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Checking the alignment of a turbine shaft at the top of the guide bearing in TVA's hydroelectric plant, Watts Bar Dam, Tenn. Located 530 miles above the mouth of the Tennessee River, the dam has an authorized power installation of 90,000 kw., which can be

nobody@flickr.com (The Library of Congress) — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 19:53:53 -0800

Palmer, Alfred T.,, photographer.

Checking the alignment of a turbine shaft at the top of the guide bearing in TVA's hydroelectric plant, Watts Bar Dam, Tenn. Located 530 miles above the mouth of the Tennessee River, the dam has an authorized power installation of 90,000 kw., which can be increased to a possible ultimate of 150,000 kw. The reservoir at the dam adds 370,000 acre-feet of water to controlled storage on the Tennessee River system

1942 June

1 transparency : color.

Notes:
Title from FSA or OWI agency caption.
Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944.

Subjects:
Tennessee Valley Authority
World War, 1939-1945
Dams
Hydroelectric power
Power plants
Construction industry
Engines
United States--Tennessee

Format: Transparencies--Color

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

Part Of: Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Collection 12002-36 (DLC) 93845501

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Call Number: LC-USW36-361

Grading oranges at a co-op orange packing plant, Redlands, Calif. Santa Fe trip (LOC)

nobody@flickr.com (The Library of Congress) — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 14:24:04 -0800

The Library of Congress posted a photo:

Delano, Jack,, photographer.

Grading oranges at a co-op orange packing plant, Redlands, Calif. Santa Fe trip

1943 March

1 transparency : color.

Notes:
Title from FSA or OWI agency caption.
Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944.

Subjects:
Southern California Fruit Exchange
World War, 1939-1945
Citrus fruit industry
Cooperatives
Oranges
Women--Employment
United States--California--Redlands

Format: Transparencies--Color

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

Part Of: Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Collection 12002-10 (DLC) 93845501

General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsac.1a34766

Call Number: LC-USW36-877

Co-op orange packing plant, Redlands, Calif. Workman is doing the preliminary sorting, picking out the discards. Santa Fe trip (LOC)

nobody@flickr.com (The Library of Congress) — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 14:23:59 -0800

The Library of Congress posted a photo:

Delano, Jack,, photographer.

Co-op orange packing plant, Redlands, Calif. Workman is doing the preliminary sorting, picking out the discards. Santa Fe trip

1943 March

1 transparency : color.

Notes:
Title from FSA or OWI agency caption.
Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944.

Subjects:
Southern California Fruit Exchange
World War, 1939-1945
Citrus fruit industry
Cooperatives
Oranges
United States--California--Redlands

Format: Transparencies--Color

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

Part Of: Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Collection 12002-10 (DLC) 93845501

General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsac.1a34765

Call Number: LC-USW36-876

Spreading asbestos mixture on boiler of a locomotive at the C & NW RR 40th Street locomotive shops (LOC)

nobody@flickr.com (The Library of Congress) — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 14:11:51 -0800

The Library of Congress posted a photo:

Delano, Jack,, photographer.

Spreading asbestos mixture on boiler of a locomotive at the C & NW RR 40th Street locomotive shops

1942 Dec.

1 transparency : color.

Notes:
Identification of 40th Street shops confirmed by the source: Flickr Commons project, 2008. Removed notes about Proviso Yards and Melrose Park.
Title from FSA or OWI agency caption.
Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944.

Subjects:
Chicago and North Western Railway Company
World War, 1939-1945
Railroad shops & yards
Railroad locomotives
United States--Illinois--Chicago

Format: Transparencies--Color

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

Part Of: Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Collection 12002-1 (DLC) 93845501

General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsac.1a34604

Call Number: LC-USW36-510

Cutting Burley tobacco and putting it on sticks to wilt before taking it into the curing and drying barn on the Russell Spears' farm, vicinity of Lexington, Ky. (LOC)

nobody@flickr.com (The Library of Congress) — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 13:19:17 -0800

The Library of Congress posted a photo:

Wolcott, Marion Post,, 1910-1990,, photographer.

Cutting Burley tobacco and putting it on sticks to wilt before taking it into the curing and drying barn on the Russell Spears' farm, vicinity of Lexington, Ky.

1940 Sept.

1 slide : color.

Notes:
Title from FSA or OWI agency caption.
Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944.

Subjects:
African Americans--Employment.
Tobacco plantations.
Harvesting.
United States--Kentucky--Lexington

Format: Slides--Color

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

Part Of: Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Collection 11671-11 (DLC) 93845501

General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsac.1a34370
hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3c20795

Call Number: LC-USF35-164

Chopping cotton on rented land near White Plains, Greene County, Ga. (LOC)

nobody@flickr.com (The Library of Congress) — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 13:18:12 -0800

The Library of Congress posted a photo:

Delano, Jack,, photographer.

Chopping cotton on rented land near White Plains, Greene County, Ga.

1941 June

1 transparency : color.

Notes:
Title from FSA or OWI agency caption.
Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944.

Subjects:
Cotton plantations
Sharecroppers
United States--Georgia--White Plains

Format: Transparencies--Color

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

Part Of: Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Collection 11671-10 (DLC) 93845501

General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsac.1a33894

Call Number: LC-USF35-599

At work on Mrs. Belmont's Farm for girls (LOC)

nobody@flickr.com (The Library of Congress) — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 10:15:33 -0800

The Library of Congress posted a photo:

Bain News Service,, publisher.

At work on Mrs. Belmont's Farm for girls

[between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915]

1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.

Notes:
Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards.
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

Format: Glass negatives.

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

General information about the Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.09429

Call Number: LC-B2- 2229-11

Mountaineers and farmers trading mules and horses on "Jockey St.," near the Court House, Campton, Wolfe County, Ky. (LOC)

nobody@flickr.com (The Library of Congress) — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 13:20:41 -0800

The Library of Congress posted a photo:

Wolcott, Marion Post,, 1910-1990,, photographer.

Mountaineers and farmers trading mules and horses on "Jockey St.," near the Court House, Campton, Wolfe County, Ky.

1940 Sept.

1 slide : color.

Notes:
Title from FSA or OWI agency caption.
Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944.

Subjects:
City & town life
Livestock
United States--Kentucky--Campton

Format: Slides--Color

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

Part Of: Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Collection 11671-13 (DLC) 93845501

General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsac.1a34379

Call Number: LC-USF35-184