Fisher Family Genealogy
HOSKINSON, Riley M
1819 - 1905
The Hoopeston cannery 1902
In this letter to The Waycross Weekly Herald, Riley goes into great detail describing a cannery in Hoopeston. Canning factories were the mainstay of the town. In 1902 there were three canneries in Hoopeston. These companies made Hoopeston a very self-sufficient little town. Both the equipment used in the canning industry, and cans and lids were made locally. Area farmers provided a lot of the product that was canned in the factories. It's interesting to note that Riley's letter suggests that many (most?) of the canning factory employees were women. This picture shows the Illinois Canning factory circa 1900. The Illinois Canning Company was established by S.S. McCall in 1875. It has changed ownership several times, but is still in operation as of 1 Jan 2024, owned since 2012 by Teasdale Latin Foods.
| Owner of original | The Waycross Weekly Herald, Waycross GA, p 1 |
| Date | 20 Sep 1902 |
| File name | The canmery 1902.png |
| File Size | 689.59k |
| Dimensions | 376 x 2030 |
| Linked to | News articles: The Waycross Weekly Herald, Waycross GA; HOSKINSON, Riley M (EVENT) |