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American delegates visit John Brown's shipyard in Scotland. Mr. Wilson addressing women employees

American delegates visit John Brown's shipyard in Scotland. Mr. Wilson...

British Photographs of World War I Public domain photograph - British army, military forces, during World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Women employees in a British carpenter shop at ---- France

Women employees in a British carpenter shop at ---- France

British Photographs of World War I Public domain photograph - British army, military forces, during World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Miss Mary Fechet, daughter of James E. Fechet, Chief of the Air Corps, half-length portrait, standing by airplane, facing left]

[Miss Mary Fechet, daughter of James E. Fechet, Chief of the Air Corps...

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

[Grace Abbott, Chief of the Children's Bureau of the Dept. of Labor, half-length portrait, seated, facing slightly right]

[Grace Abbott, Chief of the Children's Bureau of the Dept. of Labor, h...

National Photo Company Collection. Item in album: v. 3, p. 28, no. 15678.

Women employees eating in the company cafeteria. Pratt and Whitney Corporation. East Hartford, Connecticut

Women employees eating in the company cafeteria. Pratt and Whitney Cor...

Picryl description: Public domain image of food, dinner, grocery store, eating, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Women in defense. Women employees checking in for the second shift at the Schaeffer Tent and Awning Company, Denver, Colorado. These women are employed in the manufacture of eight-man pyramidial tents to house the expanding defense army in the field

Women in defense. Women employees checking in for the second shift at ...

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

Women employees eating in the company cafeteria. Pratt and Whitney Corporation. East Hartford, Connecticut

Women employees eating in the company cafeteria. Pratt and Whitney Cor...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Women in defense. Women employees checking in for the second shift at the Schaeffer Tent and Awning Company, Denver, Colorado. These women are employed in the manufacture of eight-man pyramidial tents to house the expanding defense army in the field

Women in defense. Women employees checking in for the second shift at ...

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War... More

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Mrs. Lewis, women's counselor at the Inglewood, California, plant of North American Aviation, discusses a problem with an employee. Women employees are free to consult Mrs. Lewis anytime. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 ("Billy Mitchell") bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, and the P-51 ("Mustang") fighter plane, which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Mrs. Lewis, women's counsel...

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

Women in industry. Tool production. Arms for the love of America! The capable young woman whose strong hands guide this cutoff machine is one of a Midwest drill and tool factory's many women employees. Almost 1,000 women have recently been employed in this comparatively new plant; sole men workers, other than foreman, are those in the heat treating department. Republic Drill and Tool Company, Chicago, Illinois

Women in industry. Tool production. Arms for the love of America! The...

Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Production. B-17F heavy bombers. A foreman at the Long Beach, California, plant of Douglas Aircraft Company, instructs two new women employees in the technique of sheet metal assembly work. Better known as the "Flying Fortress," the B-17F is a later model of the B-17, which distinguished itself in action in the South Pacific, over Germany and elsewhere. It is a long range, high altitude, heavy bomber, with a crew of seven to nine men with armament sufficient to defend itself on daylight missions

Production. B-17F heavy bombers. A foreman at the Long Beach, Californ...

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

This huge hydropress is operated day and night by women employees. Thousands of sheet metal parts are formed daily on this press. Worked from four sides using same die. Beds with metal to be shaped is rolled into place under hydraulic press. 3000 tons total pressure

This huge hydropress is operated day and night by women employees. Tho...

Title and other information from caption sheet entry. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is a... More

A woman working on a machine in a factory. Office of War Information Photograph

A woman working on a machine in a factory. Office of War Information P...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa... More

In the electrical assembly department, women employees assemble switch boxes for North American B-25 bombers

In the electrical assembly department, women employees assemble switch...

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

Production. B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bombers. One of North American Aviation's many women employees at Inglewood, California, assembles the rudder of a B-25 bomber on the horizontal stabilizer. In addition to the battle-tested B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, this plant produces the P-51 "Mustang" fighter plane which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

Production. B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bombers. One of North American Aviat...

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

One of North American Aviation's many women employees assembles a B-25 tank structure

One of North American Aviation's many women employees assembles a B-25...

