10 photos

• Sort by: number of views (most to least) number of views (least to most) number of comments (most to least) number of comments (least to most) number of favorites (most to least) number of favorites (least to most) date uploaded (newest first) date uploaded (oldest first) random

• This girl in a glass house is putting finishing touches on the bombardier nose section of a B-17F navy bomber, Long Beach, Calif. She's one of many capable women workers in the Douglas Aircraft Company plant. Better known as the "Flying Fortress," the B-1

  • Uploaded by: The Library of Congress
  • License: No known copyright restrictions
  • 177 comments
  • 1,233 favorites
  • 297,892 views
  • Date taken: 1939
  • Date uploaded: 2008-01-09
  • Tags: libraryofcongress, dc:identifier=httphdllocgovlocpnpfsac1a35360, xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11, red, glass, woman, bombardier, nosesection, 1942, turban, worker, b17, b17f, bomber, airplane, aereoplane, fingernail, fingernails, flyingfortess, manufacturing, plane, douglasaircraft, navybomber, wwii, wecandoit, labor, arsenalofdemocracy, womenatwork, work, war, california, suit, transparency, glasshouse, longbeach, mujer, casadevidrio, snood, vintagehair, historicalphotographs, slidefilm, 4x5, largeformat, lf, ww2, worldwar2, worldwarii, lady, wife, married, girl, alfredtpalmer, alfredpalmer, inocense, rosietheriveter, person, longbeachca, october, october1942, douglasaircraftcompany, wartime, calfornia, plexiglas, acrylicglass, finishingtouches, 1940s, piercedears, bandageonrighthand, dontthroughstones, flyingfortress, turret, shorpy, demography, fertility, captionable
  • Visibility: public
• [Portrait of Billie Holiday, Downbeat, New York, N.Y., ca. Feb. 1947] (LOC)

  • Uploaded by: The Library of Congress
  • License: No known copyright restrictions
  • 55 comments
  • 822 favorites
  • 284,988 views
  • Date taken: 1947
  • Date uploaded: 2010-07-30
  • Tags: libraryofcongress, dc:identifier=httphdllocgovlocmusicgottlieb04211, xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11, woman, music, singer, portrait, 1947, 1940s, forties, foaf:depicts=httpnlagovaunlaparty862795, xmlns:foaf=httpxmlnscomfoaf01, soul, jazz, lady, day, halliday, ladyday, billieholiday, blues, bw, vocalist, holiday, downbeat, singing, newyorkny, williampgottlieb, musica, mujer
  • Visibility: public
• War production workers at the Heil Company making gasoline trailer tanks for the U.S. Army Air Corps, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Elizabeth Little, age 30, the mother of two children, spraying small parts. Her husband runs a farm (LOC)

  • Uploaded by: The Library of Congress
  • License: No known copyright restrictions
  • 3 comments
  • 76 favorites
  • 64,650 views
  • Date taken: 1939
  • Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
  • Tags: libraryofcongress, dc:identifier=httphdllocgovlocpnpfsac1a34979, xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11, yellow, paint, woman, airbrushing, respirator, howardrhollem, howardhollem, worldwarii, worldwar2, wwii, ww2, wartime, war, military, 1943, february, february1943, wareffort, milwaukee, milwaukeewi, wisconson, heil, heilandcompany, painter, painting, gasolinetrailer, heilcompany, mujer, trabajadora, pontar, pintando, amarillo, guerra
  • Visibility: public
• War production workers at the Vilter [Manufacturing] Company making M5 and M7 guns for the U.S. Army, Milwaukee, Wis. Ex-housewife, age 24, filing small parts. Her husband and brother are in the armed service (LOC)

  • Uploaded by: The Library of Congress
  • License: No known copyright restrictions
  • 1 comment
  • 135 favorites
  • 64,247 views
  • Date taken: 1939
  • Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
  • Tags: libraryofcongress, dc:identifier=httphdllocgovlocpnpfsac1a34972, xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11, factory, 1943, milwaukee, wisconsin, rosietheriveter, howardrhollem, howardhollem, worldwarii, worldwar2, wwii, ww2, wartime, war, military, february, february1943, m5, m7, viltermanufacturingcompany, vilter, usarmy, wareffort, milwaukeewi, wisconson, woman, worker, filing, rosie, 1940s, civillianinwartime, gunsmithing, unitedstates, women, wartimeworker, milwaukeecounty, mujer, trabajadora, obrera, limando, piezas, metalicas, guerra
  • Visibility: public
• War production workers at the Vilter [Manufacturing] Company making M5 and M7 guns for the U.S. Army, Milwaukee, Wis. Ex-stage orchestra musician, checking an M7 gun with gage, after turning out on a gun lathe. Her two brothers and husband are in the serv

