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Mead employee safety dinner

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  • Pictured here are approximately 300 Mead employees and their wives at a Mead employee saftey dinner to honor Sylva's excellent safety record. As of December 31, 1958, they had completed 667 accident-free days. This photograph is part of a collection of photographs that were created for the Sylvan, a monthly 1950's publication of Sylva's Mead Corporation. Mead, which opened in 1928, expanded in 1955 and closed in 1974 due to environmental concerns, produced paper for cardboard boxes. Jackson Paper Manufacturing Company, a recycle-based operation, opened in 1995 in the same location.