DATE: 1909
EXTENT: 0.03 Linear Feet
SCOPE: This collection consists of a single photograph purchased from Ian Brabner Rare Americana. It's a circa 1909 photograph of the Latta-Hord Laundry Company in St. Louis, Missouri. The building has clean new signs advertising "We Want Your Work". The company's employees include various women posed together at the corner of the building and men who stand to the sides next to the company's horse-drawn carriages. Others peer out of the second story windows.
HISTORICAL NOTE: The Latta-Hord Laundry Company was founded in St. Louis and incorporated on April 5, 1909. It still exists today as the National Laundry Company. Scope and Contents note: The Latta-Hord Laundry Company Photograph is a single photograph in an archival enclosure. It includes a written description by Ian Brabner Rare America.
ACCESS: This is collection M-365. This collection is available for on-site use only in the Rare Book and Manuscripts Reading Room. Some of the collection may be photocopied, digitally scanned or photographed, depending on condition. Researchers are advised to call ahead concerning changes in hours due to University intersessions and holidays. The St. Louis Mercantile Library is located on levels one and two of the Thomas Jefferson Library building. More information about conducting research with the archival collections of the Library, including current building hours and reading room policies, can be found on our Research page.
RESTRICTIONS: None
Preferred Citation note: The preferred citation for this collection is “From the Special Collections of the St. Louis Mercantile Library at the University of Missouri – St. Louis.”
INVENTORY
This photograph is available on the UMSL Digital Library.
