Planet Earth

art deco, library of congress

1,061 media by topicpage 1 of 11
Woman working on an airplane motor at North American Aviation, Inc., plant in Calif.

Woman working on an airplane motor at North American Aviation, Inc., p...

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

C. & N.W. R.R., Mrs. Dorothy Lucke, employed as a wiper at the roundhouse, Clinton, Iowa

C. & N.W. R.R., Mrs. Dorothy Lucke, employed as a wiper at the roundho...

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

Sculpture "Temperance" located at second floor elevator, no. 9, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.

Sculpture "Temperance" located at second floor elevator, no. 9, Depart...

Artist: Carl Paul Jennewein, 1935. Aluminum, dimensions: 36" x 19" x 16". Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the... More

Sculpture "Justice" located at second floor elevator, no. 9, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.

Sculpture "Justice" located at second floor elevator, no. 9, Departmen...

Artist: Carl Paul Jennewein, 1935. Aluminum, dimensions: 36" x 19" x 16". Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the... More

Courtroom, Federal Building, Anchorage, Alaska

Courtroom, Federal Building, Anchorage, Alaska

Architect: Louis A. Simon and Gilbert. Stanley Underwood. Built in 1939. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date, and subject note provided by the photographer... More

One of 16 tempura-on canvas murals from Thomas Hart Benton's mural "A Social History of the State of Indiana" that Benton painted for the 1933 Chicago World's Fair

One of 16 tempura-on canvas murals from Thomas Hart Benton's mural "A ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. This piece of the Benton work is one of four Great Depression-era murals mounted in the historic Indiana University Auditorium, built ... More

Louis Rhead - Try vio-violet a new Lundborg perfume

Louis Rhead - Try vio-violet a new Lundborg perfume

Forms part of the Artist poster filing series (Library of Congress) Promotional goal: U.S. C83. 189- Purchase; 1985; (DLC//PP/1985:224).

The Quartier Latin. A magazine devoted to the arts / Louis Rhead.

The Quartier Latin. A magazine devoted to the arts / Louis Rhead.

Poster with art nouveau aspects showing a seated woman holding a palette and paint brushes. Promotional goal: Fr .D41 189-. Publication Artistique de La Plume.

The modern poster. no. 32 - Art nouveau public domain poster

The modern poster. no. 32 - Art nouveau public domain poster

J & ER Pennell collection. Forms part of the Artist poster filing series (Library of Congress) Promotional goal: U.S. K91. 1895

Contents, October 6, 1895: Newest Miss Conseulo Vanderbilt and the Duke of Marlborough - illustrated

Contents, October 6, 1895: Newest Miss Conseulo Vanderbilt and the Duk...

Forms part of the Artist poster filing series (Library of Congress) Promotional goal: U.S. D41. 1895 Gift; J.H. Corning estate.

Le Frou Frou 20', journal humoristique / L Capiello.

Le Frou Frou 20', journal humoristique / L Capiello.

Poster showing a can-can dancer holding a copy of "Le Frou Frou" while she dances.

Auto accident - Automobiles of 1940s

Auto accident - Automobiles of 1940s

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Color print by George Barbier of Vaslav Nijinsky and Ida Rubinstein in Schéhérazade, 1913

Color print by George Barbier of Vaslav Nijinsky and Ida Rubinstein in...

Public domain reproduction of art deco poster, cover, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Caricature, Snow-buntings / Will Hammell., public domain cartoon image

Caricature, Snow-buntings / Will Hammell., public domain cartoon image

Illustration shows a beautiful young woman standing on a small hill with wind and blowing snow, and a cluster of snow buntings; she is wearing a bright red fur-lined coat and hat. Illus. in: Puck, v. 75, no. 1... More

The lure of the green eyes / painted by W.H. Barribal.

The lure of the green eyes / painted by W.H. Barribal.

Illustration shows a half-length portrait, facing front, of a beautiful woman with green eyes. Illus. in: Puck, v. 75, no. 1937 (1914 April 18), cover. Copyright 1914 by Puck Publishing Corporation.

Kaiser- und Volksdank für Heer und Flotte / F.H. Ehmcke.

Kaiser- und Volksdank für Heer und Flotte / F.H. Ehmcke.

Poster shows a kneeling knight with a sword in one hand and a dove of peace in the other. Text declares the Kaiser's and people's gratitude to the Army and Navy.

Marine-schauspiel 1918 ... vollständig neues Programm ... / Franz Griessler, Wien.

