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"OFFICIAL SALVAGE DEPOT" sign and American boys at the Sullivan Street depot separating scrap 8d24240v (cropped)

"OFFICIAL SALVAGE DEPOT" sign and American boys at the Sullivan Street...

New York, New York. Italian-American boys at the Sullivan Street depot separating scrap which they have collected. Each kind of scrap goes into a separate pile

8d11543vMrs. Marianna Castorella came to America from Italy forty-odd years ago.

8d11543vMrs. Marianna Castorella came to America from Italy forty-odd ...

She has three sons in the United States Army: Ettore, formerly a bookkeeper in New York, is training at Camp Forrest, Tennessee, and is a lieutenant; Flavius, a lawyer, is a private at Fort Ontario, New York; a... More

A bridge over the Oswego River 8d20151v

A bridge over the Oswego River 8d20151v

Oswego, New York. A bridge over the Oswego River. In the background, a Canadian vessel is being loaded with bauxite

A cannon in front of City Hall 8d31697v

A cannon in front of City Hall 8d31697v

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A citizen showing his wife vegetables from his victory garden 8d31668v
A Chinese in the U.S. Army and two American soldiers 8d20099v

A Chinese in the U.S. Army and two American soldiers 8d20099v

Oswego, New York. A Chinese in the U.S. Army and two American soldiers reading in the Oswego USO (United Service Organizations) club

A citizen working on Sunday morning in the victory garden 8d31669v
A Chinaman and two South Americans registering for the second ration books 8d14057v

A Chinaman and two South Americans registering for the second ration b...

Washington, D.C. A Chinaman and two South Americans registering for the second ration books at a public school on the corner of Tenth and F Streets

A child drinking Pepsi Cola before the service held on Memorial Day 8d30387v

A child drinking Pepsi Cola before the service held on Memorial Day 8d...

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. A child drinking Pepsi Cola before the service held on Memorial Day at the Lithuanian cemetery

A Czech physician, Dr. Winn8d23184v

A Czech physician, Dr. Winn8d23184v

New York, New York. A Czech physician, Dr. Winn [or Wynn], treating a patient in his office

A Czech doctor's wife, Mrs. Winn 8d23185v

A Czech doctor's wife, Mrs. Winn 8d23185v

New York, New York. A Czech doctor's wife, Mrs. Winn [or Wynn], and her two daughters shopping for groceries

A Czech physician's older daughter, 8d23187v

A Czech physician's older daughter, 8d23187v

New York, New York. A Czech physician's older daughter, Janet Winn [or Wynn], having morning milk in public school

A Czech physician, Dr. Winn8d23183v

A Czech physician, Dr. Winn8d23183v

New York, New York. A Czech physician, Dr. Winn [or Wynn], and his family, who moved to America just before Hitler's occupation of their country

A Czechoslovakian flier in the Royal Air Force chats with the Czech consul 8d38924v

A Czechoslovakian flier in the Royal Air Force chats with the Czech co...

Oswego, New York. A Czechoslovakian flier in the Royal Air Force chats with the Czech consul and a Rotarian at the Rotary Club luncheon during United Nations week

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 field after the snow has melted 8d14033v

A field after the snow has melted 8d14033v

Emmitsburg (vicinity), Maryland. A field after the snow has melted

A foggy day on the Oswego River 8d39952v

A foggy day on the Oswego River 8d39952v

Oswego, New York. A foggy day on the Oswego River

A French soldier looking over the wreckage of a German airplane8d32476v

A French soldier looking over the wreckage of a German airplane8d32476...

A French soldier looking over the wreckage of a German airplane at the El Aouiana airport

