Photograph circa 1918, shows eight (seven of which are identified) men standing beside Model T Ford loaded Armour Oat boxes with an ARMOUR and COMPANY processing plant in the background. We presume this was taken in National City, Illinois, a town with a long and seedy affair with the meat packing industry. Was annexed by Fairmont City in 1999.
The photo likely captures a group of employees or workers from the company, providing a historical glimpse into the past.
The inscription on the back as best as I can decipher:
I. Tom C. Fuqua - from Kentucky - shipping clerk
II. S.S. Armour? - Manager
III. J.R. O'Bryan - Cashier, from Georgia
IV. J. Vernon Wells from California, once a motion picture actor now my assistant
V. ?
VI. W.P. Williams from Mississippi asst. cashier
VII. Hy Cooper porter, has been with the company twelve years.
VIII. Bill Lewis, Driver, with the company seventeen years.