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Image Not Available for Pit foremen and workman use trolleys on rails to get from one area of the pit to another.
Pit foremen and workman use trolleys on rails to get from one area of the pit to another.
Image Not Available for Pit foremen and workman use trolleys on rails to get from one area of the pit to another.

Pit foremen and workman use trolleys on rails to get from one area of the pit to another.

Creator Junghans (German)
Date1930s
Mediumgelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall: 18.8 x 18 cm (7 3/8 x 7 1/16 in.)
Credit LineAnonymous Gift, 2002
Category
  • Photographs
Object number2002/6548
LocationNot currently on display

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Image Not Available for Workmen shovel potash salt from the cavitiy into containers which travel on rails.
Workmen shovel potash salt from the cavitiy into containers which travel on rails.
Junghans
1930s
Photograph
Image Not Available for Explosives are laid out on a daily basis in the salt pit. Ammunition is packed in galvanized containers and driven up to the pit in a special car, at which point it is carried by face workers
Explosives are laid out on a daily basis in the salt pit. Ammunition is packed in galvanized containers and driven up to the pit in a special car, at which point it is carried by face workers
Junghans
1930s
Photograph
Image Not Available for A workman uses a machine called a "scraper" to move the salt.
A workman uses a machine called a "scraper" to move the salt.
Junghans
1930s
Photograph
Image Not Available for Lessons on machine repair are learned in the repair workshop of the pit, 600 metres underground.
Lessons on machine repair are learned in the repair workshop of the pit, 600 metres underground.
Junghans
1930s
Photograph
Image Not Available for The cloakroom where the miners get ready for work.
The cloakroom where the miners get ready for work.
Junghans
1930s
Photograph
Image Not Available for In the foreground, a number of chill boxes where the salt is separated from the potash. In the background is the salt waste dump. The filling of the waste dump is by the sloping elevator.
In the foreground, a number of chill boxes where the salt is separated from the potash. In the background is the salt waste dump. The filling of the waste dump is by the sloping elevator.
Junghans
1930s
Photograph
Image Not Available for "Drink, drink, brother drink, leave your worries at home." A wine growing festival on the Rhine.
"Drink, drink, brother drink, leave your worries at home." A wine growing festival on the Rhine.
Junghans
1930s
Photograph
Image Not Available for The Wine growers "King" is brought into the town.
The Wine growers "King" is brought into the town.
Junghans
1930s
Photograph
Image Not Available for The "grape thieves" are caught and hung immediately.
The "grape thieves" are caught and hung immediately.
Junghans
1930s
Photograph
Image Not Available for The ale wife.
The ale wife.
Junghans
1930s
Photograph
Image Not Available for The festival pays tribute to every inhabitant of the town in the form of wine.
The festival pays tribute to every inhabitant of the town in the form of wine.
Junghans
1930s
Photograph
Image Not Available for Inhabitants of the town partake of the festivities.
Inhabitants of the town partake of the festivities.
Junghans
1930s
Photograph
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