Weighing, filling and sewing 100 lb. sacks of sugar – Historic Photo Reproduction
![Weighing, filling and sewing 100 lb. sacks of sugar, [between 1910 and 1920] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/99/9983825e2759-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with Weighing, filling and sewing 100 lb. sacks of sugar, a historic photograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Weighing, filling and sewing 100 lb. sacks of sugar
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Workers weigh, fill and stitch 100-pound sacks of sugar in this scene, a stage of wholesale packing when raw sugar was measured out by hand and closed for shipment. Sugar was commonly moved in bulk sacks like these, so the picture captures a routine but labor-intensive step in getting the product to grocers and manufacturers. It comes from the National Photo Company, a commercial studio that documented American life and industry in the 1910s. The glass negative shows streaks and surface blemishes from the deterioration of its original coating, which adds to its age and character.
| Created / published | [between 1910 and 1920] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 6 in. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Date from negatives in same range. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. This glass negative might show streaks and other blemishes resulting from a natural deterioration in the original coatings. Temp. note: Batch seven. |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 6,941 × 5,337 px · prints to 23 × 18 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-260267 |
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