The Great Union Stock Yards of Chicago bird's-eye map – Antique Map Print
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The Great Union Stock Yards of Chicago bird's-eye map comes to life in this antique map, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
The framed print arrives ready to hang; the unframed option suits custom framing. Perfect for a home, office, library or classroom wall, and a gift with a story behind it. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Since 2001, Snapshots of the Past has shipped historic prints to tens of thousands of customers around the world.
The Great Union Stock Yards of Chicago bird's-eye map
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The Union Stock Yards on Chicago's South Side were one of the largest livestock markets in the world, and this bird's-eye view shows the sprawling complex as it looked to the people who built and ran it. Opened in 1865, the yards gathered cattle, hogs and sheep shipped in by rail from across the Plains and Midwest, and the meatpacking firms that grew up beside them made Chicago a national center of the trade. Pictorial maps like this one, drawn from an elevated angle, were popular advertisements of the period, meant to display a city's industry in full detail. Notice how the rail lines and pens are laid out as a single working machine.
| Original scan | 3,000 × 2,243 px · prints to 10 × 7 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 22 |
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