Photo Gallery - Atlas Cement Museum

Image: A large square sign on a brick wall reads "Atlas Cement Co. Memorial Museum" above an image collage including images of cement workers, a steam shovel, and the Atlas Cement Company logo.Exterior of the museum
Image: Stone monument with a relief sculpture of a helmeted woman with an oil lamp leading a man, and the words "Safety follows wisdom."Below the inscription “Safety Follows Wisdom,” the monument reads: “Portland Cement Association safety trophy awarded [to] Universal Atlas Cement Co.[,] Northampton, Pa., plant for a perfect safety record in 1931.”
Image: Exhibits at the Atlas Cement Company Memorial Museum, including one titled "PLants 2-3-4 ... The World's Largest Portland Cement Plants" that includes an artist rendering of the plants, a wall clock, photographs, and a map.
Image: Exhibits at the Atlas Cement Company Memorial Museum, including one titled "The Source ... The Quarry" that features photographs and artifacts such as hard hats and a "Danger" sign.
Image: A display case at the Atlas Cement Company Memorial Museum includes record books, a book labeled "Blasters' Handbook," and small boxes from blasting caps.
Image: A museum exhibit on the Atlas Cement Company's lab includes rock samples in glass cylinders, glass containers for chemical tests, and an assortment of books, photos and company records.
Image: A museum exhibit on the Atlas Cement Company's lab includes rock samples in glass cylinders, glass containers for chemical tests, and an assortment of books, photos and company records.
Image: A mural at the Atlas Cement Memorial Museum includes depictions of a boat on a river, several factories, an ornamental post made of brick and concrete, grassy fields, the Statue of Liberty, and a row of figures in the blue sky representing Atlas employees. Below the mural are an array of artifacts including gearwheels, a stone block, and a Geiger counter. To the right is a not-quite-life-size cutout of a black-and-white photograph of a cement worker.The museum’s mural, by Roger Firestone
Image: A mural at the Atlas Cement Memorial Museum includes depictions of a boat on a river, several factories, an ornamental post made of brick and concrete, grassy fields, the Statue of Liberty, and a row of figures in the blue sky representing Atlas employees. Below the mural are an array of artifacts including gearwheels, a stone block, and a Geiger counter.
Image: A detail view of a mural at the Atlas Cement Memorial Museum shows an old man with white hair and a moustache leaning on a full bag of Atlas Cement and pointing out something in the distance to a young girl and a boy with a backpack. The man and the girl are seated on a bench that bears the words "The Atlas Spirit."Detail of the museum’s mural
Image: A small-scale diorama shows the layout of the Atlas Cement Company's plants and quarry in Northampton, PA.
Image: A small-scale diorama shows the layout of the Atlas Cement Company's plants and quarry in Northampton, PA. Beside it is a large model traincar bearing the words "Hercules Portland Cement in Bulk."
Image: A museum display includes a large model traincar bearing the words "Hercules Portland Cement in Bulk."
Image: A large model traincar bears the words "Hercules Portland Cement in Bulk" and "Hercules Cement Corporation, Patented."
Image: An exhibit at the Atlas Cement Company Memorial Museum includes a wooden trunk, a clock against a wall, and an antique wooden chair and desk, covered with papers, books, a typewriter, papers, and other objects. Historical photographs are displayed on a railing in front.
Image: An antique wooden desk covered with papers, books, a typewriter, papers, and other objects. On the wall behind the desk is a quote: "One of the happiest days in my life was when I was hired as a clerk for $50 a month, in 1920. I wanted to do a good job for the Atlas." - Mabel Shceetz Rice
Image: A close view of an antique wooden desk includes reading glasses, a telegraph machine, and a typewriter with a sign that reads: "This typewriter was used to type orders for the Panama Canal, 1908."The sign on the typewriter reads: “This typewriter was used to type orders for the Panama Canal, 1908.”
Image: An exhibit at the Atlas Cement Company Memorial Museum titled "Famous Projects" includes information about the Atlas's contributions to The Empire State Building, Rockefeller Center and The Holland Tunnel, all in New York City, as well as a poster for the 1933 film "King Kong." Below are bags of cement bearing the logos of Atlas, Lehigh Portland Cement, Whitehall Cement, and other companies.
Image: Bags of cement bear the Atlas Cement logo, as well as logos of Lehigh Portland Cement, Whitehall Cement, and others.
