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Carefully trained women inspectors check and inspect cargo transport innerwings before they are assembled on the fuselage, Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif.

Carefully trained women inspectors check and inspect cargo transport i...

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

American mothers and sisters, like these women at the Douglas Aircraft Company, give important help in producing dependable planes for their men at the front, Long Beach, Calif. Most important of the many types of aircraft made at this plant are the B-17F ("Flying Fortress") heavy bomber, the A-20 ("Havoc") assault bomber and the C-47 heavy transport plane for the carrying of troops and cargo

American mothers and sisters, like these women at the Douglas Aircraft...

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

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.

Santa Fe R.R. locomotive shops, Topeka, Kansas

Santa Fe R.R. locomotive shops, Topeka, Kansas

Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, structure, works, 19th-20th century industrial revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Gus Worke, a farmer who came from Germany 40 years ago, Southington, Conn.

Gus Worke, a farmer who came from Germany 40 years ago, Southington, C...

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

Saying grace before the barbeque dinner at the Pie Town, New Mexico Fair

Saying grace before the barbeque dinner at the Pie Town, New Mexico Fa...

Public domain photograph - United States during 1930s Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

C & NW RR; locomotives in the roundhouse at Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill.

C & NW RR; locomotives in the roundhouse at Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill...

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

Truck trailers line up at a freight house to load and unload goods from the Chicago and Northwestern railroad, Chicago, Ill.

Truck trailers line up at a freight house to load and unload goods fro...

Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, train car, railway, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

School children, half of Polish and half of Italian descent, at a festival in May 1942, Southington, Conn.

School children, half of Polish and half of Italian descent, at a fest...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a school, preschool, children, education, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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.

Commuters, who have just come off the train, waiting for the bus to go home, Lowell, Massachusetts.

Commuters, who have just come off the train, waiting for the bus to go...

Public domain photograph - United States during 1930s Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Women are trained as engine mechanics in thorough Douglas training methods, Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif.

Women are trained as engine mechanics in thorough Douglas training met...

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

Daniel Anastazia, blacksmith's helper, Rock Island R.R., Blue Island, Ill.

Daniel Anastazia, blacksmith's helper, Rock Island R.R., Blue Island, ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a railway worker, railroad, locomotive repair shop, industrial facility, early 20th-century industry, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Painting a car at the repair or "rip" tracks at North Proviso(?), C & NW RR., Chicago, Ill.

Painting a car at the repair or "rip" tracks at North Proviso(?), C & ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, train car, railway, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Truck trailers loading and unloading at C & NW RR's Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill.

Truck trailers loading and unloading at C & NW RR's Proviso yard, Chic...

Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, train car, railway, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Carr Fork Canyon as seen from "G" bridge, Bingham Copper Mine, Utah

Carr Fork Canyon as seen from "G" bridge, Bingham Copper Mine, Utah

Public domain photograph of a mountain pass, mountains, nature, mountain range, view, landscape, rocks, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Construction work at the TVA's Douglas Dam, Tenn.

Construction work at the TVA's Douglas Dam, Tenn.

Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, structure, works, 19th-20th century industrial revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

John Paulinski, car inspector, blue flagging a train for inspection, at Corwith yard, Santa Fe RR trip, Chicago, Ill.

John Paulinski, car inspector, blue flagging a train for inspection, a...

Public domain photograph of train tracks, railroad, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Frederick Batt, brakeman, on the C & NW RR, at Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill.

Frederick Batt, brakeman, on the C & NW RR, at Proviso yard, Chicago, ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a railway worker, railroad, locomotive repair shop, industrial facility, early 20th-century industry, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Portrait of a farm boy - Public domain portrait photograph

Portrait of a farm boy - Public domain portrait photograph

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

Formerly an aircraft dock, this huge building -- thought to be the largest in the world with no interior supports -- is now the scene of many busy shops turning out aircraft sub-assembly parts, Goodyear Aircraft Corp., Akron, Ohio. Either new housing close to the plant or vastly improved public transportation will eventually have to be supplied, for the tires on the cars of the workers, and perhaps even the cars themselves, will in many instances give in before the end of the present emergency

Formerly an aircraft dock, this huge building -- thought to be the lar...

