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This rare photo shows a busy moment at the Huron Canning Company in Port Austin, Michigan, established in July 1910 with $20,000 in capital. The factory processed a range of produce grown across Michigan’s Thumb, including peas, kidney beans, sauerkraut, red beets, and apples.
Visible in the image are women workers near the entrance and a wagon unloading what may be beet tops or cabbage—produce tied to the cannery’s known specialties.
A tragic incident that same month made headlines when Jacob Bolaski, a teamster delivering goods, was thrown from his wagon and fatally trampled. The photo captures the blend of industrial promise and rural risk that defined the early 20th-century agricultural economy in Huron County.
