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Title: Cannery worker inspecting battery of retorts
Contributor: Unknown (Creator)
Contributing Institution: San José State University, Special Collections and Archives
Collection: Richmond-Chase Company Photograph Album
Rights Information: For more information on copyright or permissions for this image, please contact San Jose State University Special Collections & Archives Department. http://library.sjsu.edu/sjsu-special-collections/sjsu-special-collections-and-archives
Description: Cannery worker inspecting "battery of retorts." Retorts are pressurized vessels where cans are heated and cooled in order to sterilize the cans and their contents.
Printed on recto: Battery of retorts. During the busy seasons the Richmond-Chase Company employed from 1,500 to 2,000 people in the various departments. http://www.santaclararesearch.net/SCBIOS/enrichmond.html
Scanned with HP Scanjet 5550c maker , 8-bit gray, 600 dpi TIFF image in 8-bit Grayscale. Auto Level image processing applied and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop CS3.
Type: image
Format: image/jpeg
7.9 x 11.7 in.
Identifier: islandora:73_13
filename: rc_024
oclc: 558634857
islandora: 73_13
Language: English
Subject: Cannery workers
Food processing machinery
Sterilization
Canned fruit industry
Richmond-Chase Company
Place: San Jose
California
Relation: Richmond-Chase Company Photograph Album

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