EIMCO photograph collection, undated

Overview of the Collection

Title
EIMCO photograph collection
Dates
undated (inclusive)
Quantity
267 photographs
Collection Number
P0511
Summary
The EIMCO photograph collection consists of the mining equipment and practices of EIMCO in the middle 20th century.
Repository
University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860

Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu
Access Restrictions

Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.

Languages
English

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Images in this collection are a scintillating account of the mining equipment and practices of EIMCO in the middle 20th century. Images include primarily; mining equipment, heavy machinery, employees, and the EIMCO plant. For more images of and information about EIMCO, see Ewald Kipp, P0011. Ewald Kipp was a long-time employee of EIMCO and many of the images in his collection depict EIMCO equipment and personnel. Other information about EIMCO may also be found in the Ewald Kipp papers (ACCN 777) located in the Manuscripts Division, Special Collections.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.

Preferred Citation

Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

Topical

Related Materials

See also the Ewald Kipp photograph collection (P0011) and the Ewald Kipp papers (ACCN 0777).

Processing Note

Processed by Gareth Horwood in 2007.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Container(s) Description
Box Folder
1 1 Bulldozers
  • 1. W.W. Clyde road job, Wanship Dam. November-December, 1954
  • 2. Bulldozer
  • 3. Bulldozer moving dirt
  • 4. Bulldozer clearing area
1 2 Drills
  • 1. All-hydraulic drill rig Model 087 with two booms and Delta central slide unit for boring 'burn cut' holes
  • 2. EIMCO-Secoma ATH-12B Drill Jumbo
1 3 Employees
  • 1. Unidentified male
1 4 Filters
  • 1. 4 discs of 6' filter handling zinc concentrates, U.S.S.R and M. Company, Bayard NM, 13 August 1948
  • 2. Drill manufacture at a factory, November 1949
  • 3. Sewage filter, Winterhaven FL, January 1960
  • 4. 4' x 1'-6'' Drum Platform Filter (Penicillin), Lovens-Kemiske, Copenhagen, Denmark
  • 5. EIMCO laboratory Filter Unit
  • 6. Filter, Iron King M.CO, Humbolt AZ, 20 August 1948
  • 7. Filter
1 5 Loaders
  • 1. Two unidentified miners
  • 2. Miner in Bralorne Mine
  • 3. EIMCO-FINLAY loader in Malvina Mine
  • 4. Six miners with loading machine, Paragon CO
  • 5. Miner using loading machine, Mount Isa Mines, Australia
  • 6. Miner with loader, Borianna Mine, Yucca AZ
  • 7. EIMCO-FINLAY loader installation at Golconda Mine, 25 August 1932
  • 8. EIMCO-FINLAY mechanical loader in operation in a drift above 19 level in Bunker Hill and Sullivan Mining and Concentrating Company's mine at Kellogg, ID
  • 9. Miner working with loader
  • 10. EIMCO-FINLAY loader installation at Golconda Mine, 25 August 1932
  • 11. Two miners working with loader
  • 12. Miner in Bralorne Mine (identical to P0511n1-05-02)
  • 13. EIMCO-FINLAY loader installation at Golconda Mine, 25 August 1932
  • 14. Three miners working with loader
  • 15. Two miners working with loader, U.S.S.R. and M. Company, UT, 21 October 1948
  • 16. Miner working with loader
  • 17. Model 105 overshot loader placing 1950 assembly operation installing track chain; Johnny Carbine, foreman
  • 18. Loader in Lake Shore Mine, 18 April 1940
  • 19. Loader in Morse Mine, MI
1 6 Loaders
  • 1. Miner with loading machine
  • 2. Miner with loading machine
  • 3. Miner with loading machine
  • 4. Miner with loading machine
  • 5. Eight miners in mine with water at ankle-level
  • 6. EIMCO RockerShovel, 16 January 1980
  • 7. Unidentified man standing on loader
  • 8. Electric Transport Loader at Torreon, Mexico
  • 9. EIMCO Tunneloader Model 40
  • 10. First Model 40 Loader being tested out, May 1941
1 7 Loaders
  • 1. Loader in use
  • 2. Front view of loader in use
  • 3. Two miners with loading machine
  • 4. Front views of two loaders
  • 5. Side view of loader
  • 6. Angled view of loader
  • 7. Side view of loader
1 8 Logo
  • 1. EIMCO logo
1 9 Miners
  • 1. Five unidentified miners in mine
