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	De Mores packing plant workers and refrigerated railroad car, Medora, N.D. Title De Mores packing plant workers and refrigerated railroad car, Medora, N.D. Date of Original 1884 Description Workers from the Marquis de Mores' meatpacking plant in Medora stand next to a refrigerated railroad car that carried dressed beef east from Medora. Ordering Information http://history.nd.gov/archives/whatphotos.html General Subject Business & Industry Transportation Work Life People Subject (LCTGM) Meat industry Railroad refrigerator cars Railroad cars Personal Name Mores, Antoine Amedee Marie Vincent Manca de Vallombrosa, marquis de, 1858-1896 Organization Name Marquis de Mores Company Location Medora (N.D.) Decade 1880-1889 Item Number 00042-150 Format of Original Photographic prints Notes Photographer unknown. Title created by staff. Relation [Is Part Of] Marquis de Mores Collection Mss 10036 Biography/History The Marquis de Mores packing plant in Medora started construction in June 1883, and the first cows were slaughtered in October of that year. The plant was expanded in 1884, and the smokestack finished in 1885. The plant closed in November 1886. External Resource http://history.nd.gov/historicsites/chateau/index.html Repository Institution State Historical Society of North Dakota Repository Collection Marquis de Mores Photograph Collection 00042 Credit Line State Historical Society of North Dakota (00042-150) Rights Management Rights transferred to the State Historical Society of North Dakota. Digital ID sh00042150 OCLC number 17732729
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