Our exposure of the swill milk trade
Summary
2 captions: 1. Scene at the Offal Dock, foot of Forty-Fifth Street, East River, N.Y. Dissecting the cow, brought from the 16th St. swill cow stables. The picture of the cow shows the right side in a putrified state. The dissector is just operating for the examination of the intestines. The health wardens, Frank Leslie and his corps witnessing the operation and taking notes. 2. Portrait of Mr. Lewis J. Kirk, as he appeared while dissecting a cow from the Sixteenth Street stables, May 23, 1858.
Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 5, 1858 May 22, p. 385.
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01/01/1858
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Library of Congress
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