  • 2. W.M.A. Patterson, Jeff Christensen, Lowell Waldrum, Leo Adamson, Mike Katsanevas, Ralph Rasmussen (union BA), Morris Rosenblatt
  • 3. Castle Gate, UT circa 1943
1 10 Miscellaneous Equipment
  • 1. Two miners using equipment, 30 October 1945
  • 2. Diagram of unidentified EIMCO machine
  • 3. Front view of unidentified EIMCO machine
  • 4. Side view of machine in P0511-n1-10-03
  • 5. Unidentified factory
  • 6-9. Various angles of unidentified EIMCO machine
  • 10-13. Various angles of unidentified EIMCO machine
  • 14-17. Various angles of unidentified EIMCO machine
  • 18-20. Various angles of unidentified EIMCO machine, DuPont, February 1950
  • 21. Side view of Power-Horse
  • 22. Unidentified machine
  • 23. Ditch Digger, Telluride Mines Inc., Telluride CO, July 1946
  • 24. Unidentified machine
  • 25. Unidentified mine (exterior)
  • 26. Diagrams of moving and digging equipment
  • 27. Various angles of unidentified EIMCO machine
1 11 Office
  • 1. Unidentified female employee at typewriter
  • 2. Two employees sitting at desk; another employee checking files
  • 3. Two employees sitting at large desk, transcribing
  • 4. Group office shot including six employees
1 12 Plant
  • 1. Photo of new Machine Shop
  • 2. Photo of new Machine Shop
  • 3. Photo of existing Fabrication Bay
  • 4. Photo of existing Factory (EIMCO GREAT BRITAIN Ltd)
  • 5-6. Construction
  • 7. Aerial view of building
  • 8. Aerial view of building
  • 9. EIMCO GREAT BRITAIN Ltd machines at a convention
  • 10. Unidentified factory (exterior)
  • 11. Unidentified factory (interior)
1 13 Plant
  • 1. Aerial view of unidentified plant
  • 2. Aerial view of unidentified plant
  • 3. Air view of the EIMCO plant
  • 4. Three industrial carts driving through plant
  • 5. Aerial view of building
  • 6. Aerial view of building
  • 7. Aerial view of building
  • 8. Aerial view of building
  • 9. Unidentified building (exterior)
1 14 Shovels
  • 1. Model 802 in Wheal Jane Mine, Cornwall
  • 2. Side view of EIMCO shovel in use
  • 3. EIMCO 918 LHD
  • 4. Unidentified machine
  • 5. Model 911 schedule 31 L.H.D. working in Utah coal mine
  • 6. Two unidentified miners operating machines
  • 7. Side view of EIMCO 911E-LHD
  • 8. Side view of EIMCO 911-LHD in use
  • 9. Unidentified EIMCO machine in use
  • 10. EIMCO 916 LHD in use, half submerged
  • 11. Unidentified machine dropping rocks
  • 12. Side view of EIMCO 911 B-LHD with driver
  • 13. Side view of unidentified EIMCO machine
  • 14. EIMCO RockerShovel in use
  • 15. Miner operating an EIMCO 911 LHD
  • 16. Side view of EIMCO 911 LHD
  • 17. Trailer holding 4 EIMCO 911 LHD Shovels, featuring a young woman smiling and sitting on one of the machines
  • 18. EIMCO 915 LHD shoveling rocks
  • 19. Shovels being manufactured in machine
  • 20. Angled view of unidentified machine
  • 21-24. Various shots of unidentified EIMCO shovel in use
  • 25-28. Various shots of unidentified EIMCO shovel in use
  • 29. Diagram of EIMCO shovel
1 15 Trucks
  • 1. Side view of EIMCO 980T27 truck in use
  • 2. Side view of EIMCO 975 truck
  • 3. Truck in use at Baluba Mine, Zambia
  • 4. Side view of EIMCO 980T27
  • 5. Two miners operating an EIMCO 916T20
  • 6. Ten men sitting in bed of EIMCO 975 truck, with two women operating the truck
  • 7. Group of men watching truck on hillside
  • 8. Side view of 980-T10 truck
1 16 Proofs
  • 1. EIMCO logo waving
  • 2. EIMCO logo bowling
  • 3. EIMCO logo pointing
  • 4. EIMCO logo flexing muscles
  • 5. EIMCO logo crossarmed and looking to side
  • 6. EIMCO logo holding sign
  • 7. EIMCO logo walking toward sign
  • 8. Very early model truck
  • 9-12. Various angles of Saltair train of the Salt Lake Garfield and Western Railway
  • 13. Close-up of Saltair train of the Salt Lake Garfield and Western Railway
  • 14. Desks in office
  • 15. W.L. Dowdey sitting at desk
  • 16-17. Female employee working at phone connection hub
  • 18. Three employees working on machine in factory
  • 19-22. Man in white coat working with various machines in laboratory
  • 23. EIMCO shovel in use dropping rocks into trucks in Athens; Greek ruins in background
  • 24-25. Various angles of complete foundry sand foundation unit being observed by Don Dahlstrom
