Historical Craftsmanship in Production

Images depict traditional craftsmanship in various industries, including boot making and saddle repair, showcasing tools, materials, and workspaces from the 1930s.

Sewing bag of rice brand after being weighed in rice packaging process, Crowley, Louisiana. 1938. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Louisiana , Crowley, Louisiana , Acadia Parish

Placing pieces of leather into crimping machine to shape the lowers of the boots. Boot shop, Alpine, Texas 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , Alpine, Texas , Brewster County

Saw Products: Dimensions - Pennsylvania. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Proprietor of feed mill filling sack with freshly-ground corn meal. Taylor, Texas 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , Taylor, Texas , Williamson County

Nurseries: Planting Stock - Georgia. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Repairing saddle. Saddle shop, Alpine, Texas 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , Alpine, Texas , Brewster County

Construction worker at Shasta Dam, Shasta County, California. 1940 - 1940. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Shasta Dam, California , Shasta County

Dough mixer. Bakery, San Angelo, Texas 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , San Angelo, Texas , Tom Green County

Taking a sample of milk to determine butter fat content. Dairymen's Cooperative Creamery. Caldwell, Canyon County, Idaho 1941. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Idaho , Caldwell, Idaho , Canyon County

Dumping peanuts into conveyor hopper. Peanut-shelling plant. Comanche, Texas 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , Comanche, Texas , Comanche County

Untitled (Men Blowing Glass/Manufacture) Lewis Wickes Hine (American, 1874-1940). , 1936-1937. Gelatin silver photograph, 4 3/4 x 7 1/4 in. (12.1 x 18.4 cm). Photography 1936-1937

Unloading cans of milk and cream from truck to belt conveyer at Dariymen's Cooperative Creamery. Caldwell, Canyon County, Idaho 1941. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Idaho , Caldwell, Idaho , Canyon County

Logging Camps and Crews - Maine. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Migratory agricultural laborer making toys for the WPA (Work Projects Administration) nursery school at the Agua Fria migratory labor camp. Arizona 1940. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Arizona , Agua Fria, Arizona , Maricopa County

Crude Products: Bolts and Handicraft - Missouri. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Centrifuges are used to separate the olive oil from water. Lindsay, California 1942. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Lindsay, California , Tulare County

Blacksmith Shop. 1926 - 1956. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Pierre Agency. 1954-1972. Decimal Correspondence

Proprietor of feed mill emptying sack of shelled corn into hopper for grinding into cornmeal. Taylor, Texas 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , Taylor, Texas , Williamson County

George Hutton Sr., in the machine shop on his farm. Pie Town, New Mexico 1940. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New Mexico , Pie Town, New Mexico , Catron County

Description: Trinidad and Tobago. 'The Eastern Caribbean Farm Institute. Students collect eggs from poultry in the battery house at the Institute Farm at Centeno'. Photograph No.: D 79131. Official Trinidad and Tobago photograph compiled by Central Office of Information. Publicity statement on reverse. Location: Trinidad and Tobago Date: 1955 Mar caribbean, caribbeanthroughalens

Contract No. 116, Quabbin Park Cemetery Building, Ware, interior of Quabbin Park Cemetery building, looking easterly, setting tile for partition, Ware, Mass., Dec. 6, 1940

Negro stuffing linters into baling machine. Cotton seed oil mill, McLennan County, Texas 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , McLennan County

Workman feeding raw wool into machine which removes loose dust and dirt and burs. Wool scouring plant, San Marcos, Texas 1940. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , San Marcos, Texas , Hays County

Member of the Arizona part-time farms, Chandler Unit, filling milk bottles in the dairy of the farm. Maricopa County, Arizona 1940. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Arizona , Chandler, Arizona , Maricopa County

Crude Products: Christmas Greens - Montana. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Two men airbrush wooden shelves. Arnold Eagle (American, 1909 - 1992)

Peanut grader. Peanut-shelling plant. Comanche, Texas 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , Comanche, Texas , Comanche County

Filling sacks with cotton seed meal. Cotton seed oil mill. McLennan County, Texas 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , McLennan County

Bags of olive pulp which will be put under hydraulic pressure to extract the oil. Lindsay, California 1942. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Lindsay, California , Tulare County

The sawmill in operation. It was built by the farmer members of the Ola self-help sawmill co-op. Gem County, Idaho. General caption 48. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Idaho , Ola (Idaho), Idaho , Gem County, Sawmills

Paul Keepseagle Shaping a Tool. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Sawmill Interiors - Minnesota. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

