Fsa Owi Collection

Burning money, 1920s German inflation C016 / 4519
Burning money. Woman burning German currency (German Papiermark) during the hyperinflation in Germany in the early 1920s. Before World War I, the Germany currency was known as the Goldmark

Sheepherder filling water bag, 1939
Sheepherder filling water bag, Rosebud County, Montana, USA. Photographed in June 1939 by photographer Arthur Rothstein (1915-1985)

US Navy and aeroplanes, World War II C016 / 6356
US Navy and aeroplanes, World War II. US Navy cruiser and battleships with naval aeroplanes overhead. The US Navy grew rapidly during this period

VE Day crowd, London, 1945 C014 / 2066
VE Day crowd. Large crowds gathered in London, UK, on 8 May 1945 to celebrate the end of hostilities in Europe during the Second World War

Patent medicine salesman, 1939 C014 / 8752
Patent medicine salesman (right) with a feathered headdress, showing remedies to US workers outside a tobacco warehouse where farming auction sales are being held

Machine gun production, World War II. Irish female worker using a lathe to produce a Bren light machine gun at a munitions factory

Military portable radio, 1940s C017 / 7884
Military portable radio. US Army officer using a walkie-talkie, a radio field telephone, during military manoeuvres. This is an SCR-536 model

Blood plasma transfusion, World War II C016 / 4573
Blood plasma transfusion, World War II. US soldiers and medics attending a wounded soldier who is being given a blood plasma transfusion

North American P-51 Mustang, 1942 C016 / 4559
North American P-51 Mustang. This aircraft, manufactured by North American Aviation, entered service in 1942. It was used primarily by the US Air Force and the Royal Air Force

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