What areAmerican Values?

Hard work calls for good food and plenty of it. The harder we work, the greater the need for nourishing food. This farmer

can put in a good day's work because he is well fed

• Anaconda smelter, Montana. Anaconda Copper Mining Company. New and more efficient flotation machines have recently been installed

• These two classic dresses tell a very simple story of saving yardage by controlling the trimming allowance. The original dress at the right uses three and seven eighths yards of thirty-nine inch width material. By eliminating the pleating above the hem (right), a half yard of 700 square inches of thirty-nine inch width material was saved in the dresses at the left, which conforms to the order.

• “All dresses shall consist only of cloth sufficient for the body basic and the trimming allowance. The trimming allowance for non-transparent materials shall be limited to 700 square inches for all sizes, in excess of that required for the basic," reads WPB (War Production Board) order L-85 as amended

•  "Boy Scouts as Peace Preservers"

• Barnesville, Maryland. This citizen at the community hall has just pulled the lever which parts the curtains and at the same time records his vote on the voting machine in the general election

• Poor woman with two small children standing in snow looking at rich woman holding small child and girl with large doll inside their home.

Credits• Lee, R. (1942). 

Anaconda smelter, Montana. Anaconda Copper Mining Company. New and more efficient flotation machines have recently been installed. Library of Congress: Prints & Photographs, FSA/OWI - Black and White Negatives. Rothstein, A. (1939). 

• Hard work calls for good food and plenty of it. The harder we work, the greater the need for nourishing food. This farmer can put in a good day's work because he is well fed. Library of Congress: Prints & Photographs. Unknown. (1873). 

• Rich and poor / Redding, sc. ; drawn by Sol Eytinge, Jun. Library of Congress: Prints & Photographs. Unknown. (1943). All dresses shall consist only of cloth sufficient for the body basic and the trimming allowance. The trimming allowance for non-transparent materials shall be limited to 700 square inches for all sizes, in excess of that required for the basic,\\\" reads WPB (War Production Board) order L-85 as amended. These two classic dresses tell a very simple story of saving yardage by controlling the trimming allowance. The original dress at the right uses three and seven eighths yards of thirty-nine inch width material. By eliminating the pleating above the hem (right), a half yard of 700 square inches of thirty-nine inch width material was saved in the dresses at the left, which conforms to the order. Library of Congress: American Memory, America from the Great Depression to World War II: Photographs from the FSA and OWI, ca. 1935-1945. Unknown. (c1924).

•  "Boy Scouts as Peace Preservers". Library of Congress: Prints & Photographs. Walker, L. (1944). 

• Barnesville, Maryland. This citizen at the community hall has just pulled the lever which parts the curtains and at the same time records his vote on the voting machine in the general election. Library of Congress: Prints & Photographs.