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Åsby, Södermanland, Sweden
Taken some time in 1940
Swedish National Heritage Board

"Aurora's wedding" with Tamara Toumanova, Michael Panaieff, Anton Vlassoff and Oleg Tupine, 1940.
Taken some time in 1940
National Library of Australia Commons

6th Division boards the troopships, Pyrmont, Sydney, 9-10 January 1940 / by Sam Hood
Taken some time in Jan 1940
State Library of New South Wales collection

Abe Malmon at the pump of his gas station, St. Paul
Taken some time in 1940
Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest

Bands on parade outstanding eastern Illinois high school bands. (LOC)
Taken some time in 1940
The Library of Congress

Bergkvara, Småland, Sweden
Taken some time in 1940
Swedish National Heritage Board

Bill Tankersley from the NYA's Camp Roosevelt posing in front of an airplane: Ocala, Florida
Taken some time in 1940
State Library and Archives of Florida

Billy Day, 8 or 9 years old, doing a flying jump turn
Taken some time in 1940
National Library of Australia Commons

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Taken some time in 1940
Costică Acsinte Archive

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Taken some time in 1940
Costică Acsinte Archive

Ceramics on display at spring exhibition
Taken some time in 1940
Aalto University Library and Archive Commons

Champion fruit packer at work on single layer strawberry punnets, ca. 1940
Taken some time in 1940
State Library of Queensland, Australia

Champion racehorse, St. Constant, on the training track, 1940
Taken some time in 1940
State Library of Queensland, Australia

Chasing a pig at Gatton College
Taken some time in 1940
State Library of Queensland, Australia

City Crew Municipal Airport 1940 (MSA)
Taken some time in 1940
MissouriStateArchives

Close up of house: Drayton Island, Florida
Taken some time in 1940
State Library and Archives of Florida

Commuters for the office off the South Steyne, Sydney, 1940 / Pix magazine
Taken some time in 1940
State Library of New South Wales collection

Concert at Australia House [showing] Mr and Mrs Stanley Bruce
Taken some time in 1940
National Library of Australia Commons

Consecration of Dr. John Charles McQuaid as Archbishop of Dublin in St. Mary's Pro Cathedral
Taken some time in 1940
National Library of Ireland on The Commons

Construction of roadway slab on the Story Bridge, Brisbane, 1940
Taken some time in 1940
State Library of Queensland, Australia

Council Camp canoers
Taken some time in 1940
Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest

Department of Agriculture's Chevrolet, 1937 model Coupe Utility
Taken some time in 1940
State Library of Queensland, Australia

Dimitri Rostoff as Malatesta and Lubov Tchernicheva in Francesca da Rimini as Francesca, [1].
Taken some time in 1940
National Library of Australia Commons

Enumeration, a Farmer Supplies Answers to the 232 Questions on the Farm Schedule, 1940 - 1941
Taken some time in 1940
The U.S. National Archives

Enumeration, Alaska Too Saw the Census Enumerator Arrive in His Dog Sled, 1940 - 1941
Taken some time in 1940
The U.S. National Archives

Enumeration, Approximately 120,000 Enumerators were Employed, 1940 - 1941
Taken some time in 1940
The U.S. National Archives

Enumeration, No Kind of Habitation was Missed, Included among the Places are Railroad Section Hands, 1940 - 1941
Taken some time in 1940
The U.S. National Archives

Featherston and Brandon Streets, Wellington, ca 1940
Taken some time in 1940
National Library NZ on The Commons

Film still of Charles and Elsa Chauvel with cinematographer and actors dressed as Australian soldiers from Charles Chauvel's movie 40,000 Horsemen
Taken some time in 1940
State Library of New South Wales collection

Film still of Chips Rafferty in uniform from Charles Chauvel's movie 40,000 Horsement
Taken some time in 1940
State Library of New South Wales collection

Film still of Chips Rafferty in uniform from Charles Chauvel's movie 40,000 Horsement
Taken some time in 1940
State Library of New South Wales collection

Film still of Chips Rafferty in uniform with cigarette paper from Charles Chauvel's movie 40,000 Horsement
Taken some time in 1940
State Library of New South Wales collection

Film still of soldiers and donkeys from Charles Chauvel's movie 40,000 Horsement
Taken some time in 1940
State Library of New South Wales collection

