World War II: Home Front Images

World War II: Home Front Images

Images from the National Archives

Here you'll find hundreds of WWII images, thanks to our national archives, complete with date and context.

Rockwell's "Four Freedoms"

Norman Rockwell's "Four Freedoms" paintings appeared in the pages of the Saturday Evening Post in the spring of 1943. They paid homage to FDR's Four Freedoms.

"Instructions to All Japanese"

A military officer posts the Civilian Exclusion Order No. 1, requiring evacuation of all people of Japanese descent living on Bainbridge Island, in Puget Sound, Washington, c. 1942.

Preparing for Evacuation

A Japanese-American proprietor in the Little Tokyo district of Los Angeles rushes to sell off merchandise before evacuation.

Sporting a Zoot Suit

A young man wearing a zoot suit and hat, June 11th, 1943.

Zoot Suit Riot

On the streets of Los Angeles, U.S. servicemen wield wooden clubs during a "zoot suit" riot, June 1943.