Production: Mercury
Photograph
Office of War Information
American, 1942–1945
Production: Mercury
1942-1943
Gelatin silver print
Image: 7 15/16 × 7 5/8 in. (20.1 × 19.4 cm)
Paper: 9 15/16 × 8 1/4 in. (25.3 × 20.9 cm)
Purchase with funds from the Charina Foundation
2000.0782.0002
Inscriptions Mimeographed on verso, T: PRODUCTION: MERCURY \ D-9899 Collecting
mercury by hand from soot deposited in condenser chamber at a New Idria, \ Calif. extraction plant. Triple-distilled mercury is produced here by the New Idria Quick- \ silver Mining Co. 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.
mercury by hand from soot deposited in condenser chamber at a New Idria, \ Calif. extraction plant. Triple-distilled mercury is produced here by the New Idria Quick- \ silver Mining Co. 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.
