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Revolving hog wheel, Armour Plant, Union Stock Yards, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1915.
Revolving hog wheel, Armour Plant, Union Stock Yards, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1915. Postcard showing workers attaching hogs by their legs to a giant wooden wheel as part of the slaughtering process. Because of its status as a major rail hub between the Great Plains and the major markets on the East Coast, Chicago became the centre of the American livestock and meat industry.
Unique Identifier
AR949828
Type
Image
Purpose
Public
Size
4085px × 2580px
Photo Credit
HIP / Art Resource, NY
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1910s
20th century
abattoir
AMERICA
American
ANIMAL
Chain
CHICAGO
color
concept
country
Crime
Curt Teich Postcard Archives
Food
HOG
ILLINOIS
INDOORS
Industry
INSIDE
interior
Labor
Laborer
Law
Livestock
LOCATION
Meat
Murder
murdering
Photograph
Pig
PORK
Postcard
Slaughter
SLAUGHTERHOUSE
SLAUGHTERING
stock yards
TGN
Union Stock Yards
UNITED STATES
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
usa
Wheel
WORKERS
WORKING