584 Free Photos of Owi

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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.

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.

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.

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

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

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Each Their Own: Row houses at the corner of N and Union Streets S.W., Washington, D.C. 1941.

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

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Growing Boy: A young steelworker at a bar in Ambridge, Pennsylvania. January 1941.

Art director and copy writer at a large advertising agency. Detroit, Michigan. July 1942.

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Three's a Crowd: Passengers in the waiting room at the municipal airport in Washington, D.C. July 1941

Globetrotters: Decoration on the floor of the waiting room in the municipal airport in Washington, D.C. July 1941.

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Playground Street: A Black neighborhood in New Orleans, Louisiana. March 1943

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Portrait of a Businessman: Proprietor of restaurant in Shellpile, New Jersey, October 1938.

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

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

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

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.

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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Hard Travelin': Drought refugees stopped along the highway near Lordsburg, New Mexico. May 1937.

Never Say Die: Main street of Nyssa, Oregon. Saturday afternoon, October 1939.

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One Last Look: Parents of one of the soldiers on a special bus, climbing onto the baggage cart to look into the bus until the moment it departs from the Greyhound terminal 1943.

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.

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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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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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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Commuters playing bridge on train to New York City. October 1941.

Old Home Time: The Mambert farm, located in the Hudson River Valley, New York. October 1941.

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Car Culture: Saturday afternoon in Florence, Alabama. June 1942.

Ride Sharing: Washington, D.C. Soldiers looking out the window of the bus just before leaving the Greyhound terminal, 1943.

Spectators watching a fountain at a zoo. Detroit, Michigan. July 1942

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Cashier checking out a customer's purchases at the Will That Be All?: Giant Food shopping center. Washington, D.C. June 1942.

Working Man: Portrait of a migratory worker at a Farm Security Administration camp in Robstown, Texas. Spring 1942.

But Once a Year: Hanging Christmas decorations in Providence, Rhode Island, December 1940.

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

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Free Air: Gas station in Kern County, California, November 1938.

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Parks & Rec: Ellipse Park in Washington, D.C. on a hot Sunday, June 1942.

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Line of prospective swimmers, awaiting their turn at the municipal swimming pool on Sunday in Washington, D.C., June 1942.

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Engine 1646: Chicago and North Western railroad, working on a locomotive at the 40th Street railroad shops. December 1942.

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

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

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

Holiday Rush: R. H. Macy and Company department store during the week before Christmas. New York, New York. December 1941.

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

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

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One of a fleet of trucks owned by United Cooperative Society, Fitchburg, Massachusetts, January 1936.

Love Boat: Summer residents watch the tourist boat arrive from Boston, Provincetown, Massachusetts, August 1940.

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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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Other Side of the Tracks: Slums at Cinder Point between railroad and Illinois River, Peoria, Illinois. May 1938.

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Reading by Shadows: Washington, D.C. Girls employed by the U.S. government in a room selected for them by the Office of Emergency Management (OEM) personnel service. March 1943.

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Waders at an automobile ford in Rock Creek Park. Washington, D.C. June 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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Howard on the Air: Broadcast tower at Howard University during commencement exercises. Washington, D.C. June 1942.

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Milk Run: Farmer's Co-op truck full of milk cans driving into town, 1940.

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

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

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

At the entrance to the municipal airport in Washington, D.C., July 1941.

Wall of Dreams: Room in which migratory agricultural workers sleep. Camden County, New Jersey October 1938.

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

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Nebraska Iceberg: An Ice cream stand in Lincoln, Nebraska, October 1938.

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Summer Sanctuary: A Movie theatre in Chicago, Illinois, July 1940.

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