South Omaha, Nebraska, 1914 – Antique Photo Print
(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 window into the past: South Omaha, Nebraska, 1914, preserved in this historic image. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
Library of Congress record: The Horses Market, South Omaha, Nebr.
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South Omaha, Nebraska, 1914
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South Omaha in 1914 was a separate city across the Missouri-fed bluffs from downtown Omaha, built around the Union Stock Yards and the packing plants that processed hogs and cattle shipped in by rail. The Omaha Packing Company, Armour, and Swift were among the major firms whose work drew thousands of immigrant laborers, many from Czech, Polish, and Eastern European communities who settled in neighborhoods close to the yards. The city had been annexed into Omaha only in 1915, so in 1914 its residents still voted, paid taxes, and held civic life apart from the larger city to the north. The Bee Publishing Company, the Omaha newspaper that produced this view, was a fixture of local news and promotion, and a panoramic scene of South Omaha would have shown a town defined by packing houses, rail lines, and working-class streets.
| Created / published | 1914 |
|---|---|
| Creator | bee publishing co. |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Nebraska |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,387 × 1,392 px · prints to 18 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | The Horses Market, South Omaha, Nebr. |
| Reference | NE South Omaha 1914 |
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