These are photographs taken by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. They are in the "Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Black and White Negatives" collection of the Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division . They are all in the public domain (as are the versions of them here).
In each case the version linked-to is a full resolution PNG that I have created from the original TIFF downloaded from the L of C. Regrettably, for this series of photographs the highest-resolution digital versions available from the Library of Congress are not very high resolution. Since the Library of Congress URLs have changed at least once, instead of citing the URL of the original image, I'll cite the call number.
The photographs of operations at National Airport are part of a larger series. I've reproduced here only those which contain Teletypes.
Teletype Room, 1941
"In the teletype room, where weather data and other information is constantly being received. Municipal airport, Washington, D.C." Call Number: LC-USF34- 044943-D [P&P] July, 1941.
Teletype Room, 1941
"In the teletype room where weather data and other information is constantly being received. Washington D.C. municipal airport." Call Number: LC-USF34- 044958-D [P&P]. July, 1941.
RO Page Printer, 1941
"Weather data coming in on the teletype in the teletype room. Washington, D.C. municipal airport." Call Number: LC-USF34- 045027-D [P&P] July, 1941.
Tape Reader, 1941
"One of the tickers in the teletype room. Municipal airport, Washington, D.C." Call Number: LC-USF34- 044931-D [P&P]. July, 1941.
Switchboard, 1941
"At the control board of the teletype room. Municipal airport, Washington, D.C." Call Number: LC-USF34- 044932-D [P&P]. July, 1941.
Pneumatic Tubes in Teletype Room, 1941
"Sending the weather data down thru the compressed air tube from the teletype room. Washington, D.C. municipal airport." Call Number: LC-USF34- 045028-D [P&P] July, 1941. I believe that a part of the Switchboard appears in the background.
All of the FSA images here were created as official US federal government photographs and are in the public domain. The digitized versions of them at the Library of Congress and the re-presentation of these here remain in the public domain.
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