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160 records found for “Photos: Home front”
A night on the town
A night on the town
Sailors and their dates enjoy a night out at O'Reilly's on 3rd Ave. in New York, NY. August 1942.
Source: Library of Congress (LC-USW3-006941-E)
African Americans training
African Americans training
African American Marines train at Montford Point Camp, Camp Lejeune, New River, North Carolina. March 1943
Source: Library of Congress (LC-USW3-023006-D)
African-American recruits
African-American recruits
New African American Marine recruits at Montford Point Camp, Camp Lejeune, New River, North Carolina. March 1943.
Source: Library of Congress (LC-USW3-022971)
After work
After work
In Newport News, Virginia, shipyard workers drink beer at a local bar, 1941.
Source: Library of Congress (LC-USF 34-62709-D)
Al McIntosh at his desk
Al McIntosh at his desk
Columnist Al McIntosh of Luverne's Rock County Star Herald at his typewriter.
Source: Rock County Star Herald, Luverne, Minnesota
Alabama Dry Dock and Shipyard
Alabama Dry Dock and Shipyard
Shipyard workers mill about in front of the entrance to the Alabama Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Co. in Mobile. Clyde Odom worked here as a foreman.
Source: The University of South Alabama Archives (Addsco 3-416)
Alabama Dry Dock and Shipyard
Alabama Dry Dock and Shipyard
Workers pass through the gate at the Alabama Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Co. in Mobile.
Source: The University of South Alabama Archives (Addsco 3-416)
Alhambra Theater
Alhambra Theater
The Alhambra Theatre in Sacramento.
Source: Sacramento Archives and Museum Collection Center (2001/ x-03/ 007)
Amache internment camp
Amache internment camp
Barracks at the Granda Relocation Center in Amache, Colorado. Robert Kashiwagi was interred here at the start of the war.
Source: Library of Congress (LOT 10617, vol. 14)
Assembed plane propellors on display
Assembed plane propellors on display
Airplane propellers ready for shipment from a Hartford, CT plant. Workers are reminded that "Every Minute Counts." June 1942.
Source: Library of Congress (LC-USE6-D-008096)
Assembling the USS Frederick Douglass
Assembling the USS Frederick Douglass
At the Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard in Baltimore, Maryland, welders help assemble the SS Frederick Douglas, a Liberty ship. May 1943.
Source: Library of Congress (LC-USW3-24141-C)
At an assembly center
At an assembly center
Japanese-Americans get settled in their apartment at the Puyallup Assembly Center in Washington.
Source: Library of Congress (LOT 10617, vol. 8)
B-17 work
B-17 work
Women workers on the B-17 production line at Douglas Aviation Co., Long Beach, California. October 1942.
Source: Library of Congress (LC-USE6-D-007812)
Back up your men
Back up your men
Second Lieutenant Mildred L. Osby of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, Washington, D.C. November 1942.
Source: Library of Congress (LC-USW3-010677)
Bond drives: Field lighting truck
Bond drives: Field lighting truck
Men gather around a field lighting truck used during fundraisers for the troops. Ryal Miller of Luverne, Minnesota is seated atop the truck.
Source: Charlie Knoepfler
Calisthenics
Calisthenics
Trainees perform calisthenics on a parade ground at Camp Joseph T Robinson, Arkansas. April 23, 1942.
Source: National Archives (111-SC-142009)
Collecting scrap metal
Collecting scrap metal
Two children deliver metal for the war effort to a Mobile scrap yard.
Source: The University of South Alabama Archives (MN-528 E)
Disembarking
Disembarking
At Camp Croft South Carolina, infantrymen train for a future seaborne invasion, clambering down the side of a 32' high faux landing craft. 1943
Source: National Archives (111-SC-164179)
Draftee
Draftee
Swedish-American selectee from Minnesota being inducted into the U.S. Army. April 1942.
Source: Library of Congress (LC-USW3-001085-D)
Female shipyard worker in Mobile
Female shipyard worker in Mobile
A female welder at Alabama Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Co. in Mobile, AL.
Source: The University of South Alabama Archives (C-24, 075 ADDSCO)
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