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The Result of the Attack Upon Washington

Date: 1860
Description: An owl labeled "SCOTT" seizes a vulture labeled "JEFF DAVIS" by the wing. Feathers litter the ground beneath them. The owl is saying "LET YOU ALONE AND YOU...
Photograph

Churning Butter

Date: 
Description: Woman using a dasher churn to make butter. She is seated on the stoop of a house and a young girl watches behind her.
Book or Pamphlet

Deering Harvester Company Fold-Out Card — Inside

Date: 
Description: Front of foldout card for Wm. Deering & Co. harvesting machinery. This scene depicts a young girl standing on an upturned basket feeding chickens with feed...
Postcard

Feeding the Chicken and Geese

Date: 1900
Description: An unidentified woman standing near a shed is feeding chickens and geese in the barnyard.
Photograph

Young Pheasants

Date: 1934
Description: Six young pheasants are clustered in front of a primitive brooder house. There appears to be a black domestic hen among them. There is a pan of grain and a...
Photograph

Cha-Cha-Cha

Date: 1961
Description: A Prairie Chicken performing his Booming Dance.

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