546 Free Photos of Fsa Owi

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

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Singin' Cowboy: A group of Cowhands singing after day's work on the Quarter Circle 'U' Ranch roundup. Big Horn County, Montana, June 1939.

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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

Lunch Break: Workmen at lunch hour on emergency office space construction job. Washington, D.C., 1941.

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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.

Summer Days: Sun bathers on the sand beach at the swimming pool in the Glen Echo amusement park. Maryland, July 1943.

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Winner: Pimlico racetrack, near Baltimore, Maryland. Count Fleet crossing finishing line to win Preakness Cup, May 1943.

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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.

On the Make: Arlington, Virginia. Girls entertaining their guests in one of the two card rooms, at a residence for the women who work in the U.S. government for the duration of the war. June 1943.

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Ag Academy: Farm Security Admnistration county supervisor at farmers field day at United States Dry Land Experiment Station, Akron, Colorado. October 1939.

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Pit Stop: In the cafe at a truck drivers' service station on U.S. 1 (New York Avenue), Washington, D.C., June 1940.

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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.

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

Bath Time: Washing one of the Santa Fe R.R. 54 hundred horse power diesel freight locomotives in the roundhouse, Argentine, Kansas. Argentine yard is at Kansas City, Kansas, March 1943.

Roadside Style: Migratory agricultural worker waiting at the Little Creek end for the Norfolk-Cape Charles ferry. July 1940.

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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.

Man and Steed: Rancher William Heck shoeing a horse at his ranch in the Moreno Valley, Colfax County, New Mexico. February 1943.

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District grocery store warehouse on 4th Street S.W. Farmers bringing their produce in trucks, between two and five a.m. Washington, D.C. July 1942.

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Through the Grapevine: Two NYA (National Youth Administration) students at Bethune-Cookman College chatting between classes on the campus. Daytona Beach, Florida. January 1943.

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Snowy Small Town: The business section of Bantam, Connecticut. with the camera facing south along Lafayette Boulevard (Route 25). January-February 1942.

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Sailor Man: On board the 'Princess Anne' super-deluxe luxury liner ferry plying between Little Creek, Virginia (Norfolk) and Cape Charles, Virginia, 1940.

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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American Acropolis: Exterior of the Jefferson Memorial, Washington, D.C. Dedicated on the third president's bi-centennial anniversary, April 13, 1943.

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Lunch on the Grounds: Government workers lunching and resting in Washington Monument park outside the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Washington, D.C. July 1942.

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Going Places: A Girl waiting for the bus by a road's edge. Greyhound bus trip from Louisville, Kentucky, to Memphis, Tennessee, and the terminals. September 1943.

Training women to operate buses and taxicabs, 1942. Due to the bulk of American men being slated for the armed forces, women are stepping into jobs normally performed by men.

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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.

Ice Cream Social: A mother and child with an ice cream cone in front of the bank in San Augustine, Texas. April 1943.

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The Soloist: A One man tin can band during a wartime blackout. San Francisco, California, December 1941.

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They Ride By Night: Trolley carrying workers to the night shift at the Bethlehem Fairfield shipyard. Baltimore, Maryland. April 1943

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Obey Your Air Raid Warden: Scene in the Italian 'North Beach' restaurant during a blackout. San Francisco, California. December 1941.

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Santa Clause Lane: Corner on main street, Spencer, Iowa, December 1936

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

Give Me Some Sugar: Residents of one of Washington DC's best residential sections apply for sugar ration cards at Adams School May 1942.

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

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

The Easy Life: Winter tourist reading a magazine beside his trailer home. Sarasota trailer park, Sarasota, Florida, January 1941.

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

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Workmen's Lunch: Migratory agricultural workers having supper at the store in Belcross, North Carolina, 1940.

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Cheap Seats: Spectators at the Duke University-North Carolina football game. Durham, North Carolina, October 1939.

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We of the Long Road: Example of self-resettlement in California. Oklahoma farm family on highway between Blythe and Indio, August 1936.

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

Waiting for trains at the Pennsylvania railroad station, New York City, August 1942.

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

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Touching Up: A young stenographer has the use of a bathroom to powder her nose and wash while she works for the Foreign Function Bureau, housed in a converted apartment building. Washington, D.C.. December 1941.

Ready for His Close-up: A picture-taking machine in the lobby at the United Nations service center. Washington, D.C., 1943.

Arsenal of Democracy: Chrysler Corporation Dodge truck plant. Dodge Army ambulances are here, lined up for delivery to the Army. Detroit, Michigan, August 1942.

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Night and the City: A rainy evening in New York City, looking north from University Place, September 1939.

Miss Helen Ringwald works with the pneumatic tubes through which messages are sent to branches in other parts of the city of Washington D.C. for delivery, 1943.

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Interlochen, Michigan. National music camp where 300 or more young musicians study symphonic music for eight weeks each summer. Swimming dock, August 1942.

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The Birdman: This man feeds the pigeons in Washington Square regularly. New York, New York. December 1941.

At a truck service station on U.S. 1 (New York Avenue), Washington, D.C. 1940.

Last Call: Waiting for instructions to take off. Washington D.C. municipal airport, July 1941.

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Hear That Whistle: Shipyard employees getting out of work at 4 p.m. Newport News, Virginia, March 1941.

