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Oscar Mayer Yellow Band Wieners on Conveyor
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Close-up view of a group of thirteen Yellow Band Wieners after exiting a labeling machine. The label reads: "Oscar Mayer, Chicago, Ill., Yellow Band Wieners, Artificially colored, Dried skim milk added." Oscar Mayer & Co. pioneered consumer branding in the meat industry by applying distinctive yellow labels to its wieners starting in 1929.
circa 1940-1949
Korling, Torkel
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W014C9E
WHi 135217
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Wiener Indexing/Labeling Machine
circa 1940-1949
Side view of a portable Oscar Mayer wiener indexing and labeling machine, without the attached loose wiener bin along the back. Links of wieners are hanging on racks in the background.
Indexing Wieners
circa 1940-1949
Individual wieners aligned parallel to each other on the conveying portion of an indexing/labelling machine. Randomly heaped wieners are in a bin on th right.
Weiner Indexing/Labeling Machine
circa 1940-1949
Slightly angled view of a portable Oscar Mayer wiener indexing and labeling machine, with attached bin for holding loose wieners. This view clearly shows a roll of labels on a reel above the convey...
Weiner Indexing/Labeling Machine
circa 1940-1949
Side view of a portable Oscar Mayer wiener indexing and labeling machine, with an attached bin for holding loose wieners before they are placed by hand in parallel alignment on the conveyor portion...
Women Packaging Yellow Band Wieners
circa 1940-1949
Four women wearing white smocks and hats operate a Yellow Band Wiener labelling machine. Two women in the background are separating weiners from their casings into individual links, while the woman...
Oscar Mayer Sausage Aging Room
circa 1940-1949
A room with Yellow Band bologna and braunschweiger sausages hanging from removable wooden sticks placed into metal-frame racks.
