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188244390Lawrence MA: George S. Merrill printer 1882. Stapled paper wrappers. Very good wrappers lightly soiled torn along head and tail of spine white sticker along top edge covering owner's name torn along inner margin of map not affecting image contents lightly browned else clean. 2 preliminaries 30 pp. 1 blank. Illus. with 1 b/w engraving & 1 map. Sm. 4to. Bound in: Prospectus. "Special Announcement. Summary of the advantages presented in the Miners and Trust Company of Pachuca." Signed in print by Executive Committee members: Geo. S. Merrill H.B. Peirce & C.N. Pratt. Etching of Pachuca by W.M. Tenney. S.C. Map by Heliotype Printing Co. Boston. There was much renewed interest in Mexican mining and exploiting Mexico's natural resources once it was again opened to some outside participation. "In the history of Mexican mining there are two key moments related to the participation of non-national companies specifically of British and American origin and for which Pachuca was a focus of great interest . The British companies stood out in the first decades 1860-1870 while the American companies at the end of the 19th century" See Ubilla Montiel: Inmigrantes españoles en Pachuca. 1866-1911: redes de parentesco matrimonio y ocupación 2013 pp. 35-6. OCLC locates only a single copy Denver Public Library. There is also one at Cornell in the Julius Augustus Skilton Archive. George S. Merrill, printer unknown books
1890185951890. Albumen photograph 19th century depicting African American men working in a quarry or mining environment with direct relevance to the study of labor organization race relations and industrial development in the post-emancipation United States. The image shows a large group of Black laborers positioned among rock formations several holding tools such as hammers and shovels indicating active participation in extractive work. Interspersed within the scene are white men women and children including a prominently placed well-dressed man at the center suggesting supervisory or ownership roles and reflecting the racial hierarchy characteristic of labor systems in this period. The composition captures both the physical conditions of industrial labor and the social structure of mixed-race work environments that emerged in the decades following the Civil War.<br /> <br /> Albumen photograph measuring approximately 8 x 6 inches mounted on cardstock. The scene includes two small shacks and a buckwagon in the background situating the group within a temporary or semi-permanent industrial site. The arrangement of figures tools and built elements provides visual context for quarry or mining operations and the organization of labor at such sites.<br /> <br /> Mount with soiling and wear including small tears; photograph with minor surface abrasions but image remains clear; overall very good condition. A detailed visual record of African American labor in a nineteenth-century industrial setting documenting both work practices and social dynamics. unknown
145 pages. Index. Footnotes. Reference list. Supplemental 1984 price guide laid-in. "Contains nearly 450 illustrations covering every type of candlestick brand-name model, plain to fancy blacksmith models, folding and mechanical models. Also included are many wonderful underground photos from the turn of the century showing mine candlesticks in actual use. Includes a discussion of history, collecting pointers, and guides to cleaning and recognition." - from photocopy of publisher's book list laid-in. Wilson's superbly detailed diagrams exquisitely present these artifacts in their original form. Average wear. Binding intact. Unmarked. A sound copy of this magnificent reference. Book
16396Kenfig Hill Bridgend South Wales. 1 February 1911 to 18 January 1938. The present volume provides a fascinating sidelight into the operations of an archetypal Working Men's Club Labour leader Ed Milliband was recently described as being 'more at home in Primrose Hill than Kenfig Hill' at what was perhaps the high point of such an institution covering the period from just before the Great War to the end of the Depression of the 1930s. The accounts relate to two locations: the Cefn Institute and the Talbot Miners' Welfare Institute. The latter was founded in 1911 after a gift from the Talbot family and closed in 1959. A listed building it reopened with lottery funding in 2005. The item is 270pp. large 4to. In printed ledger by Western Mail Limited of Cardiff: in double column with 'Receipts' including printed columns for the Kenfig Hill collieries Aberbaidon Ton Philip Bryndu Cribbwr Vawr on the left-hand opening and 'Expenditure' on the right. A sturdy 41 x 34 cm. volume with plum leather quarter-binding and grey cloth covers. In gilt on spine: 'General Income and Expenditure Book'. Internally good on lightly-aged paper in aged and worn binding. Occasional sets of accounts are dated and marked as 'Audited and found correct' and signed and dated by two individuals. Loosely inserted in the volume are manuscript memoranda 2pp. 4to on one leaf with one side carrying a list of 12 Kenfig Hill names and addresses headed 'January 12th 1920 Management Committee Aberberbaiden sic for Aberbaiden a Kenfig colliery together with the name and address of the 'Examiners Rep'. The volume also contains three loose receipts dated 1913 1914 and 1938 and a note in Welsh. The first page of the volume contains a record of