Marine-schauspiel 1918 ... vollständig neues Programm ... / Franz Grie...

Poster shows head of an Austrian sailor(?). Text announces a Naval play(?), stating that it is a completely new program. Details of performance are given. Forms part of: Rehse-Archiv für Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik.

Poster - 1918 Opfertag / Walter Ditz. - Public domain lithograph

Poster - 1918 Opfertag / Walter Ditz. - Public domain lithograph

Poster shows an altar (?) decorated with a cross in the form of a dagger; flames ascend from the altar dividing the date 1918. Text is a quotation emploring the holy flame to never extinguish and forever burn b... More

Marine-schauspiel in der Kriegsausstellung ... / Griessler.

Marine-schauspiel in der Kriegsausstellung ... / Griessler.

Poster shows head of a sailor against a blue background which takes the shape of a ship at the top. Text announces a Navy play(?). Details are given. Forms part of: Rehse-Archiv für Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik.

Poster - Zeichne! / Louis Oppenheim. - Public domain lithograph

Poster - Zeichne! / Louis Oppenheim. - Public domain lithograph

Poster shows a hand holding a pen and signing a war bond certificate.

Wahr dich, Wehr dich, Wach auf. Melde dich zur Bayr. Reichswehr / Ludwig Hohlwein, München.

Wahr dich, Wehr dich, Wach auf. Melde dich zur Bayr. Reichswehr / Ludw...

Poster shows a German soldier holding a rifle. Text: Defend yourself, protect yourself, wake up. Enlist in the Bavarian Reichswehr. Forms part of: Rehse-Archiv für Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik.

See him through--Help us to help the boys / Burton Rice ; American Lithographic Co., N.Y.

See him through--Help us to help the boys / Burton Rice ; American Lit...

Poster showing a man in Knights of Columbus uniform gesturing toward soldiers in battle. United War Work Campaign - Week of November 11 - 1918. National Catholic War Council, Knights of Columbus.

Poster - 8. Kriegsanleihe / W. Kühn. - Public domain lithograph

Poster - 8. Kriegsanleihe / W. Kühn. - Public domain lithograph

Poster shows soldiers, some holding laurel wreaths, celebrating beneath two large columns decorated with laurel and having eternal flames(?) on top. Text: 8th War Loan. Forms part of: Rehse-Archiv für Zeitgesch... More

Schütz eure Heimat! Tretet bei dem Freikorps Hülsen / Gipkens.

Schütz eure Heimat! Tretet bei dem Freikorps Hülsen / Gipkens.

Poster shows stylized profile of German soldier. Text: Protect your homeland! Enlist in the Freikorps Hülsen.

Poster - 1918 Opfertag / Walter Ditz. - Public domain lithograph

Poster - 1918 Opfertag / Walter Ditz. - Public domain lithograph

Poster shows an altar or monument decorated with a cross in the form of a dagger; flames ascend from the altar dividing the date 1918. Text is a quotation imploring the holy flame to never extinguish and foreve... More

Poster - Venezia Travel Poster - Public domain lithograph

Poster - Venezia Travel Poster - Public domain lithograph

Poster showing the decorative prows of gondolas on a canal in Venice. Ente Nazionale per le Industrie Turistiche.

[Steel workers] / W.R. - Public domain portrait drawing

[Steel workers] / W.R. - Public domain portrait drawing

Drawing shows two scenes: steel workers on a beam (above) and walking with lunch buckets (below).

After all - there is nothing like a good book! Book week November 8th to 14th

After all - there is nothing like a good book! Book week November 8th ...

Forms part of the Artist poster filing series (Library of Congress) Promotional goal: U.S. G68.192-

Murals in Avalon theater located at the Catalina Casino, built on the site formerly known as Sugarloaf Point on Catalina Island off the coast of California

Murals in Avalon theater located at the Catalina Casino, built on the ...

The rebuilt Catalina Casino opened in 1929 under the direction of William Wrigley, Jr. and David M. Renton. Designed by Sumner A. Spaulding and Walter Weber, it is described as being Art Deco and Mediterranean ... More

Murals and details in Avalon theater located at the Catalina Casino, built on the site formerly known as Sugarloaf Point on Catalina Island off the coast of California

Murals and details in Avalon theater located at the Catalina Casino, b...

