Brown Printing Roof Rebuild

Photograph

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Waseca County History Center

Name/Title

Brown Printing Roof Rebuild

Entry/Object ID

13.21.44

Description

Brown Print Company Roof Rebuild February 15, 1988. Material: paper. Size: 5" x 7". Description: color photo showing cranes and large equipment and workers in place to perform basic cleanup operations on the section of the printing plant where the pressroom roof collapsed of January 23.

Context

Following the roof collapse accident that took the lives of employees Gary Gerdes and Albert Ytuarte at Brown Publishing, Waseca Division on January 23, 1988, the company rapidly proceeded with plans to resume normal operations within three to six months. A weekly photo history and updates from the corporate office kept employees informed as to the progress of the rebuilding.

Made/Created

Date made

1988

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

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Print, Photographic

Create Date

April 29, 2021

Update Date

April 6, 2026