The Great Union Stock Yards of Chicago – Historic Reproduction
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare historic image captures The Great Union Stock Yards of Chicago in remarkable detail. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
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The Great Union Stock Yards of Chicago
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The Great Union Stock Yards sat on Chicago's South Side, and for much of the late 1800s they were among the largest livestock markets in the world. Cattle, hogs and sheep arrived by rail from across the Plains and Midwest, were penned, sold and slaughtered here, and the packing houses that grew up around the yards shipped dressed meat east in refrigerated cars. The scale of the operation made Chicago a national hub of commerce, and it also drew the attention of writers and reformers who documented the crowded, noisy conditions that workers faced. The yards were a defining symbol of the city's rise as a rail and meatpacking center.
| Original scan | 8,654 × 6,519 px · prints to 29 × 22 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 02433u |
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