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William Perlitch

Dive into fascinating vintage Black and White photographs through the lens of William Perlitch. Perlitch's imagery perfectly captured and chronicled life in rural and urban United States during the World War II.

High school Victory Corps. By the time these boys are old enough to join America's fighting forces they will be toughened to…

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Benjamin Franklin High School, New York, New York. Boys in the "commando" course, part of the physical education program…

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War production drive. Anthracite rallies. A lively discussion resulted when labor and management talked over production…

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High school Victory Corps. The fireman's "carry." The correct method of carrying a wounded comrade, is shown here by some of…

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[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Benjamin Franklin High School, New York, New York. Boys of a gymnasium class in a…

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War production drive. Anthracite rallies. A lively discussion resulted when labor and management talked over production…

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Camp Shelby, Hattiesburg, Mississippi. A soldier. Sourced from the Library of Congress.

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Camp Shelby, Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Getting a haircut. Sourced from the Library of Congress.

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War production drive. Anthracite rallies. How the mines contribute to the nation's scrap pile was demonstrated by an…

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Camp Shelby, Hattiesburg, Mississippi. A soldier. Sourced from the Library of Congress.

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Automobile salvage. When the scrap is sorted, powerful electric cranes load it into freight cars--each type and grade in a…

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Substitute materials containers. Something new in apple containers. To replace nail-bound wooden boxes, a fiber carton has…

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War production drive. Anthracite rallies. How the mines contribute to the nation's scrap pile was demonstrated by an…

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High school Victory Corps. James Parsley and Bill Sabin do their clean-up chores for the day in Montgomery Blair High…

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War production drive. Anthracite rallies. Anthracite miners listened attentively to Nurse Anne Bernatitus, who spoke on the…

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Substitute materials. Timber connectors. A lookout tower in the Shawnee National Forest in Illinois. This 100-foot tower is…

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War production drive. Anthracite rallies. How the mines contribute to the nations scrap pile was demonstrated by an…

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Substitute materials. Timber connectors. Constructed of wood reinforced with timber connectors, this 166 foot wide clear…

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War production drive. Anthracite rallies. A lucky miner who received a 100 dollar war bond at one of the four anthracite…

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War production drive. Anthracite rallies. Soldiers and sailors learned how miners produce anthracite at rallies held in…

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War production drive. Anthracite rallies. Soldiers and sailors went underground with Pennsylvania miners at anthracite…

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Substitute materials. Timber connectors. Foot bridges, like this 100-foot span wood arch bridge are sometimes necessary for…

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Substitute materials. Timber connectors. Prefabricated timber prepared for timber connectors. Timber connectors are pressed…

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War production drive. Anthracite rallies. "I pledge allegiance to my flag..." Corporal Bennick led the crowd in the oath of…

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Substitute materials. Timber connectors. Timber in process of preparation for timber connectors. The rings provide a larger…

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Substitute materials. Glass utensils. Glass mixing bowls are doing double duty today as busy war-working housewives mix…

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High school Victory Corps. In true commando style, this young student at Flushing High School, Queens, New York, is learning…

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Substitute materials. Timber connectors. Use of wood in the construction of Army chapels is shown here, one of 570 similar…

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Substitute materials. Glass utensils. New type glass measuring cups have easy-to-read markings. The quart measuring cup…

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War production drive. Anthracite rallies. Each fights the Axis in his own way, the sailor and the miner. Men in the armed…

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Substitute materials. Glass utensils. A deep dish glass baking dish of the type shown here makes layers so big that two…

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Substitute materials. Glass utensils. With production of metal containers restricted because of military needs, more and…

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War production drive. Anthracite rallies. A soldier wears a miners' cap and lamp before he descends the shaft into the mine.…

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High school Victory Corps. Along with their English course, this class at Bejamin Franklin High School in New York City is…

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Automobile salvage. Before the torch men, shear men, and press operators go to work on an old automobile, all wooden parts…

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War production drive. Anthracite rallies. Smiling with pleasure, a coal miner reads the paycheck enclosure which explains…

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Automobile salvage. Pieces of the auto that are too long for the steel mill's charging box are cut one at a time to short…

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War production drive. Anthracite rallies. A soldier is shown how a miner swings a pick under a low ceiling in a Pennsylvania…

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War production drive. Anthracite rallies. Army and U.S. Treasury flags fly alongside the stars and stripes at a Pennsylvania…

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War production drive. Anthracite rallies. How the mines contribute to the nation's scrap pile was demonstrated by an…

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War production drive. Anthracite rallies. Soldiers march in formation at the anthracite miners' rally in Hazleton…

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High school Victory Corps. Learning the rudiments of advancing on an enemy will prove valuable to these boys if they are…

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War production drive. Anthracite rallies. Anthracite mine workers at a war bond rally. Such rallies were held at many points…

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Substitute materials containers. New and old powder containers. Old type (square) metal container is shown alongside a new…

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War production drive. Anthracite rallies. Miners and soldiers at the Pennsylvania anthracite rallies, September 30th through…

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Scrapped cannon. Veterans of World War I, these cannons join the scrap heap to be reprocessed and recast into streamlined…

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Substitute materials containers. These new types of fiber shell containers with metal rims on the ends are being…

