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High Steaks: 1941
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 06/08/2020 - 12:03pm.
June 1941. "Chicago, Illinois. Meat in cold storage. Davidson Meat Company, supplier of hotels, restaurants, etc." Medium format negative by John Vachon. View full size.
Brings It All Back
Submitted by Root 66 on Wed, 06/10/2020 - 10:35am.
I used to work at a meat processing plant 25 years ago. But after seeing this photo, I can smell all that beef and feel the cold as if I were there right now! And no, I didn't become a vegetarian after watching them make hamburger. I'm still a carnivore!
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