giant rubber balloon for leaks. General Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio

Fill 'er up! Tugging at the large hose, known as the "inflation sleeve...

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Cotton stockings. Lana Turner inspecting the ankle-flattering bracelet design embroidered on dressy, fine point lisle cotton mesh hose

Cotton stockings. Lana Turner inspecting the ankle-flattering bracelet...

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Discarded stockings go to war. Discarded silk stockings have helped to set off the charge of this big 16 inch gun. Powder bags made from cloth woven from old silk hose, provided the ideal non-residue material required for propelling projectiles in heavy guns

Discarded stockings go to war. Discarded silk stockings have helped to...

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Washington, D.C. Salvage drive, Victory Program. Rubber hose and scrap paper stored in District wholesale junk company warehouse

Washington, D.C. Salvage drive, Victory Program. Rubber hose and scrap...

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Decatur, Alabama. Ingalls Shipbuilding Company. Worker carrying air hose

Decatur, Alabama. Ingalls Shipbuilding Company. Worker carrying air ho...

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On board a fishing vessel, out from Gloucester, Massachusetts. Fishermen on the deck, washing up with a hose

On board a fishing vessel, out from Gloucester, Massachusetts. Fisherm...

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On board a fishing vessel out from Gloucester, Massachusetts. Fishermen on the deck washing up with a hose

On board a fishing vessel out from Gloucester, Massachusetts. Fisherme...

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Salvage. Scrap rubber collection. Have you any old rubber lying around? Look at this picture closely and you will find many things that you too can contribute to the national scrap rubber pile. This accumulation in the yards of the Dowenthal Company in Akron, Ohio, contains old bicycle tires, hot water bottles, fruit jar rings, rubber heals and soles, floor mats, tire patches, hose connections, tubing, gaskets, fan belts, washers, in fact, everything but rubber checks

Salvage. Scrap rubber collection. Have you any old rubber lying around...

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Washington, D.C. Jar rings, torn bathing cap, doll's leg, boot, boy's rain hat, hose in rubber salvage display at "Call Carl" filling station on Georgia Avenue

Washington, D.C. Jar rings, torn bathing cap, doll's leg, boot, boy's ...

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Discarded stockingss go to war. Here's what comes from your old silk stockings. Silk thread to be used in making powder bags is produced from discarded hose which have been subjected to various processes. Here, the silk thread emerges from a breaker machine which spins the bleached material into this form

Discarded stockingss go to war. Here's what comes from your old silk s...

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Lititz, Pennsylvania. Volunteer fireman rolling up hose during a practice air raid drill

Lititz, Pennsylvania. Volunteer fireman rolling up hose during a pract...

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On board a fishing vessel out from Gloucester, Massachusetts. Fishermen on the deck with a hose

On board a fishing vessel out from Gloucester, Massachusetts. Fisherme...

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Detroit, Michigan. Little girl with hose

Detroit, Michigan. Little girl with hose

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Sheffield, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Kenneth Hall gives daughter Peggy a shower with garden hose in front of their TVA defense home

Sheffield, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Kenneth Hall gi...

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Photograph of Hose Attached to Pump

Photograph of Hose Attached to Pump

Original caption: Hose attached to pump and hose packer ready to start laying first segment. Pack contains 300 ft of hose. Historic Photographs

Office of Civilian Defense worker help protect nation's capital. Volunteer auxiliary firemen must learn to master the control of the water stream from their fire hoses. Certain conditions call for spray, others for a steady stream of water. These volunteers in Washington, D.C., are trained to know just how best to handle the hose nozzles

Office of Civilian Defense worker help protect nation's capital. Volun...

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Washington, D.C. Firehouse Station No. 4. A fireman repairing a break in the hose during a fire

Washington, D.C. Firehouse Station No. 4. A fireman repairing a break ...

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