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[Postcard of a Fire Station, Altoona, Pennsylvania]

Postcard of a fire department at their station, lined up with two horse-drawn wagons on the left and right. The building is two stories high, with a belfry extending an additional two stories.
Date: July 17, 1909
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
Notes on Explosive Mine Gases and Dusts: with Special Reference to Explosions in the Monongah, Darr, and Naomi Coal Mines (open access)

Notes on Explosive Mine Gases and Dusts: with Special Reference to Explosions in the Monongah, Darr, and Naomi Coal Mines

From Introduction: "The studies herein reported were begun as a part of researches undertaken by the United States Geological Survey looking to the more efficient utilization of the coal in the United States through the reduction of the waste in its extraction, and were continued as part of further researches having regard to the conversation of the fuel resources of this country and to the lessening of injuries and fatalities in coal mining."
Date: 1909
Creator: Chamberlin, Rollin Thomas
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Tompkins Western Attractions Winter Quarters

Photograph of Mabel Tompkins training Saw Dust to lie down and sit up at Tompkins Western Attractions Winter Quarters, New Hope, PA, c. 1909.
Date: 1909~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History