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Shamokin Brick Company Kiln at Tharptown

A captioned industrial photograph in the 1939 Jubilee booklet shows workers at a Shamokin Brick Company kiln in Tharptown roughly fifty years earlier.

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Historic black-and-white photograph of workers, stacked bricks, a horse, and equipment at a brick kiln in Tharptown
Shamokin Brick Company kiln at TharptownWorkers gather at a Shamokin Brick Company kiln in Tharptown in a scene the 1939 caption described as fifty years earlier.Image date: approximately 1889

A Kiln at Tharptown

The printed caption identifies the scene as a Shamokin Brick Company kiln at Tharptown. The public crop preserves the industrial setting without republishing the surrounding page.

A Relative Date

Published in 1939, the caption describes the scene as fifty years ago. This record therefore uses about 1889 as an approximate date, not an exact exposure date.

Part of a Brick-Making Story

An account of the Union Brick Company dates a development milestone to May 6, 1903. The two industrial histories are connected, but that connection does not establish that every company name or site remained unchanged.