Stokely Van-Camp Factory. 1949
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Attendees of the 1949 Vegetable Growers Association of America convention touring the Stokely-Van Camp canning company in Indianapolis. This is another Indiana canning company that would have had to adapt to compete with California companies, where the climate permitted multiple growing seasons.
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Rider Canning Company
In 1930, Kenneth Rider and William Switzer, the owners of the Hoosier Canning Company, opened a factory on the east side of Trafalgar, near the Big Four railroad tracks. A fire on December 22, 1930 caused substantial damage, but the factory was…