Note that as a little girl, I got to shop in Omaha at stores like Brandeis, Goldstein Chapman’s, Penney's, Sears and Bishops Buffet with my mother while my father spent time at the Omaha Stockyards. I remember being in the big stockyards building a few times which was a rather large experience for a farm child. Now, all of this Omaha history is gone, both the downtown shopping stores and the stockyards.--k.m.
From wikipedia:
Omaha overtook Chicago as the nation's largest livestock market and meat packing industry center in 1955, a title which it held onto until 1971. The 116-year-old institution closed in 1999.
South Omaha Stockyards.
Vachon, John, 1914-1975, photographer. November 1938.
Farm Security Administration. Library of Congress.
South Omaha Stockyards.
Vachon, John, 1914-1975, photographer. November 1938.
Farm Security Administration. Library of Congress.
South Omaha Stockyards.
Vachon, John, 1914-1975, photographer. November 1938.
Farm Security Administration. Library of Congress.
Sheep entering the stockyards. South Omaha, Nebraska.
Vachon, John, 1914-1975, photographer. November 1938.
Farm Security Administration. Library of Congress.
South Omaha Stockyards.
Vachon, John, 1914-1975, photographer. November 1938.
Farm Security Administration. Library of Congress.
Cattle. Stockyards at south Omaha, Nebraska.
Vachon, John, 1914-1975, photographer. November 1938.
Farm Security Administration. Library of Congress.
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