The rebuilt Catalina Casino opened in 1929 under the direction of William Wrigley, Jr. and David M. Renton. Designed by Sumner A. Spaulding and Walter Weber, it is described as being Art Deco and Mediterranean ... More

Details of Avalon theater located at the Catalina Casino, built on the site formerly known as Sugarloaf Point on Catalina Island off the coast of California

Details of Avalon theater located at the Catalina Casino, built on the...

The rebuilt Catalina Casino opened in 1929 under the direction of William Wrigley, Jr. and David M. Renton. Designed by Sumner A. Spaulding and Walter Weber, it is described as being Art Deco and Mediterranean ... More

Skyscraper office building - Public domain architectural drawing

Skyscraper office building - Public domain architectural drawing

Architectural drawing shows building as perspective projection rendering. Drawing made when Adams was a student at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Purchase; GL & Abigail Adams Greenway; 2016; (DLC/PP-20... More

Books for everyone, Art Deco Poster

Books for everyone, Art Deco Poster

Robert E. Lee, artist. Forms part of the Artist poster filing series (Library of Congress) Promotion goal: U.S. G6. 1929

Chrysler Building, New York, N.Y.

Chrysler Building, New York, N.Y.

Title from jacket. No Detroit Publishing Co. no. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Public domain image of New york city cityscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Public domain image of New york city cityscape, free to use, no copyri...

Public domain photograph of early 20th-century New York metropolis cityscape, buildings, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

World's greatest flyer... 5 cent Cigar

World's greatest flyer... 5 cent Cigar

Poster shows "Spirit of St. Louis" flying over globe. Date of publication supplied by Library staff. Forms part of the Artist poster filing series (Library of Congress) Promotional goal: U.S. C82. 193- Exchang... More

Interior grill detail, James T. Foley U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Albany, New York

Interior grill detail, James T. Foley U.S. Post Office and Courthouse,...

Built in 1931-1932. Art Deco style. Five-story building with 8' high sculptured marble frieze continuously wraps around the primary elevations. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Adm... More

Empire State Bld.. Cityscape photograph

Empire State Bld.. Cityscape photograph

JO 8932 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Eddowes, New York. Public domain photograph of New York skyscraper building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain photogr... More

Empire State Building--"F" - Art nouveau public domain image - Art Deco public domain image

Empire State Building--"F" - Art nouveau public domain image - Art Dec...

J9058 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Eddowes, New york. Public domain photograph of New York skyscraper building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain photograp... More

Das Volk wählt Liste 1 Nationalsozialisten Reichstagswahl 6.11.32 / WEM.

Das Volk wählt Liste 1 Nationalsozialisten Reichstagswahl 6.11.32 / WE...

Poster announcing political campaign for the Nazi party in Germany, showing a large number 1 (indicating first on the list) rising out of a huge swastika with throngs of people streaming toward the openings in ... More

Wir schaffen das neue Deutschland! Denkt an die Opfer-wählt Nationalsozialisten Liste 1 / Witte.

Wir schaffen das neue Deutschland! Denkt an die Opfer-wählt Nationalso...

Propaganda poster announcing political campaign for the Nazi party in Germany, showing two soldiers, one with a bandage around his head. The poster states that the National Socialists are creating a new Germany... More

Studenten seid Propagandisten des Führers Hoch-u. Fachschulen bekennen sich am 29. März zur Deutschen Freiheitsbewegung / / Ludwig Hohlwein, München.

Studenten seid Propagandisten des Führers Hoch-u. Fachschulen bekennen...

Poster shows a man with left arm raised calling out to students to become propagandists for the Führer; a large swastika in the lower left corner mirrors that on his lapel. The man also asks that universities a... More

Main lobby detail, David W. Dyer Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Miami, Florida

Main lobby detail, David W. Dyer Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse,...

Architect: Phineas E. Paist and Harold D. Steward. Mediterranean Renaissance Revival style. Built between 1931-1933. Primary material: Key Largo Coquina limestone. Photographed as part of an assignment for the ... More

The Dark Room, 5370 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

The Dark Room, 5370 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Count...

Significance: The facade of this camera shop is a piece of architectural sculpture which functions as a three-dimensional advertisement for the services and products it houses. Buildings of this type were built... More

Mural by Carlo Ciampaglia at Fair Park in Dallas, Texas, site of the 1936 Texas Centennial Exposition

Mural by Carlo Ciampaglia at Fair Park in Dallas, Texas, site of the 1...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Ph... More

Oil painting "Morgan's Raiders" at the Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Gainesville, Georgia

Oil painting "Morgan's Raiders" at the Federal Building and U.S. Court...

Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Artist: Daniel Boza, 1936. Dimensions: 6' 10" x 9' 2". Date... More

Safety comes first, Art Deco Poster

Safety comes first, Art Deco Poster

Poster promoting safety in the workplace, showing a wheel with spokes and a locomotive. Date stamped on verso: Mar 27 1937. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of the W... More

WPA Federal Music Project of New York City presents free band concerts [at the] Brooklyn Museum

WPA Federal Music Project of New York City presents free band concerts...

Poster for New York City Federal Music Project presentation of free band concerts at the Brooklyn Museum, showing a man conducting. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters ... More

Sculpture "Air mail pilot," by Oronzio Maldarelli at the Ariel Rios Federal Building, Washington, D.C.

Sculpture "Air mail pilot," by Oronzio Maldarelli at the Ariel Rios Fe...

Date: 1936; dimensions: 4' 3" x 1' 8" x 1'; material: aluminum. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photograp... More

The enemy is syphilis Enlist employees in a campaign against it.

The enemy is syphilis Enlist employees in a campaign against it.

Poster showing man wearing gas mask and men marching. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Date stamped on verso: Mar 27 1940. Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angel... More

Courtroom eagle at U.S. Court House, Austin, Texas

Courtroom eagle at U.S. Court House, Austin, Texas

Neoclassical/Art Deco design completed in 1936 by architect Charles H. Page. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by ... More

Fire wrecks a forest, Art Deco Poster

Fire wrecks a forest, Art Deco Poster

Poster for forest fire prevention showing a burning cigarette and a forest fire. Date stamped on verso: Jan 13 1939. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of the WPA / Ch... More

Fresco painting above room 5138 entrance, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.

Fresco painting above room 5138 entrance, Department of Justice, Washi...

Artist: Henry Varnum Poor, 1936. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs i... More

Ceiling zero 3 act play by Frank Wead : sponsored by the Junior Chamber of Commerce for the East St. Louis community art center fund / / D.S.

Ceiling zero 3 act play by Frank Wead : sponsored by the Junior Chambe...

Poster for presentation of "Ceiling Zero" at the high school auditorium, showing two planes flying in close formation. Date stamped on verso: Jun 22 1939. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library... More

Port of Philadelphia, Art Deco Poster

Port of Philadelphia, Art Deco Poster

Poster promoting Philadelphia, showing railroad freight cars at the Port of Philadelphia. Date stamped on verso: Nov 6 1936. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Blocks by Domen... More

Part of a carefully restored mural, one of dozens at Fair Park, site of the 1936 Texas Centennial celebration and the Pan-American Exposition in 1937 in Dallas, Texas

Part of a carefully restored mural, one of dozens at Fair Park, site o...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a mural painting, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Depression-era mural on the facade of a building at Fair Park in Dallas, Texas

Depression-era mural on the facade of a building at Fair Park in Dalla...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. This was the site of the Texas Centennial of 1936, when artists and artisans from around Texas, the nation, and the world created rema... More

Fresco painting above room 5137 entrance, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.

Fresco painting above room 5137 entrance, Department of Justice, Washi...

Artist: Henry Varnum Poor, 1936. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs i... More

Protect your hands! You work with them.

Protect your hands! You work with them.

Poster promoting safety in the workplace, showing hands grasping a rod. Date stamped on verso: Oct 31 1936. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of the WPA / Christopher... More

13 Grosse deutsche Rundfunkausstellung und Volkssender, Berlin 1936 / Riemer.

13 Grosse deutsche Rundfunkausstellung und Volkssender, Berlin 1936 / ...

Poster announcing large German exhibition, 28 August-6 September 1936, in Berlin of wireless radio broadcasting showing a stylized head of an eagle with beak open emitting circles like broadcast radio waves.

Port of Philadelphia, Art Deco Poster

Port of Philadelphia, Art Deco Poster

Poster promoting Philadelphia, showing ships at dock. Date stamped on verso: Mar 27 1937. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Blocks by Domenic Rotoli.

Mural "Sorting the Mail," by Reginald Marsh at the Ariel Rios Federal Building, Washington, D.C.

Mural "Sorting the Mail," by Reginald Marsh at the Ariel Rios Federal ...

Date: 1936; dimensions: 6' 7" x 12' 6". Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photog... More

Close up of oil painting "Contemporary Justice and Woman," first floor lobby, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.

Close up of oil painting "Contemporary Justice and Woman," first floor...

