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Technicians operate electrical control room panels — Department of Defense — 1955

Technicians operate electrical control room panelsDepartment of Defense · 1955

Soldier aims rifle in prone position — Department of Defense — 1945

Soldier aims rifle in prone positionDepartment of Defense · 1945

Technician operates vintage electronic instrumentation panel — Department of Energy — 1945

Technician operates vintage electronic instrumentation panelDepartment of Energy · 1945

Wildland Firefighters Scouting Forest Mountain Ridge — National Interagency Fire Center — 2010

Wildland Firefighters Scouting Forest Mountain RidgeNational Interagency Fire Center · 2010

Road Flagger Rotates Stop Slow Paddle — Federal Highway Administration — 1995

Road Flagger Rotates Stop Slow PaddleFederal Highway Administration · 1995

Aircraft Landing Gear Position Indicator Panel — U.S. Air Force — 1988

Aircraft Landing Gear Position Indicator PanelU.S. Air Force · 1988

Massive black smoke plume over ocean — United States Navy — 1973

Massive black smoke plume over oceanUnited States Navy · 1973

Missile in Flight and Tracking Radar Antenna — Department of Defense — 1967

Missile in Flight and Tracking Radar AntennaDepartment of Defense · 1967

Military Convoy Drives on Wet Road — Department of Defense — 1945

Military Convoy Drives on Wet RoadDepartment of Defense · 1945

Hand sketching a highway patrol map — Department of Defense — 1953

Hand sketching a highway patrol mapDepartment of Defense · 1953

Small Airplane Taking Off on Runway — Federal Aviation Administration — 2008

Small Airplane Taking Off on RunwayFederal Aviation Administration · 2008

Woman hanging laundry on backyard clothesline — Department of Energy — 1951

Woman hanging laundry on backyard clotheslineDepartment of Energy · 1951

Hands assembling industrial air sampling kit — Department of Defense — 1979

Hands assembling industrial air sampling kitDepartment of Defense · 1979

F-16 fighter jet climbs away in flight — Department of Defense — 1982

F-16 fighter jet climbs away in flightDepartment of Defense · 1982

Workers clearing wreckage of destroyed aircraft — Department of Defense — 1945

Workers clearing wreckage of destroyed aircraftDepartment of Defense · 1945

Smoke rises from bombed hilltop abbey — Department of Defense — 1944

Smoke rises from bombed hilltop abbeyDepartment of Defense · 1944

Sailors on Warship Deck at Sea — Department of Defense — 1945

Sailors on Warship Deck at SeaDepartment of Defense · 1945

Surgeon vigorously scrubs soapy hands — Department of Defense — 1974

Surgeon vigorously scrubs soapy handsDepartment of Defense · 1974

Firefighter behind caution tape with emergency inset — Ricks, Robert C — 1984

Firefighter behind caution tape with emergency insetRicks, Robert C · 1984

Silent Film Dialogue Intertitle Card — U.S. Department of Agriculture — 1929

Silent Film Dialogue Intertitle CardU.S. Department of Agriculture · 1929

Massive Wind Tunnel Section on Rail Transport — Department of Defense — 1965

Massive Wind Tunnel Section on Rail TransportDepartment of Defense · 1965

Military Communications Base with Satellite Antennas — Department of Defense — 1966

Military Communications Base with Satellite AntennasDepartment of Defense · 1966

Microammeter on Transistor Circuit Trainer Board — Department of Defense — 1971

Microammeter on Transistor Circuit Trainer BoardDepartment of Defense · 1971

Naval jet fighter taxies on tarmac — Department of Defense — 1959

Naval jet fighter taxies on tarmacDepartment of Defense · 1959

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