Outside view of Polk Factory with workers

ID: 2605 ~ Source: Johnson County Museum of History ~ Date: c. 1890
This file appears in: Polk's Canning Company
Outside view of Polk Factory with workers

Workers standing outside the Polk Factory around 1890. By this time the Polks had expanded from a barn to a dedicated factory.

This file appears in: Polk's Canning Company

By David Pfeiffer
What started as a home business in Greenwood, IN, became one of the largest canning factories in the Midwest. Millions of cans of tomatoes, peas, and other vegetables were once processed here at Polk’s Canning Company. The Polk family were early…