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The Chicago Tinned Meat Scandal
Delicacies weighed and packed in Armours Packing-House in Chicago, showing some dubious by-products of a Chicago meat processing factory used for making cheap sausages. Exposed by Upton Sinclair in his book, The Jungle, the meat processing factories were seen to be guilty of using foul or diseased waste meat to make cheap products bought by the poor as well as mistreatment of workers
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Bought Cheap Chicago Delicacies Diseased Dubious Exposed Factories Foul Guilty Meat Mistreatment Packed Packing Poor Processing Products Sausages Scandal Sinclair Tinned Upton Waste Weighed
20"x16" (+3" Border) Fine Art Print
Discover the intriguing history of Chicago's Tinned Meat Scandal with this captivating fine art print from Media Storehouse. This thought-provoking image, sourced from Mary Evans Prints Online, depicts the Armour Packing-House in Chicago, where delicacies were weighed and packed. The photograph reveals the unsavory by-products used in the production of cheap sausages, offering a glimpse into the past and the often hidden realities of industrial food production. Add this unique piece to your collection and bring a touch of historical intrigue to your home or office.
20x16 image printed on 26x22 Fine Art Rag Paper with 3" (76mm) white border. Our Fine Art Prints are printed on 300gsm 100% acid free, PH neutral paper with archival properties. This printing method is used by museums and art collections to exhibit photographs and art reproductions.
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Estimated Image Size (if not cropped) is 40.6cm x 46.5cm (16" x 18.3")
Estimated Product Size is 55.9cm x 66cm (22" x 26")
These are individually made so all sizes are approximate
Artwork printed orientated as per the preview above, with portrait (vertical) orientation to match the source image.
EDITORS COMMENTS
This evocative photograph, taken in 1906, offers a glimpse into the unsanitary conditions and questionable practices that went on behind closed doors at the Armour Packing-House in Chicago. The image, titled "Delicacies weighed and packed in Armour's Packing-House, Chicago," shows workers handling and sorting various meat products, some of which appear dubious at best. At the time, the public was largely unaware of the unsanitary and often dangerous conditions in which their food was being produced. It wasn't until Upton Sinclair's groundbreaking muckraker novel, "The Jungle," was published in 1906 that the truth came to light. In the book, Sinclair exposed the meat packing industry for using foul and diseased waste meat to make cheap products, which were often bought by the poor. The workers in the photograph are seen weighing and packing the meat, some of which appears to be tainted or spoiled. The scene is reminiscent of Sinclair's vivid descriptions of the meat processing factories, where he wrote of "the entrails and guts and waste flesh of the slaughtered animals, which were heaped up in great piles and left in the open air to putrefy." The exposure of these conditions led to a public outcry and ultimately resulted in the passage of the Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act in 1906. These landmark pieces of legislation helped to regulate the food industry and protect consumers from harmful and unsanitary practices. Today, this photograph serves as a reminder of the importance of transparency and accountability in the food industry and the power of investigative journalism to bring about positive change.
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