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Las Vegas, Nevada. Enormous asbestos mittens are worn by the worker handling the hot magnesium ingots produced at the Basic Magnesium Incorporated plant in the southern Nevada desert

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Las Vegas, Nevada. Enormous asbestos mittens are worn by the worker handling the hot magnesium ingots produced at the Basic Magnesium Incorporated plant in the southern Nevada desert

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Summary

Picryl description: Public domain image of workers, labor, 1940s, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

date_range

Date

01/01/1942

person

Contributors

Henle, Fritz, photographer

place

Location

clark county

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Source

Library of Congress

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Link

http://www.loc.gov/

copyright

Copyright info

No known restrictions. For information, see U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black & White Photographs http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/071_fsab.html