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Elevators at Quaker Oats Plant
Elevators at Quaker Oats plant. In 1873 three families-- the Stuart, Higley and the Douglas families-- established an oatmeal mill in Cedar Rapids. It became Quaker Oats. Cedar Rapids, Iowa. July, 1941.
Photographer: John Vachon. Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, FSA-OWI Collection.