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Washburn A Mill, 1905.
Washburn A Mill, ca. 1885.
Cyanotype of Washburn A Mill, ca. 1877, before the 1878 flour-dust explosion.
Flour mill row in Minneapolis ca. 1877, before the 1878 flour-dust explosion. Pictured are, left to right: Washburn A Mill, Crown Mill, Empire Mill, Pillsbury B Mill, Excelsior Mill, a paper mill, and Northwestern Mill.
Workers seal barrels of flour inside Washburn A Mill, ca. 1875. Photograph by William H. Jacoby.
Interior of Washburn A Mill, ca. 1875. Photograph by William H. Jacoby.
Workers operate flour-roller mills inside Washburn A Mill, ca. 1875. Photograph by William H. Jacoby.
The ruins of a building near the Washburn A Mill after a flour-dust explosion. Photograph by Jacoby, 1878.
The ruins of Washburn A Mill and other mills after a flour-dust explosion, 1878.
Ruins of Washburn A Mill after explosion, Minneapolis, 1878. Photograph by Jacoby.
