TITLE	Postcard of Atlas Portland Cement Plant's Quarry
DATE OF ORIGINAL	Unknown
DATE OF DIGITAL	2006-2
DESCRIPTION	ILASCO, MO - This postcard depicts the hard work involved in quarrying the stone needed for the production of cement.  In the bottom half of the picture workers are seen with shovels and horse drawn carts to transport the stone to the plant.  The earth did not give up its stone easily.  Dynamite often had to be used first.  This was a precarious process involving dynamite, lit, on a long pole stuck into a drilled hole.  Many were the workers who died or were maimed during this process.
CREATOR	Unknown
CONTRIBUTOR	Polc, David
PUBLISHER	Hannibal Free Public Library (Hannibal, Mo.)
SUBJECT	Atlas Portland Cement Company (Ilasco, Mo.) -- Quarry.
SUBJECT	Immigrant workers -- Missouri -- Ilasco.
SUBJECT	Atlas Portland Cement Company (Ilasco, Mo.) -- Workers.
ORIGINAL FORMAT	Sepia postcard, 5 1/2" by 3 1/2", thumb print upper left corner, some fading.
DIGITAL FORMAT	jpg
IDENTIFIER	C10351