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This black and white photograph shows workers cutting meat at the Iowa Beef Processors, Inc. in Emporia, Kansas. The company was founded in 1960 in Denison, Iowa. It was the largest meat packing operations in the United States until it was acquired in 2001 by Tyson Foods Inc. based in Springdale, Arkansas.
Date: Between 1970 and 1979
Item Number: 220452
Call Number: FK2.L7 E.3 F. Iow *2
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 220452
Agriculture - Livestock - Cattle
Business and Industry - Agricultural Industries - Meat - Packing plants
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Butcher
Collections - Photograph
Date - 1970s
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Places - Cities and towns - Emporia
Places - Counties - Lyon
Type of Material - Photographs
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