Photograph- Henry Martin Brick Machine Company surviving building along Lancastser Avenue, used to store leaf tobacco. Shadow of utility pole marks area where railroad tracks crossed.
Photograph- Henry Martin Brick Machine Company surviving building along Lancastser Avenue, used to store leaf tobacco. Shadow of utility pole marks area where railroad tracks crossed.
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Henry Martin Brick Machine Company surviving building along Lancastser Avenue, used to store leaf tobacco. Shadow of utility pole marks area where railroad tracks crossed.
View of construction along Chestnut Street near Duke Street. Possibly for installation of gas lines or sewer pipes. Milton H. Ranck tobacco warehouse in background.
The Bowman Technical School was founded by watchmaker Ezra F. Bowman in 1887 to teach the trade of watchmaking and engraving. During World War I, the Bowman Technical School trained soldiers to repair delicate aviation and naval instruments.