Uintah County Salvage Pennant for World War II

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Title Uintah County Salvage Pennant for World War II
Identifier 0544T.tif
Creator Thorne, L.C.
Subject World War II--Salvage Pennant; Red Cross; People
Description Many organizations and residents rallied to support the war effort collecting old scrap metal. Railroad steel rails were ripped up, and even the old 1896 curfew bell was donated to the cause. In 1942 the Red Cross chapter was one of many orgaizations involved. The group can be seen with a large piece of scrap metal and a Unite State War Production Board, "Salvage" pennant, showing support for the cause. Dorothy McCarrell is holding the flag on the right.
Publisher Uintah County Library Regional History Center
Date 1942
Type Image
Format image/jpeg
Format Creation Original scanned on CreoScitex Jazz flatbed scanner and saved as uncompressed tiff. Display images generated in CONTENTdm as JPEG2000 at 15:1 compression.
Source B&W nagative
Language eng
Rights Management Digital image, copyright 2008 Uintah County Library
Holding Institution Uintah County Regional History Center
Archival Resolution 2855 x 2050 pixels
Bit Depth 8-bit gray scale
Scanning Technician Seungkeol Choe
Spatial Coverage Vernal (Utah)
Source Material Black and White Photograph
Website https://uintahhistory.org
ARK ark:/87278/s6hq7dqf
Setname ucl_tp
ID 403959
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6hq7dqf