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Substitute materials containers. New and old paint containers. Left to right: metal oil can, fiber containers with metal…

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War production drive. Anthracite rallies. Nurse Anne Bernatitus spoke to anthracite miners on the crucial need for more coal…

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High school Victory Corps. Boys at Flushing High School, Queens, New York, toughen up by methods similiar to those used in…

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War production drive. Anthracite rallies. Soldiers and sailors saw workers in action at anthracite mines during the rallies…

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War production drive. Anthracite rallies. No jeep, this underground car in a Pennsylvania anthracite mine. Soldiers learned…

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War production drive. Anthracite rallies. Soldiers saw how the production front fights when coal miners took them…

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Substitute materials containers. New army "blitz" can. A five-gallon metal container for water, oil, or gasoline…

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War production drive. Anthracite rallies. Alex Nordholm, Chief of Field Operations, War Production Drive, addressed…

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War production drive. Anthracite rallies. The war is serious business to these representatives of the fighting and…

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Fuel oil conservation. An experienced serviceman checks the efficiency of the family heating plant. This man measures the…

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War production drive. Anthracite rallies. Alex Nordholm, Chief of Field Operations, War Production Drive, addressed…

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War production drive. Anthracite rallies. Servicemen working together! Soldiers, sailors and marines went into Pennsylvania…

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War production drive. Anthracite rallies. A fighting tool of the production front is this pneumatic drill that anthracite…

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Substitute materials containers. Wartime tobacco containers. Left to right: one-pound fiber container, two-ounce fiber…

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High school Victory Corps. Surmounting an eight-foot obstacle at top speed is one of the features of the rigorous "commando"…

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Automobile salvage. Automobile bodies are usually cut into four pieces so they can be readily loaded into a press for…

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War production drive. Anthracite rallies. Smiling with pleasure, a husky coal miner reads the enclosure with his pay check…

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Substitute materials. Glass utensils. Glass kitchenware is coming into greater use in American homes as military needs…

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Substitute materials containers. Brewers introduced the metal can for beer, but the brew is back in bottles for the…

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Substitute materials containers. New and old paint containers. Left to right: one-quarter metal can on one-gallon metal can…

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War production drive. Anthracite rallies. Soldiers taught a coal miner how to operate a machine gun at an anthracite rally…

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Automobile salvage. The torch man cuts the motor from the frame, and the frame from the body, then these parts are sorted…

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War production drive. Anthracite rallies. Coal mining is serious business, an army sergeant learns from two anthracite…

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War production drive. Anthracite rallies. Jeep headlights form V for victory at the night rally for Pennsylvania anthracite…

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Flushing High School, Queens, New York, New York. Scaling an eight foot obstacle at top speed, part of the "commando"…

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Camp Shelby, Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Getting a haircut. Sourced from the Library of Congress.

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Benjamin Franklin High School, New York, New York. Boys take one day a week from their English course for "war activities"…

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Camp Shelby, Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Father and son (?). Sourced from the Library of Congress.

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Camp Shelby, Hattiesburg, Mississippi. A soldier. Sourced from the Library of Congress.

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Camp Shelby, Hattiesburg, Mississippi. A soldier. Sourced from the Library of Congress.

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Camp Shelby, Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Two soldiers outside their quarters. Sourced from the Library of Congress.

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Camp Shelby, Hattiesburg, Mississippi. A soldier. Sourced from the Library of Congress.

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Camp Shelby, Hattiesburg, Mississippi. A soldier. Sourced from the Library of Congress.

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Camp Shelby, Hattiesburg, Mississippi. A soldier. Sourced from the Library of Congress.

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Benjamin Franklin High School, New York, New York. High school boys growing physically fit through exercise. Sourced from…

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Benjamin Franklin High School, New York, New York. Boys of a gymnasium class in a drill lineup. Sourced from the Library of…

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Camp Shelby, Hattiesburg, Mississippi. A soldier. Sourced from the Library of Congress.

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Camp Shelby, Hattiesburg, Mississippi. A soldier. Sourced from the Library of Congress.

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Camp Shelby, Hattiesburg, Mississippi. A soldier. Sourced from the Library of Congress.

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Camp Shelby, Hattiesburg, Mississippi. A soldier. Sourced from the Library of Congress.

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Camp Shelby, Hattiesburg, Mississippi. A soldier. Sourced from the Library of Congress.

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Benjamin Franklin High School, New York, New York. Boys of a gymnasium class in a drill line-up. Sourced from the Library of…

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Camp Shelby, Hattiesburg, Mississippi. A soldier. Sourced from the Library of Congress.

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Camp Shelby, Hattiesburg, Mississippi. A soldier. Sourced from the Library of Congress.

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Flushing High School, Queens, New York. A high school boy climbing a rope during a "commando" course. Sourced from the…

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Benjamin Franklin High School, New York, New York. Boys take one day a week from their English course for "war activities"…

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Camp Shelby, Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Father and son (?). Sourced from the Library of Congress.

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Camp Shelby, Hattiesburg, Mississippi. A soldier. Sourced from the Library of Congress.

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[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Flushing High School, Queens, New York. A high school boy climbing a rope during a…

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Benjamin Franklin High School, New York, New York. Boys in the "commando" course, part of the physical education program…

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