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Pre-Flight School, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, WWII - 80-G-27208 (31323126572)

Pre-Flight School, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, WWII - 80-G-27208 (313...

80-G-27208: Using exercise wheel at Pre-Flight School, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, November 1942. TR-1378. Official U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2016/12/06).

A boon for wartime shoppers 8b07740v

A boon for wartime shoppers 8b07740v

Title: I'll carry mine. A boon for wartime shoppers, this cart is one of the various carry alls which have been devised to help Mrs. America get purchases home, now that truck deliveries are limited

A convalescing youngster gets lunch 8b07711v

A convalescing youngster gets lunch 8b07711v

A convalescing youngster gets lunch with a smile from a student nurse

A farmer who rides into town every day in a buggy 8d10032v

A farmer who rides into town every day in a buggy 8d10032v

Title: Manheim, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. A farmer who rides into town every day in a buggy to work at a hardware store leaves his horse in a friend's barn on the outskirts of town

A farmer who rides into town every day in a buggy 8d10033v

A farmer who rides into town every day in a buggy 8d10033v

Title: Manheim, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. A farmer who rides into town every day in a buggy to work in a hardware store leaves his horse in a friend's barn on the outskirts of town

A farmer who rides into town every day in a buggy to work8d10052v

A farmer who rides into town every day in a buggy to work8d10052v

Title: Manheim, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. A farmer who rides into town every day in a buggy to work in a hardware store leaves his horse in a friend's barn on the outskirts of town

A graduate nurse watches student Susan Petty 8b07713v

A graduate nurse watches student Susan Petty 8b07713v

Title: Nurse training. A graduate nurse (right) watches student Susan Petty prepare a hypodermic for a patient. Strict adherence to doctors' orders is something every probationer must learn Creator(s): Henle, F... More

A moment's pause in a full day, as graduate student nurses relax 8b08221v

A moment's pause in a full day, as graduate student nurses relax 8b082...

Nurse training. A moment's pause in a full day, as graduate student nurses relax in the living room of the nurse's home

A nurse and the physical therapist negotiate something of a dispute 8b08187v

A nurse and the physical therapist negotiate something of a dispute 8b...

Nurse training. A nurse and the physical therapist negotiate something of a dispute over a picture book between two young patients in an orthopedic hospital

A nurse assists the doctor, who is inserting a needle in a patient's arm 8b08201v

A nurse assists the doctor, who is inserting a needle in a patient's a...

Nurse training. A nurse assists the doctor, who is inserting a needle in a patient's arm prior to a blood transfusion

A nurse gives this weak infant its meal through the Gavage method 8b08217v

A nurse gives this weak infant its meal through the Gavage method 8b08...

Nurse training. A nurse gives this weak infant its meal through the Gavage method

A nurse's aide and a student attend a convalescing patient 8b08188v

A nurse's aide and a student attend a convalescing patient 8b08188v

Nurse training. A nurse's aide and a student attend a convalescing patient

A patient in a Roger Anderson traction 8b08186v

A patient in a Roger Anderson traction 8b08186v

Title: Nurse training. A patient in a Roger Anderson traction can still enjoy luncheon Creator(s): Henle, Fritz, 1909-1993, photographer Related Names: United States. Office of War Information.

A patient in a Rizzer corrective jacket is able to read 8b08191v

A patient in a Rizzer corrective jacket is able to read 8b08191v

Nurse training. A patient in a Rizzer corrective jacket is able to read, write, etc., when propped at her elbows

A package for Hitler. An infantryman in training at Fort Belvoir, Va., prepares to hurl a pineapple of the inedible... - NARA - 196462
A package for Hitler 196462 edit

A package for Hitler 196462 edit

General notes: The following changes were applied to this restoration: global sharpness increased, filaments/dust removed, levels adjusted, cropped.