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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Fall Harvest: Children gathering potatoes on a large farm, vicinity of Caribou, Aroostook County, Maine. Schools do not open until the potatoes are harvested. October 1941.

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Sunday Best: Congregation of a Black church in the mill district of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, January 1941.

Crossroads of the World: Union Station concourse showing display the flags of the Allied Nations, Chicago, Illinois. January 1943.

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Fill er Up: 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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And Miles To Go: Scene in west Aliquippa, Pennsylvania. Stacks of the Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation in background. January 1941.

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Thirst Quencher: Melvin Cash, truck driver, putting water in his radiator along U.S. Highway 29 in North Carolina enroute to Charlotte. March 1943.

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Swing Shift: Third shift defense workers waiting in a combination delicatessen and restaurant to be picked up by their car pools around midnight. Baltimore, Maryland. April 1943.

Through the Night: Alfred MacMillan, Pullman porter, resting in the men's washroom aboard the 'Capitol Limited' bound for Chicago, Illinois, March 1943.

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Gamers 1941: Playing the pinball machine at the steelworkers' Serbian Club in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, January 1941.

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Free sleeping quarters for truck drivers at a truck service station on U.S. 1 (New York Avenue) in Washington, D.C. June 1940.

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Sidewalk Bizarre: Scene along Bathgate Avenue in the Bronx, New York, December 1936.

'Can I wear it today?': A domestic scene between mother and daughter. 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 below.

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Celluloid Palace: Scene outside a movie theater on the Southside of Chicago, Illinois. April 1941.

Blue Plate Lunch: In the cafe at a truck drivers' service station on U.S. 1 (New York Avenue), Washington, D.C. June 1940.

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Freezing Down: Stevedores along the riverfront in Saint Louis, Missouri, January 1939.

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There and Back Again: An elderly woman awaits the international streetcar at a corner in El Paso, Texas to return across the bridge after a day of business, June 1938.

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Hot All Nite: Young man with his bicycle on 47th Street, Chicago, Illinois, 1941.

Check it Twice: A young woman deliberates over her shopping list, 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 below.

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Co-Ed: Students during change of classes, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, September 1939.

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Young couple moving in at Homesteads built as part of the New Deal housing and work programs. Newport News, Virginia, 1937.

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A Hand Up: San Fernando federal subsistence homesteads. Forty homes, all occupied, each with nearly an acre of ground. California, February 1936.

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But Not Forgotten: Decorating a soldier's grave in one of the Black sections of Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day. Arlington, Virginia. May 1943.

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Elbow Benders: Having a beer in Art's Sportsman's Tavern on a rainy day in Colchester, Connecticut. November 1940.

Chicago Noir: Special agent making his rounds at night at the South Water Street freight terminal of the Illinois Central Railroad. Chicago, Illinois. May 1943.

Night Moves: Activity in the Santa Fe R.R. yard, Los Angeles, Calif. All switch lights, head lights and lamps have been shaded from above in accordance with blackout regulations. March 1943

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Dayshift Set: Workers coming out of the Highland Park Chrysler plant. Detroit, Michigan. Spring, 1942.

Morning Rush: Workers hurrying to catch a conveyance for work at seven a.m. Baltimore, Maryland, April 1943.

Packed House: Listening to the speaker at the Conference to Aid Agricultural Organization during the cotton strike (Steinbeck Committee). Bakersfield, Kern County, California. November 1938.

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Hall Monitor: The corridor between classes at Central High School. A teacher watching to see that the students keep in order. Charlotte Court House, Virginia, June 1943

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Gallery Seats: New York, New York. Italian-Americans watching parade on Mott Street and flag raising ceremony in honor of boys from the neighborhood in the United States Army, 1942.

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

Summer Delight: A student eating an ice cream cone at the National music camp in Interlochen, Michigan where 300 or more young musicians study symphonic music for 8 weeks each summer. August 1942.

Map Quest: Florida migrants studying a road map before leaving Elizabeth City, North Carolina for the state of Delaware, 1940.

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Just Off Main: Sidewalk traffic on main street on the day of tobacco auctions in Mebane, North Carolina. November 1939.

From the Hands of Many: A skilled team of men and women workers at the Boeing plant in Seattle complete assembly and fitting operations on the interior of a fuselage section for a new B-17F (Flying Fortress) bomber, 1942.

Evicted: State highway officials moving evicted Black sharecroppers away from roadside to area between the levee and the Mississippi River. New Madrid County, Missouri, 1938.

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We Can Do It: Women riveters at the Boeing plant in Seattle work at assembly and fitting operations in the fuselage of a new B-17F (Flying Fortress) bomber, 1942.

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Junk: Scrap salvage campaign.This boy is looking up junk dealers in the telephone directory, wants junk dealer pick up the scrap which he collected stored in his celler Washington, D.C. May 1942.

Poster in the window of a business in Harrisonburg, Virginia for the State Employment Service aiding in the tapping of the skilled labor resources of the Shenandoah Valley, 1941.

Ghost Town Redux: Main street of Creede, Colorado. Creede, for many years a ghost town, has resumed and is now producing much metal vitally needed for the war effort 1942.

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Waiting for trains at the Pennsylvania railroad station, New York. August 1942.

Corner Pockets: Portrait of a man on the corner of 44th and State Streets, Chicago, Illinois, 1941.

Fashionable Set: An African-American family recently moved into the Sojourner Truth homes for War workers. Detroit, Michigan 1942.

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