Category:People of the United States in 1940

Subcategories

This category has the following 28 subcategories, out of 28 total.

Media in category "People of the United States in 1940"

The following 128 files are in this category, out of 128 total.

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  155th Co.. CCC.jpg 5,921 × 1,577; 2.64 MB
  
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  1940 - Globe 5 and 10 College Pennants.jpg 1,585 × 1,020; 394 KB
  
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  A girl from Shawboro (cropped).jpg 2,342 × 2,927; 707 KB
  
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  A group of young ladies warming themselves before the fireplace in the Community Building at the South Kawishiwi River Camp and Picnic Ground, 8 1 1940 (5188125912).jpg 2,636 × 1,916; 2.68 MB
  
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  African American midwife wearing protective mask (8772929732).jpg 600 × 1,089; 54 KB
  
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  Age 70, she came from near Greeley, Nebraska, with sister age 65, nephew age 30, and brother age 68. - NARA - 521788.jpg 2,358 × 3,000; 1.81 MB
  
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  Arvin, Kern County, California. Man in doorway, "I'm paying $7 a month for this rig right here and w . . . - NARA - 521658.jpg 3,000 × 2,172; 976 KB
  
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  Backfilling downstream from Oglala Dam - NARA - 285462.jpg 3,000 × 2,075; 2.27 MB
  
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  Bakersfield, California. Hitch-hiking. At the end of the city limits of Bakersfield, four hitch-hikers spread out... - NARA - 532089.tif 2,332 × 3,000; 6.67 MB
  
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  Bakersfield, California. Hitch-hiking. The fourth in a line of thumbers at Bakersfield city limits - NARA - 532090.tif 2,335 × 3,000; 6.68 MB
  
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  Bakersfield, California. Miscellaneous. These Negro youth are returning to their squalid homes in the Sunset district... - NARA - 532250.tif 3,000 × 2,311; 6.61 MB
  
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  Bakersfield, California. On the Freights. (Two young men hitch-hiking on a freight.) - NARA - 532070.tif 2,398 × 3,000; 6.86 MB
  
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  Bakersfield, California. On the Freights. Helping a newcomer hop a freight - NARA - 532069.tif 2,860 × 3,000; 8.18 MB
  
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  Bakersfield, California. On the Freights. One of two migrant boys in California returning to their families in... - NARA - 532066.tif 3,000 × 2,998; 8.58 MB
  
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  Bakersfield, California. On the Freights. Two Oklahoma boys headed back home standing on the edge of a flat waiting... - NARA - 532067.tif 3,000 × 2,998; 8.58 MB
  
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  BaptismMoreheadMPostWolcottA.jpg 960 × 710; 413 KB
  
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  Berkeley, California. University of California Student Peace Strike - NARA - 532103 (cropped).tif 2,755 × 2,891; 7.6 MB
  
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  Berkeley, California. University of California Student Peace Strike. About half of the students assembled at the... - NARA - 532103.tif 2,884 × 3,000; 8.25 MB
  
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  Bill Stagg turning up his beans, Pie Town, New Mexico. He will next pile them for curing LCCN2017877699 (cropped).tif 1,920 × 2,706; 14.86 MB
  
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  Bill Stagg, homesteader, in front of his barn 1a34108v.jpg 1,024 × 728; 346 KB
  
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  San Leandro, California. Youth on Relief. Taking home a sack of surplus commodities. On this day apples, oranges... - NARA - 532134.tif 3,000 × 2,998; 8.58 MB
  
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  San Leandro, California. Youth on Relief. Waiting in line for surplus commodities - NARA - 532132.tif 2,846 × 3,000; 8.14 MB
  
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  San Leandro, California. Youth on Relief. Waiting in line for surplus commodities - NARA - 532133.tif 2,831 × 3,000; 8.1 MB
  
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  CCC Camp BR-61 North Platte Project, Bayard, Nebraska, Photo of enrollees, Simons and Rhode, breaking concrete at... - NARA - 293541.jpg 3,000 × 2,370; 2.84 MB
  
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  Chandler, near Pima County, Arizona. "No descriptive detail given" (woman leaning against car). - NARA - 522039.jpg 3,000 × 2,891; 1.23 MB
  
