Swift & Company plant, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1915. Artist: Unknown

Swift & Company plant, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1915. Artist: Unknown

2-356-712 - Curt Teich Postcard Archives/Heritage Images

Swift & Company plant, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1915. Postcard showing a bird's eye view of the industrial plant and surrounding area. Swift & Company is a meat packaging and processing company founded in 1855 by Gustavus Franklin Swift. Chicago's status as a major railway hub between the Great Plains and the markets on the East Coast saw the city develop into the centre of the livestock and meat industry in the US.


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People Information

Creator
  1. Unknown, attributed to: :

Medium
  1. Photograph

Picture Type
  1. Postcard

Geographic Hierarchy

World North and Central America United States Illinois Cook Chicago

  1. 41 51 00 N , 087 39 00 W

Category Hierarchy

Trade & Industry Manufacturing & Heavy Industry

Locations & Buildings Other


Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 4125x2571
File Size : 31,071kb


Aliases

  1. R58864
  1. 0680000628
  1. 2-356-712
  1. 2356712
  1. R58864


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