Letter About Postcards and the Chicago Meatpacking Industry
10/9/1907
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A State Department official fittingly named Robert Bacon sent these British postcards to the United States ambassador in London, Whitelaw Reid. One of Armour and Company’s general managers had complained that the cards were hurting their business.
This primary source comes from the General Records of the Department of State.
National Archives Identifier: 2657925
Full Citation: Letter from Acting Secretary of State Robert Bacon to U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom Whitelaw Reid Discussing Postcards Regarding the Chicago Meatpacking Industry; 10/9/1907; Numerical Files, 8/1906 - 1910; General Records of the Department of State, Record Group 59; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD. [Online Version, https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/meatpacking-postcards, April 18, 2024]Activities that use this document
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