Title and other information from caption sheet entry. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is a... More

Transformer manufacture. Preparation of insulating board used between copper coils on distribution transformers is done by women employees of a large Eastern electrical company. These young women are extremely valuable to Uncle Sam, because the product they are making is used in almost every phase of the armament program. Westinghouse, Sharon, Pennsylvania

Transformer manufacture. Preparation of insulating board used between ...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa... More

Conversion. Automobile industry. These women employees of an automobile factory are completing a wiring order for the U.S. government, using stock on hand, just prior to the company's conversion to war production. The Plymouth Company, Chrylser Corporation, Detroit, Michigan

Conversion. Automobile industry. These women employees of an automobil...

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

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Mrs. Lewis, women's counselor at the Inglewood, California, plant of North American Aviation, discusses a problem with an employee. Women employees are free to consult Mrs. Lewis anytime. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 ("Billy Mitchell") bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, and the P-51 ("Mustang") fighter plane, which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Mrs. Lewis, women's counsel...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, politician, office meeting, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Women in industry. Tool production. Arms for the love of America! The capable young woman whose strong hands guide this cutoff machine is one of a Midwest drill and tool factory's many women employees. Almost 1,000 women have recently been employed in this comparatively new plant; sole men workers, other than foreman, are those in the heat treating department. Republic Drill and Tool Company, Chicago, Illinois

Women in industry. Tool production. Arms for the love of America! The ...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

A group of men standing around a man laying in a hospital bed. Office of War Information Photograph

A group of men standing around a man laying in a hospital bed. Office ...

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

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Men and women employees on the "swing shift" of North American's Inglewood, California, aircraft plant, enjoy their lunch periods. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 ("Billy Mitchell) bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, and the P-51 ("Mustang") fighter plane, which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Men and women employees on...

Picryl description: Public domain image of the British Empire armed forces, 19th-20th century war and military conflict, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Transformer manufacture. Preparation of insulating board used between copper coils on distribution transformers is done by women employees of a large Eastern electrical company. These young women are extremely valuable to Uncle Sam, because the product they are making is used in almost every phase of the armament program. Westinghouse, Sharon, Pennsylvania

Transformer manufacture. Preparation of insulating board used between ...

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

Transformer manufacture. Preparation of insulating board used between copper coils on distribution transformers is done by women employees of a large Eastern electrical company. These young women are extremely valuable to Uncle Sam, because the product they are making is used in almost every phase of the armament program. Westinghouse, Sharon, Pennsylvania

Transformer manufacture. Preparation of insulating board used between ...

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

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. A group of North American's women employees at Inglewood, California, discuss a coming sports event with Bonnie Edlund, women's activities director. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 ("Billy Mitchell") bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, and the P-51 ("Mustang") fighter plane, which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. A group of North American's...

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

Production. Blood transfusion bottles. Transfusion bottles containing intravenous solution, are given final inspection by Grace Kruger, one of many women employees at Baxter Laboratories Inc., Glenview, Illinois. When her brother left Baxter's to join the Merchant Marine, Miss Kruger, a former life insurance clerk took his place

Production. Blood transfusion bottles. Transfusion bottles containing ...

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

One of North American Aviation's many women employees assembles a B-25 tank structure

One of North American Aviation's many women employees assembles a B-25...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. The fabric department at Inglewood, California, plant of North American Aviation is the only department that had women employees before the war. Here, women sew the covering and control surface parts for bomber and fighter planes. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 ("Billy Mitchell") bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, and the P-51 ("Mustang") fighter plane, which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. The fabric department at In...

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

In the carpenter shop at North American, women employees assemble wood parts for B-25's and P-51 combat ships

In the carpenter shop at North American, women employees assemble wood...

Public domain photograph of a shop, shopping, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

In the electrical assembly department, women employees assemble switch boxes for North American B-25 bombers

In the electrical assembly department, women employees assemble switch...

Title and other information from caption sheet entry. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is a... More

This huge hydropress is operated day and night by women employees. Thousands of sheet metal parts are formed daily on this press. Worked from four sides using same die. Beds with metal to be shaped is rolled into place under hydraulic press. 3000 tons total pressure

This huge hydropress is operated day and night by women employees. Tho...

