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Denise Weber Photographs
VINTONDALE PHOTOGRAPHS AND GLASS PLATE NEGATIVES, 1906. (2 boxes)
Photographs
| Subject | Box | Item Number | Level | Slot |
| Negative #1 - Entrance to #1 Mine | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1168 |
| Negative #2 - Construction of #6 Mine (in background) center of photo - First Street (Dinkey Street), Plank Road, #1 Power House and tipple | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1168 |
| Negative #3 - Beginning of construction of #6 Mine, taken from hill behind #1 Tipple and power plant; street in the center of negative is First Street (Dinkey Street) - note dinkey tracks connecting #1 and #6 Mines - taken spring or early summer, 1906 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1168 |
| Negative #4 - Narrow gauge on dinkey, connected #1 and #6 Mines - taken July 19, 1906; 3:05 P.M., condition of light partly cloudy; photo underexposed (this date can be authenticated) | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1168 |
| Negative #5 - Construction of the entrances to #6 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1168 |
| Negative #6 - Building entrance to #6, 1906, presume furnace for ventilation on the right. | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1168 |
| Negative #7 - Entrance to #6 Mine on left, possible furnace on right to power fan, Department of Mines Report for 1906 reports mine was ventilated by a furnace - lists only 17 employed as inside men; by 1907 the mine was ventilated by a Stone Electric fan | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1168 |
| Negative #8 - PRR spur on foreground bordered by Plank Road houses in center are Lower Main Street #6 Mine under construction, at right center main part of town in the background 2nd to 4th Streets and Lower Main | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1168 |
| Negative #9 - General Map of Vinton Colliery Company, 1906 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1168 |
| Negative #10 - Town plan, 1906 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1168 |
| Negative #11 - Company offices until company store was finished 1906-1907, located on Plank Road about 2 blocks from #3 Mine; house on the right is located on a street called Goat Hill; office later served as a boarding house, is now a two family dwelling | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1168 |
| Negative #12 - Taken from #2 Mine, 1906, rock dump of #3 left center; Main Street (Barker Street) at lower right, Second Street in center of picture; large house on right side of Second Street belonged to the superintendent; a large house was built shortly at the top of Second and Griffith Streets | 1 | 12 | 1 | 1168 |
| Negative #13 - Coal washery, 1906 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 1168 |
| Negative #14 - Background: construction of coal washery, Center: completed ovens, 1906 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 1168 |
| Negative #15 - Construction of coal washery, 1906 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 1168 |
| Negative #16 - Construction of #6 Power House, 1906 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 1168 |
| Negative #17 - Construction of #6 Power House, chimneys of coke ovens on right | 1 | 17 | 1 | 1168 |
| Negative #18 - Foundation for power house, Plank Road in background, 1906 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 1168 |
| Negative #19 - Trestle to tipple on left, mule barn at lower right - #1 Mine in backround | 1 | 19 | 1 | 1168 |
| Negative #20 - Ammonia by product plant (dismantled 1917), machine shop believed to be at left | 1 | 20 | 1 | 1168 |
| Negative #21 - Trestle connecting #1 Mine with its tipple, smokestacks in right center are for the #1 Powerhouse | 1 | 21 | 1 | 1168 |
| Negative #22 - Trestle connecting #1 Mine with tipple, PRR spur line in background (corner broken off) | 1 | 22 | 1 | 1168 |
| Negative #23 - Unfunished coke ovens looking to the southeast, Plank Road in background, steam in background to left apparently is coming from the #3 Powerhouse | 1 | 23 | 1 | 1168 |
| Negative #24 - Completed coke ovens 1906, mine entrance on left; houses in far background are on Plank Road; Mine #3 was several hundred yards to the left of these houses; powerhouse on right side of coke ovens in background; washery under construction - center, right | 1 | 24 | 1 | 1168 |
| Negative #25 - Completed coke ovens | 1 | 25 | 1 | 1168 |
| Negative #26 - Ovens about half finished, 1906 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 1168 |
| Negative #27 - Digging footers for coke oven chimneys, 1906 - laborer unknown | 1 | 27 | 1 | 1168 |
| Negative #28 - Foundation for coke ovens, 1906 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 1168 |
| Negative #29 - Coke oven chimney, 1906 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 1168 |
| Negative #30 - #6 Flat - mine entrance in foreground on left side of railroad tracks, Plank Road in background; coke ovens being constructed in center of photo, #2 Mine behind houses on right side of negative | 1 | 30 | 1 | 1168 |
| Negative #31 - Building chimneys for coke ovens #6 Mine, 1906 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 1168 |
| Negative #32 - Foundations and chimneys for the coke ovens, 1906, #6 Mine | 1 | 32 | 1 | 1168 |
| Negative #33 - Digging footers for coke ovens, 1906 - in background are three coke ovens in process of being built | 1 | 33 | 1 | 1168 |
| Negative #34 - Building footers for the coke ovens, names of laborers unknown, 1906 | 1 | 34 | 1 | 1168 |
| Negative #35 - Foundations for ovens, machine shop believed to be in background, 1906 | 1 | 35 | 1 | 1168 |
