Aerial view of Shower Brothers Company, Bloomington, Indiana, circa 1912
| Description: |
Titled The Mammoth New Plant of the Worlds Largest Producers of Bedroom and Dining Room Furniture. / Factory building covers ground area, 660 x 260 feet. Total floor space 6 3-5 acres. Five times as large as the old plant. Electric power--electric lights--steam heat mill construction brick and concrete walls--metal and glass roofs. Exhibit: First Floor, 1319 Michigan Avenue, Chicago. / Shower Bros. Company, Bloomington, Ind. Postmarked October 18, 1912. The building with a sawtooth roof has a sign Showers Bros. Co. Furniture, and the building to the left is labeled Veneer Mill, while the building behind the veneer mill is labeled Saw Mill.The Shower Brothers plant shown filled most of the block bounded by 8th, Rogers, 11th, and Morton Streets. The first building, Plant No. 1, was constructed in 1910. |
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| Origin: | 1912 |
| Source: |
http://indianaalbum.pastperfectonline.com/photo/4B20A4EE-07D4-4146-B088-112121911400 |
| Collection: |
Indiana Album |
| Rights: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ |
| Geography: |
501 North Morton Street, Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana, United States 39.170050,-86.536917 |
| Subjects: |
Erin and Philip Baker / Aikins and Rolf Families Collection Factories Sawtooth roofs Furniture industry Bloomington (Ind.) Monroe County (Ind.) |
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