Photos of Frank M. Pratt and Pratt Cereal Mill

Photos of Frank M. Pratt and Pratt Cereal Mill

Business
Buildings
People
Food Processing
Grain Processing
Decatur, IL.
A. E. Staley Mfg. Co.

Photograph of Frank M. Pratt, Pratt Cereal Mill BS220. Photo BS221: of A. E. Staley Mfg. Co. Buildings. Photo made about 1901 when it was the Pratt Cereal Mill, which was purchased by A. E. Staley in 1909. Photo BS222: "Pratt Cereal Mill. The Pratt Cereal Mill, capacity for grinding 10 cars of corn a day, was the predecessor of the A. E. Staley Co. , plant having been bought by A. E. Staley in 1909 as the first unit of the Staley Co. of today. The Pratt Cereal mill was built in 1895 by F. M. and R. E. Pratt, who had been in Decatur since 1880. Later it became known as the Wellington Starch Works and was bought by Mr. Staley when it was known as such."

Herald and Review

Photo File: Business

Decatur Public Library, Decatur, IL.

1909

Herald and Review, Decatur, IL.

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600 dpi

English

photograph

BS221-BS222

Business, Buildings, People, Grain Processing, Pratt Cereal Mill, A. E. Staley Mfg., Decatur, IL. Photo File: Business

photograph

5 x 7"