Public domain photograph of factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Transformer manufacture. Preparation of insulating board used between copper coils on distribution transformers is done by women employees of a large Eastern electrical company. These young women are extremely valuable to Uncle Sam, because the product they are making is used in almost every phase of the armament program. Westinghouse, Sharon, Pennsylvania

Transformer manufacture. Preparation of insulating board used between ...

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

One of North American's women employees operates a pneumatic numbering machine in the sheet metal department. All items are given index numbers

One of North American's women employees operates a pneumatic numbering...

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

Women in war. Supercharger plant workers. The female war worker enters a new field. Women employees in a large Midwest supercharger plant handle the crating of superchargers with speed and skill. Allis Chalmers Manufacture Company

Women in war. Supercharger plant workers. The female war worker enters...

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.

Conversion. Safety razor plant. From razor blades to V-blocks in few weeks! That's the story of Estelle Wilson, one of a New England razor company's many women employees who are now operating machines recently converted to production of war essentials. Gillette

Conversion. Safety razor plant. From razor blades to V-blocks in few w...

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.

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. The fabric department at Inglewood, California, plant of North American Aviation is the only department that had women employees before the war. Here, women sew the covering and control surface parts for bomber and fighter planes. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 ("Billy Mitchell") bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, and the P-51 ("Mustang") fighter plane, which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. The fabric department at In...

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

Bell Aircraft Corporation, Niagara Falls, New York. Women employees in the locker room waiting for their shift to begin

Bell Aircraft Corporation, Niagara Falls, New York. Women employees in...

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

Buffalo, New York. Women employees eating lunches brought from home at Ross Heater, makers of condensers for the Navy. There are no eating facilities in the plant, and since there is only a thirty-minute period, most workers bring lunches

Buffalo, New York. Women employees eating lunches brought from home at...

Annotation on original negative jacket. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information ... More

Buffalo, New York. Women employees eating lunches brought from home at Ross Heater, makers of condensers for the Navy. There are no eating facilities in the plant, and since there is only a thirty-minute period, most workers bring lunches

Buffalo, New York. Women employees eating lunches brought from home at...

Picryl description: Public domain image of food, dinner, grocery store, eating, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A woman working on a machine in a factory. Office of War Information Photograph

A woman working on a machine in a factory. Office of War Information P...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. One of the women employees in the machine shop of the Greyhound garage working on a cylinder grinding machine

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. One of the women employees in the machine sh...

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.

Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Electrical sub-assembly. This trio of women employees at the Nashville Division of Vultee Aircraft Inc. is working on electrical sub-assemblies for Vultee "Vengeance" dive bombers. The "Vengeance" (A-31) was originally designed for the French. It was later adopted by the RAF (Royal Air Force) and still later by the U.S. Army Air Forces. It is a single-engine, low-wing plane, carrying a crew of two men and having six machine guns of varying calibers

Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Electrical sub-assembly. ...

Public domain photograph of factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Buffalo, New York. Symington-Gould, makers of tank, ship, and railroad parts. Women sweepers in front of ladle into which metal from open-hearth furnace is poured, and which is then transported by crane to molds. Most new women employees are given clear-up jobs to start with in order to accustom them to factory life

Buffalo, New York. Symington-Gould, makers of tank, ship, and railroad...

Annotation on original negative jacket. This image in a jacket marked "Killed" Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washi... More

Buffalo, New York. Symington-Gould, makers of tank, ship, and railroad parts. Women sweepers in front of ladle into which metal from open-hearth furnace is poured, and which is then transported by crane to molds. Most new women employees are given clear-up jobs to start with in order to accustom them to factory life

Buffalo, New York. Symington-Gould, makers of tank, ship, and railroad...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, workshop, workers, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Bell Aircraft Corporation, Niagara Falls, New York. Women employees rushing for their coats in the women's locker room at 4 p.m. They hurry in order not to have to stand on the buses

Bell Aircraft Corporation, Niagara Falls, New York. Women employees ru...

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

Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Layout for control rods. One of the women employees at the Nashville Division of Vultee Aircraft Inc. is pictured inside a tail cone which will be incorporated in a Vultee "Vengeance" dive bomber. She is checking the layout for control rods. The "Vengeance" (A-31) was originally designed for the French. It was later adopted by the RAF (Royal Air Force) and still later by the U.S. Army Air Forces. It is a single-engine, low-wing plane, carrying a crew of two men and having six machine guns of varying calibers

Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Layout for control rods. ...

