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Title	Libby, McNeill and Libby as Seen from the Eastern Side of Stockton Boulevard
Date	1935
Description	This 1935 photograph shows an ivy-covered Libby, McNeill and Libby cannery, bordering Stockton Boulevard. On the left side of the photograph is the cannery’s first floor receiving area while just above is the can storage room. In September 1912, the Chicago-based company purchased 8.93 acres of land between Thirty-First Street and Stockton Boulevard with the intent of building a fruit and vegetable canning factory. The triangle was ideal for the company as it could access Southern Pacific and Sacramento Northern railroads. When finished, the cannery, with its main building, receiving room, preserving plant, cooking and cooling plant, and warehouses, was considered to be the largest of its kind in the entire world. The 1,000,000 dollar facility opened in July 1913 with a workforce of 600. By September 1914, the plant was operating at full capacity, turning out nearly 106,000 cans a day.
Format	8 x 10 in.; b&w
Holding Institution	Sacramento Room, Sacramento Public Library
Rights	This image may be protected by Copyright Law (Title 17 U.S.C.). Copyright restrictions applying to the reproduction and use of this image are available from the Sacramento Public Library.
Street/Neighborhood	1724 Stockton Boulevard; East Sacramento
City/County	Sacramento
Subjects	Canneries Street Scenes Business Enterprises
Collection	Sacramento Room Photograph Collection
Identifying Number	415