548 Free Images of Fsa Owi

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Campesino: A Farm Security Administration borrower who is a member of a sugar growing cooperative, vicinity of Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico. January 1942.

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Elbow Room: This boardinghouse room needs a heater in the winter and a fan in the summer. Washington, D.C. January 1943.

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

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Madonna and Child: Sunday afternoon in New Orleans, Louisiana, January 1941.

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

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

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A Glimpse of Thanksgiving: At the Crouch family Thanksgiving Day dinner. Ledyard, Connecticut, November 1940.

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They Won't Forget: View from the Courthouse steps in Peoria, Illinois. May 1938.

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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Of a Fallen Angel: The Devil's Cauldron and the Oregon coast highway, features of the Resettlement Administration's recreation area which attract many tourists. Oregon, June 1936.

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

Keeper of the Flame: Portrait of a teacher at Central High School. Charlotte Court House, Virginia. June 1943.

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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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Corner Sentinel: Night view, downtown section. Dallas, Texas, 1942.

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

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Wash Day: Young woman at the community laundry on Saturday afternoon at a Farm Security Administration relief housing camp in Robstown, Texas, 1942.

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

Hard Scrabble: Couple digging their sweet potatoes in the fall. Irrigon, Morrow County, Oregon, October 1939.

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Beau Stroll: High school students strolling through the zoological park. Detroit, Michigan, July 1942.

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Horse races, Hialeah Park, Miami, Florida 1939.

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

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

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

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Share Alike: Group waiting to drink water out of a public fountain in the zoological park. Detroit, Michigan. July 1942

Bottoms Up: Farmers drinking beer during a hard day's work. Jackson, Michigan, Fall 1941.

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

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

Community: Public health doctor giving a tenant family medicine for malaria, near Columbia, South Carolina, 1939.

The Dugout: Players and spectators in a baseball game at Ellipse Park. Washington, D.C. July 1942.

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

School Social: Students on steps of building between classes. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Orange County. September 1939.

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Downtown Business: Shoppers in Los Angeles, California. April 1942.

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

Tarde en un Pueblo: Street of a Mexican village up in the hills. Cordova, New Mexico, December 1935.

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

WWJDetroit: Street view of Radio station WWJ in Detroit, Michigan. August 1942.

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Short Leash: Woman adjusting a harness strap to prevent child from getting lost in zoological park. Detroit, Michigan. July 1942.

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

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

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

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

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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Tarmac Roost: A group of Airliners on the field at the Municipal airport, Washington, D.C., July 1941.

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

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

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

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

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The Watchers: Looking out over the field from the south concourse. Municipal airport, Washington, D.C. July 1941

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Fruit wagon at the Pie Town, New Mexico Fair. There is no fruit grown in this section and the people depend on outside truckers to bring it in. October 1940.

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The Still Valley: View of Widtsoe area from general store. The farmlands purchase lie on the floor of the valley. Utah, 1936.

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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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Ain't No Crystal Stair: Wife and child of tractor driver. Aldridge Plantation, Mississippi, 1937.

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

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

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

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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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We Don't Discriminate: Lunchroom near Belle Glade, Florida. January 1939.

Autumn Trappings: Fall window display at Windsor Locks, Connecticut, October 1939.

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

The Magic Hour: Snowy night in the Center of town in Woodstock, Vermont, 1940.

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

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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The Ice Route: A bus going through the snow near Connecticut Avenue and Chevy Chase Circle, Washington, D.C. March 1942.

I, Too, Am America: Portrait of Mrs. Ella Watson, Government charwoman. Washington, D.C. August 1942.

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Madonna and Child: Migrant Cotton Picker with her baby. Maricopa County, Arizona, 1940.

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

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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A farm road near one of the villages on the northern coast, Saint Croix island, Virgin Islands, 1941.

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

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

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

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Little Light of Mine: Part of Pomp Hall's family eating supper by lamplight, Creek County, Oklahoma. February 1940.

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.

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

Secondhand Fisherman: A stevedore who packs and loads crates of fish on the lower east side. New York, New York, 1943.

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Low-Rent Dive: Scene in a nightclub along the riverfront. Saint Louis, Missouri, January 1939.

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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The Crucible: Houses of the mill town overlooking the Pittsburgh Crucible Steel Company in Midland, Pennsylvania, January 1941.

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Knocking Off: The end of the afternoon shift at the Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, January 1941.

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

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

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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