Public domain photograph - United States during 1930s Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

John Sabados washing up after a day's work at the rip tracks at Proviso yard of C & NW RR., Chicago, Ill.

John Sabados washing up after a day's work at the rip tracks at Provis...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a railway worker, railroad, locomotive repair shop, industrial facility, early 20th-century industry, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

"Women in white" doctor Navy planes (motors) at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Mildred Webb, an NYA trainee at the base, is learning to operate a cutting machine in the Assembly and Repair Department. After about eight weeks as an apprentice she will be eligible for a civil service job in the capacity for which she has been trained

"Women in white" doctor Navy planes (motors) at the Naval Air Base, Co...

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

Cattle in corral waiting to be weighed before being trailed to railroad, Beaverhead County, Montana

Cattle in corral waiting to be weighed before being trailed to railroa...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a rural farming landscape, agriculture, farm animals, livestock, farmers, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

East bound track of the Santa Fe R.R. across desert country near South Chaves, N[ew] Mex[ico]

East bound track of the Santa Fe R.R. across desert country near South...

Public domain photograph - United States during 1930s Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

At the Santa Fe R.R. tie plant, Albuquerque, N[ew] Mex[ico]. The ties made of pine and fir, are seasoned for eight months. The steaming black ties in the center have just come from the retort where they have been impregnated with creosote for eight hours. This plant has a capacity of 100,000 ties per month; is currently producing 80,000

At the Santa Fe R.R. tie plant, Albuquerque, N[ew] Mex[ico]. The ties ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, railway, train car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Santa Fe R.R. freight train about to leave for the West Coast from Corwith yard, Chicago, Ill.

Santa Fe R.R. freight train about to leave for the West Coast from Cor...

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

Women workers employed as wipers in the roundhouse having lunch in their rest room, C. & N.W. R.R., Clinton, Iowa

Women workers employed as wipers in the roundhouse having lunch in the...

Photograph shows Marcella Hart at left, Mrs. Elibia Siematter at right.

Delta County Fair, Colorado

Delta County Fair, Colorado

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of city street market, food vendors, downtown shopping, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Worn tires on locomotive wheels are refaced on this machine in the wheel shop of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad, Chicago, Ill.

Worn tires on locomotive wheels are refaced on this machine in the whe...

Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, train car, railway, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Caboose on the caboose track at C & NW RR's Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill.

Caboose on the caboose track at C & NW RR's Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill...

Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, train car, railway, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A rivet is her fighting weapon. Oyida Peaks, daughter of a Navy lieutenant, one of many women taking NYA training to become mechanics at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas. After eight weeks apprenticeship she will be qualified as a civil service worker in the Assembly and Repair Department

A rivet is her fighting weapon. Oyida Peaks, daughter of a Navy lieute...

Public domain photograph related to navy, naval warfare, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Truck driver at TVA's Douglas Dam, Tennessee

Truck driver at TVA's Douglas Dam, Tennessee

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

Helen Ryan, age 41 (with cap), widow and used to work in a show factory, Heil and Co., Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Agnes Cliemka, age 23, married and husband may be going into the service any day, brother in the army. [She] used to be a clerk in a dep[artmen]t store. Unmasking and checking parts of the gasoline trailers that will be turned over to the Air Force

Helen Ryan, age 41 (with cap), widow and used to work in a show factor...

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

Farm Security Administration borrower, vicinity of Frederiksted, St. Croix, Virgin Islands

Farm Security Administration borrower, vicinity of Frederiksted, St. C...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a farm, farmer, agriculture, early 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

C & NW RR, a general view of a classification yard at Proviso Yard, Chicago, Ill.

C & NW RR, a general view of a classification yard at Proviso Yard, Ch...

Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, railway, train car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Pennsylvania R.R. ore docks, unloading ore from a lake freighter by means of "Hulett" unloaders, Cleveland, Ohio

Pennsylvania R.R. ore docks, unloading ore from a lake freighter by me...

Public domain photograph - United States during 1930s Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Welder making boilers for a ship, Combustion Engineering Co., Chattanooga, Tenn.

Welder making boilers for a ship, Combustion Engineering Co., Chattano...

