Part of PICRYL.com. Not developed or endorsed by the Library of Congress

decapitation

public
2 media by topicpage 1 of 1
The beef kill. Cattle are brought into this narrow alley by means of an electric prodder; they are then knocked out by a blow on the head. Steel doors on the left then open up and cows fall into the next room where they are shackled by hind legs. Then they move by chain belt throught processes of throat slitting, decapitation, evisceration, skinning, etc. Packing plant, Austin, Minnesota

The beef kill. Cattle are brought into this narrow alley by means of a...

Public domain photograph of 1930s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The decapitation of a great block head by the mysterious agency of the claret coloured coat

The decapitation of a great block head by the mysterious agency of the...

A cryptic and anonymous satire probably referring to the 1834 "decapitation" of the wooden figure-head of Andrew Jackson, placed on the ship "Constitution" when it was refitted at Boston. The deed was perpetrat... More