File:Bemis Bag Co employees in costumes, Seattle, February 1923 (MOHAI 2629).jpg

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English: Bemis Bag Co. employees in costumes, Seattle, February 1923   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Title
English: Bemis Bag Co. employees in costumes, Seattle, February 1923
Description
English:

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.

Handwritten on folder: Employees dressed in Bemis Bag costumes Feb 1923. Caption by MOHAI staff.

  • Subjects (LCTGM): Employees--Washington (State)--Seattle; Costumes--Washington (State)--Seattle; Bemis Bro. Bag Company
Depicted place
English: United States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Date Taken on 1 February 1923
Medium
English: 1 photographic print: b&w; torn
Dimensions height: 9.2 in (23.4 cm); width: 12.5 in (31.7 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,9.25U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,12.5U218593
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Current location
Museum of History and Industry
Accession number
2629
Source
English: Museum of History and Industry
Permission
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Public domain
This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.
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Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved

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