Artist: Emil Bisttram, 1937. Dimensions: 11' 10" x 7' 4". Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. C... More

A man standing next to a car with a rifle, Deer hunter. Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania

A man standing next to a car with a rifle, Deer hunter. Huntingdon Cou...

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

Oil painting "Contemporary Justice and Woman," first floor lobby, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C

Oil painting "Contemporary Justice and Woman," first floor lobby, Depa...

Artist: Emil Bisttram, 1937. Dimensions: 11' 10" x 7' 4". Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. C... More

Close up of "Contemporary Justice and Woman," first floor lobby, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.

Close up of "Contemporary Justice and Woman," first floor lobby, Depar...

Artist: Emil Bisttram, 1937. Dimensions: 11' 10" x 7' 4". Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. C... More

Murals "Louisville Murals - Coal Mining," by Frank Weathers Long at the Gene Snyder U.S. Courthouse & Custom House, Louisville, Kentucky

Murals "Louisville Murals - Coal Mining," by Frank Weathers Long at th...

Date: 1937; dimensions: 3' 4" x 23' 5". Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photog... More

Part of a carefully restored mural, one of dozens at Fair Park, site of the 1936 Texas Centennial celebration and the Pan-American Exposition in 1937 in Dallas, Texas

Part of a carefully restored mural, one of dozens at Fair Park, site o...

Public domain reproduction of art deco poster, cover, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Part of a carefully restored mural, one of dozens at Fair Park, site of the 1936 Texas Centennial celebration and the Pan-American Exposition in 1937 in Dallas, Texas

Part of a carefully restored mural, one of dozens at Fair Park, site o...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a mural painting, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mural "Consolidation of the West," by Ward Lockwood at the Ariel Rios Federal Building, Washington, D.C.

Mural "Consolidation of the West," by Ward Lockwood at the Ariel Rios ...

Date: 1937; dimensions: 6' x 13' 6". Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photograp... More

Close up of oil painting "Contemporary Justice and Woman," first floor lobby, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.

Close up of oil painting "Contemporary Justice and Woman," first floor...

Artist: Emil Bisttram, 1937. Dimensions: 11' 10" x 7' 4". Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. C... More

Painting "Contemporary Justice and Man," second floor stairway, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.

Painting "Contemporary Justice and Man," second floor stairway, Depart...

Artist: John Ballator, 1937. Tempera, dimensions: 11' 10" x 7' 4". Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photog... More

Oil painting "Second Battle of Trenton" located in east lobby of Clarkson S. Fisher Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Trenton, New Jersey

Oil painting "Second Battle of Trenton" located in east lobby of Clark...

Artist: Charles Ward, 1937. Dimensions: 5' 9" x 19' 3". Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Cre... More

Oil painting "An Arrest" located on fifth floor, elevator no. 10, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.

Oil painting "An Arrest" located on fifth floor, elevator no. 10, Depa...

Artist: Louis Bouche, 1937. Dimensions: 11' x 2' 8" approx. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer.... More

Murals "Louisville Murals - Fox Hunting," by Frank Weathers Long at the Gene Snyder U.S. Courthouse & Custom House, Louisville, Kentucky

Murals "Louisville Murals - Fox Hunting," by Frank Weathers Long at th...

Date: 1937; dimensions: 3' 4" x 10' 4". Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photog... More

Close up of oil painting "Contemporary Justice and Woman," first floor lobby, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.

Close up of oil painting "Contemporary Justice and Woman," first floor...

Artist: Emil Bisttram, 1937. Dimensions: 11' 10" x 7' 4". Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. C... More

Oil painting "Exports: Port of Philadelphia" located on east wall of lobby, U.S. Custom House, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Oil painting "Exports: Port of Philadelphia" located on east wall of l...

Artist: George Harding, 1938. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in t... More

Please keep the park clean - Art Deco public domain image

Please keep the park clean - Art Deco public domain image

Poster encouraging conservation of a natural resource area, showing a boy holding a butterfly net, sitting against a tree. Date stamped on verso: Oct 18 1938. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Lib... More

A black and white photo of a car parked in front of a building, Political signs. Vincennes, Indiana

A black and white photo of a car parked in front of a building, Politi...

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

Car advertising candidates for office, central Ohio

Car advertising candidates for office, central Ohio

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

Oil painting "Commerce of the East" located at center of Lobby, U.S. Custom House, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Oil painting "Commerce of the East" located at center of Lobby, U.S. C...

