TITLE Atlas Portland Cement Company's General Office After Fire
DATE OF ORIGINAL 1906-2-15
DATE OF DIGITAL 2006-2
DESCRIPTION THE PLANT - This is all that is left of the General Office after the fire of February 15, 1906.  The office was located in one of the original two-story frame structures erected when the plant was first built.  Originally it was thought that most of the plant's paperwork, etc. was lost, but according to the Hannibal Courier-Post, "The loss of books, records and other office materials is not so great as was first reported, nor will the interruption to business [will] occur ; everything will move along as usual."
CREATOR Atlas Portland Cement Company (Ilasco, Mo.)
CONTRIBUTOR Continental Cement Company (Frank Salter)
PUBLISHER Hannibal Free Public Library (Hannibal, Mo.)
SUBJECT Atlas Portland Cement Company (Ilasco, Mo) -- Fires.
SUBJECT Atlas Portland Cement Company (Ilasco, Mo) -- Physical plant -- Fires.
ORIGINAL FORMAT Black and white photograph, 10" by 7 1/2", some discoloration especially on right side, some fading upper one-third of picture. The number "1177" is written in ink in the upper right quadrant. Photograph is glued on a woven material which extends to the left of the picture.  The material contains several puncture holes (for insertion into a binder)     (1177)
DIGITAL FORMAT jpg
IDENTIFIER C10038