World War 2 Collection (page 5)

War Department Building at 21st and Virginia Avenue, N. W. Washington, D. C. ca. 1943. Creator: Unknown
War Department Building at 21st and Virginia Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. [Harrys Truman Building, completed in 1941]

North Americans P-51 Mustang Fighter... North American Aviation, Inc. Inglewood, Calif. 1942. Creator: Mark Sherwood
North Americans P-51 Mustang Fighter is in service with Britains Royal Air Force, N[orth] A[merican] Aviation, Inc. Inglewood, Calif

Loading sulphur from vat, Freeport Sulphur Co. Hoskins Mound, Texas, 1943. Creator: John Vachon
Loading sulphur from vat, Freeport Sulphur Co. Hoskins Mound, Texas

Electric phosphate smelting furnace used in the making of elem... Muscle Shoals area, Alabama, 1942
Electric phosphate smelting furnace used in the making of elemental phosphorus in a TVA chemical plant in the Muscle Shoals area, Alabama

Sulphur vat 60 feet high, Freeport Sulphur Co. Hoskins Mound, Texas, 1943. Creator: John Vachon
Sulphur vat 60 feet high, Freeport Sulphur Co. Hoskins Mound, Texas

Garden of Pan American Union Building, Washington, D. C. 1943. Creator: John Collier
Garden of Pan American Union Building, Washington, D.C. [Headquarters of the Organization of American States, building designed by Paul P. Cret and Albert Kelsey]

60 foot high sulphur vat, Freeport Sulphur Co. Hoskins Mound, Texas, 1943. Creator: John Vachon
60 foot high sulphur vat, Freeport Sulphur Co. Hoskins Mound, Texas

Santa Fe R. R. trains going through Cajon Pass in the San Bernardino Mountains, Cajon, Calif. 1943
Santa Fe R.R. trains going through Cajon Pass in the San Bernardino Mountains, Cajon, Calif. On the right, streamliner " Chief" going west; in the background, on the left

Color guard of Negro engineers, Ft. Belvoir(?), Va. between 1941 and 1945. Creator: Unknown
Color guard of Negro engineers, Ft. Belvoir(?), Va

Southland Paper Co. Kraft pulp mill under construction, Lufkin, Texas, 1943. Creator: John Vachon
Southland Paper Co. Kraft pulp mill under construction, Lufkin, Texas

An American pineapple, of the kind the Axis finds hard to digest... Fort Belvoir, VA, c1941-c1945. Creator: Unknown
An American pineapple, of the kind the Axis finds hard to digest, is ready to leave the hand of an infantryman in training at Fort Belvoir, Va. American soldiers make good grenade throwers

Crowds of French patriots line the Champs Elysees to view Allied tanks and half tracks pass through the Arc du Triomphe, after Paris was liberated on August 25, 1944

The National Gallery of Art, Washington, D. C. ca. 1943. Creator: Unknown
The National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. [Designed by John Russell Pope, opened in 1941; at the time it was the largest marble structure in the world]

Carefully trained women inspectors check and... Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif. 1942
Carefully trained women inspectors check and inspect cargo transport innerwings before they are assembled on the fuselage, Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif

A soldier and a woman in a park, with the Old Russell Senate Office... Washington, D.C. ca. 1943. Creator: Unknown
A soldier and a woman in a park, with the Old [Russell] Senate Office Building behind them, Washington, D.C

Southland Paper mill, Kraft (chemical) pulp used in making newsprint, Lufkin, Texas, 1943. Creator: John Vachon
Southland Paper mill, Kraft (chemical) pulp used in making newsprint, Lufkin, Texas

A girl riveting machine operator at the Douglas Aircraft Company plant... Long Beach, Calif
A girl riveting machine operator at the Douglas Aircraft Company plant joins sections of wing ribs to reinforce the inner wing assemblies of B-17F heavy bombers, Long Beach, Calif

Working with the electric wiring at Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif. 1942. Creator: Alfred T Palmer
Working with the electric wiring at Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif

Constructing a building on the site of a new steel mill... Columbia Steel Co. Geneva, Utah, 1942
Constructing a building on the site of a new steel mill which will soon turn out steel for the war needs, Columbia Steel Co. Geneva, Utah

This girl in a glass house is putting finishing touches... Long Beach, Calif. 1942. Creator: Alfred T Palmer
This girl in a glass house is putting finishing touches on the bombardier nose section of a B-17F navy bomber, Long Beach, Calif

Memorial Bridge, looking from the Virginia side of the Potomac River... Washington, D.C. ca. 1943. Creator: Unknown
Memorial Bridge, looking from the Virginia side of the Potomac River across to the Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C. [View of the Arlington Memorial Bridge at the western end of the National Mall

Rural school girl, San Augustine County, Texas, 1943. Creator: John Vachon
Rural school girl, San Augustine County, Texas

