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Source Collection
Twentieth century photograph collection, Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries
Identifier
sc.0462.os_005.006
Description
Group of men seated in a room with easels, bunting and stacked cans displaying Libby’s food products, undated (circa 1935). The photographer was C.H. Poland, Memphis. Libby, McNeill and Libby was founded in 1869 in Chicago, Illinois, and produced canned meat. By 1900 the company had expanded to canning fruit and vegetables and in the 1920s it was acquired by Swift and Company. In 1970, it was purchased by Nestlé.
Date Created
2021
Date
undated
Recommended Citation
"Libby's canned goods meeting, Memphis" (2021). Other images. 86.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-20thcenturyphoto3/86
Keywords
Canned foods industry.
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