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Quaker Oats plant after the fire, c. 1911

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dc.coverage.temporal Battle Creek. Michigan, circa 1911 en_US
dc.identifier.other LPC-024-073-002 en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://dspace.willardlibrary.org/xmlui/handle/123456789/11739
dc.description Postcard showing the smoking ruins of the Quaker Oats plant after the fire on March 7, 1911. Caption on front: Quaker Oats Plant - Burned March 7 - 1911 Battle Creek, Mich. 364 Written on back: 3-8-11 Dear Friend This is the largest food factories in the city burned yesterday a.m. You know this city is famous for the Bran factory. This fire cost over one hundred thousand dollars and there are over one hundred people out of work. a friend, Henry Write soon. Sent to: Gertrude Dowell 1045 Wall St. Ft. Wayne Ind. Sent on: March 9, 1911 en_US
dc.format.medium b&w postcard en_US
dc.language.iso En en_US
dc.subject Industries - Quaker Oats en_US
dc.subject Fires en_US
dc.subject Kellogg Real Photos, Misc., Kellogg Advertising, Kellogg Ranch, Kellogg Gull Lake, Kellogg Bird Sanctuary en_US
dc.title Quaker Oats plant after the fire, c. 1911 en_US
dc.type Image en_US


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