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  Charles Schulz HS Yearbook.jpg 142 × 188; 17 KB
  
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  Citizen Kane-Agnes Moorehead3.JPG 1,280 × 960; 320 KB
  
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  Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) enrollee repairing Forest Service telephone line, 1940 (5187553949).jpg 1,483 × 2,543; 1.5 MB
  
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  Cortaro Farms, Pinal County, Arizona. Cotton pickers weigh, haul, and dump their sacks at the cotton . . . - NARA - 522201.jpg 3,000 × 2,384; 1.23 MB
  
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  Cortaro Farms, Pinal County, Arizona. Cotton pickers weigh, haul, and dump their sacks at the cotton . . . - NARA - 522505.jpg 3,000 × 2,412; 1.74 MB
  
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  Cortaro Farms, Pinal County, Arizona. Letting down the sack from the scales, old migrant cotton pick . . . - NARA - 522188.jpg 3,000 × 2,521; 1.37 MB
  
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  Cortaro Farms, Pinal County, Arizona. Migrant picker bringing cotton from the field. Wages $.75 per . . . - NARA - 522200.jpg 3,000 × 2,602; 1.88 MB
  
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  Cortaro Farms, Pinal County, Arizona. Migrant picker bringing cotton from the field. Wages $.75 per . . . - NARA - 522506.jpg 3,000 × 2,430; 2.23 MB
  
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  Deputy sheriff Mogollon New Mexico.jpg 2,776 × 4,130; 1.29 MB
  
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  Mad-sci.jpg 320 × 306; 16 KB
  
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  Edison, Kern County, California. 17-year-old boy agri. (sic) worker sacking early potatoes after mec . . . - NARA - 521813.jpg 3,000 × 2,404; 1.54 MB
  
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  Edison, Kern County, California. Pickers sack early potatoes, dug by mechanical digger on large-scal . . . - NARA - 521805.jpg 3,000 × 2,279; 1.31 MB
  
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  Hayward, California. Youth on Relief. High School student calling for surplus commodities for his family on relief.... - NARA - 532125.tif 3,000 × 2,998; 8.58 MB
  
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  Hayward, California. Youth on Relief. High School student calling for surplus commodities for his family on relief.... - NARA - 532126.tif 3,000 × 2,998; 8.58 MB
  
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  Hayward, California. Youth on Relief. High School Student Carrying Home Surplus Commodities for His Family on Relief (3904009566).jpg 3,000 × 2,998; 580 KB
  
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  Hayward, California. Youth on relief. High School student carrying home surplus commodities for his family on relief.... - NARA - 532124.tif 3,000 × 2,998; 8.58 MB
  
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  Hayward, California. Youth on Relief. Looking in his pocket for his surplus commodities card. "Not having a job is... - NARA - 532121.tif 2,335 × 3,000; 6.68 MB
  
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  Director Hoover 1940 Office.jpg 7,570 × 8,771; 21.64 MB
  
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  Joe Jackson NYWTS.jpg 2,330 × 2,866; 873 KB
  
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  JohnKennethGalbraithOWI.jpg 209 × 246; 17 KB
  
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  Los Angeles, California. Aircraft Schools. Waiting to be called for aircraft employment from the aircraft school. He... - NARA - 532183.tif 2,336 × 3,000; 6.68 MB
  
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  Magnus-Fossum-Index-of-American-Design-1940.jpg 620 × 460; 151 KB
  
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  Marion Post photographing mountain children on stone steps of their home, 8c30938.tif 4,956 × 5,256; 49.73 MB
  
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  Marion Post Wolcott photographing mountain children on stone steps of their home, 8c30937.jpg 4,073 × 4,129; 4.99 MB
  
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  Marion Post Wolcott photographing mountain children on stone steps of their home, 8c30937.tif 4,944 × 5,304; 50.06 MB
  
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  Marion Post Wolcott photographing mountain children on stone steps of their home, 8c30941.jpg 4,083 × 4,141; 4.89 MB
  
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  Marion Post Wolcott photographing mountain children on stone steps of their home, 8c30941.tif 4,896 × 5,160; 48.23 MB
  
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  Marion Post Wolcott photographing mountain children on stone steps of their home, 8c30944.jpg 4,068 × 4,140; 5.65 MB
  
