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A workman weighing sheeps livers for boxing. The Longburn Slaughtering and Freezing Company Ltd was established as a farmer's co-operative in 1890. Sited at Longburn, just south of Palmerston North, it later became known as the Longburn Freezing Works. It closed in 1986.

Identification

Object type
Image
Digitisation ID
2011G_ELMAR-2-B19_005372
Title
Boxing sheep livers, Longburn Freezing Works
Held In
Coolstore
Original held in
CA: Elmar Negative Collection
Date
1946~

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Creation

Created By
Place
Works Road, Longburn, Palmerston North

Object rights

License
Attribution + NonCommercial

Taxonomy

Tags
1940s,
black and white,
elmar studios,
factory,
longburn,
longburn freezing works,
meat,
photographs,
sheep,
work,
workers,
Community Tags
sheep,

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