  • 26. Unidentified EIMCO machine in use, Korea, 1959
  • 27. EIMCO Corporation offices in New York
  • 28. Back of building
  • 29. Office shot featuring two employees, Duluth MN
  • 30. Male employee at desk with pipe
  • 31. Male employee working at desk with female employee
  • 32. Male employee working at desk with female employee, Italy
  • 33-35. Exterior shot of EIMCO office building
  • 36. Female employee working at desk
  • 37. Male employee working at desk
  • 38. EIMCO Transport Loader
  • 39. Unidentified EIMCO machine
  • 40. Man sitting in ornate, well decorated office
  • 41. Male and female employee working at desks
  • 42. Aerial views of factories
  • 43. Four people working in a room
  • 44-45. Young man drawing an engineering diagram
  • 46. Woman typing while a man writes at desk behind her
1 17 Proofs
  • 1. Man standing beside desk reading papers
  • 2. Exterior shot of EIMCO Filter Division Building
  • 3. Three men standing in doorway of EIMCO SOUTH AFRICA building
  • 4. Men working in factory
  • 5. Men working in factory
  • 6. Development Engineer conducting pilot plant precoat tests in Pilot Plant at Research and Development Center, Palatine Il
  • 7. EIMCO pilot plant 18'' diam X 12'' face laboratory drum filter installed in Pilot Plant at Research Development Center, Palatine Il
  • 8. Six men in field, one holding shovel breaking ground
  • 9. Rio Grand Station
  • 10. Man sitting by typewriter
  • 11. W.L. Dowdey writing at desk
  • 12. Ten EIMCO Angledozers from Descours and Cabaud, Lyon France
  • 13. Shovel dropping dirt into truck
  • 14. Three shovel machines in use in Korea, 1959
  • 15. Excavator in use
  • 16. Machine in use at the Gary Steel Works in Gary, IN
  • 17. Unidentified EIMCO machine
  • 18. Group of men placing stakes in wall of mine
  • 19. Man using shovel machine in mine
  • 20-21. Various exterior shots of large building
  • 22. Jack Devry standing beside unidentified EIMCO machine
  • 23. Truck amongst brush
  • 24. Large truck
  • 25. Two trucks in deserted landscape
  • 26. Large truck with trailer
  • 27. Large truck
  • 28. Large truck in desert
  • 29. Small machine in use in mine
  • 30. Miner looking down tunnel
  • 31. Manager of French branch, Paris France
  • 32. Exterior shots of EIMCO Filter Division
  • 33. Woman typing on typewriter in office, Paris France
1 18 Proofs
  • 1-6. Various angles of unidentified EIMCO machine
  • 7. Unidentified EIMCO machine
  • 8. Unidentified EIMCO machine
  • 9. Unidentified EIMCO machine
  • 10. Man standing on identified EIMCO machine
  • 11. Side view of unidentified EIMCO machine
  • 12. Unidentified EIMCO machine
  • 13. Unidentified EIMCO machine
  • 14. Unidentified EIMCO machine
  • 15. Man sitting inside unidentified EIMCO machine
  • 16. Unidentified EIMCO machine
  • 17. Man working on machine taking part in Mont Blanc Tunnel Job in Italy
  • 18. Machine moving rocks
  • 19. Man standing on top of a large truck
  • 20. Large unidentified machine leased to R.S. Carlin Company for use in bituminous coal field
  • 21. Unidentified machine
  • 22. 105-Dozer Logging type demonstration, cutting woods, road along pulp pile. T.S. Pinkham's job, Bridgewater, ME
  • 23. EIMCO machine dragging logs in forest
  • 24. Four EIMCO machines on rig; one hoisted into air
  • 25. Two EIMCO machines on rig; ship passing in background
  • 26. Unidentified EIMCO machine
  • 27. Side view of unidentified EIMCO machine
  • 28. Front view of unidentified EIMCO machine
  • 29. Side view of unidentified EIMCO machine
  • 30. Front view of unidentified EIMCO machine
  • 31. Unidentified EIMCO machine
  • 32. Side view of unidentified EIMCO machine
  • 33. Unidentified EIMCO machine
  • 34. EIMCO 623 face loader
  • 35. EIMCO 632 loader
  • 36-41. Various angles of loader
  • 42. Unidentified EIMCO machine
  • 43. Side view of EIMCO 632 loader
  • 44. Unidentified EIMCO machine
  • 45. EIMCO 621
  • 46. Man riding EIMCO loader
1 19 Negatives
  • 1-5: Salt Lake GArfield and Western Railway, Saltair engine. These negatives match proofs in folder 16, numbers 09-13.

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Scrap metal industry--United States--Photographs

Corporate Names

  • EIMCO (firm)