Image: Circular logos of the Atlas Portland Cement Company - in blue, black, and cream colors - alongside a more modern paper sack of Atlas Masonry Cement.
Image: A bright red firehose cart on display at the Atlas Cement Company Memorial Museum
Image: Atlas Cement Company Memorial Museum founder Edward Pany poses with a bright red firehose cart at the museum.Museum founder Edward Pany with a firehose cart.
Image: A painting of the Atlas Cement Company's plant in Northampton, PA, is displayed beside a bright red firehose cart.
Image: A large brass bell displayed at the Atlas Cement Company Memorial Museum
Image: Three balance scales encased in glass and wood cabinets are displayed at the Atlas Cement Company Memorial Museum.
Image: An exhibit at the Atlas Cement Company Memorial Museum with the title "The Men & Women Of The Atlas Portland Cement Company" includes advertising signs for "Tru Blu Beer & Ale" and "Howel's Grape Julep," as well as documents and photos of groups of people.
Image: An exhibit at the Atlas Cement Company Memorial Museum with the title "The Men & Women Of The Atlas Portland Cement Company" includes advertising signs for "Tru Blu Beer & Ale" and "Howel's Grape Julep," as well as documents and photos of groups of people.
Image: A display case at the Atlas Cement Company Memorial Museum includes medals on black ribbons, silver-colored watches, a rubber stamp, and pamphlets titled "The Atlas Circle" and "The Atlas Bulletin."
Image: A display case at the Atlas Cement Company Memorial Museum includes medals on colored ribbons, pins, a $20 bill, and union credentials.
Image: Displays at the Atlas Cement Company Memorial Museum include a large brass bell and a collection of black-and-white photographs labeled "Family Day[,] June 17, 1948"
Image: An exhibit at the Atlas Cement Memorial Museum with the title "The Atlas And Our Community" includes artifacts such as a photo of a truck with a sign that reads "Buy a Liberty Bond - We can and we will," a photo of rows of uniformed men, newspaper clippings, nurses with a baby, and a cement circle with a caduceus symbol and the date 1921.
Image: A display at the Atlas Cement Memorial Museum includes hospital records, red nurses handbooks , a medicine bottle, a syringe and a set of forceps.The exhibit text reads, in part: “The Haff Hospital was organized to serve the community and treat Atlas employees. [It was] founded in 1918 on Washington Avenue.”
Image: A small display case holds brown glass beer bottles and one clear glass bottle. The exhibit text beside the display reads: "In memory of Betty Seidel, designer[,] and her brother Jack, a Hollywood cartoonist, whose mother Helen was a secretary for the True Blue Brewery. Their father Henry and grandfather Harry Trankley were employees of the Atlas Cement Company. by Mr. & Mrs. John Seidel."
Image: An oval-shaped wooden sign reads "The Atlas Hotel"
Image: A papier-mâché horse mannequin, with a cloth over its back bearing the Atlas Cement Company logo. Behind the horse are museum exhibits and a mural.Atlas harness-maker Calvin Bartholomew kept this papier-mâché mannequin of a horse in a display window.
Image: A papier-mâché horse mannequin, with a cloth over its back bearing the Atlas Cement Company logo.
Image: A woman and a man pose with a papier-mâché horse mannequin at the Atlas Cement Company Memorial MuseumMuseum founder Edward Pany and Sallyann Madden, Pany’s daughter and a museum trustee, pose with the horse mannequin.
Image: Displays at the Atlas Cement Memorial Museum include office machines, historic black-and-white photos of steam shovels, a sepia-toned photo of an Atlas Portland Cement train car, circular paintings of historic figures, and a display case of smaller artifacts.
Image: Displays at the Atlas Cement Memorial Museum include office machines, historic black-and-white photos of steam shovels, and a display case of smaller artifacts.
Image: Displays at the Atlas Cement Memorial Museum include a sepia-toned photo of an Atlas Portland Cement train car, small circular paintings of historic figures, and the 1939 charter for the Atlas chapter of the United Cement, Lime and Gypsum Workers.
Image: A yellowed historical document begins with the following, in large type: "United Cement, Lime and Gypsum Workers International Union, Affiliated with American Federation of Labor, doth grant this Charter to the following charter members:"This charter for the Atlas chapter of the United Cement, Lime and Gypsum Workers International Union is dated 1939.
