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An American WWII defense poster.

A Victory Garden poster from WWII.

A World War II poster.

A WWII lumber production poster from 1943

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A forest fire prevention poster from 1944.

A WWII V-Mail poster from 1943.

A poster promoting Women war workers, 1942.

A WWII Poster promoting national unity.

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A WWII propaganda poster from 1943 by Kenny Clayton.

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A WWII conservation salvage poster from 1943.

WWII recruiting poster by artist Ivan Dimitri, 1942.

Poster promoting conservation of water for the war effort. Raymond Wilcox.

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A WWII poster encouraging Americans to be more informed to defend democratic civic life.

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Portrait of a woman training to operate buses and taxicabs, 1942.

WPA poster, urging Americans to become better-informed citizens.

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Lincoln, Nebraska, 1942

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A WWII poster asking civilians to donate their cooking grease waste for making munitions. Circa 1943.

A World War II propaganda poster encouraging civilians on the home front to follow wartime rationing guidelines.

A World War II poster reminding war workers to remain vigilant against Axis saboteurs.

A Works Progress Adminisration poster touting the importance of music during World War II.

A World War II poster from 1944 promoting workplace eye safety.

Bartender at the Sea Grill. Washington, D.C., April 1943.

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A WPA poster from 1942 promoting good workplace practices for the war effort during WWII.

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Old Glory: The American Flag, Detroit, Michigan. July 1942.

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Above and Beyond: A WWII poster honoring Navy Cross recipient Dorie Miller, hero of Pearl Harbor.

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Regular Crowd: Beer drinkers at the Sea Grill. Washington, D.C. April 1943.

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Schools At War: Rural school children, San Augustine County, Texas. April 1943.

Cabby: Portrait of a woman training to operate buses and taxicabs, 1942.

Portrait of a woman training to operate buses and taxicabs, 1942.

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Sailor and girl at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Washington, D.C. May 1943.

Giggle Juice: A slightly inebriated couple at the Sea Grill. Washington, D.C., April, 1943.

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Catching Wind: An Instructor explaining the operation of the parachute to students, Meacham Field, Fort Worth, Texas January 1942.

Sections of frameworks for a B-17F (Flying Fortress) bomber fuselages at the Boeing plant in Seattle. 1942.

View of the Lead and silver mining town of Creede, Colorado. 1942.

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Change of shift at the California Shipbuilding Corporation, Wilmington, California. 1942.

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Lights Out: In the lounge at the United Nations service center. Washington, D.C. December 1943.

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New defense houses in Detroit, Michigan. September 1942.

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Girls coming out of the Highland Park Chrysler plant in Detroit, Michigan, 1942.

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A Greyhound bus trip from Louisville, Kentucky, to Memphis, Tennessee, and the terminals, June 1943.

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1940's Kodachrome slide showing a serviceman walking down a street in uniform. Likely taken during WWII.

Fleet's In: Sailors at Glen Echo amusement park. Maryland. March 1943.

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Lead and silver mining in the former ghost town of Creede, Colorado, 1942.

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Danger Hill: Sign on the top of a hill in the residential section of San Francisco, California. January 1943.

Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. The stem of a vessel just after the launching ceremony. May 1943.

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First Black family moving into the Sojourner Truth neighborhood, Detroit, Michigan, 1942.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Wild Blue Yonder: Aviation cadets at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas August 1942.

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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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Sit Anywhere: Woodsman relaxing after lunch during the spring pulpwood drive on the Brown Company timber holdings in Maine. May 1943.

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12 O'Clock High: Training high school boys to identify planes at Weequahic High School, Newark, New Jersey July 1942.

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

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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American Merchant: Mr. J. Benjamin, a store owner in Washington, D.C. August 1942.

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Keep Us Flying: Tuskegee Airman William Diez is featured in this World War II plea for Americans to buy war bonds. The poster is one of a series of patriotic posters sponsored by the Office of War Information.

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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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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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Pulp Peddler: A Magazine stand in Yreka, California, June 26, 1942.

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

But It's Home: A FSA (Farm Security Administration) housing project for Glenn L. Martin aircraft workers. A worker's family in their trailer home. Middle River, Maryland. Aug 1943

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Two of the four mighty engines of a new B-17F (Flying Fortress) bombers warm up at the airfield of Boeing's Seattle plant, 1942.

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V for Victory: Mexican agricultural laborers who have come to help harvest beets eating their lunch. Stockton, California, May 1943.

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Good Humor: The Good Humor man comes to a trailer camp on Saturday afternoon. These children are sons of torpedo plant workers in Alexandria, Virginia, March 1941.

Look Here: Instructor C.C. Gravelge, showing one of his classes the difficult art of overhead welding in preparation for their initiation into aircraft welding jobs . Former nightclub in Daytona Beach, Florida April 1942.

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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Waiting for the parade to recruit civilian defense volunteers, Washington, D.C. July 1943.

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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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Companions: Young girl with her cat in the kitchen of her home. FSA (Farm Security Administration) housing relief for Black Americans. Arlington, Virginia, April 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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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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American Worker: A Black shipyard worker who helps build Liberty Ships at the Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. May 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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Wartime conservation tips: The motors of many refrigerators require periodic cleaning. Keep coils free from hampering dust and grime by weekly sessions with a wire brush or a vacuum attachment. February 1942.

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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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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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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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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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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