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  • Collection: Slate Quarries

Quarry.jpg
This could be the Penn Lynn quarry operaation, but I am not sure and will have to do some more study of the image.

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Quarry2.jpg
Interior view of the building in which slabs of slate were cut and polished to the desired dimensions.

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CarbonSC.jpg
This is a rather typical slate quarry scene. This postcard was part of a small booklet of photos, Souvenir of Slatington, Penna. and Vicinity, sold by Jones Bros & Miller. These photos also appeared as regular, individual postcards.

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Emerald Slate Workers.jpg
Postcard showing two works in process of splitting and trimming roofing slates in Emerald, PA (near Slatington)

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