Image: High on a wall are small flags of France, Switzerland, and Slovakia, along with metal signs that read "Whitehall Cement Mfg. Co., 1899, Cementon, PA" and "Keystone: A Better Portland Cement," as well as a not-quite-life-size cutout photograph of a crouching man man wearing a suit and a cap.
Image: High on a wall are a sign that reads "Keystone: A Better Portland Cement," a not-quite-life-size cutout photograph of a crouching man man wearing a suit and a cap, and a flag with a red border and a white center that reads "Local No.29: 38." Below is a quote from an Atlas employee: "When the Atlas paid me, I felt like a millionaire. -John Gulka, 48 years of service"
Image: High on a wall are two metal signs - one from Allentown Cement describing characteristics of Type N, Type S, and Type M cements, as well as one with the words "Allentown Cement Co.," "1909," and "Evansville" - along with a cloth cement bag from well before WWII from Allentown Portland Cement that includes a left-facing sauwastika logo.
Image: High on a wall are a small lantern; a black banner with a gold border and a red diamond in the center with the words "Northampton and Bath"; the "Honor Roll" of the Lehigh Portland Cement Company; and quotes from Atlas employees: "When the Panama Canal was given to Panama, part of Northampton was lost." -Beatrice Deemer, 38 years of service. "My father, Peter Smith, supervised 300 packers for the Panama Canal cement contract." -Leon Smith, 50 years of service.
Image: High on a wall are a sign that reads "The cement used on this building is Dragon Portland Cement," a Chinese design of a stylized dragon, a flag of India, smaller flags of India and of China on short staffs, and quotes from Northampton residents, including one that reads: "In 1930, the Northampton High School football team carried their equipment in Atlas cloth bags. -William Evans"
Image: High on a wall are the German flag, hung vertically, and a banner that reads "Lehigh Portland Cement Company: Northampton Plant."
Image: Hanging from a white, industrial-style ceiling reads are two circular logos of the Atlas Cement Company, with a white jersey bearing the word "Atlas" in the background.
Image: A maroon jersey with the words "Dragon Softball" hangs from a white, industrial-style ceiling.
Image: A banner hanging from a white, industrial-style ceiling reads "Northampton: Home of Cement."
Image: An exhibit at the Atlas Cement Memorial Museum with the title "The Last Atlas Plant ... Plant 5" includes artifacts such as black-and-white photos of the plant, yellowed newspaper clippings, a pair of boots covered in rock dust, and a "Danger" sign.
Image: A shovel used in a ceremonial groundbreaking for one of the Atlas Cement Company's plants in Northampton, PA.
Image: An exhibit at the Atlas Cement Company Memorial Museum bears the title "The End of an Era" and features a black-and-white historic photo of an abandoned pair of work boots.
Image: An illuminated drawing shows the Greek mythological figure Atlas, a silhouette of a factory, and the circular logo of the Atlas Cement Company.
Image: Metal signs, including ones for Lehigh Cement, Phoenix Portland Cement and Atlas Portland Cement, are affixed to a brick wall along with historic maps and photographs.
Image: A large concrete rectangle in a brick wall has the words "Atlas Cement Company Memorial Museum" at the top, above dozens of smaller metal panels with three columns of names printed on each one.
Image: Hans Peter Doskozil - governor of Burgenland, Austria – joins other Burgenland officials and museum trustees in posing with the Burgenland flag inside the Atlas Cement Company Memorial Museum on Oct. 20, 2023.On Oct. 20, 2023, Hans Peter Doskozil – governor of Burgenland, Austria – along with other officials visited the museum. Ancestors of many Northampton and Coplay residents came from Burgenland in the late 19th and early 20th century to work in our many cement plants and also founded churches and social organizations, many of which still operate today.
Image: Hans Peter Doskozil - governor of Burgenland, Austria – joins other Burgenland officials and Atlas Cement Company Memorial Museum trustees in posing with the Burgenland flag at the Sister Cities Monument in Northampton, PA, on Oct. 20, 2023.On Oct. 20, 2023, Hans Peter Doskozil – governor of Burgenland, Austria – along with other governmental officers visited the Sister Cities Monument located in the Northampton Borough Park along Laubach Avenue. Many Northampton, Coplay and area communities have residents with roots in Burgenland.