After the pig, students butcher a lamb, seen hanging here. Avedano's has been a butcher shop in one form or another since 1901. Butchers used to unload carcasses from trucks onto the metal rail, which is still in place, and run the meat through the shop into the meat locker. (John Jakubowski)

Butchery Class

After the pig, students butcher a lamb, seen hanging here. Avedano's has been a butcher shop in one form or another since 1901. Butchers used to unload carcasses from trucks onto the metal rail, which is still in place, and run the meat through the shop into the meat locker.

Credit: John Jakubowski