A student nurse assists the doctor in changing the dressing 8b09884v

A student nurse assists the doctor in changing the dressing 8b09884v

Nurse training. A student nurse assists the doctor in changing the dressing following an abdominal operation

A student nurse aides the doctor in a gastric analysis 8b08211v

A student nurse aides the doctor in a gastric analysis 8b08211v

Nurse training. A student nurse aides the doctor in a gastric analysis

A student nurse explains to diabetic patient 8b08212v

A student nurse explains to diabetic patient 8b08212v

Title: Nurse training. A student nurse explains to diabetic patient how orange juice in her diet can limit sugar to the proper amount. In this type of work student nurses relieve graduate nurses for military du... More

A student nurse gives a patient a metabolism test 8b08222v

A student nurse gives a patient a metabolism test 8b08222v

Nurse training. A student nurse gives a patient a metabolism test

A student nurse right assists the doctor with a lumbar puncture, 8b08202v

A student nurse right assists the doctor with a lumbar puncture, 8b082...

Title: Nurse training. A student nurse (right) assists the doctor with a lumbar puncture, an important diagnostic procedure for back diseases or injuries. The student must sterilize needles and manometer, get t... More

A student regulates the oxygen flow into this tiny oxygen box 8b08205v

A student regulates the oxygen flow into this tiny oxygen box 8b08205v

Nurse training. A student regulates the oxygen flow into this tiny oxygen box where a premature infant "lives"

A student nurse, acting as physical therapist 8b07791v

A student nurse, acting as physical therapist 8b07791v

Nurse training. A student nurse, acting as physical therapist, points to the picture book, thus encouraging this toddler to learn to use his crutches

A student nurse right instructs a patient 8b08213v

A student nurse right instructs a patient 8b08213v

Nurse training. A student nurse (right) instructs a patient in the method of measuring her own insulin dose as a supervisor observes

A student nurse stands by ready to assist the doctor 8b08214v

A student nurse stands by ready to assist the doctor 8b08214v

Nurse training. A student nurse stands by ready to assist the doctor as he changes a metal tube in a patient's throat (patient is suffering from inflammation of trachea caused by diptheria or other diseases)

A student nurse, acting as physical therapist 8b07715v

A student nurse, acting as physical therapist 8b07715v

Title: Nurse training. A student nurse, acting as physical therapist, points to the picture book, encouraging a child to learn to use his crutches Creator(s): Henle, Fritz, 1909-1993, photographer Related Names... More

A torpedoed sailor receives burn treatment from a doctor 8b07718v

A torpedoed sailor receives burn treatment from a doctor 8b07718v

Title: Nurse training. A torpedoed sailor receives burn treatment from a doctor, with student nurse Susan Petty in attendance. Care of burns gets special emphasis in the education of every nurse today, for war ... More

After a day of hard work and study, Susan Petty 8b09772v

After a day of hard work and study, Susan Petty 8b09772v

Nurse training. After a day of hard work and study, Susan Petty and her fellow student nurses enjoy a swim and frolic in the pool, one of the recreational facilities offered in the School of Nursing Residence

After a day of hard work and study, Susan Petty 8b09772v (cropped)

After a day of hard work and study, Susan Petty 8b09772v (cropped)

Nurse training. After a day of hard work and study, Susan Petty and her fellow student nurses enjoy a swim and frolic in the pool, one of the recreational facilities offered in the School of Nursing Residence

American Smelting and Refining, Garfield, Utah1a34854v

American Smelting and Refining, Garfield, Utah1a34854v

Title: American Smelting and Refining, Garfield, Utah

An American pineapple, of the kind the Axis finds hard to digest, is ready to leave the hand of an infantryman in training at Fort Belvoir, Va. American soldiers make good grenade throwers LCCN2017878882

An American pineapple, of the kind the Axis finds hard to digest, is r...

Title: An American pineapple, of the kind the Axis finds hard to digest, is ready to leave the hand of an infantryman in training at Fort Belvoir, Va. American soldiers make good grenade throwers Abstract/medi... More

An important phase of every nurse's training is assisting at operations 8b09771v

An important phase of every nurse's training is assisting at operation...

Title: Nurse training. An important phase of every nurse's training is assisting at operations. In this emergency tracheotomy, the doctor is inserting a tube into the trachea as a nurse stands ready to hand him... More

As students become proficient they will relieve graduate nurses 8b08197v

As students become proficient they will relieve graduate nurses 8b0819...

