584 Free Photos of Owi

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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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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Green Thumb: A FSA (Farm Security Administration) borrower picking pears. Saint Mary's County, Maryland 1940.

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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.

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

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

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

The Day Dreamer: Son of Nat Williamson. Guilford County, North Carolina, April 1938.

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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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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.

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

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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.

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

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

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

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

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

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Bleak Harvest: Outside Farm Security Administration (FSA) grant office during the pea harvest. Calipatria, California. February 1939.

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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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Passes Please: Washington, D.C. Member of the Shore Patrol who helps get servicemen lined up and in order while waiting for special buses to leave the Greyhound bus terminal on Sunday evenings. April 1943.

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

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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View of the Elba FSA (Farm Security Administration) co-op cannery. Elba, Coffee County, Alabama August 1941.

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

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

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

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

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

Tule Lake Relocation Center, Newell, California. Peter O'Crotty, photographer for OWI (Office of Wa . . . - NARA - 537149

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

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

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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.

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

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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.

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

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

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

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

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

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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.

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

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

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

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

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