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Home of "Quaker Oats", Cedar Rapids, Iowa

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In 1873, the Stuart family from Canada and the Higley and especially the Douglas family from Cedar Rapids established an oatmeal mill (initially known as the North Star Mill). The company later adopted the name American Cereal Company and by the 1890s began to produce a product line known as "Quaker Oats". The Cedar Rapids Quaker Oats plant established its own skyline of manufacturing buildings and became one of the largest in the nation. 1908 postmark. Number 22222.
Title Home of "Quaker Oats", Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Alternative TitleAmerican Cereal Company
Alternative TitleNorth Star Mill
Alternative TitlePepsico
Alternative TitleCedar River
Alternative TitleRed Cedar River
Index Date 1908
Publisher Souvenir Post Card Co. (New York, [N.Y.])
Type of Resource still image
Genre postcard
Physical Extent 1 postcard : color ; 9 x 14 cm.
Medium Color reprint, divided back.
Digital Origin digitized other analog
Digital Extent 1 file
Media Type image/jpeg
citation/reference Cedar Rapids: The Magnificent Century by Harold F. Ewoldt, p. 28 (Windsor Publications: Northridge, Calif., c1980)
Date Issued 1908?
Provenance Purchase or donation
reproduction Scanned with HP Scanjet 4670 at 600 ppi. Archival master image available in tiff format.
creation/production credits Made in Germany.
Language English
Topic Linn County (Iowa)
Topic Cedar Rapids (Iowa)
Topic Industrial facilities
Topic Grain industry
Topic Cereal products
Topic Rivers
Topic Quaker Oats
Topic North Star Mill
Cartographic 41.980855, -91.670493
Classification MS 108, Box 2, ihpc_cedarm0039
Related Item Iowa Historical Postcard Collection (IHPC)
Related Item Grinnell College. Special Collections and Archives
Related Item Digital Grinnell
Identifier (local) ihpc_cedarm0039
Identifier (local) grinnell:13421
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Identifier (hdl) http://hdl.handle.net/11084/13421
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