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

Buffalo, New York. Women employees eating lunches brought from home at Ross Heater, makers of condensers for the Navy. There are no eating facilities in the plant, and since there is only a thirty-minute period, most workers bring lunches

Buffalo, New York. Women employees eating lunches brought from home at...

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

Bell Aircraft Corporation, Niagara Falls, New York. Women employees rushing for their coats in the women's locker room at 4 p.m. They hurry in order not to have to stand on the buses

Bell Aircraft Corporation, Niagara Falls, New York. Women employees ru...

Annotation on original negative jacket. This image in a jacket marked "Killed" Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washi... More

Buffalo, New York. Women employees eating lunches brought from home at Ross Heater, makers of condensers for the Navy. There are no eating facilities in the plant, and since there is only a thirty-minute period, most workers bring lunches

Buffalo, New York. Women employees eating lunches brought from home at...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Bell Aircraft Corporation, Niagara Falls, New York. Women employees in the locker room waiting for their shift to begin

Bell Aircraft Corporation, Niagara Falls, New York. Women employees in...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. One of the women employees in the machine shop of the Greyhound garage working on a cylinder grinding machine

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. One of the women employees in the machine sh...

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.

A man and a woman working in a factory. Office of War Information Photograph

A man and a woman working in a factory. Office of War Information Phot...

Annotation on original negative jacket and on contact print attached to jacket. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Wash... More

I want a coon to match my own complexion

I want a coon to match my own complexion

General View Sewing Room -- Large Shoe Factory, Syracuse, N.Y.

General View Sewing Room -- Large Shoe Factory, Syracuse, N.Y.

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.

Spooning Yarn, Dallas Cotton Mills, Dallas, Texas, U.S.A..

Spooning Yarn, Dallas Cotton Mills, Dallas, Texas, U.S.A..

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, workshop, workers, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

I want a coon to match my own complexion

I want a coon to match my own complexion

General View Sewing Room -- Large Shoe Factory, Syracuse, N.Y.

General View Sewing Room -- Large Shoe Factory, Syracuse, N.Y.

New York State stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker w... More

Spooning Yarn, Dallas Cotton Mills, Dallas, Texas, U.S.A..

Spooning Yarn, Dallas Cotton Mills, Dallas, Texas, U.S.A..

Picryl description: Public domain image from Robert Dennis collection of stereoscopic prints, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

I want a coon to match my own complexion

I want a coon to match my own complexion

I want a coon to match my own complexion

I want a coon to match my own complexion

I want a coon to match my own complexion

I want a coon to match my own complexion

I want a coon to match my own complexion

I want a coon to match my own complexion

I want a coon to match my own complexion

I want a coon to match my own complexion

I want a coon to match my own complexion

I want a coon to match my own complexion

Enclosure with pools of water, women with baskets of tea.

Enclosure with pools of water, women with baskets of tea.

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I want a coon to match my own complexion

I want a coon to match my own complexion

General View Sewing Room -- Large Shoe Factory, Syracuse, N.Y.

General View Sewing Room -- Large Shoe Factory, Syracuse, N.Y.

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.

Spooning Yarn, Dallas Cotton Mills, Dallas, Texas, U.S.A..

Spooning Yarn, Dallas Cotton Mills, Dallas, Texas, U.S.A..

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, workshop, workers, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

I want a coon to match my own complexion

I want a coon to match my own complexion

General View Sewing Room -- Large Shoe Factory, Syracuse, N.Y.

General View Sewing Room -- Large Shoe Factory, Syracuse, N.Y.

New York State stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker w... More

Spooning Yarn, Dallas Cotton Mills, Dallas, Texas, U.S.A..

Spooning Yarn, Dallas Cotton Mills, Dallas, Texas, U.S.A..

Picryl description: Public domain image from Robert Dennis collection of stereoscopic prints, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

I want a coon to match my own complexion

I want a coon to match my own complexion

I want a coon to match my own complexion

I want a coon to match my own complexion

I want a coon to match my own complexion

I want a coon to match my own complexion

I want a coon to match my own complexion

I want a coon to match my own complexion

I want a coon to match my own complexion

I want a coon to match my own complexion

I want a coon to match my own complexion

I want a coon to match my own complexion