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This photograph is of the Butler County Canning Company, which was located along the old Middletown &amp; Cincinnati (now Norfolk Southern) railroad tracks, near Oakland Station, about a mile north of the village. The building was later added onto, becoming a three-story building. The Butler County Canning Company was founded in 1912 by William M. Stewart and Austin T. Smith, officers of the Monroe National Bank; Stewart and Smith helped organize the bank in 1905. The Butler County Canning Company became one of the largest such companies in the state. The company packed under its own labels, such as "Pride of Butler," Star of Ohio" and "Vim," as well as that of "Country Club," a Kroger brand. After a reorganization in 1943, the company continued in business until the early 1950s when a big fire destroyed the building.</div>
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<li>DPLA identifier: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://dp.la/item/67d4b6e4352e4a27c2b5db58d8fdee9e">67d4b6e4352e4a27c2b5db58d8fdee9e</a></li>
<li>Midpointe Library System identifier: MonroeHistSoc_MGWarnerPGNeg_037</li></ul></span>