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18th Century American Newspaper. "Columbian Centenial."
Published By Benjamin Russell. Boston, Massachusetts. 1797. Whole No. 1364 - No. 12 of Vol XXVII. Saturday, April 15, 1797. 4 pages (12 x 19 1/2 inch). Included articles are a notice by James Wilkinson 'Commander in Chief of the troops of the United States' for absent officers' to return to their posts. Articles and letters on the French Revolution from the American perspective. Mainly composed of ads (2 1/2 pages) for land and goods.Very good clean copy. Condition: Very Good. Newspaper, Boston, French Revolution. DK-85 (Book ID 11778) $75.00
18th Century Americasn Newspaper. "Columbian Centinel"
Published By Benjamin Russell.. Boston, Massachusetts. 1797. Whole No. 1413 - No. 9 of Volume XXVIII. 4 pages (12 x 19 1/2 inch). Contains an article on how to preserve health in popular cities. Notice that Philadelphia fever continues unbated -- 67 dead in three days. Maily filled with ads for land and goods. Very good clean copy. Condition: Very Good. Newspaper, Boston. DK-85 (Book ID 11779) $75.00
1914 Every Day Alamanac and Home Helps.
Shute Savings Bank. Hillsboro, Oregon. 1914. First Edition. [48] pages; tables; stiff yellow paper wrapper with title on the cover, punch hole for twine holder (6 1/2 x 9 1/2 inch). Issued by the local bank in Hollsboro, Oregon containing astronomical tables, banking hints, Calendar for 1914, bits of knowledge, tide tables, farming & gardening information, population statistics, postal information, and treatment for emergencies. Condition: Very Good. Oregon Banks, Almanacs, 1914. DK-79 (Book ID 11631) $20.00
1929 Year Book Issued By the Port of Seattle, a Municipal Corporation; with Which is Combined Port Warden's Annual 1928 Report, City of Seattle Harbor Department. Statistic and Data, Year 1928,
Port of Seattle Commission. Seattle, Washington. 1929. First Edition. Cover title - 'Port of Seattle, Year Book 1929'. 103 pages; illustrations, tables, maps; paper wrapper (7 3/4 x 10 1/2 inch) color illustrated. Wonderful series of bird's eye full page photos of the port facilities and downtown Seattle (40 pages) combined with the port authority report for 1928. Seattle is the closet American port to the Orient and one of the three great harbors on the west coast of North America. Excellent statisical breakdown and cross section of the Seattle economy before the Great Depression. Evidence of a small fold to the cover on the bottom, else fine. Condition: Fine. Seattle, Washington, Seaport. DK-85 (Book ID 11797) $37.50
3 in 1 Dictionary.
16 page booklet (5 1/2 x 4 1/2 inch) praising the use of 3 in 1 Oil and all the uses for it. Index on the back page. Pre World War II advertisement in fine condition. Condition: Fine. Advertisement, Oil Products. DK-22 (Book ID 10089) $15.00
By-Laws of the Boyne City Cooperative Company [Organized Under Chapter IV, Part II, Act 84, Public Acts of 1921].
Boyne City, Michigan. circa. 1900. 12 pages; tan paper wrapper with title on the cover (3 1/2 x 5 3/4 inch) stapled. Rule and regulations of the company as directed by the state of Michigan. Very good clean copy. Condition: Very Good. Boyne City, Michigan Corporation. DK-76 (Book ID 11566) $25.00
Calendar - Dimensional Control Co.
Cimensional Control Co.. Belmont, California. 1965. Partial calendar: Month of September 1965 with 3 days per page and 5 blank pages in the back, calendar for 1965-66 on inside flap. Pin-up color drawing of a partialy clad cowgirl cooking over a fire. Issued by a gage company. Condition: Good. Calendar. DK-35 (Book ID 10534) $15.00
Collection of Three Photographs of Early Telephone Employees in Northern Ohio.
