Title

Armour Company's pig slaughterhouse, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1892. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Armour Company's pig slaughterhouse, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1892. One of the earliest production lines. Pigs walked up a ramp to the top of the building, then were processed before emerging as finished carcasses. Here workers are hand-washing carcasses after de-bristling.
Oxford Science Archive

Date

1892

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images

Reference

HRM19B64_355

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

29,9Mb (4,9Mb) / 11,2in x 10,4in / 3346 x 3123 (300dpi)

Keywords

animal building buildings food people male working work job man men hygiene health industry country washing guy pig occupation factory meat Chicago Illinois location production line century profession concept pork slaughterhouse hog B&W carcass food industry MONOCHROME Factory Worker United States of America United States 19th century black & white black and white B W nineteenth century American America USA Oxford Science Archive TGN wood engraving Unknown wood engraving