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Creation Date
1935
Identification #
OGL291-57
Description
This photo shows the Armour and Company building. "Armour and Company was one of the five leading firms in the meat packing industry. It was founded in Chicago, in 1863, by the Armour brothers led by Philip Danforth Armour. By 1880, the company had become Chicago's most important business and had helped make Chicago the center of America's meatpacking industry. In connection with its meatpacking operations, the company also ventured into pharmaceuticals (Armour Pharmaceuticals) and soap manufacturing, introducing Dial soap in 1948. Cited from Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armour_and_Company).
The back of the photo is dated 1935, although that might be incorrect since this building was the Northern Packing Company in 1935. "During the Great Depression, the plant was forced to close when the Reconstruction Finance Corporation foreclosed on its unpaid $80,000 mortgage. Armour and Company bought out the Northern Packing Company on December 1, 1941." Cited from our finding aid regarding the Northern Packing Company (https://apps.library.und.edu/archon/?p=collections/findingaid&id=134&q=).
Places Depicted
Armour and Company; North Dakota--Grand Forks
Rights
Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections, Chester Fritz Library, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks