Summer sausage
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Summer sausage is an American term for a sausage that can be kept without refrigeration until opened. Summer sausage is made of beef, pork, or sometimes venison. Summer sausage is fermented, and can b
A larger summer sausage
Armour and Company
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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
Summer sausage
…sausages are often included in gift baskets sold by American online and mail order retailers like Harry & David, Wisconsin Cheeseman and Hickory Farms. Armour has produced summer sausage for over 100 years. Historically, summer sausage predated refrigeration and referred to meats that could be consumed "in…
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