1946
Oscar Mayer, Davenport. 1946
1980
Oscar Mayer, Davenport. 1980
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Handwritten on back Oscar Mayer. Thursday, Dec. 19, 1985. (Photo by Don Jones/Quad-City Times)
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Hot Diggity, a baker's dozen of Oscar Mayer "Hotdoggers" take to the wheels of a new fleet of Wienermobiles. Selected from hometowns from all across the country and representing eight states, the Oscar Mayer goodwill ambassadors will embark on a 1988 Hometown Tour of America. (Oscar Mayer Foods Corp.)
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The signs tell the story -- Terry Mercy, Matt Adams and Dave Schillig are on strike, along with the rest of Local 431, United Food and Commercial Workers Union, at Oscar Mayer & Co. Davenport plant. Sunday, Sept. 2, 1979. (Photo by Quad-City Times)
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Oscar Mayer & Co. (Photo by Phil Hutchison/The Daily Times)
19801214
It's all wiggles, oinks and squeals as hogs move onto a giant scale before slaughter at Oscar Mayer's Davenport plant. Sunday, Dec. 14, 1980. (Photo by Larry Fisher Fisher/Quad-City Times)
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Handwritten on back Pigs to slaughter at Oscar Mayer. Sunday, Dec. 14, 1980. (Photo by Larry Fisher/Quad-City Times)
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Oscar Mayer & Co. Tuesday, Feb. 25, 1964. (Photo by Phil Hutchison/The Daily Times)
Note: This may be an unpublished photo from the National Farming Organization protest. A caption published under a similar photo published Wednesday, Feb. 26, 1964, on page 3 in The Morning Democrat read:
"National Farming Organization members protesting hog prices at the Oscar Mayer plant in Davenport Tuesday, Feb. 25, 1964, tried to block the loading area with small trucks of their own, each containing two hogs. The farmers said they wanted a price of $22.75 a hundred weight for the hogs, instead of the $14.50 or so which has been paid recently. But hogs continued to flow into the plant and production was maintained. Here are seen two trucks blocking the plant gates."
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Oscar Mayer & Co. Tuesday, Feb. 25, 1964. (Photo by Phil Hutchison/The Daily Times)
Note: This may be an unpublished photo from the National Farming Organization protest. A caption published under a similar photo published Wednesday, Feb. 26, 1964, on page 3 in The Morning Democrat read:
"National Farming Organization members protesting hog prices at the Oscar Mayer plant in Davenport Tuesday, Feb. 25, 1964, tried to block the loading area with small trucks of their own, each containing two hogs. The farmers said they wanted a price of $22.75 a hundred weight for the hogs, instead of the $14.50 or so which has been paid recently. But hogs continued to flow into the plant and production was maintained. Here are seen two trucks blocking the plant gates."
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Oscar Mayer & Co. Tuesday, Feb. 25, 1964. (Photo by Phil Hutchison/The Daily Times)
Note: This may be an unpublished photo from the National Farming Organization protest. A caption published under a similar photo published Wednesday, Feb. 26, 1964, on page 3 in The Morning Democrat read:
"National Farming Organization members protesting hog prices at the Oscar Mayer plant in Davenport Tuesday, Feb. 25, 1964, tried to block the loading area with small trucks of their own, each containing two hogs. The farmers said they wanted a price of $22.75 a hundred weight for the hogs, instead of the $14.50 or so which has been paid recently. But hogs continued to flow into the plant and production was maintained. Here are seen two trucks blocking the plant gates."
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Handwritten on back Oscar Mayer Packing. Monday, Dec. 9, 1957. (Photo by Phil Hutchison/The Daily Times)
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As the last step in production of "skinless" wieners in the new continuous wiener process developed by Oscar Mayer & Co., the protective cellulose casings are peeled from the tasty sausages. The casings, which actually give the wieners their "hot dog" shape, are slightly porous and during the smoking cycle enough of the smoke of selected hard woods seeps through the casing to give the wieners their characteristic smoky flavor. (Oscar Mayer & Co. Public Relations Dept.)
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In the new continuous wiener process developed by Oscar Mayer & Co., 110-foot cellulose casings are "stuffed" and "linked" and conveyed automatically to the smoking and cooking cycles of the system, Throughout processing, the wieners are untouched by human hand and some 45 minutes later they are in a ready-to-go-to-market vacuum-sealed package -- at the rate of 36,000 wieners per hour. (Oscar Mayer & Co. Public Relations Dept.)
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Handwritten on back Oscar Mayer Davenport Packing Plant. Thursday, Dec. 13, 1956. (Photo by Phil Hutchison/The Daily Times)
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Oscar Mayer equipment.
19920103
The former hog-slaughtering portion of the Oscar Mayer plant is reduced to rubble as part of a multi-million-dollar capital improvements program. The Davenport plant nearly closed in the 1980s. Friday, Jan. 3, 1992. (Photo by John Schultz/Quad-City Times)
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New shrubbery and trees front cyclone-type fence along River Drive at Davenport's Oscar Mayer and Co. plant. Monday, Sept. 20, 1976. (Photo by Quad-City Times)
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Oscar Mayer plant, Davenport, Iowa. Monday, Feb. 12, 1990. (Photo by Harry Boll/Quad-City Times)
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DAVENPORT MAINSTAY -- The Davenport Oscar Mayer plant has been providing economic muscle to the Quad-Cities for decades, and the future looks solid. Sunday, March 22, 1987. (Photo by Harry E. Boll/Quad-City Times)
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Pictured above is the partially completed $150,000 addition to the Oscar Mayer & Co. plant in Davenport. It will be used for expansion of hog storage and processing facilities. Construction of a $220,000 enlargement of the concern's boiler building is also under way as part of the company's increased activity here. Photo taken Thursday, July 9, 1959. Published Friday July 10, 1959. (Photo by Phil Hutchison/The Daily Times)
19850912
Oscar Mayer Co., Davenport, is tearing down three buildings that weren't being used anymore. A large building and two smaller buildings dated to before the turn of the century, plant manager Roman Maier, said. Oscar Mayer bought the large building in about 1950, but none of the buildings had been used for several years. The space cleared out will be used for truck storage, he said. Thursday, Sept. 12, 1985. (Photo by Harry Boll/Quad-City Times)
