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Title	Wadsworth Salt Company Photographs
Subject	Business and Labor Ohio Women Geography and Natural Resources Laborers Salt industry and trade Factories
Place	Wadsworth (Ohio) Medina County (Ohio)
Description	These three photographs depict the Wadsworth Salt Company. The first photograph, which measures 6.75" x 4.5" (17.15 x 11.43 cm), shows women workers in the stitching room, where they sewed bags for the salt. The plant included a cooper shop and a bag factory to make containers for the salt. The second photograph, which measures 9.5" x 7.5" (24.13 x 19.05 cm), shows a group of Wadsworth Salt workers in front of the plant. The small buildings and empty background suggest this is an early photograph because the Salt Works grew to be a large factory. The donor's mother, Ella Stauffer, is seventh from the right in the front row. The other women are unidentified. The final image, which measures approximately 3" x 5" (7.62 x 12.7 cm) is an exterior view of the factory and grounds. Incorporated in 1893, the Wadsworth Salt Company was the first of the large industries organized in the city, employing up to 125 people. Its plant was in the south part of town and used twenty-five artesian wells to force water through salt deposits located about 3,000 feet below ground. The resulting brine was evaporated to make what was advertised as "The Saltiest Salt" because it did not have to be purified before sale. The salt was sold for table and dairy use. Wadsworth Salt closed in 1928 and its plant burned to the ground in a spectacular fire later that year.
Date of Original	1890s circa
Source	Audiovisual material
Submitting Institution	Wadsworth Public Library
Type	StillImage
Format	picture

Title	Om367_1061738_001
Rights	For rights and reproduction requests, go to the Ohio Historical Society's Audiovisual and Graphic Reproduction Services page at http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/audiovis/photodup.html; Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
File Name	Om367_1061738_001.tif
Image Height	1834
Image Width	2608
File Size	1068.803 KB
Full Text	[photograph]

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