Object number:
2000.1.558
Object name:
photograph
Date made:
February 29th, 1944
Material / Technique:
gelatin silver
Dimensions:
H: 8 in, W: 10 in
Credit line:
The Oakland Tribune Collection, the Oakland Museum of California. Gift of ANG Newspapers.
Copyright status:
In Copyright
Copyright holder:
Oakland Museum of California
Content description:
The caption on the back reads: "In the Oakland commissary butcher shop they cure their own pork, make sausage (as shown at right), and cut all of their meats." The photo depicts four butchers doing what they know best. Two are making sausage. The other two are elbow-deep into flesh. There is meat hung everywhere, a scale at the back of the room, and a sign above the doors that says "do not smoke in butcher shop". In addition, written in pencil is a note: "commissary #4".
Concepts:
sausage; butcher; pork; Pullman; railroad; meat; commissary
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