Swift & Co. Beef & Sheep, Warm Fancy Meat & Casing Dept. Group Photo, 1934

Photograph

St. Joseph Museums

Swift Packing Plant Beef & Sheep Dept Group Photo, 1934

Name/Title

Swift & Co. Beef & Sheep, Warm Fancy Meat & Casing Dept. Group Photo, 1934

Entry/Object ID

P2017.2.107

Description

Swift & Co. Beef & Sheep, Warm Fancy Meat & Casing Dept. Group Photo, July 7,1934. M.M. Campbell, General Foreman. St. Joseph, Mo. Sepia. Panorama of a group of 66 men and 3 women, most men are in work clothes, a few in white shirts or ties, one in white lab coat. The women are wearing business dresses. There are six black men among the group and at least six are Hispanic. Posed outside the plant. Although not identified on the photo itself, from Our St. Joseph, Treasured Images by St. Joseph Newspress, 2002. "Included in the photo are Tony Smock, Jimmy Gomeck, Dan Ramirez, Sr., Sinon Trevino, Juan Valencia, Melvin Jacobs, Josephine Noel, Leonardo & Tony Carrion." Photo originally contributed by Delores Ramirez.

Collection

Marshall & Melanie White

Made/Created

Artist

C. Hafford Cowl Photo Co.

Date made

1934

Place

City

St. Joseph

State/Province

Missouri

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Packing plants

Search Terms

Swift Packing Plant

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

Printsize: 18½" x 8¼"

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Oct 10, 2016

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

M. M. Campbell

Provenance

Notes

Photos collected by donor from purchases at various flea markets and estate sales.