Nurse training. As students become proficient they will relieve graduate nurses from duties such as this: tending a patient in an oxygen tent

ASARCO Garfield UT 1942

ASARCO Garfield UT 1942

American Smelting and Refining, Garfield, Utah

Assisting at an operation, a nurse hands a threaded needle 8b08199v

Assisting at an operation, a nurse hands a threaded needle 8b08199v

Nurse training. Assisting at an operation, a nurse hands a threaded needle to the surgeon who is about to perform an emergency tracheotomy

Assistant supervisor of highways chatting with his boss8d23413v

Assistant supervisor of highways chatting with his boss8d23413v

Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Assistant supervisor of highways chatting with his boss from the shore

At the ping pong table in the game room, Susan Petty, student nurse 8b07884v

At the ping pong table in the game room, Susan Petty, student nurse 8b...

Nurse training. At the ping pong table in the game room, Susan Petty, student nurse, enjoys a bit of relaxation after a busy day's work in the wards

Attending a tracheotomy case is part of the training 8b07789v

Attending a tracheotomy case is part of the training 8b07789v

Nurse training. Attending a tracheotomy case is part of the training of student nurses like Susan Petty whose pleasant ministrations help promote recovery of the patient

Autumn leaves on a farm road8d10034v

Autumn leaves on a farm road8d10034v

Title: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Autumn leaves on a farm road

Bingham Canyon mine 1942

Bingham Canyon mine 1942

View of the Utah Copper Company open-pit mine workings at Carr Fork, as seen from the railroad, Bingham Canyon, Utah

Bingham Canyon Mine 1942

Bingham Canyon Mine 1942

Carr Fork Canyon as seen from "G" bridge, Bingham Copper Mine, Utah. In the background can be seen a train with waste or over-burden material on its way to the dump.

Black Women Washing Clothes

Black Women Washing Clothes

Black women washing clothes in her kitchen

Boarding buses on a rainy market day8d23377v

Boarding buses on a rainy market day8d23377v

Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Boarding buses on a rainy market day

Boarding buses on a rainy market day8d23394v

Boarding buses on a rainy market day8d23394v

Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Boarding buses on a rainy market day

Calm and capable, these nurses are assisting at an appendectomy 8b08223v

Calm and capable, these nurses are assisting at an appendectomy 8b0822...

Nurse training. Calm and capable, these nurses are assisting at an appendectomy. The nurse in the foreground is arranging instruments to be handed to the surgeon

Calm and dependable in emergency situations 8b07795v

Calm and dependable in emergency situations 8b07795v

Nurse training. Calm and dependable in emergency situations, a student nurse threads a suture in a needle, first step in preparation for a tracheotomy

Care of infants is included in all nurses training 8b08208v

Care of infants is included in all nurses training 8b08208v

Nurse training. Care of infants is included in all nurses training. This youngster is about to get an eye irrigation. Note that nurse wears goggles for self-protection from possible infection

Care of prematurely born babies is one of the most complicated procedures 8b07796v

Care of prematurely born babies is one of the most complicated procedu...

Nurse training. Care of prematurely born babies is one of the most complicated procedures which must be learned by the student nurse. Feeding, bathing and diaper changing are carried on inside the incubator, in... More

Care of infants is part of every student nurse's training 8b08218v

Care of infants is part of every student nurse's training 8b08218v

Nurse training. Care of infants is part of every student nurse's training

Central market8d23397v

Central market8d23397v

Title: Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Central market

Central market8d23396v

Central market8d23396v

Title: Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Central market

Champion-coal-cleaning-plant-pa1

Champion-coal-cleaning-plant-pa1

The Champion No. 1 coal cleaning plant near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.

Children on their way home from school 8d23447v

Children on their way home from school 8d23447v

Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Children on their way home from school on a farm road

Children on their way home from school 8d23448v

Children on their way home from school 8d23448v

Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Children on their way home from school on a farm road

Church on Main Street8d10057v

Church on Main Street8d10057v

Title: Manheim, Pennsylvania. Church on Main Street

Constructing a building on the site of a new steel mill 1a34850v

Constructing a building on the site of a new steel mill 1a34850v

Title: Constructing a building on the site of a new steel mill which will soon turn out steel for the war needs, Columbia Steel Co., Geneva, Utah

Construction toys help to rehabilitate convalescents and ambulatory patients 8b07885v

Construction toys help to rehabilitate convalescents and ambulatory pa...

