Sujet

Copper mining section between Ducktown and Copperhill, Tennessee, 1940. Creator: Marion Post Wolcott.

Légende

Copper mining section between Ducktown and Copperhill, Tennessee. Fumes from smelting copper for sulfuric acid have destroyed all vegetation and eroded the land.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM22A78_259

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

49,9Mo (1,8Mo) / 42,6cm x 29,4cm / 5026 x 3467 (300dpi)

Mots clés

countryside library destruction environment industry country pollution color Tennessee industrial mining rustic chemical location century mine concept 1940s copper mine Library of Congress Forties United States of America Colour acid 20th century rural American America USA decade oil of vitriol rural life sulphuric acid TGN photograph landscape united states Regionalism Congressional Library Heritage Art Marion Post Wolcott Wolcott Marion Post Post Marion Marion Post Farm Security Administration FSA Office of War Information OWI still image Slides Color. gmgpc sulfuric acid