Glass Plate Negatives
| Subject | Box | Item Number | Level | Slot |
| Negative #1 - Entrance to #1 Mine | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1169 |
| Negative #2 - Construction of #6 Mine (in background) center of photo - First Street (Dinkey Street), Plank Road, #1 Power House and tipple | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1169 |
| Negative #3 - Beginning of construction of #6 Mine, taken from hill behind #1 Tipple and power plant; street in the center of negative is First Street (Dinkey Street) - note dinkey tracks connecting #1 and #6 Mines - taken spring or early summer, 1906 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1169 |
| Negative #4 - Narrow gauge on dinkey, connected #1 and #6 Mines - taken July 19, 1906; 3:05 P.M., condition of light partly cloudy; photo underexposed (this date can be authenticated) | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1169 |
| Negative #5 - Construction of the entrances to #6 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1169 |
| Negative #6 - Building entrance to #6, 1906, presume furnace for ventilation on the right. | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1169 |
| Negative #7 - Entrance to #6 Mine on left, possible furnace on right to power fan, Department of Mines Report for 1906 reports mine was ventilated by a furnace - lists only 17 employed as inside men; by 1907 the mine was ventilated by a Stone Electric fan | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1169 |
| Negative #8 - PRR spur on foreground bordered by Plank Road houses in center are Lower Main Street #6 Mine under construction, at right center main part of town in the background 2nd to 4th Streets and Lower Main | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1169 |
| Negative #9 - General Map of Vinton Colliery Company, 1906 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 1169 |
| Negative #10 - Town plan, 1906 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 1169 |
| Negative #11 - Company offices until company store was finished 1906-1907, located on Plank Road about 2 blocks from #3 Mine; house on the right is located on a street called Goat Hill; office later served as a boarding house, is now a two family dwelling | 2 | 11 | 1 | 1169 |
| Negative #12 - Taken from #2 Mine, 1906, rock dump of #3 left center; Main Street (Barker Street) at lower right, Second Street in center of picture; large house on right side of Second Street belonged to the superintendent; a large house was built shortly at the top of Second and Griffith Streets | 2 | 12 | 1 | 1169 |
| Negative #13 - Coal washery, 1906 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 1169 |
| Negative #14 - Background: construction of coal washery, Center: completed ovens, 1906 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 1169 |
| Negative #15 - Construction of coal washery, 1906 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 1169 |
| Negative #16 - Construction of #6 Power House, 1906 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 1169 |
| Negative #17 - Construction of #6 Power House, chimneys of coke ovens on right | 2 | 17 | 1 | 1169 |
| Negative #18 - Foundation for power house, Plank Road in background, 1906 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 1169 |
| Negative #19 - Trestle to tipple on left, mule barn at lower right - #1 Mine in backround | 2 | 19 | 1 | 1169 |
| Negative #20 - Ammonia by product plant (dismantled 1917), machine shop believed to be at left | 2 | 20 | 1 | 1169 |
| Negative #21 - Trestle connecting #1 Mine with its tipple, smokestacks in right center are for the #1 Powerhouse | 2 | 21 | 1 | 1169 |
| Negative #22 - Trestle connecting #1 Mine with tipple, PRR spur line in background (corner broken off) | 2 | 22 | 1 | 1169 |
| Negative #23 - Unfunished coke ovens looking to the southeast, Plank Road in background, steam in background to left apparently is coming from the #3 Powerhouse | 2 | 23 | 1 | 1169 |
| Negative #24 - Completed coke ovens 1906, mine entrance on left; houses in far background are on Plank Road; Mine #3 was several hundred yards to the left of these houses; powerhouse on right side of coke ovens in background; washery under construction - center, right | 2 | 24 | 1 | 1169 |
| Negative #25 - Completed coke ovens | 2 | 25 | 1 | 1169 |
| Negative #26 - Ovens about half finished, 1906 | 2 | 26 | 1 | 1169 |
| Negative #27 - Digging footers for coke oven chimneys, 1906 - laborer unknown | 2 | 27 | 1 | 1169 |
| Negative #28 - Foundation for coke ovens, 1906 | 2 | 28 | 1 | 1169 |
| Negative #29 - Coke oven chimney, 1906 | 2 | 29 | 1 | 1169 |
| Negative #30 - #6 Flat - mine entrance in foreground on left side of railroad tracks, Plank Road in background; coke ovens being constructed in center of photo, #2 Mine behind houses on right side of negative | 2 | 30 | 1 | 1169 |
| Negative #31 - Building chimneys for coke ovens #6 Mine, 1906 | 2 | 31 | 1 | 1169 |
| Negative #32 - Foundations and chimneys for the coke ovens, 1906, #6 Mine | 2 | 32 | 1 | 1169 |
| Negative #33 - Digging footers for coke ovens, 1906 - in background are three coke ovens in process of being built | 2 | 33 | 1 | 1169 |
| Negative #34 - Building footers for the coke ovens, names of laborers unknown, 1906 | 2 | 34 | 1 | 1169 |
| Negative #35 - Foundations for ovens, machine shop believed to be in background, 1906 | 2 | 35 | 1 | 1169 |
MG-362
Denise Weber Photographs
ANTHRACITE COAL REGION PHOTOGRAPHS, ca. 1910. (29 items)
box 1
Twenty-nine images from towns and collieries in the anthracite coal region -
mostly of the towns of Frackville and Gilberton, including about seven views
of a significant flood in Gilberton.
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