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Butchering and Dressing Cattle for the Army Camp, Bacon Creek, Hart County, Kentucky Item Info
- Abstract:
- Camp scene; in Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper 2/7/1863.
- Title:
- Butchering and Dressing Cattle for the Army Camp, Bacon Creek, Hart County, Kentucky
- Artist:
- Schell, Francis H., 1834-1909
- Date:
- February 7, 1863
- Transcription:
- Recto: "The army slaughter of BEEF. Bacon Creek, Hart Co. Ky. // [superimposed on the above] Butchering & dressing cattle for the army. // slaughter house big as all outdoors keeps pace with the movement of the army. The contractors driving the droves to the camps when some out of the way place is selected and the process begins by shooting the cattle in the forehead as they stand after which the professors of the slaughtering science display their dexterity in the various branches. The army has fresh beef.";Verso: "4 wide", No text [a number of figure studies, and a man standing next to a large trunk].
- Subjects:
- Kentucky--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Hart County (Ky.) Slaughtering and slaughter-houses--History--19th century
- Condition:
- Vertical folds; rough paper along left margin; pin holes at right corners; rips along top margin; glue spots at corners.
- Place:
- Kentucky--Hart Kentucky--Graves county--Bacon Creek
- Medium:
- Graphite on wove paper some lines darkened with black chalk
- Dimensions:
- 8 x 8.75 in.
- Genre:
- Image;StillImage
- Coordinates:
- 37.3101304, -85.8486236
- Source:
- Original drawing location: CW-FHS-KY-2/7/63 (Box 8.)
- URI:
- http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4891
- Ref. Number:
- (Becker)CW-FHS-KY-2/7/63
- Collection:
- America's Civil War Years: Multiple Perspectives
- Tags:
- Butchering Camp life Cattle Food
- Format:
- image/jpeg
Attribution
- Citation:
- "Butchering and Dressing Cattle for the Army Camp, Bacon Creek, Hart County, Kentucky", The Becker Collection, Boston College Libraries, /items/2925.html