McCall discusses a saltpeter contract with John and Charles Wilkins and includes a copy of the contract. He also mentions continued trouble with a keg contractor.
This scene shows part of the loading of large cartridges of DuPont 60% gelatin dynamite in the Susquehanna River near Marietta, Pennsylvania. The cartridges were five inches in diameter, 24 inches long and weighed 25 pounds each. The illustration...
Collection guide; Business leaders; Construction and building industry
Collection guide for John McShain papers. McShain was a Philadelphia and Washington, D.C.,-based building contractor. His major projects included the White House renovation (1950-1951), the Pentagon, the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library...
Text from back of image: "Project: MCI Richardson" "Architect: Helmuth, O'Bata & Kassabaum Inc." "Contractor: Austin Commerical, Inc." "View To: East" "Date 9/20/89" "Neg.No. S3528-1"
Text from back of image: "Project: MCI Richardson" "Architect: Helmuth, O'Bata & Kassabaum Inc." "Contractor: Austin Commerical, Inc." "View To: West" "Date 11/27/89" "Neg.No. S3272-2"
Text from back of image: "Project: MCI Richardson" "Architect: Helmuth, O'Bata & Kassabaum Inc." "Contractor: Austin Commerical, Inc." "View To: North" "Date 9/20/89" "Neg.No. S3528-3"
Text from back of image: "Project: MCI Richardson" "Architect: Helmuth, O'Bata & Kassabaum Inc." "Contractor: Austin Commerical, Inc." "View To: NW" "Date 9/20/89" "Neg.No. S3528-2"
Text from back of image: "Project: MCI Richardson" "Architect: Helmuth, O'Bata & Kassabaum Inc." "Contractor: Austin Commerical, Inc." "View To: East" "Date 11/27/89" "Neg.No. S3272-1"
Text from back of image: "Project: MCI Richardson" "Architect: Helmuth, O'Bata & Kassabaum Inc." "Contractor: Austin Commerical, Inc." "View To: West" "Date 11/27/89" "Neg.No. S3272-2"
Text from back of image: "Project: MCI Richardson" "Architect: Helmuth, O'Bata & Kassabaum Inc." "Contractor: Austin Commerical, Inc." "View To: North" "Date 11/27/89" "Neg.No. S3272-3"