Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Union Stock Yards, Chicago


Postmarked 1945, the back caption reads:

The Union Stock Yards are located on the South Side, extending from 39th to 43rd Streets, West of Halsted and cover a total area of about 400 acres. An average of over 1,000 cars of live stock from 22 states of the Union is received daily. Nearly $2,000,000 worth of livestock is sold and delivered here every day in the year for spot cash.

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