The Armour Refrigerator Line was a private refrigerator car line established in 1883 by Chicago meat packer Philip Armour, the founder of Armour and Company.
Car of the Line, shown circa 1911
Armour & Company was an American company and was one of the five leading firms in the meat packing industry. It was founded in Chicago, in 1863, by the Armour brothers led by Philip Danforth Armour. B
View of Armour & Company's plant and stock yards from a balloon, c. 1910
Hanging room, Armour's packing house, Chicago, 1896
Postcard of the Armour Packing Plant in Fort Worth, undated
Miss Oak Ridge Tennessee 1947 wins an Armour smoked ham