Collection of 3 photographs relating to the Cleveland Telephone Company, circa 1890s/1900s. I: Studio portrait (4 x 5 1/2 inch) of two telephone linemen outfitted with their equipment. photo by J.W. Unser, Monroeville, Ohio. II: Two group photos (7 3/4 x 5 1/2, 6 3/4 x 4 3/4 inch) of Clevelenad Telephone Company employees, circa 1890s, one has 'Cleveland Telephne Company' mailing card on verso. Bumped corners and some chipping on edges. Condition: Very Good. Telephone Companies. DK-31 (Book ID 10409) $100.00
Fifty Years of Progress: The Golden Annivresary of the Establishment of Credit in Seattle.
Dexter Horton Bank. Seattle, Washington. 1920. [32] pages; illustrations, color plate; brown paper wrapper with fold over flap (8 x 11 1/2 inch), portrait and gilt title on the cover. History of the Dexter Horton Bank of Seattle with a brief business history of early Seattle. Excellent photo essay of the town before 1920 and the expansion of the Bank. The Dexter Horton Bank was merged with several other banks in the 1930s to form Seattle First National Bank and was finally absorbed by Bank of America in 1983 after bad energy investments in the 1970s. Very clean good copy of a bank publication from the most important bank in the Pacific Northwest. Condition: Very Good. Banks, Seattle, Washington. DK-60 (Book ID 11203) $37.50
How to Make Lumber: A Guide to Proper Equipment and Methods for Profitable Production of Lumber Products from Woodlot Timber.
Belsaw MacHinery Company. Kansas City, Mo.. 12 pages; photos, drawing; stapled wrapper. Tenth edition limited to practical and technical information. For use in forestry schools.Missing tear on the back page (1 x 1/2 inch) upper left corner. Condition: Very Good. Advertising Brochure. DK-26 (Book ID 10262) $17.50
Lightbody & James, Tailoring and Men's Wear.
El Paso, Texas. Unnumbered notation booklet; bound in leather (2 x 5 1/4 inch) with 'Standard Memorandum' on the cover. Blanck with no markings. Condition: Very Good. Tailoring Book. DK-31 (Book ID 10422) $25.00
Notebook - Ohio Blue Tip Matches.
The Ohio Match Co.. Wadsworth, Ohio. [60] pages; stiff paper wrapper (4 x 8 1/2 inch) with advertisement on the front and back and profit tables on the inside. Lined blank sheets with Want List printed across the top. Former owners name in ink on the inside. Hole punched at the top left for hanging. Condition: Good. Advertisement, Matches. DK-35 (Book ID 10536) $15.00
Olcott's Land Values Blue Book of Chicago, 1928.
Geo. C. Olcott & Co., Inc.. Chicago, Illinois. 1928. lxxxviii, 193 pages; maps; index; blue cloth binding with gilt design on the cover and spine. Lacks the 1st leaf of advertising, otherwise complete copy. Issued annually by Olcott's. Interesting guide to Chicago's real estate before the 'Great Depression'. Condition: Very Good. Real Estate, Chicago, Blue Books. DK-72 (Book ID 11426) $37.50
Original Stereocard Photograh. "Rich Gold and Silver Mining Center, El Oro, State of Mexico, Mexico."
Keystone View Company. Meadville, PA. # 16106 (287). Stereograph on gray board (7 x 3 1/2 inch) with commentary on the backside about El Oro and the Spanish quest for gold and silver. View of the mining complex in El Oro from a distance ca.1912. Nice copy. Condition: Fine. El Oro, Mexico, Mining, Gold, Silver. DK-6 (Book ID 9270) $15.00
Original Stereocard Photograph. "A Trainload of Coal from Pittsburgh Fields From Lake Superior Consumption, Conneaut, Ohio."
