Operators at Hazardous Chemicals Equipment at Western Electric Plant, Kearny, NJ, 1937

safety negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, NJ, Kearny
1937-08-04
8 x 10 x 0 in.

8x10 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons on August 4, 1937. Image of operators at hazardous chemicals equipment at Western Electric plant, Kearny, NJ. Visible in image: men in aprons, work boots, rubber gloves and full-face protection work at vats with signs: "CARBOLIC / DEADLY / POISON / CYANIDE / DEADLY / POISON" with skulls and crossbones, man on end lifts basket out of vat, chain pulley to his right, men stand on metal grating over brick floor. CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, image acquired in honor of Franz Schneider. Typed on original negative sleeve: “52524 8/4/37 / 2448-4 / WECo-396 Hudson St, City / Mr. McAlister, 8th floor / Operators at equipment in plant“.

1984.187.52524

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, image acquired in honor of Franz Schneider