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  Marion Post Wolcott photographing mountain children on stone steps of their home, 8c30944.tif 4,884 × 5,148; 48 MB
  
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  Marion Post Wolcott, 1940.jpg 4,052 × 4,116; 5.62 MB
  
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  Men working on the Oglala Dam project - NARA - 285457.jpg 3,000 × 2,010; 2.12 MB
  
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  Migrant Workers from Florida to New Jersey, July 1940.jpg 7,797 × 5,731; 4.23 MB
  
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  Migrant Workers July 1940 from Florida to New Jersey.jpg 892 × 647; 219 KB
  
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  National Barn Dance 1940.JPG 744 × 597; 150 KB
  
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  New machine to speed up statistics of census of 1940. Washington, D.C., Dec. 2. Back in 1870, it took 7 years to compile statistics from the facts taken by census takers, but in the next 10 LCCN2016876696.jpg 10,004 × 7,943; 9.33 MB
  
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  Oakland, California. Hanging around - NARA - 532244.tif 3,000 × 2,998; 8.58 MB
  
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  Oakland, California. Hanging Around. Out of high school for a year, their contribution to the family income is wood... - NARA - 532234.tif 3,000 × 2,998; 8.58 MB
  
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  Oakland, California. High School Youth. Two boys with their model airplanes. Aviation to them is a romantic business.... - NARA - 532225.tif 3,000 × 2,998; 8.58 MB
  
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  Oakland, California. High School Youth. Two Negro youngsters look over the shoulders of a couple of fortunate enough... - NARA - 532226.tif 3,000 × 2,998; 8.58 MB
  
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  Oakland, California. High School Youth. Typical of the youth of this nation is the tipped-up bottle of pop. Also... - NARA - 532259.tif 3,000 × 2,998; 8.58 MB
  
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  Oakland, California. Hitch-hiking. Thumbing is used as a means of transportation within city limits. Although within... - NARA - 532092.tif 3,000 × 2,998; 8.58 MB
  
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  Oakland, California. Hitch-hiking. Typical "teenage" hitch-hiker within the city limits - NARA - 532093.tif 3,000 × 2,998; 8.58 MB
  
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  Oakland, California. Hot Jazz Recreation. A spontaneous jitterbug exhibition in the middle of the dance floor. Benny... - NARA - 532260.tif 2,318 × 3,000; 6.63 MB
  
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  Oakland, California. Hot Jazz Recreation. A spontaneous jitterbug exhibition in the middle of the dance floor. Benny... - NARA - 532261.tif 3,000 × 2,368; 6.78 MB
  
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  Oakland, California. Hot Jazz Recreation. Swing enthusiasts crowd against the band stand at an appearance of the... - NARA - 532265.tif 3,000 × 2,304; 6.59 MB
  
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  Oakland, California. Junior Employment Service. "I just graduated from high school. I took chemistry . . ." - NARA - 532232.tif 2,271 × 3,000; 6.5 MB
  
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  Oakland, California. Junior Employment Service. Filling out applications. The girls want part time work in domestic... - NARA - 532230.tif 3,000 × 2,401; 6.87 MB
  
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  Oakland, California. Junior Employment Service. No job . . . no money . . . no hope . . . no future . - NARA - 532233.tif 3,000 × 2,998; 8.58 MB
  
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  Oakland, California. Junior Employment Service. Wanted, white-collar job - NARA - 532231.tif 3,000 × 2,998; 8.58 MB
  
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  Oakland, California. Junior Employment Service. Youth without any work experience has a difficult time landing a... - NARA - 532229.tif 2,077 × 3,000; 5.94 MB
  
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  Oakland, California. Lockheed Testing Program. Crowding in the doorway of the room where Lockheed is testing - NARA - 532196.tif 2,310 × 3,000; 6.61 MB
  
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  Oakland, California. Lockheed Testing Program. One brief newspaper article and youth of all ranges of mechanical... - NARA - 532195.tif 3,000 × 2,318; 6.63 MB
  
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  Oakland, California. Lockheed Testing Program. Standing outside the Oakland office of the State Department of... - NARA - 532191.tif 3,000 × 2,998; 8.58 MB
  
