File:Ducktown train.jpg

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English: A train bringing copper ore out of the mines, Ducktown, Tenn. Fumes from smelting copper for sulfuric acid have destroyed all vegetation and eroded the land.
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1 slide : color.

Notes: Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2178263835/
Author
Marion Post Wolcott  (1910–1990)  wikidata:Q436687
 
Marion Post Wolcott
Alternative names
Marion Post; Marion Mary Scott Post Wolcott; Marion Post Wolcott
Description American photographer and artist
Farm Security Administration
Date of birth/death 7 June 1910 / 1910 Edit this at Wikidata 24 November 1990 / 1990 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death New Jersey Santa Barbara
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creator QS:P170,Q436687

Licensing

Public domain This image is a work of an employee of the United States Farm Security Administration or Office of War Information domestic photographic units, taken as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain in the United States. See Copyright.

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2009-01-05 21:25 918×586× (610165 bytes) Tillman Wolcott, Marion Post,, 1910-, photographer. A train bringing copper ore out of the mines, Ducktown, Tenn. Fumes from smelting copper for sulfuric acid have destroyed all vegetation and eroded the land 1939 Sept. 1 slide : color. Notes: Title from FSA

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September 1939

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