[Man spraying chemicals to disinfect for hoof and mouth disease at the stockyards]

Open URL [Man spraying chemicals to disinfect for hoof and mouth disease at the stockyards]
  • Collection ID DN-0063591
  • Creator Names Chicago Daily News, Inc., photographer.
  • Title [Man spraying chemicals to disinfect for hoof and mouth disease at the stockyards] [graphic].
  • Dates [ca. 1914 Nov. 10]
  • Physical description 1 negative : b&w, glass ; 4 x 5 in.
  • Access and usage restrictions Restriction: Original negatives are fragile and not available to researchers. Please consult the on-line image instead.
  • Collection summary Image of a man spraying chemicals to disinfect for hoof and mouth disease at the Union Stock Yards, bound on the north by West 39th Street, on the east by South Halsted Street, south by 47th Street, and on the west by West Ashland Avenue, in the New City community area of Chicago, Illinois. Another man is standing on a machine with large tubes. Hoof and mouth disease affects mainly cloven-footed mammals and is a highly contagious viral disease, characterized by blisters on the animals' mouth and feet. The stockyards employees were ordered to take precautions by the United States Department of Agriculture.
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  • Names
    • Union Stock Yards (Chicago, Ill.)
    • Union Stock Yard & Transit Company of Chicago
  • Subjects
    • Stockyards Illinois Chicago 1910-1919. lctgm
    • Communicable diseases Illinois Chicago 1910-1919. lctgm
    • Men Illinois Chicago 1910-1919. lctgm
    • Livestock Illinois Chicago 1910-1919. lctgm
    • Quarantines Illinois Chicago 1910-1919. lctgm
  • Geographic coverage Chicago (Ill.) 1910-1919.
  • Genre
    • Dry plate negatives. gmgpc
    • Gelatin dry plate negatives. aat
  • Geographic name United States Illinois Cook County Chicago.
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