Women at work on C-47 Douglas cargo transport, Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif. 1942
Women at work on C-47 Douglas cargo transport, Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif

Little girl in a park with Union Station in the background, Washington, D. C. ca. 1943. Creator: Unknown
Little girl in a park with Union Station in the background, Washington, D.C

Lieutenant "Mike"Hunter, Army pilot assigned to Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif. 1942
Lieutenant " Mike" Hunter, Army pilot assigned to Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif

Little girl in a park near Union Station, Washington, D. C. ca. 1943. Creator: Unknown
Little girl in a park near Union Station, Washington, D.C

Women workers install fixtures and assemblies... Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif. 1942
Women workers install fixtures and assemblies to a tail fuselage section of a B-17F bomber at the Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif

Two little girls in a park near Union Station, Washington, D. C. ca. 1943. Creator: Unknown
Two little girls in a park near Union Station, Washington, D.C

Women are trained to do precise and... Douglas Aircraft Company plants, Long Beach, Calif. 1942
Women are trained to do precise and vital engine installation detail in Douglas Aircraft Company plants, Long Beach, Calif

Building of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Washington, D. C. ca. 1943. Creator: Unknown
Building of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Washington, D.C. Photo shows the Wilbur J. Cohen Federal Building at 330 Independence Ave. S.W. Washington, D.C

Scrap and salvage depot, Butte, Mont. 1942. Creator: Russell Lee
Scrap and salvage depot, Butte, Mont

Woman machinist, Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif. 1942. Creator: Alfred T Palmer
Woman machinist, Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif

U. S. Supreme Court Building, Washington, D. C. 1943. Creator: Unknown
U.S. Supreme Court Building, Washington, D.C. [Designed by Cass Gilbert and Cass Gilbert Jr. completed in 1935]

A fast, hard-hitting new A-20 (B-25)... Long Beach, Calif. plant of Douglas Aircraft Company, 1942
A fast, hard-hitting new A-20 [i.e. B-25] attack bomber is brought for a test hop to the flight line at the Long Beach, Calif. plant of Douglas Aircraft Company

Columbus Statue in front of Union Station, Washington, D. C. ca. 1943. Creator: Unknown
Columbus Statue in front of Union Station, Washington, D.C. [The Columbus Fountain, (also known as the Columbus Memorial), designed by Lorado Taft

Development at the site of the mill for the Mouat Chromite mine, Stillwater County, Montana, 1942. Creator: Russell Lee
Development at the site of the mill for the Mouat Chromite mine, Stillwater County, Montana

Ben Bow Mill of the Metal Reserves Chromite development, Stillwater County, Montana, 1942. Creator: Russell Lee
Ben Bow Mill of the Metal Reserves Chromite development, Stillwater County, Montana. This is the first snow of the season

An A-20 bomber being riveted by a woman... Douglas Aircraft Company plant at Long Beach, Calif
An A-20 bomber being riveted by a woman worker at the Douglas Aircraft Company plant at Long Beach, Calif

Woman aircraft worker, Vega Aircraft Corporation, Burbank, Calif. 1942. Creator: David Bransby
Woman aircraft worker, Vega Aircraft Corporation, Burbank, Calif. Shown checking electrical assemblies

Butte, Montana, 1942. Creator: Russell Lee
Butte, Montana

Cattle in corral waiting to be weighed before being trailed... Beaverhead County, Montana, 1942. Creator: Russell Lee
Cattle in corral waiting to be weighed before being trailed to railroad, Beaverhead County, Montana

Cattle in corrals on ranch, Beaverhead County, Mont. 1942. Creator: Russell Lee
Cattle in corrals on ranch, Beaverhead County, Mont

Shepherd with his horse and dog on Gravelly Range, Madison County, Montana, 1942. Creator: Russell Lee
Shepherd with his horse and dog on Gravelly Range, Madison County, Montana

Herder with his flock of sheep on the Gravelly Range, Madison County, Montana, 1942. Creator: Russell Lee
Herder with his flock of sheep on the Gravelly Range, Madison County, Montana

United Nations exhibit put on by OWI in Rockefeller Plaza, New York, N. Y. 1943. Creator: Marjory Collins
United Nations exhibit put on by OWI in Rockefeller Plaza, New York, N.Y. Central motif was this frame containing copy of Atlantic charter

Bands of sheep on the Gravelly Range at the foot of Black Butte, Madison County, Montana, 1942. Creator: Russell Lee
Bands of sheep on the Gravelly Range at the foot of Black Butte, Madison County, Montana

Street corner, Dillon, Mont. 1942. Creator: Russell Lee
Street corner, Dillon, Mont. Dillon is the trading center for a prosperous cattle and sheep country

Flexible performance of C-47 transport planes is due in part to their... Long Beach, Calif. 1942
Flexible performance of C-47 transport planes is due in part to their two 1, 200 horsepower radial engines and to their three-blade variable-pitch propellers, Long Beach, Calif

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