Shredded Wheat interiors in 3D?

The Trust has been given an unusual donation of cards picturing the inner workings of the Shredded Wheat factory. The cards, shown grouped below, are stereoscopic images and they would have been viewed through a stereoscope, a device for viewing cards containing two separate images printed side-by-side to create the illusion of a three-dimensional image.

The first card shows an exterior shot of the factory.

The next picture is of the steam cookers.

The image below shows the factory shredding machine.

Below is a more detailed shot of the shredding machine.

The following picture is of a panner showing the biscuits after shredding.

Next comes the packing table with its team of workers.

Below the wrapped biscuits are boxed up - the worker on the left is using a box stitching machine.

For the workers there was an elegant looking girls rest-room...

... and a company dining room.

If you worked at the Shredded Wheat factory and would like to share your memories or have photographs or other material that you would like to add to our archive please do contact us.