TITLE	Limestone Quarry No. 5 (Right Side)
DATE OF ORIGINAL	1906-12-10
DATE OF DIGITAL	2006-2
DESCRIPTION	THE PLANT - This is half of a picture of one of the shale quarries of the Atlas Portland Cement Company in its early years.  Removing this limestone required both dangerous and backbreaking work, from setting dynamite charges to swinging a sledgehammer for hours at a time.  Most of this work was performed by immigrant laborers from south central Europe living in the company town of Ilasco.  Although unidentified, several of these employees can be seen in the picture.
CREATOR	Atlas Portland Cement Company (Ilasco, Mo.)
CONTRIBUTOR	Continental Cement Company (Frank Salter)
PUBLISHER	Hannibal Free Public Library (Hannibal, Mo.)
SUBJECT	Atlas Portland Cement Plant - Quarries.
SUBJECT	Limestone quarries and quarrying -- Missouri -- Ilasco.
SUBJECT	Immigrant laborers -- Missouri -- Ilasco -- Quarries.
ORIGINAL FORMAT	Black and white photograph, 7 3/4" by 9 1/4",  1/2 of folded bigger picture 15 1/2" by 9 1/4" ; the number "1233" is written in upper right corner,  lower edge from left to right contains missing segments and tears.  The picture is glued to a woven material background that extends beyond the left side.  The material contains several puncture holes (or insertion into a binder). (1233)
DIGITAL FORMAT	jpg
IDENTIFIER	C10073