This workman controls amounts of materials going into concrete used in construction of Shasta Dam. Shasta County, California 1941. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Shasta County

Sawmill Interiors - Georgia. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Negro workman packing down cotton linters in truck at cotton seed oil mill. McLennan County, Texas 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , McLennan County

Worker at peanut-shelling plant. Comanche, Texas 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , Comanche, Texas , Comanche County

Canned tuna coming from sterlizing compartment. It will next be cooked for an hour. Columbia River Packing Association, Astoria, Oregon 1941. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Oregon , Astoria, Oregon , Clatsop County

Saddle room. SMS Ranch, Spur, Texas 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , Spur, Texas , Dickens County

Removing finished cartons of packaged rice from conveyer-presser. State rice mill, Abbeville, Louisiana. 1938. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Louisiana , Abbeville, Louisiana , Vermilion Parish

Chemical Wood - Pennsylvania. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Weighing in truckload of sweet potatoes at starch plant. Laurel, Mississippi. 1938. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Mississippi , Laurel, Mississippi , Jones County

Migrant boy who is somewhat of a mechanic checking up the lighting wires of their improvised truck which will carry them to California. Near Muskogee, Oklahoma 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Oklahoma , Muskogee, Oklahoma , Muskogee County

Information office radio broadcaster Dutch Guinea. primitive rice pin Merauke. owner Chinese. October 1954. Merauke, Guinea

Gullaskrufs glassworks, Småland. Window glass blowing in conjunction with filming June 12, 1941. The help feverter submits amount in the crucible.

Elsevier photo collection. Series "The industrial recovery Bandoeng". Photo 4 Shaving yarns textile company "Yo Sek in". yarns coming stocks, currently processed soon view prevailing textile scarcity .. 1946. Bandung, Indonesia, Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

The picture shows French prisoners of war at work .. The picture shows French prisoners of war at work.

Sawmill Interiors - Missouri. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Unloading cotton seed at cotton seed oil mill. McLennan County, Texas 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , McLennan County

Thule's launch..

Pulp and Paper (mold) - All States. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

One of Erasty Emvich's sons weaving a rug in farmhouse near Battle Ground, Indiana. Mr. Emvich, tenant farmer and father of twelve children, also weaves in his spare time. 1937. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Indiana , Battle Ground, Indiana , Tippecanoe County

Vintage Photograph. Loading boxes on truck in New York City.

Tying lantern onto the back of improvised truck which will travel to California near Muskogee, Oklahoma. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Oklahoma , Muskogee, Oklahoma , Muskogee County

OMRO reactor, drilling high ensity concrete pressure grouting connection , Armories, Ordnance industry, Nuclear reactors, Drilling, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Formation of cotton bat for stuffing mattresses. Mattress factory. San Angelo, Texas. This bat is usually made from cotton linters which is that part of the cotton closest to the seed. Dark in color and short of staple 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , San Angelo, Texas , Tom Green County

Operator removing bat of cotton from machine. First step of cleaning cotton of trash. Laurel cotton mills, Laurel, Mississippi. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Mississippi , Laurel, Mississippi , Jones County

Selecting a piece of leather from the tempering chest. Cowboy boot shop, Alpine, Texas 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , Alpine, Texas , Brewster County

Removing bale of cotton from conveyer. Compress, Houston, Texas 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , Houston, Texas , Harris County

Migrant steeple-jack buying a replacement connecting rod at secondhand automobile parts store. Prague, Oklahoma, Lincoln County 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Oklahoma , Prague, Oklahoma , Lincoln County

Sewing uppers together. Boot shop, Alpine, Texas 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , Alpine, Texas , Brewster County

Cowboys of the SMS Ranch washing up for dinner. Ranch near Spur, Texas. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , Spur, Texas , Dickens County

Proprietor of feed mill weighing sacks of feed. Taylor, Texas 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , Taylor, Texas , Williamson County

Worker winding cotton thread onto large spools. Laurel cotton mills, Laurel, Mississippi. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Mississippi , Laurel

Information office and radio broadcaster Dutch New Guinea. Viewing the sawmill in Manokwari by minister C. Staf. May 1957. New Guinea

Photograph of interior Wallabout Market, D.P. 4, Lot 25, Building 2024, 1204-06 Metz St. Stella Cheese-Removing furnace after vacating, top fl.. View of two men cleaning up vacated area in furnace boiler area, from negative 774..