Keystone View Company. Meadville, PA. # 6705 (129). Stereograph on gray board (7 x 3 1/2 inch) with commentary on the backside about the transport of coal and iron ore between Pennsylvania and Lake Superior for the production of steel and the resulting industrial cities along the south shore of Lake Erie. View of a coal train moving along the rail line with industrial structures in the background as it leaves Pittsburgh. Clean copy. Condition: Fine. Coal, Trains. DK-9 (Book ID 9493) $15.00
Original Stereocard Photograph. "Beets Stored in Bins, Montreal, Canada."
Keystone View Company. Meadville, Pa. # 20941 (270). Stereograph on gray board (7 x 3 1/2 inch) with commentary on the backside about the harvesting and storage and production of beets into sugar. View of a very large storage bin warehouse filled with beets. Nice clean copy. Condition: Fine. Beets, Farming, Canada. DK-5 (Book ID 9260) $15.00
Original Stereocard Photograph. "Carding Room, Cotton Mills, Orizaba, Mexico."
Keystone View Company. Meadville, Pa. # 10888 (286). Stereograph on gray board (7 x 3 1/2 inch) with commentary on the backside about the city of Orzaba and the production of cotton in its many mills. Ca.1912 there were 148 mills employing 30,000 workers. Nice industrial visual of the carding room which seems to go on forever with lighting from above. Not a person anywhere. Clean copy with slight fraying to the ends. Condition: Very Good. Cotton Mills, Orizaba, Mexico. DK-6 (Book ID 9273) $15.00
Original Stereocard Photograph. "Carloads of Coal, with Breaker in the Background, Ashley, Pa."
Keystone View Company. Meadville, PA. # 13204 (79). Stereograph on gray board (7 x 3 1/2 inch) with commentary on the backside discussing the operation of the coal breaker and sorting into the various sizes. Nice view of the hoppers loaded with coal in front of the ten story breaker. Nice crisp image. Condition: Fine. Coal Mining, Ashley, Pennsylvania, Railroads. DK-5 (Book ID 9190) $15.00
Original Stereocard Photograph. "Carts Loaded with Coffee Leaving the Plantation, Brazil, So. Am."
Keystone View Company. Meadville, PA. # 20816 (311). Stereograph on gray board (7 x 3 1/2 inch) with commentary on the backside about the prossessing of coffee to be shipped overseas from the port of Santos. Image of carts loaded with 132 pound sacks of coffee being pulled by horses with piles of coffee and hulls along the road. Nice clean copy. Condition: Very Good. Coffee, Brazil. DK-6 (Book ID 9302) $15.00
Original Stereocard Photograph. "Conveyor with Trays on Loaf Sugar, Recieved from Drying Kiln, New York."
Keystone View Company. Meadville, PA. # 22165 (34). Stereograph on gray board (7 x 3 1/2 inch) with commentary on the backside about the the final stages of refining sugar into its modern white form. View of a conveyor belt slowly moving along the front of ovens as it is being sent to the packaging area. Fine clean copy. Condition: Fine. Sugar, Manufacturing. DK-9 (Book ID 9518) $15.00
Original Stereocard Photograph. "Cut Rags After Removing from Washing Drums, Paper Mills, Hoyoke, Mass."
Keystone View Company. Meadville, PA. # 22068 (19). Stereograph on gray board (7 x 3 1/2 inch) with commentary on the backside about the process of sorting and cleaning of rags to form the finest grades of stationary and paper. Photograph of bins filled with cleaned rags getting ready to be formed into paper. Clean copy. Condition: Fine. Rags, Paper. DK-10 (Book ID 9544) $15.00
Original Stereocard Photograph. "Cutting Leather for High Quality Shoes, Massachusetts."
