What you can see from the headframe - Issue #1 (view from Leonard Mine headframe of Meaderville, Butte, Montana)
Creator
Nesmith, Robert I.
Date-Original
1942; 1943; 1944
Description
This collection contains photographs taken for the publication Copper Commando from 1942-1945 (bulk 1942-1943). It includes images taken by Robert I. Nesmith during his tenure as chief photographer. These images document the day-to-day operations workers at the Anaconda smelter (252 images), Butte mines (371 images), Great Falls electrolytic zinc plant and copper refinery (229 images), Rocker lumber mill (30 images), East Helena slag treating plant (28 images), and American Brass Company in Connecticut (13 images). They illustrate the process of metal production from mining ore through concentrating, roasting, smelting, converting, and electrolytic refining.
Subject (LCSH)
Anaconda Copper Mining Company.; Copper mines and mining--Montana.; Copper smelting--Montana.; Zinc smelting--Montana.; Electrometallurgy--Montana.; Labor-management committees--Montana.; World War, 1939-1945--War work.; Butte (Mont.); Great Falls (Mont.); Anaconda (Mont.); East Helena (Mont.); Rocker (Mont.)
Rights
Copyright restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image (which may be protected by copyright law - Title 17 U.S. Code) are available from the Montana Historical Society Research Center.
Collection Information
Lot 019 B14
Contributing Institution
Montana Historical Society Research Center
Contact us
To order a reproduction, download our order form at http://mhs.mt.gov/Research/services/repros.aspx or contact Montana Historical Society Photograph Archives: (406) 444-4739 / photoarchives@mt.gov
Digital Collection
Photographs from the Montana Historical Society
Physical Collection
Robert I. Nesmith photographs.
Genre (Short List)
Photographs
Type
Image; StillImage
Digital Format
image/jp2
Physical Dimensions
923 safety negatives: b&w ; 3" x 4"; 66 photographic prints: b&w ; 3" x 4", 8" x 10" and 11" x 14"
Digitization Specifications
Scanned with an Epson Expression 10,000 XL, 8-bit grayscale with 6000 pixels on the long edge. TIFF master images are flipped horizontally, straightened, sharpened and levels are set in Photoshop Version CS3. JPEG2000 display images generated by CONTENTdm.
Photographs from the Montana Historical Society
