Carstens Packing Company photograph album, 1909

Overview of the Collection

Title
Carstens Packing Company photograph album
Dates
1909 (inclusive)
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
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

Access to original album restricted. Permission of curator required for viewing. Contact Special Collections for more information.

Request at UW

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.

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Restrictions on Use

Restrictions may exist on reproduction, quotation, or publication. Contact Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries for details.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Acquisition Information

Source: Mike Maslan, April 2014

 

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Form or Genre Terms

  • Photographic prints

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Subject Terms

  • Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)