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The Hull house was the first settlement home founded in Chicago by Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Star in 1889. It's purpose is to support incoming immigrants get the help they need to get started on their new lives in America by finding a stable job…

This is a panoramic photo depicting the pork industry in Packing Town, Chicago. From left to right, the hogs are pictured moving from their pens to the hog wheel, where they are carried to the hog scraping rail, then boiled and sent through an…

An immature little newsie selling Saturday Evening Posts and newspapers at the entrance to the State Capitol.

These are the stockyards that were used by Armour Meat Company in the early 1900s. Thousands of cattle were packed into tiny pins in the morning, and they were all slaughtered by night.

Men and boys stuffing sausage skins at table

This picture from the Library of Congress shows the conditions workers had to face inside factories and the unsanitary treatment of meat products.

An advertisement by Swift & Company for "Swift's Premium" ham. The advertisement includes the image of a young child in a chef's outfit cutting up large pieces of meat. Tips for cooking certain cuts and very basic recipes like "Premium Ham Shank…

An original magazine advertisement from 1890 depicting an image of Uncle Sam with Prohibition at the door. This image can now be found in the Advertising Archives.

3/4 lgth., seated, facing front; Settlement worker.
Portrait photo of Mary E. McDowell. Photo in black and white. McDowell is sitting in a wooden rocking chair, holding an open book in her lap, looking off into the distance.