| | 1 | Title: | Geiser Manufacturing Company Records, 1886-1936  | Requires cookie* | | | Accession: | 80.130 | | | | Creator: | Geiser Manufacturing Company | | | | Abstract: | The Geiser Manufacturing Company, 1869-1939, and located in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, manufactured and sold grain separators, threshers, plows, and steam traction engines under the brand name “Peerless”. The records include nearly 5000 technical drawings detailing the company’s products, along with a number of account books that provide production and shipping information including customer names and locations. Extent: 24.75 cubic ft. (25 boxes). The collection is open for research. | | | | Subjects: | Geiser Manufacturing Company | Machinery industry | Steam traction engines | Steam engines (Engines) | Waynesboro (Pa.) | Ledgers (Account books) | Technical drawings | | | | Matches:
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| 2 | Title: | California Packing Corporation – Del Monte Records, 1913-1989 | Requires cookie* | | | Accession: | 2019.88 | | | | Creator: | California Packing Corporation | | | | Abstract: | This collection concerns the California Packing Corporation (CPC, later the Del Monte Corporation), and consists primarily of photographs and publicity materials produced by the company in the early- and mid-20th century. CPC was primarily known for its production of canned and preserved fruits and vegetables, and for the development of several large pineapple plantations in Hawaii and the Philippines. Extent: 14.25 cubic ft. (including 6 oversized boxes, 4 film reels, and 1 VHS tape). The collection is open for research. | | | | Subjects: | California Packing Corporation | Del Monte Corporation | Hanahan, Walt E. | Jongeneel, L.W. | Philippine Packing Corporation | Agriculture | Agricultural equipment | Agricultural implements | Agricultural industries | Agricultural laborers | Agricultural machinery | Asparagus | Canned foods | Canned fruit | Canned meat | Canned peaches | Canned vegetables | Canning and preserving | Farming | Farm produce | Fruit | Fruit processing plants | Orchards | Salmon | Spinach | Peach (fruit) | Pineapple (fruit) | Plantations | Raisins | Vegetables | South Africa | Philippines | Philippines, Manila | United States, California | United States, Hawaii | Advertisements | Awards | Blueprints (Reprographic copies) | Books | Brochures | Correspondence | Film Reels | Labels | Ledgers (Account books) | Negatives (Photographs) | Newsletters | Newspaper | Photograph albums | Photographic prints | Periodicals | Recipes | Reports | Trade Cards | Trade Catalogs | | | | Matches:
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