Explosion trials thrill miners at Bruceton, Pennsylvania during a 'safety congress' sponsored by the U.S. Bureau of Mines. A blast by dynamite witnin an Experimental Mine, U.S. Bureau of Mines in Bruceton. Smoke rises from the dynamite explosion. The experts of the U.S. Bureau of Mines demonstrate the dynamite and powder blasts to the miners. A man presses a detonator and lets off another dynamite explosion in a mine shaft to show the proper usage of explosives in loosening mineral riches. The dynamite explodes and smoke rises. Men stand very near the explosion area.
A new subway is inaugurated in Quaker City, Pennsylvania. A sign board reads 'Subway'. Civilians gathered in the streets. A locomotive moves on tracks at the newly opened subway. Officers greet Philadelphia's Mayor Harry Arista Mackey. Mayor Mackey aboard the train.
Convention of Beauty Culturists ban short hair in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A group of women (still in flapper era from the 1920s) with short hair or bob hair display various hair styles. A barber trims hair of a chimpanzee named Bridget seated in a barber chair. A woman files her nails. The barber removes excess hair with a brush and shows a mirror to the chimpanzee.
Golfers play the U.S. Amateur Championship held at Merion Golf Club in Ardmore, Pennsylvania. Golfers Bobby Jones and Gene Homans hit balls. Spectators watch them play. Bobby Jones wins the championship and holds the trophy.
Twelve year old boy Robert Dodge makes a homemade car out of junk for $1 total cost in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Robert Dodge starts and drives his gasoline powered car, which is about the size of a soapbox racer car. Children run behind him as he drives the car. He pulls into a gas station and the filling station attendant adds fuel to his gasoline tank. Robert continues on driving his car. He stops the car along a sidewalk. He accepts money or treats from other children to give them rides in the car. A girl sits on the "hood" of the car and then he drives away down the street giving her a ride.
An iron beam under construction at Carnegie Steel Company's Homestead Plant in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for use in New York City's Empire State Building. A huge ingot is brought to required temperature in a soaking pit at blooming mill. The ingot is picked up and put into a trolley. It is rolled into a belt and rolling operation starts. It is reduced to slab and taken for reheating.
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