A German military cemetery on the outskirts of Tunis8d32431v

A German military cemetery on the outskirts of Tunis8d32431v

Tunis, Tunisia. A German military cemetery on the outskirts of Tunis

A German military cemetery on the outskirts of Tunis8d32432v

A German military cemetery on the outskirts of Tunis8d32432v

Tunis, Tunisia. A German military cemetery on the outskirts of Tunis

A German military cemetery on the outskirts of Tunis8d32430v

A German military cemetery on the outskirts of Tunis8d32430v

Tunis, Tunisia. A German military cemetery on the outskirts of Tunis

A grain elevator 8d39956v

A grain elevator 8d39956v

Oswego, New York. A grain elevator

A home in the Polish section 8d39948v

A home in the Polish section 8d39948v

Oswego, New York. A home in the Polish section

A hot day on the Oswego River8d45268v
A hot day in the park 8d39964v

A hot day in the park 8d39964v

Oswego, New York. A hot day in the park

A park scene with a Civil War monument 8d39962v

A park scene with a Civil War monument 8d39962v

Oswego, New York. A park scene with a Civil War monument

A Powers Agency model on the roof of third Naval district 8d22864v

A Powers Agency model on the roof of third Naval district 8d22864v

New York, New York. A Powers Agency model on the roof of third Naval district headquarters at 90 Church Street, dressed in a WAVE's (Women Auxiliary Volunteer Emergency Service) rain outfit

A priest of the Lithuanian national church serving mass in the Lithuanian cemetery 8d30389v
A Red Cross clubmobile serving doughnuts and coffee 8d40596v
A Red Cross clubmobile serving refreshments to troops 8d40595v
A Red Cross girls carrying fresh doughnuts from an improvised kitchen 8d40597v

A Red Cross girls carrying fresh doughnuts from an improvised kitchen ...

Constantine (vicinity), Algeria. A Red Cross girls carrying fresh doughnuts from an improvised kitchen to waiting clubmobile units which will carry doughnuts and coffee out to for bombers' crews who have just r... More

A Red Cross clubmobile serving doughnuts and coffee 8d32447v

A Red Cross clubmobile serving doughnuts and coffee 8d32447v

Constantine (vicinity), Algeria. A Red Cross clubmobile serving doughnuts and coffee to the crew of a bomber just returned to the airport from a dangerous mission

A Red Cross clubmobile serving refreshments to troops8d40594v

A Red Cross clubmobile serving refreshments to troops8d40594v

Constantine (vicinity), Algeria. A Red Cross clubmobile serving refreshments to troops in an outlying bivouac area

A scooper unloading a grain boat from Duluth 8d18975v
A secretary in the United States Office of Emergency Management8d14061v

A secretary in the United States Office of Emergency Management8d14061...

Washington, D.C. A secretary in the United States Office of Emergency Management (OEM)

A secretary in the United States Office of Emergency Management8d14062v

A secretary in the United States Office of Emergency Management8d14062...

Washington, D.C. A government secretary in the United States Office of Emergency Management (OEM) cleaning her typewriter

A secretary in the United States Office of Emergency Management8d14064v

A secretary in the United States Office of Emergency Management8d14064...

Washington, D.C. A government secretary in the United States Office of Emergency Management (OEM) cleaning her typewriter

A secretary in the United States Office of Emergency Management8d14063v

A secretary in the United States Office of Emergency Management8d14063...

Washington, D.C. A government secretary in the United States Office of Emergency Management (OEM) cleaning her typewriter

A secretary in the United States Office of Emergency Management8d14065v

A secretary in the United States Office of Emergency Management8d14065...

Washington, D.C. A government secretary in the United States Office of Emergency Management (OEM) cleaning her typewriter

A service flag in a home in the Polish section 8d39961v

A service flag in a home in the Polish section 8d39961v

Oswego, New York. A service flag in a home in the Polish section

A service flag in the window of a home 8d39955v

A service flag in the window of a home 8d39955v

Oswego, New York. A service flag in the window of a home

A sign on a store 8d31672v

A sign on a store 8d31672v

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A street scene 8d27932v
A street scene 8d45273v
A street scene 8d45272v
A street scene8d31713v

A street scene8d31713v

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A Sunday afternoon meeting of the rubber workers union8d18608v
A Sunday afternoon meeting of the rubber workers union8d18594v
A waiter in John's Restaurant 8d12370v

A waiter in John's Restaurant 8d12370v

New York, New York. A waiter in John's Restaurant on East Twelfth Street

A waiter in John's Restaurant on East Twelfth Street 8d12373v

A waiter in John's Restaurant on East Twelfth Street 8d12373v

New York, New York. A waiter in John's Restaurant on East Twelfth Street

A window shade factory on the Oswego River 8d39957v

A window shade factory on the Oswego River 8d39957v

Oswego, New York. A window shade factory on the Oswego River

Advertisement of the United States Employment Service, 8d16963v

Advertisement of the United States Employment Service, 8d16963v

Buffalo, New York. Advertisement of the United States Employment Service, effective in the recruitment of women for work in war industry

Afternoon coffee and cake in the home of a Finnish family named Palmrose. 8d22982v

Afternoon coffee and cake in the home of a Finnish family named Palmro...

