Panoramic picture illustrating the pork industry

Panoramic picture illustrating the pork industry

Pork Industry (1900's)

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 assembly line to be prepared for selling and storage.

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Library of Congress

Geo R. Lawrence Co.

1900

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No known restrictions on publication.

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Composite photographs, gelatin silver prints, panoramic photographs

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