Category: Ryerson Image Centre Photography Collection
Object Type: photograph
Photographer: UNKNOWN
Title: All Men Living in Yellowknife are Now Engaged in Prospecting or Mining for Scheelite, as well as Other Vital War Minerals such as Radium, Copper, Uranium, Tantalum, and Nickel. The Total White Population in This Mining Town is 1200, but it is Growing with the New "Gold" Rush
Date: 1942
Medium: gelatin silver print with editing marks
Dimensions: image: 18.4 x 22.9 cm
Accession Number: RIC.2018.0002

Inscriptions:
Print recto, [no inscription]; Print verso, handwritten: [in graphite] 14 [circled] [overwritten] 5 / T - 2 [circled]; stamped: [in blue ink] ROTO / JAN 24 1943; stamped: [in purple ink, partially obscured] NEWSPICTURES, Inc. / [obscured] TH AVE., NEW YORK CITY / Credit "Acme Photo" / [obscured] TURE IS SOLD TO YOU FOR YOUR / [obscured] N ONLY AND MUST NOT BE LOANED, / [obscured] OR USED FOR ADVERTISING PURPOSES / [obscured] T WRITTEN PERMISSION FROM US.; handwritten: [in graphite] 03404 [underscored]; handwritten: [in graphite] 27; typed: [in ink on paper adhered with paste] 670864RO / YELLOWKNIFE / ALL MEN LIVING IN YELLOWKNIFE ARE NOW EN- / GAGED IN PROSPECTING OR MINING FOR SCHEELITE, / AS WELL AS OTHER VITAL WAR MINERALS SUCH AS / RADIUM, COPPER, URANIUM, TANTALUM, AND NICKEL. / THE TOTAL WHITE POPULATION IN THIS MINING [circled] / TOWN IS 1200, BUT IT IS GROWING WITH THE NEW / "GOLD" RUSH.; handwritten: Canada; typed: [in green pencil] 12/18/42 CREDIT LINE (ACME) / ACME ROTO SERVICE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE; Mat verso, printed: [on adhered label] 03404 ACME Newspictures / YELLOWKNIFE, / NORTHWEST TERRITORIES / (population then 1200; now 18,000) / December 18, 1942; handwritten: [on adhered label in black ink] VAR 2

Credit Line: Ryerson Image Centre, Gift of Christopher Varley, 2018.