546 Free Photos of Fsa Owi

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The Lighted Way: Night street scene in Butte, Montana, 1939.

Winter Corner: Streeet corner in Brockton, Massachusetts January 1941.

The Crowd: Sunday swimmers at the municipal swimming pool. Washington, D.C. June 1942.

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Medicus: Staff doctor at Providence Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, 1941.

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Silver Fleet: In the main waiting room of the municipal airport in Washington, D.C., July 1941.

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Eagle at Dusk: Gasoline filling station in Redding, California. June 1942.

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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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Bite Squad: Outdoor curb service at the Washington Hot Shoppe. Washington, D.C.. December 1941.

Curbside Dandy: Car stopped in front of a hotel, Chicago, Illinois, July 1941.

In Peace and War: Cars parked, despite gas rationing, at the Pimlico racetrack. Baltimore, Maryland, May 1943.

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Loose Lips: Guest at an evening party at the home of a government artist. Washington, D.C. June-July 1942.

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Murder, He Says: Listening to a murder mystery on the radio in a boardinghouse room. Washington, D.C., 1943.

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

Workers' children playing in the front yard. Detroit (vicinity), Michigan. September 1942.

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Little Helper: A woman hanging out washing with her young son in front of the community building in a FSA (Farm Security Administration) housing relief camp for African Americans. Arlington, Virginia, 1942.

Trucks and trains unloading goods underneath an elevated trolley. Baltimore, Maryland. April 1943.

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Big Chill: Snow drifts and a driveway along the main highway near Rockville, Maryland. January 1940.

American Patchwork: Workers waiting for a bus home at a busy intersection at four in the afternoon. Baltimore, Maryland, April 1943.

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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Cinéma, Vérité: Street scene in Daytona Beach, Florida. February 1943.

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Three's Company: Relaxing on the edge of the municipal swimming pool on Sunday. Washington, D.C. July 1942.

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Subterranean: Loading lead ore at a mine near Creede, Colorado for the war effort, 1942.

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Work Flows: A meeting at the Chrysler Corporation Dodge truck plant. Careful check is kept of every detail of production. Detroit, Michigan, 1942

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.

Washington Rec: Sunbathers on the grass next to the municipal swimming pool on Sunday. Washington, D.C. July 1942.

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Truck drivers at a highway coffee stop on U.S. Highway 90. Pearlington (vicinity), Mississippi, March 1943.

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Auto Portrait: Trucks unload tomatoes directly into the packing rooms. Phillips Packing Company, Cambridge, Maryland. August 1941.

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Deep Freeze: Residential section of North Conway, New Hampshire. February 1940.

Mexican-Americans in the courthouse square on Saturday afternoon. San Augustine, Texas. April 1943.

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

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

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

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War & Remembrance: Main street in Herrin, Illinois. January 1939.

Ploughshares: A North Carolina tenant farmer who works on shares, July 1936.

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Call for Beer: Storefront in Altheimer, Arkansas, October 1938.

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Through Sleet & Snow: Mailboxes for farms on the highway near Frederick, Maryland, January 1940.

In the Navy: Sailor mechanic inspecting a PBY plane at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas, August 1942.

Instant Messaging: Direct postal telegraph wire at a truck service station on U.S. 1 (New York Avenue), Washington, D.C, 1940.

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

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

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

At the entrance to the municipal airport in Washington, D.C., July 1941.

Cooperative gas station at Greenbelt, Maryland, September 1938.

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A Venetian night party at the Detroit yacht club, whose members represent the wealthier class of manufacturers and their friends. Motorboat. Detroit, Michigan, 1940.

Times Square on a rainy day. New York, New York. March 1943.

Hard Travelin': Drought refugees stopped along the highway near Lordsburg, New Mexico. May 1937.

Never Say Die: Main street of Nyssa, Oregon. Saturday afternoon, October 1939.

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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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Other Side of the Tracks: Slums at Cinder Point between railroad and Illinois River, Peoria, Illinois. May 1938.

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Operator taking telephone orders at the Crowley-Milner department store. Detroit, Michigan, July 1941.

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

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Street View: Main street in Peoria, Illinois. May 1938.

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

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Home Daily: Street scene in Spencer, Iowa, December 1936.

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

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Spare a Dime: Passenger waiting for his plane in the lobby of the municipal airport. Washington, D.C. July 1941.

Grand Central Terminal, New York City. October 1941.

Sport Jackets & Cigarettes: Federal Resettlement Officials at Greenbelt, Maryland, October 1939.

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The Bell Brings Forth: Students at Armstrong Technical High School in Washington, D.C. March 1942

Sunday cyclists in East Potomac Park, Washington, D.C. 1942.

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Open Late: A corner store at 11 p.m. in Durham, North Carolina, May 1940.

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

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To All Points: People buying tickets at the Greyhound bus terminal. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, September 1943.

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

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Hint of a Photographer: Fire engine house number four in Washington, D.C. January 1943.

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

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Shoppers in Hollywood, California. April 1942.

The Watering Hole: Saloon in the stockyards district. South Omaha, Nebraska, November 1938.

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Dark Fantasy: Listening to a murder mystery on the radio in a boardinghouse room. Washington, D.C., January 1943.

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Pre-fight: Oil for the engine of an airliner preparatory to takeoff. Municipal airport, Washington, D.C. July 1941.

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Prince Valiant: Sailor reading in line while waiting to board a bus at the Greyhound terminal. Washington, D.C. April 1943.

A Venetian night party at the Detroit yacht club, whose members represent the wealthier class of manufacturers and their friends. Crowd dancing, 1940.

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

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

Tin Can Tourists: Dade City tourist camp, Florida, February 1939.

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Grand Canyon: Elevated structure and buildings. Lower Manhattan, December 1941.

Five o'clock Shadows: Crowds in the street at five o'clock in the afternoon, Chicago, Illinois. July 1941.

Wife of resettled farmer. Roanoke Farms, North Carolina, 1938.

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Torrential: On a rainy day in Providence, Rhode Island, December 1940.

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Engine 1646: Chicago and North Western railroad, working on a locomotive at the 40th Street railroad shops. December 1942.

The Right Word at the Right Time: Street scene showing the effect of the gasoline shortage in Washington, D.C., 1942.

The Wee Small Hours: Gas station at night in Dubuque, Iowa, April 1941.

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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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Good and Bad: A used cars retailer in Bedford, Virginia. March 1941.

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

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Susan Hayward, Paramount motion picture star, does her share in sending typewriters to war. 1942.

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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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Holiday Rush: R. H. Macy and Company department store during the week before Christmas. New York, New York. December 1941.

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

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

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Love Boat: Summer residents watch the tourist boat arrive from Boston, Provincetown, Massachusetts, August 1940.

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

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

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