Nurse training. Construction toys help to rehabilitate convalescents and "ambulatory" patients. As a part of her nursing education, Susan Petty, student nurse, takes her turn at playing with the children and en... More

Convalescent children in a hospital 8b07881v

Convalescent children in a hospital 8b07881v

Nurse training. Convalescent children in a hospital are allowed to sit up at a table and eat just as soon as they are able. The nurse sits near for sociability and to help if she is needed

Earle Landis freezing ice cream on the back porch 8d10735v
Earle Landis freezing ice cream on the back porch 8d10734v

Earle Landis freezing ice cream on the back porch 8d10734v

Neffsville, Pennsylvania. Earle Landis freezing ice cream on the back porch on Thanksgiving day. When it gets hard, his son sits on the freezer to hold it down

Earle Landis' mother and father had a wedding anniversary 8d10740v

Earle Landis' mother and father had a wedding anniversary 8d10740v

Neffsville, Pennsylvania. Earle Landis' mother and father had a wedding anniversary on Thanksgiving day, and opened their presents after the family had had dinner

Epidemics are a latent possiblity 8b07712v

Epidemics are a latent possiblity 8b07712v

Title: Nurse training. With migration of large numbers of people to new communities, epidemics are a latent possiblity. In New York City's School of Nursing Residence, advanced students give the Schick and Dick... More

Everyone was asked to dump his scrap in a vacant lot at the center of town. 8d10036v

Everyone was asked to dump his scrap in a vacant lot at the center of ...

Title: Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Everyone was asked to dump his scrap in a vacant lot at the center of town. It was then bought by a junk man and salvaged

Everyone was asked to dump his scrap in a vacant lot at the center of town. 8d10066v

Everyone was asked to dump his scrap in a vacant lot at the center of ...

Title: Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Everyone was asked to dump his scrap in a vacant lot at the center of town. It was then bought by a junk man and salvaged. Salvaging this scrap proved to be difficult because of... More

Everyone was asked to dump his scrap in a vacant lot at the center of town8d10042v

Everyone was asked to dump his scrap in a vacant lot at the center of ...

Title: Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Everyone was asked to dump his scrap in a vacant lot at the center of town. It was then bought by a junk man and salvaged. Rubber scrap

Everyone was asked to dump his scrap in a vacant lot at the center of town8d10043v

Everyone was asked to dump his scrap in a vacant lot at the center of ...

Title: Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Everyone was asked to dump his scrap in a vacant lot at the center of town. It was then bought by a junk man and salvaged. Rags being sorted; those damp from rain are hung up to ... More

Everyone was asked to dump his scrap in a vacant lot at the center of town8d10044v

Everyone was asked to dump his scrap in a vacant lot at the center of ...

Title: Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Everyone was asked to dump his scrap in a vacant lot at the center of town. It was then bought by a junk man and salvaged. The sign indicated that junk men are short of help

Everyone was asked to dump his scrap in a vacant lot at the center of town8d10064v

Everyone was asked to dump his scrap in a vacant lot at the center of ...

Title: Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Everyone was asked to dump his scrap in a vacant lot at the center of town. It was then bought by a junk man and salvaged

Farm bureau hybrid corn test field 8d10030v

Farm bureau hybrid corn test field 8d10030v

Title: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Farm bureau hybrid corn test field on the road between Lancaster and Manheim, Pennsylvania

Farm road 8d10055v
Farmer and his wife at her stall in Central Market. 8d23430v
Farmer and his wife at her stall in Central Market. Lancaster, Pennsylvania 8d23430u

Farmer and his wife at her stall in Central Market. Lancaster, Pennsyl...

