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Loading Bacon into the Smoker
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Two men lift "combed" slabs of cured bacon from a conveyor belt and hang them on a smoking rack behind them. The rack is inside the opening to the automated smoking system at Oscar Mayer's Madison plant, which gradually lifted the bacon racks to the top of a seven-story smoking chamber and returned them a day or two later to ground level. Both men wear employee ID badges and what appear to be union dues buttons. The bacon is stamped "Sunnyfield Brand," which is the mark being stamped in image [unique identifier W014C6S].
circa 1940-1949
Korling, Torkel
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W0139BX
WHi 135074
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Loading Oscar Mayer Hams into the Smoker
circa 1940-1949
Three men lift hams enclosed in mesh bags from a conveyor belt and hang them on a smoking rack behind them. The rack is inside the opening to the automated smoking system at Oscar Mayer's Madison p...
Loading Oscar Mayer Hams into the Smoker
circa 1940-1949
Three men lift hams enclosed in mesh bags from a conveyor belt and hang them on a smoking rack behind them. The rack is inside the opening to the automated smoking system at Oscar Mayer's Madison p...
Slab Bacon Curing on Rack
circa 1940-1949
Slabs of unsliced bacon attached to metal combs, which are hanging to cure on a metal rack. The slabs are stamped "Oscar Mayer Approved" with additional inspection information.
Slab Bacon Curing on Rack
circa 1940-1949
Slabs of unsliced bacon attached to metal combs, which are hanging to cure on a metal rack. The slabs are stamped "Oscar Mayer Approved" with additional inspection information. smoked
Slab Bacon Curing on Rack
circa 1940-1949
Slabs of unsliced bacon attached to metal combs are hanging to cure on a three-tiered metal rack. The slabs are stamped with "Oscar Mayer Approved" and additional inspection information. The rack a...
Women Stamping Cured Pork Bellies
circa 1940-1949
View along a conveyor belt moving cured pork bellies towards the camera. In the background, workers appear to be inserting a multi-pronged "comb" into the narrow end of each pork belly. The combs...