  • Uploaded by: The Library of Congress
  • License: No known copyright restrictions
  • 3 comments
  • 66 favorites
  • 59,848 views
  • Date taken: 1939
  • Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
  • Tags: libraryofcongress, dc:identifier=httphdllocgovlocpnpfsac1a34974, xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11, milwaukee, wisconsin, lathe, gage, m7, gun, factory, rosietheriveter, howardrhollem, howardhollem, worldwarii, worldwar2, wwii, ww2, wartime, war, military, 1943, february, february1943, m5, viltermanufacturingcompany, vilter, usarmy, wareffort, milwaukeewi, wisconson, woman, worker, musician, gunlathe, apron, rosie, elbow, metalshop, milwaukeecounty, mujer, trabajadora, obrera, torno, torneando, pieza, metalica
  • Visibility: public
• [Portrait of Billie Holiday and Mister, Downbeat, New York, N.Y., ca. Feb. 1947] (LOC)

  • Uploaded by: The Library of Congress
  • License: No known copyright restrictions
  • 9 comments
  • 246 favorites
  • 49,695 views
  • Date taken: 1947
  • Date uploaded: 2010-09-24
  • Tags: libraryofcongress, dc:identifier=httphdllocgovlocmusicgottlieb04281, xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11, foaf:depicts=httpnlagovaunlaparty862795, xmlns:foaf=httpxmlnscomfoaf01, ladyday, billieholiday, musica, mujer, jazz, voz, femenina
  • Visibility: public
• [New York Female Giants (baseball)] (LOC)

  • Uploaded by: The Library of Congress
  • License: No known copyright restrictions
  • 3 comments
  • 79 favorites
  • 31,317 views
  • Date taken: 1913
  • Date uploaded: 2009-06-05
  • Tags: libraryofcongress, dc:identifier=httphdllocgovlocpnpggbain13492, xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11, woman, athlete, sports, baseball, field, glove, pitcher, mound, bleachers, gothamist, femalebaseball, womensleague, béisbolfemenino, mujer, deportes, june281913, highschoolgirls, newyorkfemalegiants
  • Visibility: public
• Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst (LOC)

  • Uploaded by: The Library of Congress
  • License: No known copyright restrictions
  • 8 comments
  • 15 favorites
  • 13,818 views
  • Date taken: 1912
  • Date uploaded: 2008-10-10
  • Tags: libraryofcongress, dc:identifier=httphdllocgovlocpnpggbain12112, xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11, suffragette, pankhurst, matzene, 1912, iwd, suffragist, woman, womanssuffrage, bainnewsservice, suffragemovement, suffragists, emmelinepankhurst, sufragista, mujer, movimientosufragista, feminismo, mrsemmelinepankhurst, blackandwhite, portrait, chicago, foaf:depicts=httpnlagovaunlaparty1226570, xmlns:foaf=httpxmlnscomfoaf01
  • Visibility: public
• Elise Kutscherra (LOC)

  • Uploaded by: The Library of Congress
  • License: No known copyright restrictions
  • 4 comments
  • 24 favorites
  • 8,854 views
  • Date taken: 1910
  • Date uploaded: 2011-11-04
  • Tags: libraryofcongress, dc:identifier=httphdllocgovlocpnpggbain17736, xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11, woman, standing, purse, hat, soprano, music, opera, singer, belgian, ship, oceanliner, elisekutscherra, denys, kutschera, shipboard, deck, mujer
  • Visibility: public
• Namara painting (LOC)

  • Uploaded by: The Library of Congress
  • License: No known copyright restrictions
  • 2 comments
  • 9 favorites
  • 5,202 views
  • Date taken: 1920
  • Date uploaded: 2020-10-23
  • Tags: libraryofcongress, dc:identifier=httphdllocgovlocpnpggbain35194, arte, mujer, namara
  • Visibility: public