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Bird's-eye view of Union Stock Yards, Chicago, Ill., U.S.A. – Antique Map Print

Bird's-eye view of Union Stock Yards, Chicago, Ill., U.S.A., Meadville, Pa. : Standard Scenic Company, c1906. — historic photograph
Bird's-eye view of Union Stock Yards, Chicago, Ill., U.S.A., Meadville, Pa. : Standard Scenic Company, c1906.. Historic photograph from the Chicago collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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A bird's-eye view of the Union Stock Yards on Chicago's South Side, this stereograph card was issued by the Standard Scenic Company of Meadville, Pennsylvania, around 1906. Opened in 1865, the yards were the center of the city's livestock trade and meatpacking, and they drew national attention that same year when Upton Sinclair's novel *The Jungle* portrayed the conditions there. Paired images like this were meant for a stereoscope, which gave viewers a sense of depth and made a sprawling industrial site feel close at hand.

Created / publishedMeadville, Pa. : Standard Scenic Company, c1906.
Medium1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph.
GenreBird's-eye views 1900-1910.Stereographs 1900-1910.Photographic prints 1900-1910.
NotesH87060 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 2916.
SubjectsStockyards--Illinois--Chicago--1900-1910. Meat industry--Illinois--Chicago--1900-1910.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,263 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-183370

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