584 Free Photos of Owi

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Gate of Nations: World's Fair. Corona gate with Bulova clock exhibit. May 1939.

Passerby: Looking out of a building on 47th Street in Chicago, Illinois. 1941.

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Boarding: Bus passengers at the Greyhound bus station in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. 1940.

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Jeannete Feinstock, clerk in the factory office of a cooperative clothing company. Hightstown, New Jersey, November 1936.

Eye of the Beholder: Slums in Camden, New Jersey with the city hall in distance. October 1938.

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Sunday Snooze: Ellipse Park in Washington, D.C. on a hot Sunday June 1942.

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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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Spa Day: Service station on Connecticut Avenue. Washington, D.C., September 1940.

Young & Old: Children jumping rope in New Orleans, Louisiana. March 1943.

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

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

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Shedding Light: In the waiting room of the Union Station. Chicago, Illinois. January 1943.

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

Serves Up: Playing tennis in the park in front of the U.S. Department of Commerce building on Sunday afternoon. Washington, D.C., June 1942.

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

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.

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

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Lobby of the Fisher Building, Detroit Michigan. July 1942.

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

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

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

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Tough Customers: Men on main street, Saturday afternoon, Hagerstown, Maryland. October 1937.

Church near Junction City, Kansas

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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.

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

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

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

Primary class in new school, Prairie Farms, Montgomery, Alabama 1939.

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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.

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

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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.

Open-air Barber: On U.S. 99 between Bakersfield and the Ridge, en route to San Diego. Migrant man shaving by roadside. February 1939.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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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American Gothic: Husband and wife at a FSA (Farm Security Administration) relief camp, Harlingen, Texas, January 1942.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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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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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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Cooperative gas station at Greenbelt, Maryland, September 1938.

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

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

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