Male workers in hats stand among fruit processing machinery. Filled cans of fruit appear to be in the process of cooking and sealing. Stamped on wooden crates: "To be returned, property of American Can Co." Poster reads: "Libby's E.B.A. Organized January 1918. Sick and accident cases to date: 3880; Benefits paid: $131,553.21; Deaths to date: 180; Benefits paid: $112,671.98; Total membership, January 1, 1928: 3196. Employees are invited to join." Libby's was Libby, McNeill and Libby Cannery, whose fruit processing operations were located in Sunnyvale, California. Possible syrupers room or can closing (seaming) room. Tins/Cans are filled with syrup, cooked, and/or sealed (soldered?). Stamped on wooden crates: "To be returned, property of American Can Co." Poster reads: "Libby's E.B.A. Organized January 1918. Sick and accident cases to date: 3880; Benefits paid: $131,553.21; Deaths to date: 180; Benefits paid: $112,671.98; Total membership, January 1, 1928: 3196. Employees are invited to join." Scanned with Microtek Scanmaker 1000XL Pro; as a 600 dpi TIFF image in 8-bit Grayscale. Auto Level image processing applied and compressed into JPG format using Photoshop CS3.
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