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Production. Tin smelting. A section of the smelting or furnace building of a large Southern plant in which pure tin is extracted from South American ore. At the left is a row of "pot boilers" in which the pure tin is kept at a temperature of about 750 degrees Fahrenheit until it is poured into molds. The plant is the finest of its kind in the world

Production. Tin smelting. A section of the smelting or furnace buildin...

Public domain photograph of 1930s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Production. Tin smelting. "Bars" of pure tin are stacked in the warehouse of a Southern smelter to await shipment for war uses. Each bar weighs about eighty pounds and has a value of about forty-one dollars and sixty cents at the present price of fifty- two cents per pound. This tin, made from South American ore, serves many needs of the United Nations

Production. Tin smelting. "Bars" of pure tin are stacked in the wareho...

Public domain photograph related to Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Production. Tin smelting. "Pot boilers" of a Southern tin smelter in which the pure metal is kept at a temperature of about 750 degrees Fahrenheit until it is poured into molds. The plant, which processes South American ore is the finest and the most modern in the world

Production. Tin smelting. "Pot boilers" of a Southern tin smelter in w...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa... More

Rocket Gas sign, Texas City, Texas

Rocket Gas sign, Texas City, Texas

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; John Margolies 2010 (DLC/PP-2010:191). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (1972-2008), Library ... More

G.G. Wacker, Texas City, Texas. Photogrpah by John Margolies

G.G. Wacker, Texas City, Texas. Photogrpah by John Margolies

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Main Street. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photogr... More

Production. Tin smelting. A section of the smelting or furnace building of a large Southern plant in which pure tin is extracted from South American ore. At the left is a row of "pot boilers" in which the pure tin is kept at a temperature of about 750 degrees Fahrenheit until it is poured into molds. The plant is the finest of its kind in the world

Production. Tin smelting. A section of the smelting or furnace buildin...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa... More

A black and white photo of a man cutting a piece of wood. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man cutting a piece of wood. Office of Wa...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Negative has a tape mask. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United Sta... More

Production. Tin smelting. A laboratory assistant at a Southern tin smelter performs delicate analytical operations that determine the amounts of pure metal remaining in slags from the furnaces. Accurate laboratory control is one of the important reasons why the percentage of metal recovery from the South American ore used at the plant is remarkably high

Production. Tin smelting. A laboratory assistant at a Southern tin sme...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa... More

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