548 Free Images of Fsa Owi

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Bingham Mine. A section of trestle of the Carr Fork bridge at the Bingham Canyon workings of Utah Copper Company, 1942.

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Girls Night Out: Young Women at a Hot Shoppe restaurant in Washington, D.C. December 1941.

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A Westport commuter on a train to New York City. October 1941.

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Among the Brave: National cemetery in Cairo, Illinois May 1943.

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Fledglings: Civilian training school, students and instructors, Meacham Field, Fort Worth, Texas, 1942.

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To Market: Freight car loaded with sacks of flour, Pillsbury mills, Minneapolis, Minnesota, September 1939.

Pomp & Circumstance: Outdoor graduation exercises for 123 high school students in Keysville, Virginia. June 1943.

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Man in the Shadows: Interior of railroad station in Hagerstown, Maryland. October 1937.

The Shade Tree: Sunday cyclists at Hains Point, Washington, D.C., 1942.

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Workers completing assembly and fitting operations on the interior of a fuselage section, 1942.

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Yuletide Derby: The main street of Derby, Connecticut, decorated for the Christmas season, December 1940.

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One for All: Waiting for a street car in Chicago, Illinois, 1940.

Fire & Ice: A long stairway in the mill district of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, January, 1940.

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Far Bright Star: Son of an illiterate sharecropper. He wants a high school education. Near Earle, Arkansas. July 1936.

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Just the Beginning: Reading war news aboard streetcar. San Francisco, California, December 1941.

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Rainy Day Chaperone: Coming home from school on a rainy day in Norwich, Connecticut, November 1940.

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Between Bites: Construction workers eating lunch on the Shasta Dam. Shasta County, California, November 1940.

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Rope corral at the Quarter Circle U roundup, Big Horn County, Montana June 1939.

Corner Lunch: Townspeople discussing the severe winter on the street corner in center of town in Woodstock, Vermont, 1940.

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Punch Line: People boarding a Greyhound bus at a small town between Chicago, Illinois and Cincinnati, Ohio, September 1943.

Street View, Peoria: Sign across main street, Peoria, Illinois. May 1938

When the World Slows: Late evening on the lower East Side, New York, New York. May 1943.

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And Now, the News: Mr. Babcock, an American war worker, tuning in for war news on his radio. Rochester, New York, 1943.

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Do Not Disturb: A bridge game does not disturb this sleeper at a boarding house. Washington, D.C. January 1943.

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Twilight Rambler: The repair tracks of the Chicago and North Western Railroad. Chicago, Illinois, December 1942.

Over the Shoulder: A woman watches the Queen of the Cherry Blossom Festival being crowned. Washington, D.C., May 1941.

Best Beer in Town: A cross roads store, bar, juke joint, and gas station in the cotton plantation area, Melrose, Louisiana, June 1940.

Deception: A shopper examines food labels to determine the best fit for her household's nutrition plan. February 1942. This photo was taken as part of a series to inform the public on tips for the conservation of resources during wartime. Original caption

Weather Man: In the teletype room, where weather data and other information is constantly being received. Municipal airport, Washington, D.C. July 1941.

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Sweet Sue: At the Sea Grill, Sue, a waitress serves beer to the many nightly patrons. Washington, D.C. April 1943.

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Tree for Two: Sunday cyclist at Haines Point, Washington, D.C. June 1942.

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Hard Times: Young family just arrived from Arkansas camped along the road. Imperial Valley, California, Spring 1937.

Home Companion: A radio is company for this girl in her boardinghouse room. Washington, D.C., January 1943.

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Wrath: Heavy black clouds of dust rising over the Texas Panhandle, Texas, March 1936.

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Waves, Spars, & Cars: Parking lot and billboards in Baltimore, Maryland. April 1943.

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Wind Swept: Lititz (vicinity), Pennsylvania. View over the town on a windy day in the fall, November 1941.

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Park-way: On the Mall in Washington, D.C., December 1943.

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Steel Thunderbolts: A Steam and a diesel engine at the Union Station yards in Chicago, Illinois. January 1943.

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News Muse: Reading the newspaper aloud in a boardinghouse room. Washington, D.C., January 1943.

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Far Away Places: A Gas station in Minneapolis, Minnesota, December 1937.

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Grand Central Terminal, New York City. October 1941.

Lively Bunch: After dinner a bridge game goes on nightly in the largest room in the boardinghouse. Washington, D.C. January 1943.

The Things They Carried: In the new home of a group of Florida migrant workers just arrived in Onley, Virginia, July 1940.

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Cool in Summer: Keeping the airliner air-conditioned while it is on the ground. Municipal airport, Washington, D.C., July 1941.

Launching Party: General view of the participants on the platform before a launching ceremony. Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. May 1943.

Rockwell Canvas: The waiting room at the Greyhound bus terminal. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. September 1943.

Beehive: In the ticket reservations department of one of the airliners. Washington, D.C. municipal airport, July 1941

The Golden Hour: Street in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Fall 1939.

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Park Pastoral: Amusement park in Southington, Connecticut. May 1942.

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Hurry Up and Wait: Servicemen waiting for trains at Pennsylvania railroad station, New York, New York. August 1942.

Panorama: In the main waiting room at the municipal airport in Washington, D.C., July 1941

Women talk on the street in Holyoke, Massachusetts September 1941.