sums raised by 'Tickets sold for opening concert' and at the rear are two entries relating to the 'Opening Ceremony' on 20 September 1911: a record of the 'Proceeds of Tickets sold at doors' £6 16s 0d and eleven guineas to J. D. Dover for the 'cost of Luncheon'. The accounts cover everything from methylated spirits to waste paper baskets and a note indicates the care with which the accounts were kept: 'N.B. Of the £8 18s 1d received from the Collieries prior to the appointment of D H Price as Treasurer - the Sum of £8 6s 9d was expended before his appointment and the Balance 11s/4d was transferred to him and acknowledged on opposite page - receipt No. 9'. A valuable aspect of the volume is the record of wages and salaries caretaker cashier treasurer for example: £10 7s 6d to 'John Rogers 5 wks' wages & £2 7s 6d less 10s/- a wk. Insurance Benefit for 3 wk.'; 10s to 'E. Grififth Rees acting as temporary caretaker - one day'; £3 to 'Mrs. Hopkin for washing towels'; £5 to 'A. Holwill for Painting Cen Institute on a/c'; £5 2s 8d to 'W. Parry 44 Hours at 2/4 per hour Repairs to Institute'. The thousands of entries include: 3s 6d to 'Mr Wm Hopkins - haulage of coal from Cribur Fawr'; £10 7s 9d to 'Messrs Evan Thomas & Co. Ironmongery etc carbide'; 15s to 'Mrs A Davies cleaner - for cleaning school after Committee meetings'; £0 5s 6d to 'D Davis Haulage of Coal from Ton-Phillip yard to K. Hill'; £10 to 'H Samuels Ltd. Medals for Billiard Tournament Prizes'; £13 15s 0d to 'Mr E J Riley cost of small Billiard Table'; £1 11s 0d for 'Hire of Hall Piano'; 9s 6d to 'Dana & Co. Temple of Fashion rubber gloves'; 10s 6d to 'Western Mail - revolving climax date stamp'; £29 14s 0d to 'Acetylene Gas & Carbide Co. new generator'; £1 15s 0d to 'Ton Phillip Colliery Co. 2 tons coal'; 1s to 'G Richards - throwing a load of coal'; 6d to 'S. H. Stockwood - Billiard License'; 18s to 'John Davies goods supplied as prizes for billiard handicap'; 12s to 'The Blick Typewriter Co Ltd'; £8 9s 11d to the 'Postmaster General Telephone Charges Cefn £4 . 15 Talbot £3 . 4 . 11'. The Institute's library features in a number of entries for example: £3 4s 0d to 'Moses Morgan classifying books'; £1 14s 0d to 'Mr Edward Dodd cost of 24 Vol. Punch's Library'; £30 to 'W H Smith & Son - 3rd instalment for Library books'; £1 10s 7d to 'D F Williams - Magazines etc'; £10 3s 6d to 'Albert Edwards Bookcase etc. for Cefn'; £1 8s 6d to 'Pain & Co. Magazine Covers'. [Kenfig Hill, Bridgend, South Wales.] 1 February 1911 to 18 January 1938. hardcover
18994090VA: ORIGINAL ARCHIVE 1899. ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT ARCHIVE. 14 X 4 1/4 Inch Binder. Very good ledger marked "The Property of C. Kirwan 1st Officer S.S. Chatham" leather spine over marbled paper boards with approximately 150 pages with roughly 66 used. The front end page and page one are detached. Memorandum of Work and Repairs on S.S. Chatham 1899; Cubic feet of boats and life rafts; 8 pages repairs 1899-1901; passenger list 50 pages with approximately 1500 passenger names in manuscript. Savannah to Baltimore and return. ACCOMPANIED BY: merchant & Miners Transportation Co. Pass 1918 - issued to Capt. C. Kirwan Master - Signed by "J.H. Jenkins" president 2 1/2 X 4 Inches. WITH: The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company Identification Card No. 599. C. Kirwan Captain. S.S. Suwannee M & M T Co. Signed "C. Kirwan & M.J. Doyle." 2 1/2X 4 1/6 Inches. WITH: Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company. 1918 Pass. Captain Clarence Kerwin S.S. Howard. On all piers at N News VA. Issued to and Signed by L.G. Spengler 2 1/2 X 4 Inches. WITH: U.S. Customs Service. Port of Baltimore. Pass to Piers Waterfront or Vessel. Issued to and Signed by Surveyor of Customs. Issued to: Clarence Kirwan. With Photograph attached. 3 X 5 Inches. WITH: Phila. Balto. & Wash. R.R. Co. Baltimore Division - P.R.R. 1917 Permit Bearer to Pass Guards at Canto Piers and Elevator. Sgined: "L.C. Frederick." 2 1/2 X 3 13/16 Inches. WITH: United States Department of Commerce Steamboat Inspection Service. License to Master of Steam and Motor Vessels. Issued to Clarence Kirwan Baltimore Md. 1933. Signed. Printed and manuscript. Includes: Atlantic Coast and Gulf of Mexico and waters surrounding the West Indies First class pilot on Chesapeake Bay and tributaries & c. 8 X 10 5/16 Inches. . Engraved form with embellishments including vignette of steamship. WITH: TLS. 1915. Merchants and Miners Transportation Co. To Kirwan congratulations for rescuing the crew of the ill fated Steamship Colorado. WITH: TLS. 1916. Department of Commerce. Steamboat Inspection Service Jacksonville Florida. To Kirwan Steamer Suwannee. Charges of damge to reaft and vessel on the St. John's River. WITH: 13 TLS. 3 ALS 2 TL 8 pieces: Names of wharfs and other docking points Bell Rock Three Trees Sandy Pt. Gloucester Pt.; etc. WITH: Photograph. Ship Suwannee 6 1/2 X 8 1/2 Inches. - Monunted on stiff board. Some foxing. Edge of board chipped. WITH: Photograph. Ship "T.P.A." Convention Savannah Ga. may 17 1902 3 7/8 X 5 1/2 Inche mounted on stiff board - Some foxing. Wilson Photo 14. WITH: Photograph. Ship "T.P.A." Convention Savannah Ga. May 17 1905 4 5/8 X 6 1/2 Inches. - Mounted on stiff board. Lightly soiled. Wilson Photo 15. WITH: Photograph.Ship. Wreck of M. & M.T. Co. SS "Chatham" Mouth of St. John's River FLa. 3/20/10.<br /> <br /> A very nice archive overall. ORIGINAL ARCHIVE unknown
