Dried Egg Factory 1940s

Photograph

Ripon Historical Society

Name/Title

Dried Egg Factory 1940s

Entry/Object ID

2006.0349.0001

Description

B&W 10x8 photo of women working in "dried egg factory" in 1941. Back of photo says Donated by Rosie Wetzel. Rosie's mother, Ethel Hoffman, worked at the factory in the 1940s.Located in the former Ripon Creamery building on Jefferson St. behind the Grandview Hotel, the dehydrated eggs were produced for the Army and Navy during World War 2. See Egg Drying Factory folder in Archives 2006.0349 Industry for more information. See same folder for Copy 2 of photo.

Collection

Archives General Collection

Acquisition

Accession

2006.0349

Source or Donor

Ripon Historical Society

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Date made

1941

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

dried, egg, factory, creamery, Jefferson