Denver, business, meat industry & trade, Swift & Co.
Creator(s)
McClure, Louis Charles, 1867-1957.
Summary
Exterior view of the Swift & Company meat packing plant in Denver, Colorado; shows holding pens jammed with livestock, building construction, signs: "Denver Union Stock Yard Company, F. E. Smith Livestock Brokers, Clay Robinson and Company, and A. A. Blakley Commission Co." People walk on a path; automobiles and horse-drawn wagons parked near railroad tracks in foreground.
Date
[between 1900 and 1920?]
Notes
Glass plate oxidizing.; Signature and number 5 hand-lettered on glass plate.; Title taken from hand-written inventory.; R7000737704
Description
1 copy photonegative ; 8 x 11 cm. (3 1/4 x 4 1/4 in.); 1 photonegative : glass ; 21 x 26 cm. (8 x 10 in.); 1 photoprint ; 12 x 15 cm. (4 3/4 x 6 in.)
Is Part Of
L. C. McClure collection 1890-1935.
Subject
Swift & Company--Facilities--1900-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Livestock--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Meat industry--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Stockyards--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
Rights Statement
Restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
Reproduction Available for Purchase
Yes (digital reproduction)
Type of Material
Film negatives.; Glass negatives.; Photographic prints.; Imaged.; Image
