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| Title | Men unloading scrap metal, Seattle, 1942 |
| Photographer | Staff Photographer
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| Date | 1942 |
| Caption | Even before the United States entered World War II in 1941, groups were collecting scrap aluminum and other metals for the industries supporting the war in Europe. Throughout the war, people all over the country turned in their extra metal items to help the war effort. |
| Notes | Handwritten on negative: Scrap pile.
Handwritten on sleeve: World War II - Seattle - scrap salvage.
Caption by MOHAI staff.
Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): August 31, 1942. |
| Subjects | Scrap drives--Washington (State)--Seattle; Salvage--Washington (State)--Seattle; War work--Washington (State)--Seattle; World War, 1939-1945 |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | PI28153 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or to inquire about permissions contact photos@mohai.org or phone us at 206-324-1126. Please refer to the Image Number and provide a brief description of the photograph. |
| Credit Line | Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) |
| Repository Collection | Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 safety film negative: b&w; 4 x 5 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from print made from original negative as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 8-bit grayscale, resized to 640 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop 6.0 and its JPEG quality measurement 3. |
