Images, 1940, 1968, undated
Part of collection: Carol Litchfield collection on the history of salt (2012-219)
Dates
- Creation: 1940
- Creation: 1968
- Creation: undated
Scope and Contents
Includes: harvesting sea salt, Mediterranean, inside a salt mine, World Salt Mine, "scoop mobile picking up salt," "shovel loading hopper and elevator to load railcars for transport to plant," "handcart of 50lb blocks to load into rail car," "shovel loading conveyor to load rail cars to take salt to the plant for processing," "sewing filled burlap bags," "One of the first salt harvesting machines and dump trucks. This operation replaced the shovel and rail cars," "Dumping salt into hopper with side-dump trailer," "dumping into hopper to stacking conveyor to build stockpile," "pulling drags to make splits in solar ponds."
Physical Description
21 photographic prints : b&w ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller. 2 reproduction prints : b&w ; 8 x 5.75 in. 2 prints : halftones ; 8 x 5.75 in. or smaller. 1 photographic print : color ; 4 x 6 in.
Physical Storage Information
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From the Collection: 54 Linear Feet
Additional Description
Access Restrictions
No restrictions on access; this collection is open for research.
There are no viewing or listening stations for analog audio, video, or film in the reading room. To access this material, please place a digitization request for the item(s).
Film material (film cans 1-9, boxes 19, 48, 49 and 50) is located in remote storage. Please contact staff 48 hours in advance of research visit at askhagley@hagley.org
Access to view lantern slides is at the discretion of the conservator. Please inquire in advance of your visit.
Repository Details
Repository Details
Part of the Audiovisual Collections Repository
