Armour Meat Packing Plant (West Fargo, N.D.) Photographs
Collection
Identifier: Photo 2190
Scope and Contents
This collection contains five photographs of the plant and stock yards.
Dates
- Majority of material found within 1925-1930
Access
The collection is open under the rules and regulations of the NDSU Archives.
Copyrights
Copyrights to this collection is held by the NDSU Archives.
Biography
Armour and Company was founded in Chicago in 1867 by the Armour brothers. By 1880, the company became Chicago’s leading meat packer and created the Union Stock Yards in Chicago the center of the industry. Armour and Company purchased the Equity meat packing plant in West Fargo, North Dakota in 1925. The plant closed in July of 1960. The plant and property were then purchased by the West Fargo Union Stockyards.
Extent
5 Items (1 folder.)
Language of Materials
English
Overview
This collection contains five photographs showing the Armour Meat Packing Plant facility in West Fargo, N.D.
Provenance
Donated by Michael A. Peterson on July 29, 2014 (Acc. 2014-050irs).
Property Rights
The NDSU Archives owns the property rights to this collection.
- Title
- Finding Aid to the Armour Meat Packing Plant (West Fargo, N.D.) Photographs
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Institute for Regional Studies Repository
Contact:
West Building N
3551 7th Avenue North
Fargo North Dakota 58102 United States
ndsu.archives@ndsu.edu
West Building N
3551 7th Avenue North
Fargo North Dakota 58102 United States
ndsu.archives@ndsu.edu