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Boeing aircraft plant, Seattle, Washington. Production of B-17 (Flying Fortress) bombing planes. Pouring a lead die to be used in the production of parts for B-17 (Flying Fortress) bombers

Seattle, United States

Seattle, Washington. Boeing aircraft plant. Production of B-17F (Flying Fortress) bombing planes. Workers assembling a motor for a B-17F (Flying Fortress) bombers

Seattle, United States

Seattle, Washington. Boeing aircraft plant. Production of B-17F (Flying Fortress) bombing planes. A nearly completed B-17F (Flying Fortress) bomber at the end of the production line

Seattle, United States

Seattle, Washington. Boeing aircraft plant. Production of B-17F (Flying Fortress) bombing planes. Lubricating and servicing a new B-17F (Flying Fortress) bombers

Seattle, United States

Seattle, Washington. Boeing aircraft plant. Production of B-17F (Flying Fortress) bombing planes. Lubricating and servicing a new B-17F (Flying Fortress) bombers

Seattle, United States

Seattle, Washington. Boeing aircraft plant. Production of B-17F (Flying Fortress) bombing planes. Lubricating and servicing a new B-17F (Flying Fortress) bombers

Seattle, United States

Seattle, Washington. Boeing aircraft plant. Production of B-17F (Flying Fortress) bombing planes. A crew working on the assembly of a wing

Seattle, United States

Seattle, Washington. Boeing aircraft plant. Production of B-17F (Flying Fortress) bombing planes. A complete fuselage section is being hoisted from its cradle in rope slings for mating with wing sections

Seattle, United States

Boeing aircraft plant, Seattle, Washington. Production of B-17F (Flying Fortress) bombing planes. Women making small airplane parts

Seattle, United States

Boeing aircraft plant, Seattle, Washington. Production of B-17F (Flying Fortress) bombing planes. A sheet metal worker

Seattle, United States

Boeing aircraft plant, Seattle, Washington. Production of B-17F (Flying Fortress) bombing planes. Women working on the fuselage framework

Seattle, United States

Boeing aircraft plant, Seattle, Washington. Production of B-17F (Flying Fortress) bombing planes. Women assembling a wing

Seattle, United States

Boeing aircraft plant, Seattle, Washington. Production of B-17F (Flying Fortress) bombing planes. Workers assembling a motor

Seattle, United States

Boeing aircraft plant, Seattle, Washington. Production of B-17F (Flying Fortress) bombing planes. A spot welder

Seattle, United States

New Idria, California. Loading cinnabar, an ore containing mercury and sulphur, into a mine car with a mechanical loader. Triple-distilled mercury is produced from the ore at the New Idria Quicksilver Mining Company

San Benito County, United States

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New Idria, California. Collecting mercury by hand from soot deposited in the condenser chamber at the mercury extraction plant of the New Idria Quicksilver Mining Company

San Benito County, United States

New Idria, California. A power shovel loading mercury ore, called cinnabar, at an open-cut mine of the New Idria Quicksilver Mining Company

San Benito County, United States

New Idria, California. A mining car used at the New Idria Quicksilver Mining Company's workings to haul cinnabar, an ore containing mercury

San Benito County, United States

New Idria, California. A mining car used at the New Idria Quicksilver Mining Company's workings to haul cinnabar, an ore containing mercury

San Benito County, United States

New Idria, California. Trucks, shovel, and crane used in loading cinnabar, an ore containing mercury, at an open-cut mine of the New Idria Quicksilver Mining Company's workings

San Benito County, United States

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New Idria, California. Tanks at the mercury extraction plant of the Quicksilver Mining Company where mercury is obtained from cinnabar, an ore mined at a number of workings near the plant

San Benito County, United States

Creede, Colorado. Lead and silver mining in a former "ghost town"

Creede, United States

Creede, Colorado. Lead and silver mining in a former "ghost town"

Creede, United States

Creede, Colorado. Lead and silver mining in a former "ghost town"

Creede, United States