Colorized aerial/elevated view of the Union Stock Yards, Chicago, Illinois. Hundreds of wooden livestock pens stretch to the horizon, packed with cattle, with covered chutes crisscrossing the yard. A large red brick building (Exchange Building) is visible in the upper right background; industrial Chicago smokestacks line the far distance. Published by Max Rigot Selling Co., Chicago (No. 249, catalog R-50249). Postmarked Chicago, ILL., January 26, 1925. US 1-cent green Washington stamp. Message: 'I haven't bought this place yet Bill but expect to soon. — Claude.' Addressed to Mr. H.M. Stinge(?), 663 14th St., Port Huron, Mich.