584 Free Photos of Owi

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Mud on Main Street: Navigating the business district of Herrin, Illinois, after a snowstorm. January 1939.

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

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Eye for an Eye: Washington, D.C. Part of the line waiting to board one of the special buses for servicemen leaving the Greyhound terminal on Sunday nights. April 1943.

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Ticket Please: From behind one of the ticket counters in the waiting room. Washington, D.C. municipal airport, July 1941

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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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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.

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

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

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

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

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

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Horse races, Hialeah Park, Miami, Florida 1939.

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

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

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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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Good and Bad: A used cars retailer in Bedford, Virginia. March 1941.

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

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

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

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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.

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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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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Gamers 1941: Playing the pinball machine at the steelworkers' Serbian Club in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, 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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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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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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Ain't No Crystal Stair: Wife and child of tractor driver. Aldridge Plantation, Mississippi, 1937.

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

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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.

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

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

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.

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

Chicago Noir: Special agent making his rounds at night at the South Water Street freight terminal of the Illinois Central Railroad. Chicago, Illinois. May 1943.

Gallery Seats: New York, New York. Italian-Americans watching parade on Mott Street and flag raising ceremony in honor of boys from the neighborhood in the United States Army, 1942.

Packed House: Listening to the speaker at the Conference to Aid Agricultural Organization during the cotton strike (Steinbeck Committee). Bakersfield, Kern County, California. November 1938.

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Swing Shift: Third shift defense workers waiting in a combination delicatessen and restaurant to be picked up by their car pools around midnight. Baltimore, Maryland. April 1943.

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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Through the Night: Alfred MacMillan, Pullman porter, resting in the men's washroom aboard the 'Capitol Limited' bound for Chicago, Illinois, March 1943.

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Hot All Nite: Young man with his bicycle on 47th Street, Chicago, Illinois, 1941.

Co-Ed: Students during change of classes, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, September 1939.

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From the Hands of Many: A skilled team of men and women workers at the Boeing plant in Seattle complete assembly and fitting operations on the interior of a fuselage section for a new B-17F (Flying Fortress) bomber, 1942.

Ghost Town Redux: Main street of Creede, Colorado. Creede, for many years a ghost town, has resumed and is now producing much metal vitally needed for the war effort 1942.

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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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Elbow Benders: Having a beer in Art's Sportsman's Tavern on a rainy day in Colchester, Connecticut. November 1940.

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

Hall Monitor: The corridor between classes at Central High School. A teacher watching to see that the students keep in order. Charlotte Court House, Virginia, June 1943

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Fashionable Set: An African-American family recently moved into the Sojourner Truth homes for War workers. Detroit, Michigan 1942.

Children on the steps of Mrs. Brown's home. FSA (Farm Security Administration) borrower on Prairie Farms, Montgomery, Alabama, 1939.

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Dayshift Set: Workers coming out of the Highland Park Chrysler plant. Detroit, Michigan. Spring, 1942.

But Not Forgotten: Decorating a soldier's grave in one of the Black sections of Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day. Arlington, Virginia. May 1943.

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Customers mounting the ramp to a roof parking space at the Giant Food shopping center on Wisconsin Avenue, Washington, D.C. July 1942.

Driver's Seat: To replace men who have been called to armed service, many young girls like 19-year-old Jewel Halliday are taking jobs never before held by women. October 1943.

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

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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