Keystone View Company. Meadville, PA. # 22188 (11). Stereograph on gray board (7 x 3 1/2 inch) with commentary on the backside about the ways shoes used to be made in small towns and the various advances over time towards machine made shoes from factories. Photo of a well lit leather cutting room for upscale shoes as the workers are in various stages of forming the shoes. On the tables around them can be seen patterns and tools used. Clean copy. Condition: Fine. Shoes, Leather, Factory Worker. DK-10 (Book ID 9540) $15.00
Original Stereocard Photograph. "Doubling Frame in the Large Woolen Mill, Lawrence, Mass."
Keystone View Company. Meadville, PA. # 22127 (18). Stereograph on gray board (7 x 3 1/2 inch) with commentary on the backside about the process of creating wool thread for weaving. Image of the 'doubling machine' that takes two threads to create one thread which is a difficult process because of the irregularities in wool. Clean copy. Condition: Fine. Wool, Doubling. DK-10 (Book ID 9542) $15.00
Original Stereocard Photograph. "Filling and Sewing Bags of Granulated Sugar, New York."
Keystone View Company. Meadville, PA. # 22164 (35). Stereograph on gray board 97 x 3 1/2 inch) with commentary on the backside about the process of sugar refining of which Brooklyn was the center of theis inthe United States, ca.1915. Photo of lady workers filling bags for sewing before the days of OSHA. Good interior view of the operation. Condition: Fine. Sugar, Manufacture, New York. DK-9 (Book ID 9516) $15.00
Original Stereocard Photograph. "From the Kansas Plains, Union Stock Yards, Chicago, Ill."
Keystone View Company. Meadville, Pa.. # 20250 (140). Stereograph on gray board (7 x 3 1/2 inch) with commentary on the backside about the meat packing industry and its center at the Union Stock Yards which can house 75,000 cattle and 50,000 sheep at one time in a 500 acre complex. View of the cattle pens full, handlers walking along the top of the pen fences, with the slaughter houses in the background as steam bellows from the smoke stacks. Clean copy. Condition: Fine. Cattle, Union Stock Yards, Chicago. DK-9 (Book ID 9476) $15.00
Original Stereocard Photograph. "General View Sewing Room - Large Shoe Factgory, Syracuse, N.Y."
Keystone View Company. Meadville, PA. # 22190 (41). Stereograph on gray board (7 x 3 1/2 inch) with commentary on the backside about the production of making shoes from leather and cloth. View of a large room filled with women in front of sewing machines attaching cloth to leather for the upper section of shoes. Basicly a 'sweat shop' with windows. Fine clean copy. Condition: Very Good. Shoes, Factory. Wyracuse, New York. DK-9 (Book ID 9520) $15.00
Original Stereocard Photograph. "Grindfstones Which Convert the Blocks Into Wood Pulp - Manufacture of Paper. Paper Mills, Skotifog, Norway."
Keystone View Company. Meadville, PA. # 13467 (412). Stereograph on gray board (7 x 3 1/2 inch) with commentary on the backside about the manufacture of paper from wood pulp. View of a worker stacking wood blocks before grinding them into wood pulp. Excellent industrial scene. Condition: Very Good. Papermaking, Skotifos, Norway. DK-8 (Book ID 9413) $15.00
Original Stereocard Photograph. "Harvesting Bananas, Costa Rica, C.A."
Keystone View Company. Meadville, Pa.. # 12804 (294). Stereograph on gray board (7 x 3 1/2 inch) with commentary on the backside about the cultivation and harvesting, transporting of the bananas. Nice view of a fieldworker cutting down a bunch of bananas to put on a loaded donkey which will carry them to the small railroad in the background which runs between the rows of banana tress,. Classic image. Condition: Fine. Bananas, Costa Rica, Railways. DK-6 (Book ID 9318) $15.00
Original Stereocard Photograph. "Hydraulic Mining"
Keystone View Company. Meadville, PA. #13796 (268) in 'Gergraphy Units'. Stereograph on gray board (7 x 3 1/2 inch) with commentary on the backside. Nice visual of the hydraulic mining method with full flow of the water from pipes. Nice clean copy in plastic slipcase. Condition: Fine. Hydraulic Mining, Gold. DK-4 (Book ID 9156) $15.00
Original Stereocard Photograph. "In the Pineries of Minnesota."