Artist: George Harding, 1938. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in t... More

Automobiles. Studebaker car, 1938 model II

Automobiles. Studebaker car, 1938 model II

Picryl description: Public domain image of an automobile, 1940s car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Poster exhibition, 4300 Euclid, second floor

Poster exhibition, 4300 Euclid, second floor

Poster for Federal Art Project exhibition of posters at the Cleveland Art Center, 4300 Euclid Ave., showing an eye with an arrow through it. Date stamped on verso: Apr 9 1938. Work Projects Administration Poste... More

Oil painting "Foreign Imports to Philadelphia" located on north wall, west side of lobby, U.S. Custom House, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Oil painting "Foreign Imports to Philadelphia" located on north wall, ...

Artist: George Harding, 1938. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in t... More

Ohio WPA paintings through March

Ohio WPA paintings through March

Poster for Federal Art Project exhibition of WPA artists from Ohio, at 4300 Euclid, showing column and birds. Date stamped on verso: Mar 3 1938. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congre... More

Mural detail. U.S. Courthouse, El Paso, Texas

Mural detail. U.S. Courthouse, El Paso, Texas

Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Built in 1936 by architectural firm McGhee Frazer Lippincot... More

Two assembly line workers at the Long Beach, Calif., plant of Douglas Aircraft Company enjoy a well-earned lunch period, Long Beach, Calif. Nacelle parts of a heavy bomber form the background

Two assembly line workers at the Long Beach, Calif., plant of Douglas ...

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

Riveter at work on Consolidated bomber, Consolidated Aircraft Corp., Fort Worth, Texas

Riveter at work on Consolidated bomber, Consolidated Aircraft Corp., F...

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

Opening Ottumwa Art Center, 122 E 3rd St. Saturday June 17

Opening Ottumwa Art Center, 122 E 3rd St. Saturday June 17

Poster announcing the opening of the Ottumwa Art Center, Ottumwa, Iowa, showing a fragment of a column and geometric shapes. Date stamped on verso: Jun 12 1939. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (L... More

Higgins Industries, Inc., New Orleans, La., makes torpedo boats and other boats for the Navy

Higgins Industries, Inc., New Orleans, La., makes torpedo boats and ot...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge, water, historic structure, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Riveter at work on Consolidated bomber, Consolidated Aircraft Corp., Fort Worth, Texas

Riveter at work on Consolidated bomber, Consolidated Aircraft Corp., F...

12002-19. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More

Riveters at work on fuselage of Liberator Bomber, Consolidated Aircraft Corp., Fort Worth, Texas

Riveters at work on fuselage of Liberator Bomber, Consolidated Aircraf...

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

A girl riveting machine operator at the Douglas Aircraft Company plant joins sections of wing ribs to reinforce the inner wing assemblies of B-17F heavy bombers, Long Beach, Calif. Better known as the "Flying Fortress," the B-17F bomber 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 -- and with armament sufficient to defend itself on daylight missions

A girl riveting machine operator at the Douglas Aircraft Company plant...

12002-39. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More

Drilling a wing bulkhead for a transport plane at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, Texas

Drilling a wing bulkhead for a transport plane at the Consolidated Air...

12002-19. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More

Even the gas stations are on an elaborate scale, often modern in design, resembling hotels. Miami Beach, Florida

Even the gas stations are on an elaborate scale, often modern in desig...

Public domain photograph of cars, gas station, car garage, 20th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A noontime rest for a full-fledged assembly worker at the Long Beach, Calif., plant of Douglas Aircraft Company

A noontime rest for a full-fledged assembly worker at the Long Beach, ...

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

Lathe operator machining parts for transport planes at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, Texas

Lathe operator machining parts for transport planes at the Consolidate...

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

Mural: "Science," by Millard Owen Sheets at the Department of Interior, Washington, D.C.

Mural: "Science," by Millard Owen Sheets at the Department of Interior...

Date: 1939; dimensions: 107"x 77"; medium: oil. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Credit line... More

Mural "Insular Possession: Virgin Islands," by James Michael Newell at the Department of Interior Building, Washington, D.C.

Mural "Insular Possession: Virgin Islands," by James Michael Newell at...

Date: 1939; dimensions: 114 1/2" x 234 1/2". Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Credit line: P... More

Mural "Insular Possession: Alaska," by James Michael Newell at the Department of Interior Building, Washington, D.C.

Mural "Insular Possession: Alaska," by James Michael Newell at the Dep...

Date: 1939; dimensions: 114 1/2" x 234 1/2". Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Credit line: P... More

Previous

of 11

Next