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Ruins of the fire at the Quaker Oats plant, 1911

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dc.coverage.temporal Battle Creek. Michigan, circa 1911 en_US
dc.identifier.other LPC-035-017-003 en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://dspace.willardlibrary.org/xmlui/handle/123456789/13225
dc.description Postcard showing a photo of the ruins from the Quaker Oats Plant fire of March 7, 1911. The plant was located near the railroad tracks and the Kellogg Company factory. The fire started in the drying rooms and caused a loss of $100,000. Caption on front: Quaker Oats Plant - Burned March 7 - 1911 Battle Creek Mich. Written on back: B.C. Mi 3-17-11 Here is a photo of a recent puff of $100,000. How is everything. Hope this finds you all O.K. All well at home. Love from all. [illegible] Sent to: Mr. K. R. VanHuysen c/o N. S. Ship Washington D.M. New York N. Y. Sent on: March 17, 1911 en_US
dc.format.medium b&w postcard en_US
dc.language.iso En en_US
dc.subject Fires en_US
dc.subject Industries - Quaker Oats en_US
dc.subject Fires of Battle Creek en_US
dc.title Ruins of the fire at the Quaker Oats plant, 1911 en_US
dc.type Image en_US


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