September 1943. "Columbus, Ohio. An old model bus, of the type which would ordinarily have been scrapped but is now being rebuilt because of the shortage of buses, parked in Columbus." Acetate negative by Esther Bubley for the Office of War Information. View full size.

The Philadelphia Pipe Bending Company, founded in 1880, is still in operation today. Here we see two workers standing inside some large coils with advertising signage. 6½ x 8½ inch glass negative. View full size.

March 1943. "Sam Bens and Noah Booher, drivers for Associated Transport Company, having dinner with a textile mill truck driver at a highway stop along U.S. Route 11 near Wytheville, Virginia." Acetate negative by John Vachon for the Office of War Information. View full size.

March 1943. "Truck transportation from Baltimore to New Orleans. A truck and trailer in Baltimore." Acetate negative by John Vachon for the Office of War Information. View full size.

March 1943. "Vaughn, New Mexico. One of the 5000 Class Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad freight locomotives about to leave on the run to Clovis, New Mexico." Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Office of War Information. View full size.

March 1943. "Kiowa, Kansas. An Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe rail detector car. These cars are actually traveling scientific instruments, which not only detect faulty rails but also record the place and extent of the defect." Photo by Jack Delano, Office of War Information. View full size.

April 1943. "Baltimore, Maryland. A local delivery truck (last seen here) on South Howard Street." Acetate negative by John Vachon for the Office of War Information. View full size.

March 1943. "Baltimore, Maryland. Trucks in the wholesale district." At the Chair Exchange on South Howard Street. Photo by John Vachon for the Office of War Information. View full size.

April 1943. "Detroit, Michigan. Boarded-up pumps at a closed gas station." Medium format acetate negative by Arthur S. Siegel for the Office of War Information. View full size.

March 1943. "Bob Daugherty, a driver for the Associated Transport Company, at the wheel of a Brown truck on U.S. Highway Route 29 near Culpeper, Virginia." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Office of War Information. View full size.

March 1943. "Cajon, California. Indian section gang working on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad track." Photo by Jack Delano, Office of War Information. View full size.

March 1943. "Lynchburg, Virginia. A barber in front of his shop." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Office of War Information. View full size.

March 1943. "Baltimore, Maryland. Man repairing an umbrella." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Office of War Information. View full size.

March 1943. "Baltimore, Maryland. A street scene." Billiards, Bickford's and the New Coney Island Cafe. Acetate negative by John Vachon for the Office of War Information. View full size.

March 1943. "Wellington, Kansas. An Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad crew posing in front of their engine before pulling out of Wellington for Waynoka, Oklahoma. Left to right: D.C. Quivey, head brakeman; D.B. Wallingford, conductor; B.F. Hale, engineer; and fireman Walker." Acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Office of War Information. View full size.