Title: Brooklyn, New York. A section of the city largely inhabited by Finnish-Americans near 39th Street and 8th Avenue known as Finn Town. Afternoon coffee and cake in the home of a Finnish family named Palmr... More

Altar boys and lay brothers in the sacristy during Easter high mass8d28444v

Altar boys and lay brothers in the sacristy during Easter high mass8d2...

Buffalo, New York. Altar boys and lay brothers in the sacristy during Easter high mass at the Corpus Christi church in the Polish community

Altar boys and lay brothers in the sacristy during Easter high mass8d28444v (cropped)

Altar boys and lay brothers in the sacristy during Easter high mass8d2...

Buffalo, New York. Altar boys and lay brothers in the sacristy during Easter high mass at the Corpus Christi church in the Polish community

Altar boys in the procession at the Easter high mass at the Corpus Christi Church8d28470v (cropped)

Altar boys in the procession at the Easter high mass at the Corpus Chr...

Buffalo, New York. Altar boys in the procession at the Easter high mass at the Corpus Christi Church in the Polish community

Altar boys in the procession at the Easter high mass at the Corpus Christi Church8d28470v

Altar boys in the procession at the Easter high mass at the Corpus Chr...

Buffalo, New York. Altar boys in the procession at the Easter high mass at the Corpus Christi Church in the Polish community

Ambulance driver who keeps his ambulance in the firehouse 8d13948v

Ambulance driver who keeps his ambulance in the firehouse 8d13948v

Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Ambulance driver who keeps his ambulance in the firehouse between calls

American boys at the Sullivan Street depot separating scrap 8d24240v

American boys at the Sullivan Street depot separating scrap 8d24240v

New York, New York. Italian-American boys at the Sullivan Street depot separating scrap which they have collected. Each kind of scrap goes into a separate pile

American Army chaplains inspecting the ruins of the Roman arena 8d32417v
American Army chaplains inspecting the ruins of the Roman arena 8d32416v
American-born Finn, a lieutenant in the United States Signal Corps 8d22981v

American-born Finn, a lieutenant in the United States Signal Corps 8d2...

Title: Brooklyn, New York. A section of the city largely inhabited by Finnish-Americans near 39th Street and 8th Avenue known as Finn Town. American-born Finn, a lieutenant in the United States Signal Corps, s... More

American soldiers passing the stand in the Allied victory parade8d40602v

American soldiers passing the stand in the Allied victory parade8d4060...

Tunis, Tunisia. American soldiers passing the stand in the Allied victory parade along Avenue Gambetta

American soldiers inspecting wrecked ships in Tunis harbor8d32398v
American soldiers inspecting wrecked ships in Tunis harbor8d32395v
American soldiers inspecting wrecked ships in Tunis harbor8d32396v
American troops bathing on the beach after tha Allied victory8d32399v
American soldiers inspecting wrecked ships in Tunis harbor8d32397v
American-born Finn, a lieutenant in the United States Signal Corps,8d22980v

American-born Finn, a lieutenant in the United States Signal Corps,8d2...

Title: Brooklyn, New York. A section of the city largely inhabited by Finnish-Americans near 39th Street and 8th Avenue known as Finn Town. American-born Finn, a lieutenant in the United States Signal Corps, s... More

Ames Ironworks float, drawn by horses because of the gas rationing 8d30962v

Ames Ironworks float, drawn by horses because of the gas rationing 8d3...

Oswego, New York. Ames Ironworks float, drawn by horses because of the gas rationing, in the United Nations week parade

An Italian-American cop chatting with a group of Italian-Americans in Washington Square Park 8d12507v

An Italian-American cop chatting with a group of Italian-Americans in ...

New York, New York. An Italian-American cop chatting with a group of Italian-Americans in Washington Square Park

An old church, now used as the Red Cross 8d39946v

An old church, now used as the Red Cross 8d39946v

Oswego, New York. An old church, now used as the Red Cross and civilian defense headquarters

An old house on the edge of the lake 8d39953v

An old house on the edge of the lake 8d39953v

Oswego, New York. An old house on the edge of the lake

Armstrong-Technical-HS-model-aircraft-class

Armstrong-Technical-HS-model-aircraft-class

Making model airplanes for U.S. Navy at the Armstrong Technical High School, Washington, D.C.