Weighing cans of cream at the Dairymen's Cooperative Creamery. Caldwell, Canyon County, Idaho 1941. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Idaho , Caldwell, Idaho , Canyon County

Information office radio broadcaster Dutch Guinea. Dutch Guinea: Landdrukkerij. check printing. August 1956. Hollandia, Guinea

Press forging , Armories, Ordnance industry, Forging, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Sacking graded peanuts. Peanut-shelling plant. Comanche, Texas 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , Comanche, Texas , Comanche County

Negro farmer and blacksmith shop workman look over much-repaired wagon wheels to see if they can be made usable again. Depew, Oklahoma 1940. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Oklahoma , Depew, Oklahoma , Creek County

Information office radio broadcaster Dutch Guinea. fishing NL. nets entered indigenous people ships pipeline. March 1960. Guinea

Fire Control: Detection - Washington. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Scene in Cruiser Engine Room. Can you squeeze more speed out of here Scene in cruiser engine room.

Filling bottles with cream. Creamery, San Angelo, Texas 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , San Angelo, Texas , Tom Green County

Manufacture and revision of vehicle parts.

Blacksmith and helper pounding out plow point. Depew, Oklahoma 1940. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Oklahoma , Depew, Oklahoma , Creek County

Repairing caterpillar tractor in repair shop at Colfax, Washington 1941. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Washington (State) , Colfax, Washington (State) , Whitman County

Farmers sacking grasshopper bait. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Putting the mixed grasshopper bait into sacks to take out to the farm. The bait was preparedand mixed under direction of the county agent. Outskirts of Oklahoma City, June, 1939. Photographs. 1937-06. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Oklahoma , Oklahoma City, Oklahoma , Oklahoma County, Farmers

Butcher at the commissary. Mogollon, New Mexico 1940. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New Mexico , Mogollon, New Mexico , Catron County

Historical Safety - General. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Sewing up sack of cotton seed meal. Cotton seed oil mill. McLennan County, Texas 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , McLennan County

Unloading a carload of cotton at compress. Houston, Texas 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , Houston, Texas , Harris County

Stirring up the curd so that the whey can drain off. Tillamook cheese plant, Tillamook, Oregon 1941. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Oregon , Tillamook, Oregon , Tillamook County

Elsevier photo collection. Touwslagerij. Rope shop. {1940-1945}

Sacking graded peanuts. Peanut-shelling plant. Comanche, Texas 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , Comanche, Texas , Comanche County

Olives are washed and warmed before they are crushed and pressed for their oil. Lindsay, California. Half of California's annual crop of 44,000 tons of olives is used in the production of oil 1942. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Lindsay, California , Tulare County

In packing shed, grading and sacking potatoes in twenty-five pound sacks for the chain store trade. Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Tulelake, California , Siskiyou County, Potatoes, Farm produce

Placing a bale of cotton into compressing unit. Compress, Houston, Texas. After going through compresser bale of cotton is about one third its original size. Houston, Texas 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , Houston, Texas , Harris County

Information office radio broadcaster Dutch Guinea. Agricultural engineer A. Poyck, specially charged cocoa culture Manokwari. undated. Manokwari, Guinea

Workers at the repicking or cleaning apparatus where a stationary-type picker is used for picking hops. Yakima County, Washington 1941. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Washington (State) , Yakima County

Woman operating shaper , Armories, Ordnance industry, Machinery, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Trampus. "Propaganda photography: Women polishing aluminum plates". French aluminum richness. / In an aluminum foundry. / Polishing the plates. / Scraping by hand of stains. Gelatino-silver-bromide draw. Dactylographed legend in black ink. in 1943-05-21-1943-05-21. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 144782-18

Nurseries: Transplants - Michigan. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

U.S. Maritime "Engineer Cadets" Having Turn at Throttle of Large Electrically Driven Vessel.

Tuna being packed in ice. Astoria, Oregon 1941. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Oregon , Astoria, Oregon , Clatsop County

Equipment. 1930 - 1949. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

A Painter Removing Paint from a Boat with a Hydrogen Torch. 3269. Method of Using Hydrogen Torch for Removing Paint. Navy Yard, Phila. Jan. 30, 1923.. 1923-01-30T00:00:00.

Tagging exhibits at South Louisiana State Fair. Donaldsonville, Louisiana. 1938. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Louisiana , Donaldsonville, Louisiana , Ascension Parish

Bell 39's Are Assembled In Hangar 'B' By Men Of The 2Nd Air Base Group At An Airfield In Iceland, 2 February 1942.

Selecting turkeys at cold storage plant. Brownwood, Texas 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , Brownwood, Texas , Brown County

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