Employees of the Young and Newland Canning Factory

The photograph depicts a large group of men and women standing and sitting in front of a building with a sign that reads "Young & Newland Canning Factory, Liberty Center, Ohio." The building appears to be a factory with a visible smokestack suggesting industrial activity, likely related to canning. The men are dressed in work clothes, including hats and overalls, while the women wear long dresses or aprons, indicative of early 20th-century fashion. There are stacks of wooden crates near the building for transporting goods. One man with a long white beard sits on a barrel, and a few men stand on either side, with one holding a pipe. The photograph is in black and white, conveying a historical atmosphere, and it offers a glimpse into the industrial and communal aspects of small-town life in that era, capturing a moment of pride and unity among the factory workers as they pause from their labors to pose.