Arranging loaves in Lithuanian bakery 8d19624v
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

Atlantic Macaroni Company, makers of Caruso brand 8d12572v

Atlantic Macaroni Company, makers of Caruso brand 8d12572v

Long Island City, New York. Atlantic Macaroni Company, makers of Caruso brand products. Workers hanging out spaghetti to dry

Atlantic Macaroni Company, makers of Caruso brand 8d12576v

Atlantic Macaroni Company, makers of Caruso brand 8d12576v

Long Island City, New York. Atlantic Macaroni Company, makers of Caruso brand products. Worker hanging out spaghetti to dry

Atlantic Macaroni Company, makers of Caruso brand 8d12583v

Atlantic Macaroni Company, makers of Caruso brand 8d12583v

Long Island City, New York. Atlantic Macaroni Company, makers of Caruso brand products. Noodles come down the chute after drying and are packed in cellophane envelopes

Atlantic Macaroni Company, makers of Caruso brand 8d12589v

Atlantic Macaroni Company, makers of Caruso brand 8d12589v

Long Island City, New York. Atlantic Macaroni Company, makers of Caruso brand products. Spaghetti on drying racks

Atlantic Macaroni Company, makers of Caruso brand 8d12588v

Atlantic Macaroni Company, makers of Caruso brand 8d12588v

Long Island City, New York. Atlantic Macaroni Company, makers of Caruso brand products. Spaghetti on drying racks

Atlantic Macaroni Company, makers of Caruso brand 8d12584v

Atlantic Macaroni Company, makers of Caruso brand 8d12584v

Long Island City, New York. Atlantic Macaroni Company, makers of Caruso brand products. Worker hanging out spaghetti to dry

Atlantic Macaroni Company, makers of Caruso brand 8d12586v

Atlantic Macaroni Company, makers of Caruso brand 8d12586v

Long Island City, New York. Atlantic Macaroni Company, makers of Caruso brand products. After coming down the chute, finished macaroni is occasionally raked before packing to keep it from pilling up and clogging the flow

Atlantic Macaroni Company, makers of Caruso brand 8d12590v

Atlantic Macaroni Company, makers of Caruso brand 8d12590v

Long Island City, New York. Atlantic Macaroni Company, makers of Caruso brand products. Feeding spaghetti, still moist, into a trimming machine

Audience at late moving picture show 8d17326v

Audience at late moving picture show 8d17326v

Buffalo, New York. Audience at late moving picture show which starts between 1:30 and 2:00 a.m. once a week, especially for workers on the swing shift

Audience at late moving picture show 8d17325v

Audience at late moving picture show 8d17325v

Buffalo, New York. Audience at late moving picture show which starts between 1:30 and 2:00 a.m. once a week, especially for workers on the swing shift

Autumn leaves on a farm road8d10034v

Autumn leaves on a farm road8d10034v

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

Bal Balchunas, a Lithuanian baker 8d19619v
Baltimore, Maryland. Burlesque barker 1943

Baltimore, Maryland. Burlesque barker 1943

Burlesque barker on Baltimore Street, Baltimore, Maryland, near the Globe Burlesque and Two O'Clock clubs.

Band in an Irish-American restaurant O'Reilly's at Third Avenue 8d13183v

Band in an Irish-American restaurant O'Reilly's at Third Avenue 8d1318...

New York, New York. Band in an Irish-American restaurant O'Reilly's at Third Avenue and Fifty-Fourth Street, on Saturday night

Barber in Vincent's barber shop on West Eighth Street 8d11683v

Barber in Vincent's barber shop on West Eighth Street 8d11683v

New York, New York. Barber in Vincent's barber shop on West Eighth Street

Benny Romano, age one month. 8d11655v
Beverly Ann Grimm, eleven, doing the family shopping.8d29095v
Beverly Ann Grimm, eleven, examining her omelette. 8d18098v
Beverly Ann Grimm, eleven, leaves the two younger girls alone 8d29097v
Beverly Ann Grimm, eleven, leaving the store 8d29092v
Beverly Ann Grimm, eleven, leaving the store 8d29094v
Beverly Ann Grimm, eleven, leaving the store after making the family purchases 8d29091v
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