Van Camp Canning Factory

This sepia-toned photograph captures an industrial scene inside a large factory, where the spacious room is filled with various machinery and equipment, conveying the bustling atmosphere of early 20th-century manufacturing. In this expansive setting, light streams through multiple rectangular windows along the left wall, illuminating the interior and casting shadows on the wooden floors. Central to the image are several workers, indistinct but visibly occupied, engaged in operating and monitoring the machinery that lines both sides of the room.

This sepia-toned photograph captures an industrial scene inside a large factory, where the spacious room is filled with various machinery and equipment, conveying the bustling atmosphere of early 20th-century manufacturing. In this expansive setting, light streams through multiple rectangular windows along the left wall, illuminating the interior and casting shadows on the wooden floors. Central to the image are several workers, indistinct but visibly occupied, engaged in operating and monitoring the machinery that lines both sides of the room.

Name/Title

Van Camp Canning Factory

Entry/Object ID

2025.18.47

Description

A photograph of the Van Camp Canning Factory. Date taken is unknown. Writing on the back 'Interior view of the Canning Factory Property of Byford F. Inman Westfield, Indiana'

Acquisition

Accession

2025.18

Source or Donor

Truel, Perrin

Acquisition Method

Donation

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Inman, Byford F, Truel, Perrin