- Collection:
- Vanishing Georgia
- Title:
- [Photograph of an exterior of a packing plant, Moultrie, Colquitt County, Georgia, between 1940 and 1959]
- Date of Original:
- 1940/1959
- Subject:
- Architecture--Georgia--Moultrie
Business--Georgia--Moultrie
Packing-houses--Georgia--Moultrie
Meat industry and trade--Georgia--Moultrie - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Colquitt County, Moultrie, 31.17991, -83.78906
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Moultrie, 1940s-1950s. Swift and Company packing plant located on North Main Street. The company moved one street behind this location ca. 1975. The original meat packing plant at Moultrie was financed by local capital and was operated from September 1914 until June 1917 under the name of Moultrie Packing Company with Mr. W. C. Vereen as President. Swift and Company purchased the plant in June 1917 and have operated it since that time under the name Swift and Company. The first Manager of Swift and Company was F. A. Luchsinger.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_vang_clq089
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/vang/do:clq089
- Additional Rights Information:
- Held by Georgia Archives, 5800 Jonesboro Road, Morrow, GA 30260.
Contact repository re: reproduction and usage. - Holding Institution:
- Georgia Archives
- Rights:
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