Photographs of aftermath of Chicago stockyards fire, 1934 May.

  • Collection ID 1998.0162
  • Title Photographs of aftermath of Chicago stockyards fire [graphic].
  • Dates 1934 May.
  • Physical description 11 photographic prints : b&w ; 3 1/2 x 5 in.
  • Collection summary Views of aftermath of fire at the Chicago Stock Yards that destroyed the main building, livestock pens, and railroad tracks. (Later the International Amphitheater was built where the main building stood). Images include workers carrying office records out of building, building with cars and stock pens, burned animals in stock pens, buckled railroad ties, collapsed metal frame, men in front of burned building, burned buildings with church in background.
  • Acquisition information Gift of Joan Cooper (1998.0162).
  • Names Union Stock Yard & Transit Company of Chicago Fire, 1934.
  • Subjects
    • Stockyards Illinois Chicago 1930-1939. lctgm
    • Fires Illinois Chicago 20th century.
  • Geographic coverage Chicago (Ill.) 1930-1939.
  • Genre
    • Photographic prints. gmgpc
    • Gelatin silver prints. gmgpc
  • Geographic name United States Illinois Cook County Chicago.