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  Oakland, California. Lockheed Testing Program. Standing outside the Oakland office of the State Department of... - NARA - 532192.tif 3,000 × 2,998; 8.58 MB
  
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  Oakland, California. Lockheed Testing Program. Standing outside the Oakland office of the State Department of... - NARA - 532193.tif 3,000 × 2,998; 8.58 MB
  
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  Oakland, California. Lockheed Testing Program. This young mechanic is stuck with a question in the Humm-Wadsworth... - NARA - 532197.tif 2,332 × 3,000; 6.67 MB
  
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  Oakland, California. Lockheed Testing Program. Waiting for routine interview before being tested for employment at... - NARA - 532194.tif 3,000 × 2,308; 6.6 MB
  
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  Oakland, California. Youth on Relief. This young agricultural migrant is buying a second hand hat and shoes in the... - NARA - 532144.tif 2,334 × 3,000; 6.68 MB
  
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  On Arizona Highway 87, south of Chandler. Maricopa County, Arizona. Children in a democracy. A migra . . . - NARA - 522203.jpg 2,363 × 3,000; 1.35 MB
  
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  Photograph of Fire Truck at Marcel Ranger Station - NARA - 2128861.jpg 1,258 × 944; 907 KB
  
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  Photograph, Calif. ^8. May 20, 1940. Housekeeping Aids. Elks Club. - NARA - 296095.jpg 3,000 × 2,290; 917 KB
  
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  Photograph, Calif. ^8. May 20, 1940. Housekeeping Aids. Elks Club. - NARA - 296095.tif 3,000 × 2,290; 6.55 MB
  
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  Photograph, California ^ 8, May 22 1940, Alameda. Free Nursery Schools. Children at Lunch - NARA - 296091.jpg 3,000 × 2,427; 1.3 MB
  
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  Photograph, California ^8, May 22, 1940, Oakland, Free Nursery Schools. Nursery School Shop- Repair and Painting Toys. - NARA - 296092.jpg 3,000 × 2,422; 1.49 MB
  
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  Photograph, California ^8, Oakland, May 23, 1940, Campbell School Writers at Work - NARA - 296094.jpg 3,000 × 2,348; 1.22 MB
  
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  Photograph, California ^8, Oakland, May 23, 1940, Campbell School Writers at Work - NARA - 296094.tif 3,000 × 2,348; 6.72 MB
  
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  Photograph, California. ^8. Berkeley, May 24, 1940. Costume Project. Garments for Berkeley School Children. - NARA - 296096.jpg 3,000 × 2,329; 1.08 MB
  
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  Photograph, California. ^8. Berkeley, May 24, 1940. Costume Project. Garments for Berkeley School Children. - NARA - 296096.tif 3,000 × 2,329; 6.66 MB
  
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  Photograph, WP 10688, OP^665 08 3 169, Household Workers Training Project, San Jose, California (Class Hour). - NARA - 296101.jpg 3,000 × 2,336; 1.17 MB
  
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  Photograph, WP 10688, OP^665 08 3 169, Household Workers Training Project, San Jose, California (Class Hour). - NARA - 296101.tif 3,000 × 2,336; 6.68 MB
  
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  Photograph, WP 10688, OP^665 08 3 169, Household Workers Training Project, San Jose, California (Cooking). - NARA - 296100.jpg 3,000 × 2,284; 841 KB
  
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  Photograph, WP 10688, OP^665 08 3 169, Household Workers Training Project, San Jose, California (Cooking). - NARA - 296100.tif 3,000 × 2,284; 6.53 MB
  
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  Photograph, WP 10688, OP^665 08 3 169, Household Workers Training Project, San Jose, California (Laundry). (7 persons) - NARA - 296102.jpg 3,000 × 2,307; 1.18 MB
  
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  Photograph, WP 10688, OP^665 08 3 169, Household Workers Training Project, San Jose, California (Laundry). (7 persons) - NARA - 296102.tif 3,000 × 2,307; 6.6 MB
  
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  Portrait of Jimmie Daniels LCCN2004662770.jpg 337 × 420; 16 KB
  
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  Portrait of Jimmie Daniels.jpg 510 × 640; 31 KB
  
