1934 Print Armour Tamale Chicago Union Stockyard Bourke-White Dinner Food FZ3 XES6 Wisconsin Vintage Advertising

Wisconsin Vintage Advertising

The pattern featured is Columbia

Forage Harvester

This is an original 1909 halftone print of the British gun-boat the Widgeon

This piece was illustrated by Dwyer

1934 Print Armour Tamale Chicago Union Stockyard Bourke-White Dinner Food FZ3 XES6 Wisconsin Vintage AdvertisingThis is an original 1934 halftone print of Armour and Company workers wrapping meat in artificial corn husks to make tamales. Chicago was known for its Union Stock Yards the largest meatpacking center of the world at the time. It was centralized by several different railway systems. Upton Sinclair discussed the Union Stock Yards and the meatpacking industry in his 1906 novel, "The Jungle." It revealed the corruption of the industry, and described how