Pick, Peel, Preserve: Canning in Johnson County
In the late nineteenth century, canned goods became a major part of the American food supply chain. As Anna Zeide writes in Canned: The Rise and Fall of Consum…
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Polk's Canning Companylocation_fillWhat started as a home business in Greenwood, IN, became one of the largest canning factories in the Midwest. …
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Rider Canning Companylocation_fillIn 1930, Kenneth Rider and William Switzer, the owners of the Hoosier Canning Company, opened a factory on the… -
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Living as Migrant Workerslocation_fillWhile canning factories employed many people from Johnson County during the harvest season, they also relied o… -
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Hougland Packing Companylocation_fillIn the mid-twentieth century, Hougland Packing Company was one of the largest manufacturing companies in Frank… -
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Camp Atterbury Veterans Memorial and Museumslocation_fillThe Camp Atterbury Veterans Memorial was dedicated in August 1992 to mark the 50th anniversary of Camp Atterbu…
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