- Collection:
- Ellen Payne Odom Genealogy Library Postcard Collection
- Title:
- Swift & Company Plant, Moultrie, Ga
- Creator:
- Bowles Studio (Moultrie, Ga.)
- Publisher:
- Albany, Ga. : Wall News Company
- Date of Original:
- 1930/1945
- Subject:
- Packing houses--Georgia--Moultrie
Postcards--Georgia--Moultrie - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Colquitt County, Moultrie, 31.17991, -83.78906
- Medium:
- postcards
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jp2
- Description:
- Postcard (color, linen textured, divided back, 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches) titled Swift & Company Plant, Moultrie, Ga. - The original plant began operation in 1914 until June 1917 under the name of Moultrie Packing Company. Swift and Company purchased the plant in June 1917 and have operated it since that time under the name Swift and Company. Text on reverse: Moultrie is the county seat of a rich agricultural section. Mixed farming is generally followed
principal products being: corn, peanuts, tobacco, watermelon, beef cattle, and hogs. Largest meat packing plant in Southern States is located here. Postage required – 1 cent stamp. Card number 78451. - Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/zgz_epogpc_mccls-pstcrd-004
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/zgz_epogpc_mccls-pstcrd-004#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/zgz_epogpc_mccls-pstcrd-004/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 postcard : col. ill.
- Original Collection:
- Ellen Payne Odom Genealogy Library Postcard Collection
- Holding Institution:
- Moultrie-Colquitt County Library System
- Rights:
-
