Pond Creek Coal Mine, Stone, Kentucky, 1923
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Artifact Overview
The Pond Creek Coal Company founded the company town of Stone, Kentucky, in 1912 and named it for the company's chairman, Galen L. Stone. Henry Ford's Fordson Coal Company purchased the Pond Creek firm in 1922 to supply coal to Ford Motor Company. Fordson sold its Pond Creek properties to Eastern Coal Corporation in 1936.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
24 October 1923
Subject Date
24 October 1923
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.833.P.35813
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Linen (Material)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 7.625 in
Width: 10.75 in
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