Title: Identity Badge for Unknown Employee, Calumet & Hecla Mining Company
Photographer: Unknown
Subject Headings: Persons - Immigrants, Metal Trade - Copper Industry and Trade - Copper Mines and Mining,
Condition: Good
Description: [Example of identity badge used by Calumet & Hecla Mining Company. Little is known about the badges, though some researchers have suggested that they may have been used as a security measure during World War I. They do not include any names, only a numbering system which may have referenced a now-lost log book.]
Source of Description: [cataloger]
Institution: Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections
Donor:
Date of Photo: undated
Medium: still image
Color: black and white
Size: 5.0 cm x 5.0 cm
Polarity: Positive
Image No: MS002-392-001 Badge 589
Collection Name: MS002 The Calumet & Hecla Mining Companies Collection
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