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Las Vegas, Nevada. Enormous asbestos mittens are worn by the worker handling the hot magnesium ingots produced at the Basic Magnesium Incorporated plant in the southern Nevada desert
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Las Vegas, Nevada. Enormous asbestos mittens are worn by the worker handling the hot magnesium ingots produced at the Basic Magnesium Incorporated plant in the southern Nevada desert

Henle, Fritz · 1942-01-01 · photo, print, drawing

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Credit lineLas Vegas, Nevada. Enormous asbestos mittens are worn by the worker handling the hot magnesium ingots produced at the Basic Magnesium Incorporated plant in the southern Nevada desert. 1942-01-01. Henle, Fritz. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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