TITLE	Shaleton Shale Quarry (Panel 4)
DATE OF ORIGINAL	1906-12-15
DATE OF DIGITAL	2006-2
DESCRIPTION	THE PLANT - This is 1/4 of a picture of one of the shale quarries of the Atlas Portland Cement Company in its early years.  The railroad tracks end here.  On the left are a number of laborers, none of whom are identified, but it is a safe assumption that they were immigrants from Central and Southern Europe who lived in the company town of Ilasco.
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.) -- Quarries.
SUBJECT	Atlas Portland Cement Company (Ilasco, Mo.) -- Immigrant laborers.
SUBJECT	Shale quarries and quarrying -- Missouri -- Ilasco.
ORIGINAL FORMAT	Black and white photograph, 9 1/2" by 7 1/2", 1/4 of a larger picture, approximately 38" by 7 1/2"; yellowed throughout ; some black spots in sky portion ; a crack running from top to bottom 1" by right edge ; ripple from bottom center up 2/3 of picture slightly toward the right (damage that occurred when gluing the picture to the woven material on the back) ; the number "1245" is written on upper left corner.  (1245)
DIGITAL FORMAT	jpg
PANORAMA VIEW
IDENTIFIER	C10094