Taylor and Fulton Packing House. University of South Florida Tampa Library still image eng A good view of the packing machinery at the Taylor and Fulton packing house, was founded by R. Jack Taylor, Jr. He was a Florida native who had managed the Palmetto State Farmers Wholesale Market, built by the WPA in 1937, during the Great Depression. Jack managed the vegetable auctions as auctioneer and in 1945 became manager. It was Jack who had the idea of just pouring tomatoes into corrugated cardboard boxes for shipping, rather than individually wrapping each one. Peter Fulton, a tomato buyer, and Jack Taylor both had stalls in the market where they traded on their own accounts. A good view of the packing machinery at the Taylor and Fulton packing house, was founded by R. Jack Taylor, Jr. He was a Florida native who had managed the Palmetto State Farmers Wholesale Market, built by the WPA in 1937, during the Great Depression. Jack managed the vegetable auctions as auctioneer and in 1945 became manager. It was Jack who had the idea of just pouring tomatoes into corrugated cardboard boxes for shipping, rather than individually wrapping each one. Peter Fulton, a tomato buyer, and Jack Taylor both had stalls in the market where they traded on their own accounts. United States Florida--Manatee County--Palmetto Manatee County Public Library Historic Photograph Collection
Taylor and Fulton Packing House.
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A good view of the packing machinery at the Taylor and Fulton packing house, was founded by R. Jack Taylor, Jr. He was a Florida native who had managed the Palmetto State Farmers Wholesale Market, built by the WPA in 1937, during the Great Depression. Jack managed the vegetable auctions as auctioneer and in 1945 became manager. It was Jack who had the idea of just pouring tomatoes into corrugated cardboard boxes for shipping, rather than individually wrapping each one. Peter Fulton, a tomato buyer, and Jack Taylor both had stalls in the market where they traded on their own accounts.
A good view of the packing machinery at the Taylor and Fulton packing house, was founded by R. Jack Taylor, Jr. He was a Florida native who had managed the Palmetto State Farmers Wholesale Market, built by the WPA in 1937, during the Great Depression. Jack managed the vegetable auctions as auctioneer and in 1945 became manager. It was Jack who had the idea of just pouring tomatoes into corrugated cardboard boxes for shipping, rather than individually wrapping each one. Peter Fulton, a tomato buyer, and Jack Taylor both had stalls in the market where they traded on their own accounts.
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Florida--Manatee County--Palmetto
Manatee County Public Library Historic Photograph Collection