Montana Historical Society

Website Main Menu

A Digital Footlocker
The Home Fires: Montana in World War II

Photographs

Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, FSA-OWI Collection

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/fsahtml/fahome.html

Users are reminded that these materials are provided by the Library of Congress for educational and scholarly purposes and that transmission or reproduction of protected items beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. The nature of historical archival collections means that copyright or other information about restrictions may be difficult or even impossible to determine. Whenever possible, the Library provides information about copyright owners and other restrictions in the catalog records, finding aids, special-program illustration captions, and other texts that accompany collections. The Library provides such information as a service to aid patrons in determining the appropriate use of an item, but that determination ultimately rests with the patron.

The black-and-white photographs of the Farm Security Administration-Office of War Information Collection are a landmark in the history of documentary photography. The images show Americans at home, at work, and at play, with an emphasis on rural and small-town life and the adverse effects of the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl, and increasing farm mechanization. Some of the most famous images portray people who were displaced from farms and migrated West or to industrial cities in search of work. In its latter years, the project documented America's mobilization for World War II.

Montana Historical Society Photograph Archives

Montana Historical Society general copyright statement
The materials included on this website that are from the collections of the MONTANA HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Helena, Montana, may be used for personal, research and educational purposes only.
Any other use (including publications, web sites, exhibitions or advertising) requires written permission from the Montana Historical Society and the payment of appropriate fees.
To obtain permission contact mhslibrary@mt.gov or call 406-444-2681.
The images on this website may not be copied for resale, altered or misrepresented.

Franklin Roosevelt 1941 Photographer Unidentified This material may be protected by copyright law (Title 17 U.S. Code) See below Credit: Montana Historical Society, Helena 944-638
	First Section, Special Service Force World War II Helena, Montana April 6, 1943 Photograph by L.H. Jorud This material may be protected by copyright law (Title 17 U.S. Code) See below Credit: Montana Historical Society, Helena 953-655
Mrs. Joan Glynn fixing breakfast for her three children. She is the wife of Bob Glynn, who works at the garage on the hill at Anaconda. Hugh is 3-years-old, the baby is 7 months old and Eleanor is six-years-old. circa 1943 (scene accompanied the "Platter Chatter" column on helpful household hints and low-cost recipes for the "Doing without Days" of wartime food shortages) Copper Commando, July 16, 1943 Photographer Unidentified This material may be protected by copyright law (Title 17 U.S. Code) See below Credit: Montana Historical Society, Helena Lot 19 Box 1 A-1199
	World War II Buying war bonds at the ACM smelter in Anaconda circa 1942 Photograph by R.I. Nesmith This material may be protected by copyright law (Title 17 U.S. Code) See below Credit: Montana Historical Society, Helena Lot 19 Box 1 A-54
Unidentified Security Guard Butte, Montana circa 1943 Photographer Unidentified This material may be protected by copyright law (Title 17 U.S. Code) See below Credit: Montana Historical Society, Helena Lot 19 Box 2 B-128
	Unidentified soldier and girl Butte, Montana circa 1943 Photographer Unidentified This material may be protected by copyright law (Title 17 U.S. Code) See below Credit: Montana Historical Society, Helena Lot 19 Box 2 B-140
50th Mine Union Anniversary 1940 L to R: Burton K. Wheeler and John L. Lewis Photographer Unidentified This material may be protected by copyright law (Title 17 U.S. Code) See below Credit: Montana Historical Society, Helena Lot 4 Box 1/8.01
	David Armstrong driving a team of huskies, Rimina, Signal Corps training moves, 1943, foot of MacDonald Pass. War Dog Reception and Training Center, Camp Rimini, Helena, Montana Photographer Unidentified This material may be protected by copyright law (Title 17 U.S. Code) See below Credit: Montana Historical Society, Helena PAc 74-5.4
Fligelman's Department Store 5th V War Loan Window Display Helena, Montana June 14, 1944 Photograph by Jorud Photo Shop, Helena, MT This material may be protected by copyright law (Title 17 U.S. Code) See below Credit: Montana Historical Society, Helena PAc 76-84
	Fligelman's Department Store Marine Window Display Helena, Montana May 15, 1944 Photograph by Jorud Photo Shop, Helena, Montana This material may be protected by copyright law (Title 17 U.S. Code) See below Credit: Montana Historical Society, Helena PAc 76-84
Governor Sam Ford [no date] Photographer Unidentified This material may be protected by copyright law (Title 17 U.S. Code) See below Credit: Montana Historical Society, Helena PAc 79-48
	Mrs. Sam Ford packing kits for the Red Cross [no date] Photographer Unidentified This material may be protected by copyright law (Title 17 U.S. Code) See below Credit: Montana Historical Society, Helena PAc 80-87
"V for victory sign with sugar beets Italian work party-Fort Missoula, Mt, 1942." Photographer Unidentified This material may be protected by copyright law (Title 17 U.S. Code) See below Credit: Montana Historical Society, Helena PAc 84-34 F3
	Scene in the Italian mess hall, Fort Missoula, Montana 1942 Photographer Unidentified This material may be protected by copyright law (Title 17 U.S. Code) See below Credit: Montana Historical Society, Helena PAc 84-34 F1
"Japanese detainees display their creations with stones picked up in the their confinement area, Fort Missoula, Montana" 1942 Photographer Unidentified This material may be protected by copyright law (Title 17 U.S. Code) See below Credit: Montana Historical Society, Helena PAc 84-34
	First Japanese balloon to land in U.S. Kalispell, Mt area December, 1944 Photograph by Donald D. Cook This material may be protected by copyright law (Title 17 U.S. Code) See below Credit: Montana Historical Society, Helena PAc 93-1
Jeannette Rankin at ranch 1941 Photographer Unidentified This material may be protected by copyright law (Title 17 U.S. Code) See below Credit: Montana Historical Society, Helena PAc 93-27