Whitney & Zimmerman, Photographers. St.Paul, Minn.. Unnumbered yellow stereocard (7 x 3 1/2 inch). Shows men standing around a log cabin awaiting a meal. 1890s? Bumped lower left coner with slight water stain on the upper left corner. Some soiling. Condition: Good. Minnesota, Logging, Pinereies. DK-1 (Book ID 8989) $15.00
Original Stereocard Photograph. "Inspecting Paper Delivered By Machine, Holyoke, Mass."
Keystone View Company. Meadville, PA. # 22070 (20). Stereograph on gray board (7 x 3 1/2 inch) with commentary on the backside about the final stage of paper manufacture where inspectors look over the product when it comes out of the machine. View of a half dozen women inspecting the paper sheets as it comes out of the large machines. Clean copy. Condition: Fine. Paper-Making, Manufacturing. DK-10 (Book ID 9543) $15.00
Original Stereocard Photograph. "Italian Settler and Family, Vineyards in Background, Mendoza, Argentina, So.Am."
Keystone View Company. Meadville, PA. # 21818 (319). Stereograph on gray board (7 x 3 1/2 inch) with commentary on the backside about the province of Mendoza "Little Italy", its wine industry, and the system of absentee landlords who live in Buenos Aires half the year and on the plantations the other half to avoid the heat of the weather. Image of a Italian immigrant family resting before going back to tilling in the vineyards which stretch out behind them in rows after rows. clean copy. Condition: Fine. Mendoza, Argentian, Immigrants, Vineyards. DK-6 (Book ID 9278) $15.00
Original Stereocard Photograph. "Loading 1400 Tons of Copper on Boat, Houghton, Mich."
Keystone View Company. Meadville, PA. # 22049 (157). Stereograph on gray board (7 x 3 1/2 inch) with commentary on the backside about about the areas of production in upper Michigan and some of its uses. Also other new, ca.1920, areas of production around the world. Railcars loaded with copper ignates awaiting loading onto a boat for shipping east. Small area on upper left corner of tempua paint (1/2 x 1 inch), else clean copy. Condition: Very Good. Copper, Houghton, Michigan, Boats. DK-9 (Book ID 9469) $15.00
Original Stereocard Photograph. "Loading Cage with Car of Coal, Scranton, Pa."
Keystone View Company. Meadville, PA. # 7057 (77). Stereograph on gray board (7 x 3 1/2 inch) with commentary on the backside discussing underground mining and the use of the shaft cage. Underground, 1500 feet, image with miners posing around the cage with a full cart ready for lifting. Unfortunatly evidence of a fold in the middle of the stereograph, otherwise a nice image. Condition: Good. Coal Mining, Anthracite, Scranton, Pennsylvania, Labor. DK-5 (Book ID 9188) $15.00
Original Stereocard Photograph. "Logs from the Forest Delivered at the Stream. Aroostook County, Me."
Keystone View Company. Meadville, PA. # 12260 (1). Stereograph on gray board (7 x 3 1/2 inch) with commentary on the backside about the role of lumbering in the history of the United States. Photograph of a large pile of logs being rolled down the side of a hill into the stream so they can be floated to the mill for cutting. Clean copy. Condition: Fine. Logging, Rafting, Maine. DK-10 (Book ID 9546) $15.00
Original Stereocard Photograph. "Lucious Grape Fruit on the Trees, Manatee, Florida, U.S.A."
H.C. White Co.. New Bennington, Vt.. 1907. Image # 843 on a dark gray board (7 x 3 1/2 inch) with a patient for "The 'Perfec' Stereograph". Closeup picture of clusters of ripe grape fruit hanging on the fruit tree. Nice clean copy in plastic slipcase. Condition: Fine. Orchards, Grape Fruit, Manatee, Florida. DK-1 (Book ID 8998) $15.00
Original Stereocard Photograph. "Making Rubber Boots and Shoes, Akron, Ohio."
