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Title

Poster announcing the wisdom of wearing protective goggles and clothing while working with hot metal, Aluminum Company of Canada plant. 

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Item (linked) part of

National Film Board of Canada. Still Photography Division [graphic material] (R1196-14-7-E)

Bilingual equivalent

Affiche indiquant qu'il est prudent de porter des lunettes et des vêtements de protection quand on travaille avec du métal chaud; usine Alcan Aluminium Limitée

Date(s)

Jan. 1943

Place

Kingston, Ont.

Place of creation

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent

1 photograph
Negative Film B/W - cellulose nitrate

Language of material

English

Conditions of access

Graphic (photo)
90: Open
nil
Item no. (creator)
WRM 2810
Other accession no.
1971-271 NPC

Terms of use

Credit: Ronny Jaques / National Film Board of Canada. Photothèque / Library and Archives Canada /
Restrictions on use: nil
Copyright: Expired

Additional name(s)

Photographer: Jaques, Ronny, 1910-2008.

Additional information

Poster depicts a man wearing safety goggles and recoiling from shards of metal.

Poster reads, "- AND THE HOT METAL FLEW. Another pair of eyes SAVED! (with an arrow to a pair of goggles). NOTE! THESE GOGGLES WERE WORN BY GEO. VENTON - 1105 - WHEN A SMALL MOULD EXPLODED. HE SUFFERED ONLY MINOR BURNS ON HEAD AND HANDS_____"

Series title
WRM

Signatures and inscriptions
"ALUMINUM CO. OF CANADA - KINGSTON PLANT. Aluminum is a tricky metal to handle in its melted stages, and plant bulletins graphically call attention to the fact."

Source

Government

Other system control no.

DAPDCAP564080

MIKAN no.

3196465