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Curator's note |
This photograph shows the bindery section at Midwest Litho Ltd. Jobs and duties at printing plants were traditionally assigned by gender.It was very unusual for women to work outside the bindery division or for men to work within it. |
Title | Opening of Midwest Litho Ltd.'s New Plant |
Date | 1968 |
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Physical extent |
1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm |
Scope and content |
An interior view of the plant with staff using "modern" machinery. Midwest Litho Ltd., with locations in Saskatoon and Regina, called itself "Saskatchewan's Leading Printer & Lithographer; and could handle a variety of projects including office forms, programs, booklets, labels, circulars, maps, folders, catalogues, brochures and stationery. |
Repository |
Saskatoon Public Library Local History Room |
Fonds/collection |
Creative Professional Photographers Collection |
Credits |
Creative Professional Photographers |
Retrieval information |
Printers - Midwest Litho, CP-5398-25 |
Occupation(s) |
Printers and printing
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Theme(s) |
Manufacturing
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Database ID |
36451 |
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Blessed is he who has found his work; let him ask no other blessedness. Thomas Carlyle ~ Scottish historian and essayist (1795—1881)
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