Public domain photograph of manufacturing, industry, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

TVA chemical plant, electric furnace loaded with phosphate, vicinity of Muscle Shoals, Alabama

TVA chemical plant, electric furnace loaded with phosphate, vicinity o...

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

Getting ready to serve the barbeque dinner at the Pie Town, New Mexico Fair

Getting ready to serve the barbeque dinner at the Pie Town, New Mexico...

Public domain photograph - United States during 1930s Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Learning how to determine latitude by using a sextant is Senta Osoling, student at Polytechnic High School, Los Angeles, Calif. Navigation classes are part of the school's program for training its students for specific contributions to the war effort

Learning how to determine latitude by using a sextant is Senta Osoling...

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

Women wipers of the Chicago and North Western Railroad cleaning one of the giant "H" class locomotives, Clinton, Iowa. Mrs. Marcella Hart and Mrs. Viola Sievers

Women wipers of the Chicago and North Western Railroad cleaning one of...

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

Night view of part of the South Water street freight terminal of the Illinois Central R.R., Chicago, Ill.

Night view of part of the South Water street freight terminal of the I...

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

Team pulling a car out of the mud; the roads near Pie Town, New Mexico are not improved

Team pulling a car out of the mud; the roads near Pie Town, New Mexico...

Public domain photograph of a car, history of automobile design, car model, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The utmost precision is required of these operators who are cutting and drilling parachute packs in an eastern factory, Manchester, Conn. Their work is under constant close supervision. Pioneer Parchute Company

The utmost precision is required of these operators who are cutting an...

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

The freight house at a Chicago and Northwestern Railroad yard. In the foreground are old cars used as living quarters for some yard workers and itinerant help; Chicago, Ill.

The freight house at a Chicago and Northwestern Railroad yard. In the ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, railway, train car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Switchman throwing a switch at C & NW RR's Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill.

Switchman throwing a switch at C & NW RR's Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill.

Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, railway, train car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

North American B-25 bomber is prepared for painting on the outside assembly line, N[orth] A[merican] Aviation, Inc., Inglewood, Calif.

North American B-25 bomber is prepared for painting on the outside ass...

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

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...

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

Excavating within the log cofferdam during an early stage of construction, Douglas Dam, Tenn.

Excavating within the log cofferdam during an early stage of construct...

Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, structure, works, 19th-20th century industrial revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Switch boxes on the firewalls of B-25 bombers are assembled by women workers at North American [Aviation, Inc.]'s Inglewood, Calif., plant

Switch boxes on the firewalls of B-25 bombers are assembled by women w...

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

A noontime rest for a full-fledged assembly worker at the Long Beach, Calif., plant of Douglas Aircraft Company. Nacelle parts for a heavy bomber form the background

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

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

John Kelseh, blacksmith, at his forge in the blacksmith shop at the roundhouse, Rock Island R.R., Blue Island, Ill.

John Kelseh, blacksmith, at his forge in the blacksmith shop at the ro...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a railway worker, railroad, locomotive repair shop, industrial facility, early 20th-century industry, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Loading a freighter with coal at one of the three coal docks owned by the Pennsylvania Railroad, Sandusky, Ohio

Loading a freighter with coal at one of the three coal docks owned by ...

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

Assembling Liberator Bomber, Consolidated Aircraft Corp., Fort Worth, Texas

Assembling Liberator Bomber, Consolidated Aircraft Corp., Fort Worth, ...

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

Loading coal into a lake freighter at the Pennsylvania Railroad docks, Sandusky, Ohio

Loading coal into a lake freighter at the Pennsylvania Railroad docks,...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historical building, landmark architecture, world heritage, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Santa Fe R.R. line going to Albuquerque, New Mexico, past the Isleta Indian reservation, Isleta, N[ew] Mex[ico]

Santa Fe R.R. line going to Albuquerque, New Mexico, past the Isleta I...

Public domain photograph related to Native Americans, Indian reservation, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Annette del Sur publicizing salvage campaign in yard of Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif.

Annette del Sur publicizing salvage campaign in yard of Douglas Aircra...

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

Sugar cane workers resting, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico

Sugar cane workers resting, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico

Public domain photograph related to Puerto Rico, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sheet metal parts are numbered with this pneumatic numbering machine in North American's sheet metal department, N[orth] A[merican] Aviation, Inc., Inglewood, Calif.