Film still of soldiers playing two-up from Charles Chauvel's movie 40,000 Horsement
Taken some time in 1940
State Library of New South Wales collection

Geographers Division, a Planimeter, 1940 - 1941
Taken some time in 1940
The U.S. National Archives

Geographers Division, Draftsmen, 1940 - 1941
Taken some time in 1940
The U.S. National Archives

Grass seeding, 1940
Taken some time in 1940
OSU Special Collections & Archives : Commons

Hanukkah program at the JEC
Taken some time in 1940
Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest

Head of a Census Unit Tabulator, 1940 - 1941
Taken some time in 1940
The U.S. National Archives

House - Drayton Island
Taken some time in 1940
State Library and Archives of Florida

Möcklamo, Småland, Sweden
Taken some time in 1940
Swedish National Heritage Board

Man with iron ore grab
Taken some time in 1940
Powerhouse Museum Collection

Man with portable bench
Taken some time in 1940
Powerhouse Museum Collection

Midday dip at Southport, 1940
Taken some time in 1940
State Library of Queensland, Australia

Moreton Bay and the jetty, as seen from Cleveland Point, 1940
Taken some time in 1940
State Library of Queensland, Australia

New Census Building,the Home Office of the Census Bureau, 1940 - 1941
Taken some time in 1940
The U.S. National Archives

Norrtälje Town Hall, Uppland, Sweden
Taken some time in 1940
Swedish National Heritage Board

Occupational Coder, 1940 - 1941
Taken some time in 1940
The U.S. National Archives

Occupational Coding, Peak Employment on this Operation was 806, 1940 - 1941
Taken some time in 1940
The U.S. National Archives

Oleg Tupine, Original Ballet Russe, 1939-1940 / E.A. Rowell
Taken some time in 1940
National Library of Australia Commons

Patriotic tableau staged at the St. Paul JCC
Taken some time in 1940
Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest

People at the Oregon Trail Camp gas station and grocery store in La Grande in 1940
Taken some time in 1940
OSU Special Collections & Archives : Commons

Pigs in the woods: Salt Springs, Florida
Taken some time in 1940
State Library and Archives of Florida

Piling flax
Taken some time in Jan 1940
OSU Special Collections & Archives : Commons

Population and Housing Editors, Negro Section, 1940 - 1941
Taken some time in 1940
The U.S. National Archives

Population Files Stored 154,071 Portfolios, Linear Feet of Filing Space is in Excess of Four Miles, 1940 - 1941
Taken some time in 1940
The U.S. National Archives

Rectifier for the Olympia 40/3 distributing amplifier made for the cancelled 1940 Olympic Games, ca. 1940.
Taken 1 Jan 1940
Archives of the Finnish Broadcasting Company Yle

Result Work, Population Division, 1940 - 1941
Taken some time in 1940
The U.S. National Archives

Robert Helpmann and Margot Fonteyn, Facade / Anthony
Taken some time in 1940
National Library of Australia Commons

Runic inscription in Granby, Orkesta, Uppland, Sweden
Taken some time in 1940
Swedish National Heritage Board

Sigma Delta Tau Sorority members hosting Jewish servicemen at the sorority house on the Minneapolis campus
Taken some time in 1940
Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest

Student pilot Jean McRae of Homosassa: Tallahassee, Florida
Taken some time in 1940
State Library and Archives of Florida

Tamara Grigorieva and Irina Zarova in Pavane, with Georges Skibine and Nicolas Ivangin, Original Ballet Russe Australian tour, 1940.
Taken some time in 1940
National Library of Australia Commons

Tin Can Tourists convention at Dade City
Taken some time in 1940
State Library and Archives of Florida

Two girls playing baseball, Brisbane, 1940
Taken some time in 1940
State Library of Queensland, Australia

Two young women enjoying a day at the races, Brisbane, 1940
Taken some time in 1940
State Library of Queensland, Australia

Unidentified woman in Sarasota reading about winter storms up North
Taken some time in 1940
State Library and Archives of Florida

Unit Wiring Boards for Tabulating Machines, 1940 - 1941
Taken some time in 1940
The U.S. National Archives

US Housing Authority: Atlanta, Georgia State Capitol Homes Site.
Taken some time in 1940
The U.S. National Archives

View of a pond
Taken some time in 1940
State Library and Archives of Florida

View showing farm house on the motion picture location for "The Yearling"
Taken some time in 1940
State Library and Archives of Florida

Waiting to go to summer camp
Taken some time in 1940
Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest

Wild flowers, South Australia : a lantern slide used in lectures on all Australian Inland Mission activities, 1940- / [John Flynn?]
Taken some time in 1940
National Library of Australia Commons

Young adults on the front steps of the Jewish Educational Center in St. Paul
Taken some time in 1940
Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest

Young woman wearing a swimsuit at Southport, 1940
Taken some time in 1940
State Library of Queensland, Australia

[Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe, Locomotive No. 1094 with Tender, Pearlstone Mill & Elevator]
Taken some time in Jan 1940
SMU Libraries Digital Collections

[Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe, Locomotive No. 1094 with Tender]
Taken some time in Jan 1940
SMU Libraries Digital Collections

[Corn planting, Jasper County, Iowa] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1940
The Library of Congress

[Portrait of Adele Girard, Joe Marsala, Nesuhi Ertegun, and William P. Gottlieb, Turkish Embassy, Washington, D.C., ca. 1940] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1940
The Library of Congress

[Portrait of Ahmet M. Ertegun, Mezz Mezzrow, Art Hodes, Nesuhi Ertegun, Herb Abramson, Benny Morton(?), Jay Higginbotham, Henry Allen, Lou McGarity, Lester Young, and Sadi Coylin, Turkish Embassy, Was
Taken some time in 1940
The Library of Congress

[Portrait of Ahmet M. Ertegun, Nesuhi Ertegun, and William P. Gottlieb, Turkish Embassy, Washington, D.C., ca. 1940] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1940
The Library of Congress

[Portrait of Charlie Spivak and William P. Gottlieb, WINX, Washington, D.C., ca. 1940] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1940
The Library of Congress

[Portrait of Gracie Fields with flowers in her hair, 194-?]
Taken some time in 1940
National Library of Australia Commons

[Portrait of Jimmie Lunceford, ca. early 1940s] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1940
The Library of Congress

[Portrait of Jimmie Lunceford, William P. Gottlieb, and Gene Krupa, Washington, D.C., ca. 1940] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1940
The Library of Congress

[Portrait of Ted Weems and William P. Gottlieb, WINX, Washington, D.C., ca. 1940] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1940
The Library of Congress

[Portrait of Ted Weems, WINX, Washington, D.C., ca. 1940] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1940
The Library of Congress

[Portrait of Tommy Dorsey and William P. Gottlieb, record store, Washington, D.C., ca. 1940] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1940
The Library of Congress

[Portrait of Will Bradley, Mart Garvey, and William P. Gottlieb, NBC/WRC show, Washington, D.C., ca. 1940] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1940
The Library of Congress

[Portrait of William P. Gottlieb, Washington, D.C., ca. 1940] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1940
The Library of Congress

[Portrait of William P. Gottlieb, WINX(?), Washington, D.C., ca. 1940] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1940
The Library of Congress

[Portrait of William P. Gottlieb, WINX, Washington, D.C., ca. 1940] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1940
The Library of Congress

Guide roller assembly for the draw pontoon, Lake Washington Floating Bridge construction, the only concrete pontoon bridge in the world, January 8, 1940
Taken 8 Jan 1940
UW Digital Collections

Spinning the first wire of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge, Tacoma, Washington
Taken 10 Jan 1940
UW Digital Collections

Mendel Baronsky greeting brother, Rabbi Joseph Baronsky, Seattle
Taken 11 Jan 1940
UW Digital Collections

Two women take shelter when they arrived at All Saints Dance Hall, 1940
Taken 19 Jan 1940
State Library of Queensland, Australia

Glenis Anderson welcomes her father Clark home from the war, Brisbane, February 1940
Taken some time in Feb 1940
State Library of Queensland, Australia

Unidentified crew member on HMAS Hobart
Taken some time in Feb 1940
Australian War Memorial collection

Warren Petroleum Co.
Taken some time in Feb 1940
SMU Libraries Digital Collections

Miss Ethel Roche and Mrs Alan Campbell study the form guide at the races in Brisbane, 1940
Taken 7 Feb 1940
State Library of Queensland, Australia