Keystone View Company. Meadville, PA. # 22060 (133). Stereograph on gray board (7 x 3 1/2 inch) with commentary on the backside about the production of rubber boots and rubber's center Akron. Industrial view of the interior of an assembly area for the boots with workers working at their stations. Room is two stories high with large windows lining the edges. Clean copy. Condition: Fine. Rubber, Shoes, Akron, Ohio. DK-9 (Book ID 9478) $15.00
Original Stereocard Photograph. "Manila Hemp Industry - Stripping the Tree, Philippines."
Keystone View Company. Meadville, Pa.. # 10035 (552). Stereograph on gray board (7 x 3 1/2 inch) with commentary on the backside about the production of 'abaca' hemp in the Philippines. When done a tree produces a 1/2 pound of dried fiber! Nice image of the workers stripping the plant of its layers. Clean copy. Condition: Fine. Hemp, Abaca, Rope, Philippines. DK-7 (Book ID 9353) $15.00
Original Stereocard Photograph. "Method of Drying Coffee, State of Sao Paulo, Brazil. So.Am."
Keystone View Company. Meadville, PA. # 20817 (310). Stereograph on gray board (7 x 3 1/2 inch) with commentary on the backside about the depulping and drying of the beans before shipping them in bags to the countries where the beans are roasted. Good image of the workers racking the beans and turning them in the sunlight with farm structures in the background. Clean copy. Condition: Very Good. Coffee, Brazil. DK-6 (Book ID 9300) $15.00
Original Stereocard Photograph. "Method of Placing Material in Furnace - Plate Glass Works, Rossford, Ohio."
Keystone View Company. Meadville, PA. # 22001 (134). Stereograph on gray board (7 3 1/2 inch) with commentary on the backside about by method of creating plate glass over a three day period. Excellent industrial image of workers feeding the glass into the furnace for melting before being poured onto steel flat surfaces for rolling out and curing. Clean copy. Condition: Fine. Plate Glass. Rossford. Ohio. DK-9 (Book ID 9468) $15.00
Original Stereocard Photograph. "Miners Going Into the Slope, Hazelton, Pennsylvania."
Keystone View Company.. Meadville, Pa.. # 20049 (75). Stereograph on gray board (7 x 3 1/2 inch) with commentary on the backside discussing underground mining. Nice clean view of six miners with their 'overseer' just as the crew is headed into the mine shaft. Condition: Fine. Coal Mining, Hazelton, Pennsylvania, Labor. DK-5 (Book ID 9187) $15.00
Original Stereocard Photograph. "Minnesota Ice Harvest."
Whitney & Zimmerman, Photographers. St. Paul, Minn.. Unnumbered yellow stereocard (7 x 3 1/2 inch). Shows a crew of men cutting out ice blocks with a small pile of ice blocks in the foreground. Slight soiling to board and damage to the lower left corner of the image (1/2 inch long). Condition: Very Good. Minnesota, Ice Harvesting. DK-1 (Book ID 8990) $15.00
Original Stereocard Photograph. "One of Japan's Largest Modern Silk Weaving Plants - American Machinery and American Methods, Kiryu, Japan."
Keystone View Company. Meadville, PA. # 14757 (541). Stereograph on gray board (7 x 3 1/2 inch) with commentary on the backside about the silk production in Japan and various other parts of the world, i.e. France, Italy, China and even the United States. Nice interior view of the factory. Clean copy. Condition: Fine. Silk, Kiryu, Japan. DK-7 (Book ID 9332) $15.00
Original Stereocard Photograph. "Planting the Sugar Cane in a Large Hacienda Near Lima, Peru, So.Am."
