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| Title | Bemis Bag Co. employees in costumes, Seattle, February 1923 |
| Photographer | Unknown |
| Date | 1923 |
| Caption | The Bemis Bag Company was founded in St. Louis, Missouri in 1858. By the early 20th century, the company operated eight bag factories in various parts of the United States, including Seattle, making burlap and cotton bags for grain, flour, feed and many other products. The company is still in the packaging business.
This 1923 photo shows a group of Bemis employees wearing costumes, some clearly made from Bemis bags. |
| Notes | Handwritten on folder: Employees dressed in Bemis Bag costumes Feb 1923.
Caption by MOHAI staff. |
| Subjects | Employees--Washington (State)--Seattle; Costumes--Washington (State)--Seattle; Bemis Bro. Bag Company |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1994.15.1.26 |
| 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 | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) |
| Repository Collection | Bemis Bag Company Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 photographic print: b&w; 9 1/4 x 12 1/2 in.; torn |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original print 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. |
