Production: Mercury
Photograph
Office of War Information
American, 1942–1945
Production: Mercury
ca. 1942
Gelatin silver print
Image: 7 15/16 × 7 5/8 in. (20.1 × 19.3 cm)
Paper: 9 15/16 × 8 3/16 in. (25.2 × 20.8 cm)
Purchase with funds from the Charina Foundation
2000.0782.0003
Inscriptions Mimeographed on verso, T: PRODUCTION: MERCURY \ D-9900 Collecting mercury from soot deposited in condenser chamber at a New Idria, Calif. \ extraction plant of the New Idria Quicksilver Mining Co. Triple-distilled mercury is pro- \ duced here from cinnabar, an ore containing sulphur and mercury, mined at a number of workings \ near the plant. PLEASE CREDIT: OFFICIAL OWI PHOTO BY FEININGER.
Mimeographed on verso, B: WATCH YOUR CREDIT \ NO objection to reproducing or publishing \ this picture provided credit line \ "PHOTO BY OFFICE OF WAR INFORMATION" \ appears on the photograph or page, \ except that written permission must be obtained \ from OWI if it is desired for use \ in commercial
advertising \ OWI PHOTOGRAPHIC SECTION, WASH., D.C.
Mimeographed on verso, B: WATCH YOUR CREDIT \ NO objection to reproducing or publishing \ this picture provided credit line \ "PHOTO BY OFFICE OF WAR INFORMATION" \ appears on the photograph or page, \ except that written permission must be obtained \ from OWI if it is desired for use \ in commercial
advertising \ OWI PHOTOGRAPHIC SECTION, WASH., D.C.