Keystone View Company. Meadville, Pa. # V21868 (333). Stereograph on gray board (7 x 3 1/2 inch) with commentary on the backside about the methods of planting sugar cane at large plantations and the life span of production, some up to 50 years. Nice view of farm workers planting the canes as the water begins to flow down the trenches. Clean copy, save a stain in the upper left corner of the board (1 x 1/2 inch). Condition: Very Good. Sugar, Farming, Lima, Peru. DK-6 (Book ID 9280) $15.00
Original Stereocard Photograph. "Polishing Plate Glass After Grinding, Rossford, Ohio."
Keystone View Company. Meadville, PA. # 22009 (135). Stereograph on gray board (7 x 3 1/2 inch) with commentary on the backside about the stages of creating plate glass ca.1915. View of factory workers polishing a large plate of glass after grinding with massive machinery sourrounding them. Clean copy. Condition: Fine. Glass, Polishing, Rossford, Ohio. DK-9 (Book ID 9505) $15.00
Original Stereocard Photograph. "Pouring Molten Cooper Into Ingot Molds, calumet-Hecla Smeltrs, Lake Linden, Mich."
Keystone View Company. Meadville, Pa.. # 22044 (156). Stereograph on gray board (7 x 3 1/2 inch) with commentary on the backside about the production of cooper in the United States. Indoor inductrial scene of workers pouring cooper into ignots with steam rising from the table. Clean copy. Condition: Fine. Cooper, Smelter, Lake Linden, Michigan. DK-9 (Book ID 9470) $15.00
Original Stereocard Photograph. "Scene in Rua 15th of November, the Principal Steet, San Paulo, Brazile, So.Am."
Keystone View Company. Meadville, PA. # 21847 (308). Stereograph on gray board (7 x 3 1/2 inch) with commentary on the backside about the city of San Paulo and one of its famous streets 'Rua 15th of November' named after Independence Day for Brazil in the business section of the city. Nice view of the narrow street filled with cars and people ca.1915. Nice clean copy. Condition: Fine. San Paulo, Brazil. DK-6 (Book ID 9303) $15.00
Original Stereocard Photograph. "Sorting Wool After Cleaning and Washing, Lawrence, Mass."
Keystone View Company. Meadville, PA. # 22125 (17). Stereograph on gray board (7 x 3 1/2 inch) with commentary on the backside about the methods of sorting and grading wool from the sheep after shearing it. Photo of the worker sorting the wool with bins and baskets in the background of wool ready to be sorted or already sorted. Clean copy. Condition: Fine. Wool, Grading and Sorting. DK-10 (Book ID 9541) $15.00
Original Stereocard Photograph. "Steam Shovel at Work, Showing How Track is Laid, Burt Mine, Mesabi Range, Minn."
Keystone View Company. Meadville, Pa.. # 6965 (163). Stereograph on gray board (7 x 3 1/2 inch) with commentary on the backside on the excavation of iron ore out of the low hills north of Duluth to be shipped to the steel mills through the Great Lakes. James Hill and the Rockefellers developed this area before selling it to US Steel. Excellent visual of iron ore train running alongside a crew laying new tracks to move the steamshovel onto when ready. Steam blowing everywhere and crews busy. The stripped Mesabi Range visible in the background. Clean copy. Condition: Fine. Iron Ore, Railways, Mesabi Range, Minnesota. DK-9 (Book ID 9486) $15.00
Original Stereocard Photograph. "Stripping Coal at Hazelton, Pennsylvania."
Keystone View Company. Meadville, PA. #20048 (74). Stereograph on gray board (7 x 3 1/2 inch) with commentary on the backside discussing the methods of mining, especially strip mining. Nice clear photograph of the method of removing the top soil to gain access to the coal, leaving the surface barren. Detail is clear in the background. Condition: Fine. Coal Mining, Hazelton, Pennsylvania, Strip Mining. DK-5 (Book ID 9186) $15.00
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