Sheet metal parts are numbered with this pneumatic numbering machine i...

Public domain photograph of manufacturing, industry, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chicago and North Western R.R., Mrs. Thelma Cuvage, working in the sand house at the roundhouse, Clinton, Iowa. Her job is to see that sand is sifted and cleaned for use in the locomotives. Mrs. Cuvage's husband works as a guard at the Savannah (Ill.) Ordnance plant

Chicago and North Western R.R., Mrs. Thelma Cuvage, working in the san...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a railway worker, railroad, locomotive repair shop, industrial facility, early 20th-century industry, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Camouflage class in New York University, where men and women are preparing for jobs in the Army or in industry, New York, N.Y. They make models from aerial photographs, re-photograph them, then work out a camouflage scheme and make a final photograph

Camouflage class in New York University, where men and women are prepa...

Public domain photograph of people around a table, meeting, boardgame, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A train pulling out of the freight house at C & NW RR's Proviso(?) yard, Chicago, Ill.

A train pulling out of the freight house at C & NW RR's Proviso(?) yar...

Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, railway, train car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Lowering an engine in place in assembling a transport plane in a Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, Texas

Lowering an engine in place in assembling a transport plane in a Conso...

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

Mechanical operator on boiler parts, Combustion Engineering Co., Chattanooga, Tenn.

Mechanical operator on boiler parts, Combustion Engineering Co., Chatt...

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

Girl inspectors at the Long Beach, Calif., plant of Douglas Aircraft Company make a careful check of center wings for C-47 transport planes

Girl inspectors at the Long Beach, Calif., plant of Douglas Aircraft C...

Public domain photograph of theatrical or movie production, scene, actors, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Homesteader feeding his daughter at the Pie Town, New Mexico Fair free barbeque

Homesteader feeding his daughter at the Pie Town, New Mexico Fair free...

Public domain photograph - United States during 1930s Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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...

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

War production workers at the Heil Company making gasoline trailer tanks for the U.S. Army Air Corps, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Elizabeth Little, age 30, the mother of two children, spraying small parts. Her husband runs a farm

War production workers at the Heil Company making gasoline trailer tan...

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

Railroad cars and factory buildings in Lawrence, Massachusetts.

Railroad cars and factory buildings in Lawrence, Massachusetts.

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

C. & N.W. R.R., women wipers employed at the roundhouse cleaning one of the giant "H" class locomotives, Clinton, Iowa

C. & N.W. R.R., women wipers employed at the roundhouse cleaning one o...

Photograph probably shows Mrs. Marcella Hart and Mrs. Viola Sievers. Compare to USW36-639.

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.

Westbound freight train stopping for water, Melrose, N[ew] Mex[ico]

Westbound freight train stopping for water, Melrose, N[ew] Mex[ico]

Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, railway, train car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Punching rivet holes in a frame member for a B-25 bomber, the plant of North American Aviation, Inc., Calif.

Punching rivet holes in a frame member for a B-25 bomber, the plant of...

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

Huge drop hammers work day and night forming sheet metal parts for United Nations bombers and fighters at the North American Aviation, Inc., plant, Inglewood, Calif. The heavy hemp rope is used to snub the hammer so that it forms the part under proper pressure and rises clear of the work after each operation. 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

Huge drop hammers work day and night forming sheet metal parts for Uni...

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

A east bound Union Pacific railroad freight train waiting in a siding, Alray, Calif. Coming up through Cajon Pass. The Santa Fe tracks are used by the Union Pacific as far east as Daggett, Calif. Santa Fe R.R. trip

A east bound Union Pacific railroad freight train waiting in a siding,...

Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, railway, train car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Farm Security Administration borrower, vicinity of Frederiksted, St. Croix, Virgin Islands

Farm Security Administration borrower, vicinity of Frederiksted, St. C...

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

Jack Whinery, homesteader, and his family, Pie Town, New Mexico

Jack Whinery, homesteader, and his family, Pie Town, New Mexico

Photograph shows Jack Whinery (1907-1994) with his wife Edith and their five children, Wanda, Edith, Velva, Jack and Lawrence in his father's lap. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015)

Indiana Harbor Belt R.R., switch engine in yard near Calumet Park stockyards, Calumet City (near Chicago), Ill.

