View along a curving industrial spur toward the National Poultry & Egg Co. works at Falls City, Nebraska. A freight boxcar stands at left on the siding beside a long, windowed shed. In front of the brick plant, slatted live-poultry coops are stacked high around a loading porch where workers stand among the piles. A team-drawn wagon waits at a doorway; a timber superstructure and an unfinished-looking wooden addition rise above the brick wall, with a utility pole at right.
The building is identified twice: a painted facade sign reads “NATIONAL POULTRY & EGG CO.” and a negative caption printed along the lower margin states “NATIONAL POULTRY & EGG CO. FALLS CITY, NEBR.” These establish both the firm and the place.
Back printed: “POST CARD” over “CORRESPONDENCE HERE” and “NAME AND ADDRESS HERE”; the stamp box reads “A Z O / A PLACE A / Z STAMP Z / O HERE O / A Z O” with four corner triangles pointing up. No photographer or publisher is credited on the card.
- Title on card
- NATIONAL POULTRY & EGG CO. FALLS CITY, NEBR.
- Medium
- RPPC
- Subject
- Collection, Farming, neb, Nebraska, Occupational, Outdoor Scene, Railroad, Cranford Rare
- Dimensions
- 5.43 × 3.4 in (137.8 × 86.4 mm)
- Condition
- No visible tears, losses or major creases; unmailed.
- Catalogue no.
- MRPPC3485
Catalogue details
Location
Falls City, Nebraska · Falls City, Nebraska, United States
Photographed subject · Locality (town) · 80% confidence
“National Poultry & Egg Co. Falls City, Nebr” was not located; pinned on the town as a placeholder. Looked up as "Falls City, Nebraska" → Falls City, Falls City, NE 68355, USA. Order tried: caption-landmark: "National Poultry & Egg Co. Falls City, Nebr, Nebraska" → only region; caption-town: "Falls City, Nebraska" → city ✓; Live research: The image itself shows painted signage and a negative caption reading “NATIONAL POULTRY & EGG CO. FALLS CITY, NEBR.” An independent civic history published by the City of Falls City and by the Falls City Chamber notes that Falls City developed as a poultry packing center in the early 1900s, which supports the presence of such a plant there at the time. In addition, Library of Congress Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps exist for Falls City for 1909 and 1916—covering the divided‑back postcard era indicated by the AZO stamp box—which document industrial sites along rail spurs consistent with the scene. While I was not able to view a specific Sanborn sheet labe
Source: Card caption (town only)
