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Pillsbury or "Great Northern" Grain Elevator


Large industrial warehouse with sloped roof, truck trailers parked at the base, and railroad tracks in front.
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Title

Pillsbury or "Great Northern" Grain Elevator

Subject

Buffalo(N.Y.)--Buildingsstructuresetc

Description

Modern color photograph of Pillsbury/ great northern grain elevator.


A large industrial warehouse or grain elevator with a tall, rectangular form and dark exterior walls. The upper section has a sloped roof with multiple small windows. Several semi-truck trailers are parked along the base of the building, and railroad tracks run in the foreground.

Source

Fig. 10. "Max Toltz with D. A. Robinson, Pillsbury or Great Northern Grain Elevator, 1898"
Source: Quinan post card


Rights

Type

Image
Photographic postcards

Identifier

LIB-005_0115

Coverage

Buffalo (N.Y.)

Alternative Title

Buffalo Architecture at the Time of the Pan-American Exposition

Is Part Of

Illuminations: Revisiting the Buffalo Pan-American Exposition of 1901

Citation

“Pillsbury or "Great Northern" Grain Elevator,” Digital Collections - University at Buffalo Libraries, accessed October 18, 2025, https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/items/show/94878.