Indiana Harbor Belt R.R., switch engine in yard near Calumet Park stoc...

Public domain photograph - United States during 1930s Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Steel and concrete go into place rapidly as a new steel mill takes form, Columbia Steel Co., Geneva, Utah. The new plant will make important additions to the vast amount of steel needed for the war effort

Steel and concrete go into place rapidly as a new steel mill takes for...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a construction site, works, 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Oyida Peaks riveting as part of her NYA training to become a mechanic in the Assembly and Repair Department at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas

Oyida Peaks riveting as part of her NYA training to become a mechanic ...

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

Installing an engine at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, Texas

Installing an engine at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, F...

Public domain photograph of aircraft engine, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Capping and inspecting tubing: two women are shown capping and inspecting tubing which goes into the manufacture of the "Vengeance" dive bomber made at Vultee's Nashville division, Tennessee. The "Vengeance" (A-31) was originally designed for the French. It was later adopted by the R.A.F. 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

Capping and inspecting tubing: two women are shown capping and inspect...

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

Railroad cars loaded with sulphur, Freeport Sulphur Co., Hoskins Mound, Texas

Railroad cars loaded with sulphur, Freeport Sulphur Co., Hoskins Mound...

Public domain photograph - United States during 1930s Great Depression, 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.

Students at Washington High School at class, training for specific contributions to the war effort, Los Angeles, Calif. Ralph Angar, instructor, explains propeller characteristics to student[s] in the aeronautics class

Students at Washington High School at class, training for specific con...

Public domain photograph - United States during 1930s Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A Chicago and Northwestern railroad roundhouse, Chicago, Ill.

A Chicago and Northwestern railroad roundhouse, Chicago, Ill.

Public domain image of a historic building, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Grading oranges at a co-op orange packing plant, Redlands, Calif. Santa Fe trip

Grading oranges at a co-op orange packing plant, Redlands, Calif. Sant...

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

Santa Fe R.R. trains going through Cajon Pass in the San Bernardino Mountains, Cajon, Calif. On the right, streamliner "Chief" going west; in the background, on the left, a freight train with a helper engine, going east. Santa Fe trip

Santa Fe R.R. trains going through Cajon Pass in the San Bernardino Mo...

Public domain photograph of rural landscape, California, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Welder making boilers for a ship, Combustion Engineering Co., Chattanooga, Tenn.

Welder making boilers for a ship, Combustion Engineering Co., Chattano...

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

Chopping cotton on rented land near White Plains, Greene County, Ga.

Chopping cotton on rented land near White Plains, Greene County, Ga.

Public domain photograph - Georgia folklife collection, ethnography, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

C & NW RR, railroad worker cultivating the small Victory garden in the Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill.

C & NW RR, railroad worker cultivating the small Victory garden in the...

Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, train car, railway, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

General view of part of the rip tracks at C & NW RR's Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill.

General view of part of the rip tracks at C & NW RR's Proviso yard, Ch...

Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, train car, railway, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Electric phosphate smelting furnace used in the making of elemental phosphorus in a TVA chemical plant in the Muscle Shoals area, Alabama]

[Electric phosphate smelting furnace used in the making of elemental p...

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.

Grading oranges at a co-op orange packing plant, Redlands, Calif. Santa Fe trip

Grading oranges at a co-op orange packing plant, Redlands, Calif. Sant...

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

General view of part of the South Water street Illinois Central Railroad freight terminal, Chicago, Ill.

General view of part of the South Water street Illinois Central Railro...

Public domain photograph of train station, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Rodeo at the Pie Town, New Mexico Fair

Rodeo at the Pie Town, New Mexico Fair

Public domain photograph - United States during 1930s Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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.

Jack Whinery and his family, homesteaders, Pie Town, New Mexico

Jack Whinery and his family, homesteaders, Pie Town, New Mexico

Picryl description: Public domain image of children, kids, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Annette del Sur publicizing salvage campaign in yard of Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif.

Annette del Sur publicizing salvage campaign in yard of Douglas Aircra...

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

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