Looking north on Woodward Ave., from the Maccabees Building with the Fisher Building at the far left, and the Wardell Hotel at the middle right, Detroit, Michigan. July 1942.

Into the Wind: Sailing boat at a Venetian night party at the Detroit yacht club, whose members represent the wealthier class of manufacturers and their friends, 1940.

American Worker: A Black shipyard worker who helps build Liberty Ships at the Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. May 1943.

Waiting on Roosevelt: North Dakota farmers waiting for their assistance grants in a Resettlement Administration Office. North Dakota, 1936.

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Michigan Avenue in Chicago, Illinois. July 1940.

Winter's Wand: After a snowstorm in Norwich, Connecticut, November 1940.

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A World Apart: Mrs. Dukes, wife of tenant farmer and FSA borrower. She has nine children and has been to the hospital suffering from cancer. Heard County, Georgia. April 1941.

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Big Easy: People sitting on dock, New Orleans, Louisiana, September 1938.

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Breakfast & Conversation: Commuters on a train to New York City. October 1941.

A Westport commuter arriving at station for train to New York City, October 1941.

Codes of Conduct: Men playing cards in restaurant, Shellpile, New Jersey. October 1938.

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Listen Up: Instructor explaining the operation of a parachute to student pilots, Meacham Field, Fort Worth, Texas. January 1942.

Eternal Vigilance: The National Archives building in Washington, D.C. December 1943.

Small Town, Summer: A street scene in Keysville, Virginia, June 1943.

A Depot Moderne: Front view of the newly-built Union Station in Omaha, Nebraska November 1938.

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Bird's Eye View: Spectators at a scrap salvage rally at Griffith Stadium, Washington, D.C., August 1942.

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Mud on Main Street: Navigating the business district of Herrin, Illinois, after a snowstorm. January 1939.

Requiem for the American Dream: Unemployed men at the White Angel Breadline in San Francisco, Califorinia 1933.

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Ticket Please: From behind one of the ticket counters in the waiting room. Washington, D.C. municipal airport, July 1941

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Chuck Wagon Cafe: Cowboys eating breakfast at a restaurant on the grounds of San Angelo Fat Stock Show, San Angelo, Texas. March 1940.

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Columbia Steel Co., Geneva, Utah. The new plant will make important additions to the vast amount of steel needed for the war effort. November 1942.

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Boys of Summer: Sunday cyclists watching sailboats at Hains Point. Washington, D.C. 1942.

On the Way to Somewhere: Trailer & truck at a gas station in Elko, Nevada, March 1940.

Life's Other Side: Two men head toward Los Angeles, California looking for work. March 1937.

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Desperate Times: Shack of war veteran and family with view along Nueces Bay. Corpus Christi, Texas, 1939.

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Group of men on 7th Avenue and 28th Street, New York City, November 1936.

Lubricating and servicing a new B-17F (Flying Fortress) bomber for flight tests at the airfield of Boeing's Seattle plant, 1942.

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Bridgeton, New Jersey. FSA (Farm Security Administration) agricultural workers' camp. The children are discouraged from going to the fields, but told to stay around camp where they can play safely. July 1942.

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Passengers Anonymous: People in a bus on rainy day in Norwich, Connecticut. November, 1940.

En-Vogue: Portrait of Barbara Cottam, a second generation Anglo-American, Albuquerque, New Mexico, February 1943.

Migrant shed worker. Northeast Florida in Suwanee county, 1936.

No Place to Sleep: Unemployed men sleeping in the park in the Gateway District, Minneapolis, Minnesota, September 1939.

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Display at a scrap salvage rally sponsored by the Work Projects Administration (WPA) at the state fairgrounds. Detroit, Michigan, 1942.

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Players in an amateur baseball game between the employees' recreation association and a team recruited from garage workers. Washington, D.C. June 1942.

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On a Street Where You Live: Corner store which is patronized by Mrs. Ella Watson, a government charwoman. Washington, D.C., August 1942.

Person of Interest: Sunday crowds are so great at the municipal swimming pool that long lines form awaiting their turn. Washington, D.C., July 1942.

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Moving Day: An African-American family moving into new Homesteads near Newport News Virginia, 1937.

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A Venetian night party at the Detroit yacht club, whose members represent the wealthier class of manufacturers and their friends. Small cabin cruiser. Summer 1940.

Winter's Doorstep: The main square in Colchester, Connecticut. November 1940.

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Lateness of the Hour: At the Tri-County Farmers Co-op at Du Bois, Pennsylvania, August 1940.

On the Waterfront: Longshoremen's lunch hour. San Francisco waterfront. California. February 1937.

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Welcome Home: A family moving into Homesteads in Newport News, Virginia, December 1937.

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Horse races, Hialeah Park, Miami, Florida 1939.

Union Arch: Exit of the underground tunnel through Union Station which is used by taxis and trucks, Chicago, Illinois. January 1943.

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A Dream for Two: Pictures of a husband in the service decorate the dresser and mirror of this boardinghouse resident. Washington, D.C., January 1943.

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Gasoline Noir: Oil and gasoline service station at night in San Augustine, Texas. April 1939.

Soldiering On: A war veteran who sells pencils on the street. Omaha, Nebraska, November 1938.

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