Everybody welcome reception room of Armours Packing Plant, 100,000 visitors annually, Chicago, U.S.A. – Historic Print
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Step back in time with Everybody welcome reception room of Armours Packing Plant, 100,000 visitors annually, Chicago, U.S.A., a stereograph rich in period detail. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
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Everybody welcome reception room of Armours Packing Plant, 100,000 visitors annually, Chicago, U.S.A.
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Few places in Chicago drew as many curious visitors as the packing houses of Packingtown, and this stereograph shows the reception room of Armour's plant, where the company's motto of "Everybody welcome" was meant to invite the public inside. The card dates to about 1909, a few years after Upton Sinclair's *The Jungle* (1906) had damaged the reputation of the meatpacking industry. Open tours and polished public spaces like this one were part of the industry's effort to show that its operations were clean and orderly. Stereo cards like this were viewed through a stereoscope, which gave the room a sense of depth.
| Created / published | c1909. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photoprint on stereo card : stereograph. |
| Subjects | J134788 U.S. Copyright Office. |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 721 px · prints to 5 × 2 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-169381 |
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