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Carstens Packing Company photograph album, 1909
Overview of the Collection
- Title
- Carstens Packing Company photograph album
- Dates
- 1909 (inclusive)19091909
- Quantity
- 1 album containing 31 photographs (1 folder)
- Collection Number
- PH1299
- Summary
- Photographs of the Carstens Packing Company of Tacoma, Washington a meat packing company
- Repository
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University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu - Access Restrictions
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Access to original album restricted. Permission of curator required for viewing. Contact Special Collections for more information.
- Additional Reference Guides
- Languages
- English
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Album of photographs put out by Carstens Packing Company in 1909. It includes a portrait (probably of the President of the company), overviews of the stockyards and company buildings, the general office, portraits of steers that were shown in the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE) in Seattle, work inside the plant--beef being butchered and hanging in the cooler, pigs and sheep being butchered, rendering room, oleo department, lard refinery, salting cellars, smoked meat packing room, sausage making area, shipping dock, machine shop, glue factory, and dining hall. Many of the photographs include women working in the plant.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
Restrictions may exist on reproduction, quotation, or publication. Contact Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries for details.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Form or Genre Terms
- Photographic prints
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)
