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| Title | Women working on Darigold butter assembly line, Seattle, 1938 |
| Photographer | Staff Photographer
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| Date | 1938 |
| Caption | In this 1938 photo, which appeared in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer alongside an article on Northwest butter reminding readers that a Darigold wrapper is required as part of the entry for the Dinner Menu contest, we see butter being cut, wrapped, and packaged for distribution. The P-I caption extolled the modernity of the process, which required minimal human intervention. |
| Notes | Handwritten on sleeve: SEATTLE, Consolidated Dairy Products.
Caption information source: P-I research files.
Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): December 3, 1938. |
| Subjects | Dairy products industry--Washington (State)--Seattle; Butter--Washington (State)--Seattle; Laborers--Washington (State)--Seattle; Factories--Washington (State)--Seattle; Darigold, Inc. |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1986.5.8820.1 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or to inquire about permissions contact photos@mohai.org or phone us at 206-324-1126. Please refer to the Image Number and provide a brief description of the photograph. |
| Credit Line | Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) |
| Repository Collection | Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 nitrate negative: b&w; 4 x 5 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original negative as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 8-bit grayscale, resized to 640 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop 6.0 and its JPEG quality measurement 3. |