From Library of Congress metadata: Title: Farmer and his wife at her stall in Central Market. Lancaster, Pennsylvania Creator(s): Collins, Marjory, 1912-1985, photographer Date Created/Published: 1942 Nov. Medi... More

Farmer and his wife at her stall in Central Market8d23431v
Farmer feeding the pigs8d23212v
Farmer in town to shop8d10028v

Farmer in town to shop8d10028v

Title: Manheim, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Farmer in town to shop

Farmers sharing a car on market day 8d23208v
Farmers sharing a car on market day 8d23194v
Farmers feeding his pigs 8d23210v
Farmers sharing a car on market day8d23206v
Farmers sharing a truck on market day8d23203v
Farmers sharing a car on market day8d23207v
Farmers sharing a truck on market day8d23199v
Farmers sharing a truck on market day8d23204v
First-year students practice various sick-room techniques 8b08219v

First-year students practice various sick-room techniques 8b08219v

Nurse training. First-year students practice various sick-room techniques on one another. They will soon be ready for work in the wards

Fishing for salmon on the Susquehanna River 8d23415v
Fishing for salmon on the Susquehanna River8d23411v
Fishing for salmon on the Susquehanna River 8d23412v
Fishing for salmon on the Susquehanna River8d23458v
Fodder stacked in a field 8d10051v

Fodder stacked in a field 8d10051v

Title: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Fodder stacked in a field

Fresh from college, twenty-year-old Susan Petty of Lebanon, Pennsylvania 8b07705v

Fresh from college, twenty-year-old Susan Petty of Lebanon, Pennsylvan...

Title: Nurse training. Fresh from college, twenty-year-old Susan Petty of Lebanon, Pennsylvania, arrives at the School of Nursing residence in New York City, which will be her home until she becomes an Army or ... More

Geneva Steel Mill 1942 by Andreas Feininger

Geneva Steel Mill 1942 by Andreas Feininger

Partly finished open hearth furnaces and stacks for a steel mill under construction which will soon be producing vitally needed steel, Columbia Steel Co., Geneva, Utah

Given an hour's rest between rounds, Susan Petty, student nurse 8b07886v

Given an hour's rest between rounds, Susan Petty, student nurse 8b0788...

Nurse training. Given an hour's rest between rounds, Susan Petty, student nurse, is visited by her fellow nurses in her small but comfortable room in the School of Nursing resident hall. The girls, who are off ... More

Highlighting a day of intensive training, mail from home 8b07792v

Highlighting a day of intensive training, mail from home 8b07792v

Nurse training. Highlighting a day of intensive training, mail from home brings a smile to this young student nurse's face

Hospital preparations for possible air raids 8b07882v

Hospital preparations for possible air raids 8b07882v

Nurse training. Hospital preparations for possible air raids involve the training of street accident units to increased efficieny. Nurses wear coat and skirt that can be put on over uniform in a jiffy

How to conserve household gas 8b04687v

How to conserve household gas 8b04687v

Title: How to conserve household gas. There's a time for everything, and the time to read a cookbook is before you light the gas, not after. Burners should not be lit until the cooking utensil is ready for the ... More

How to conserve household gas 8b04688v

How to conserve household gas 8b04688v

Title: How to conserve household gas. Turning the gas as high as possible causes waste. A moderate flame will heat foods just as rapidly as a high flame. For more efficient cooking, use a pot with a flat bottom... More

How to conserve household gas 8b07701v

How to conserve household gas 8b07701v

Title: How to conserve household gas. When bathing, keep the bathwater down to a minimum. You'll be surprised how easy it is to bathe in three or four inches of water, an economy which is necessary this year to... More

How to conserve household gas 8b07699v

How to conserve household gas 8b07699v

Title: How to conserve household gas. Your stove is not a furnace! Though fuel will not be as plentiful this winter, don't make your stove do double duty. Instead dress more warmly; the wasteful practice would ... More

How to conserve household gas 8b07702v

How to conserve household gas 8b07702v

Title: How to conserve household gas. To keep burners clean, wipe them frequently with paper or a cloth. If food boils over, it may be necessary to wash the burners with soap or baking soda and water. If they n... More

How to conserve household gas 8b09770v

How to conserve household gas 8b09770v

Title: How to conserve household gas. If you would like to save gas and keep that souffle from falling don't peek in the oven unless it is imperative. Time and temperature charts should be used when baking to s... More

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