Get in the Scrap

Salvage. School children get in the scrap. The school children of America were officially organized for a nationwide salvage program starting on Monday, October 5, 1942. The children are going into the field as a junior army engaged in a major campaign for victory. Plans included the laying out of definite areas in each community to be assigned to specific groups of children. Plans were also made for holding meetings, collecting scrap, storing it and getting it to central points for shipment. Roanoke, Virginia has already gotten its program underway. This picture shows scrap being dug out of an attic by the "junior commandos." Photo by Howard Liberman. October 1942. Office of War Information. FSA-OWI Collection, Library of Congress.  http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/oem2002004863/PP/

Women of America!

Women of America! If you want to put a vote in in 1920 put a (.10, 1.00, 10.00) in now. National Ballot Box for 1920. Photograph by Harris & Ewing. 1920. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Collection.  http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/hec2013000235/

Burning the Autumn Leaves, 1940.

Jack Delano. Burning the Autumn Leaves on Broadway in Norwich, Connecticut. October 1940. FSA-OWI Collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/fsa2000023717/PP/

Football Season, 1937.

John Vachon. Spectators at football game, Annapolis, Maryland. November 1937.  FSA-OWI Collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/fsa1997002916/PP/ 

John Vachon. Watching Columbia-Navy football game, Annapolis, Maryland. November 1937. FSA-OWI Collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/fsa1997002915/PP/

Salvage Campaign, 1942.

Alfred T. Palmer. Annette del Sur public[iz]ing salvage campaign in yard of Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, California. October 1942. FSA-OWI Collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.  http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/fsa1992001591/PP/

At the Wharves, Annapolis. 1937.

John Vachon. Men at the wharves, Annapolis, Maryland. November 1937. FSA-OWI Collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/fsa1997002872/PP/

 John Vachon. Untitled photo, possibly related to: Men at the wharves, Annapolis, Maryland. November 1937. FSA-OWI Collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/fsa1997002873/PP/

Polish Immigrant Husking Corn

John Collier. "Polish Immigrant Husking Corn." Greenfield (vicinity), Connecticut. October 1941. FSA-OWI photo collection, Library of Congress. http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/fsa2000051872/PP/

April Means Mowing

John Vachon, Man mowing lawn, Grundy Center, Iowa. April 1940. FSA-OWI Collection, Library of Congress.

http://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/fsa/item/fsa1997006147/PP/

Mr. Lincoln's Virtual Library

Abraham Lincoln, from the Library of Congress website, Mr. Lincoln's Virtual Library.

This Is Not Drill

Today, December 7, is Pearl Harbor Day -- the anniversary of the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941.

The image shows a naval dispatch sent by CINCPAC -- Commander in Chief Pacific -- to all major naval commands and fleet units. The telegram reads: "AIR RAID ON PEARL HARBOR X THIS IS NOT DRILL"

For this and related documents, have a look at the Library of Congress web site, which has links to a repository of documents relating to the events of that day, including man-in-the-street interviews by folklorists.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt's war message, delivered to Congress on December 8, 1941, is available at the FDR Library and at the American Presidency project.