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Aerial view of the strike at Neuhoff Packing Plant, 1937 June 29

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Aerial view of the strike at Neuhoff Packing Plant, 1937 June 29

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Title	Aerial view of the strike at Neuhoff Packing Plant, 1937 June 29
Personal name	Neuhoff family
Corporate name	Neuhoff Packing Company (Nashville, Tenn.)
Topical entry	Packing-houses--Tennessee--Nashville Buildings--Tennessee--Nashville Strikes and lockouts--Tennessee--Nashville Meat industry and trade--Tennessee--Nashville
Geographic entry	Nashville (Tenn.)--History--Sources Nashville (Tenn.)--Social life and customs Nashville and Davidson County (Tenn.)--History--Sources Adams Street (Nashville, Tenn.) Cumberland River (Ky. and Tenn.)
Description	An aerial view of the June 29th, 1937 strike at the Neuhoff Meat Packing Plant. The company was first built circa 1906 in North Nashville, by German immigrant Henry Neuhoff. It was located six blocks from the Tennessee State Capitol, on a rock bluff overlooking the Cumberland River. The buildings were erected between 1906 and 1950, expanding to a 700,000 square-foot complex. In the early 1930s, it became a Swift & Co. subsidiary in the meat packing industry and closed in 1977. The Neuhoff Building is located at 1315 Adams Street, redesigned as a mixed-use development in East Germantown. Forms part of Record Group 412, Photographs Collection. 1 photograph negative : b & w ; 4 x 5 in.
Publisher	Metropolitan Nashville/Davidson County Archives, Nashville Public Library
Date	1937-06-29
Type	Still Image; Negatives
Format	image/jpeg
Identifier	RG 412 574 Aerial Neuhoff Plant Strike June29 1937 005
Relation	Record Group 412
Coverage	1930-1939
Rights	U.S. and international copyright laws protect this digital content, which is provided for educational purposes only and may not be downloaded, reproduced, or distributed for any other purpose without written permission. Please contact: Metro Nashville Archives, 615 Church Street, Nashville, Tennessee, 37219. Telephone (615) 862-5880.
Location	Closed Stacks, Metro Archives RG 412