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Klinke Hatchery

Date: 05 29 1935
Description: Interior of Klinke Hatchery, 1918 Winnebago Street, with employee pouring water into tray of chicken cages, and bags of Vig-o-ray starting mash in view.
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Chicken "Basket" Lunch

Date: 01 06 1933
Description: Fried chicken "basket" lunch (basket was a 2-pound loaf of bread hollowed out and toasted into which the chicken pieces are placed and then delivered) on a...
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Plucking Chickens

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Description: Some unidentified people plucking chicken feathers at an unidentified location.
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Lincoln Day Dinner

Date: 02 14 1950
Description: Two "young" Rebublicans, Dorothea and Lyle Siggilkow, McFarland, are shown enjoying a fried chicken box supper at the Lincoln Day Dinner.
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Canning Chicken

Date: 05 1924
Description: Helen Holden using a pair of tongs to remove a can of chicken from a metal container on Holden Poultry Farm.
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Churning Butter

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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.
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Canning Chicken at Holden's Farm

Date: 1925
Description: Two women working at P.G. Holden's Farm canning chicken. On the table there is canning equipment, chicken, and open cans.
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Chickens Feeding on a Farm

Date: 1900
Description: Large group of chickens eating on a low wooden platform set on the ground.
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The Universal Food Chopper

Date: 1899
Description: A reproduction of an ad or counter card for the Universal Food Chopper. Text on the image reads, "The Universal Food Chopper, and a few of the things it ch...
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Unknown Man Feeding Chickens

Date: 1899
Description: An unknown man is standing and feeding chickens in a farm yard. A barn is in the background on the left.
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Young Children Feeding Chickens

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Description: Laurie and Muriel Peterson are feeding a flock of chickens in an open field. Trees are in the background.
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Adda Howie Feeding a Calf

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Description: Adda Howie, wearing a work dress and wide-brimmed hat, is feeding a calf from a bottle outdoors at Sunny Peak Farm. Another calf is standing nearby. Adda a...
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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...
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Boy and Girl with Calf

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Description: A boy and girl are in a barnyard with a black and white calf. The boy on the left is standing and holding the rope lead. The girl on the right is standing ...
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Young Child Feeding Chickens

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Description: A young child is standing in a chicken pen feeding the chickens. The chicken house is in the background, and a house and other buildings are in the far bac...
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Young Man Feeding Chickens

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Description: A young man wearing overalls is feeding chickens. There is a fence and a barn in the background. Hand-tinted lantern slide.
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Man Feeding Chickens

Date: 1907
Description: View of a man kneeling next to a small chicken coop. He is holding a container of food, and two chickens are standing in it. The rest of the flock of chick...

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