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  Robert Stack, 1940.jpg 533 × 682; 57 KB
  
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  Roosevelt High School, Oakland, California. High School Youth. A good smile, a bad set of teeth. High school student... - NARA - 532220.tif 3,000 × 2,998; 8.58 MB
  
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  Roosevelt High School, Oakland, California. High School Youth. Graduated from high school in June 1939, this boy had... - NARA - 532224.tif 2,336 × 3,000; 6.68 MB
  
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  Roosevelt High School, Oakland, California. High School Youth. High school graduate who is unemployed and spends his... - NARA - 532223.tif 3,000 × 2,998; 8.58 MB
  
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  Roosevelt High School, Oakland, California. High School Youth. The inevitable bottle of "pop" - the beverage of... - NARA - 532221.tif 3,000 × 2,998; 8.58 MB
  
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  Roosevelt High School, Oakland, California. High School Youth. The speed burner owner of a cut-down, souped-up car... - NARA - 532222.tif 3,000 × 2,998; 8.58 MB
  
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  Roosevelt High School, Oakland, California. High School Youth. The student body president - NARA - 532219.tif 3,000 × 2,998; 8.58 MB
  
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  San Joaquin Valley, California. Contract Labor. A couple of the "li'l fellers" from the families living in the labor... - NARA - 532163.tif 3,000 × 2,998; 8.58 MB
  
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  San Joaquin Valley, California. Contract Labor. From Oklahoma, 22 years old. With idle hands, he sits in the sun of... - NARA - 532162.tif 3,000 × 2,998; 8.58 MB
  
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  San Joaquin Valley, California. Contract Labor. Not many fish in a San Joaquin Valley irrigation ditch, but something... - NARA - 532161.tif 3,000 × 2,998; 8.58 MB
  
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  San Joaquin Valley, California. Contract Labor. Sixteen Years Old and the Possessor of a Labor Contractor's Button Entitling Him to Work in the Fields Alongside Adults (3903229791).jpg 3,000 × 2,998; 651 KB
  
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  San Joaquin Valley, California. Contract Labor. Sixteen years old and the possessor of a labor contractor's button... - NARA - 532164.tif 3,000 × 2,998; 8.58 MB
  
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  San Joaquin Valley, California. Contract Labor. Sixteen years old and the possessor of a labor contractor's button... - NARA - 532165.tif 3,000 × 2,998; 8.58 MB
  
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  San Joaquin Valley, California. Contract Labor. Sixteen years old and the possessor of a labor contractor's button... - NARA - 532166.tif 3,000 × 2,998; 8.58 MB
  
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  San Joaquin Valley, California. Contract Labor. The youngest migrant agricultural workers of American stock, and an... - NARA - 532159.tif 3,000 × 2,998; 8.58 MB
  
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  San Joaquin Valley, California. Contract Labor. The youngest migrant agricultural workers of American stock, and an... - NARA - 532160.tif 3,000 × 2,998; 8.58 MB
  
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  SchoolBus1940.jpg 640 × 572; 60 KB
  
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  Seattle Comptroller's Office employees, 1940.jpg 1,200 × 978; 277 KB
  
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  Shivers Marumoto 1940.jpg 200 × 300; 7 KB
  
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  Bill Stagg turning up his beans, Pie Town, New Mexico. He will next pile them for curing (LOC).jpg 926 × 644; 206 KB
  
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  Warren Petroleum Corp., recycling plant (9394594968).jpg 830 × 1,000; 563 KB
  
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  Working on the county maps at the colored County Land Use Pl... (3110578334).jpg 760 × 577; 53 KB
  
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  Archives of American Art - Ruth Reeves - 2337 (crop 2).jpg 1,238 × 1,647; 1.23 MB
  
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  Archives of American Art - Ruth Reeves - 2337 (cropped).jpg 1,856 × 2,067; 2.3 MB
  
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  Archives of American Art - Ruth Reeves - 2337.jpg 3,585 × 2,804; 5.76 MB
  
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  Archives of American Art - Two men with model in Scenic Design Division of Federal Theatre Project - 6327.jpg 5,577 × 4,505; 17.89 MB
  
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  Archives of American Art - William Zorach - 2553.jpg 4,155 × 3,352; 6.65 MB