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Feeding the Chicken and Geese

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

Men watching Cock Fight

Date: 1910
Description: In her journal from India, Carrie mentions cock fights, describing them as a "barbaric form of entertainment". Here is shown a group of men watching one su...
Photograph

Jennie Krueger Bruetzman on the Farm

Date: 06 24 1919
Description: Jennie Krueger Bruetzman standing in the yard on the Krueger farm. She is wearing pants and holding a basket. Chickens are near farm buildings in the backg...
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Chickens (or Ducks) and Coop

Date: 1900
Description: Chickens and chicks, (or ducks and ducklings) in an enclosure near a coop. Small trees are planted inside the fences holding the ducks. There are other far...
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Counted Thread Embroidery

Date: 08 04 1964
Description: A counted thread embroidery of a rooster, created by Elinor Schnore.
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Men with Chickens at the Madison Packing Company

Date: 1926
Description: Three men inspecting chickens in front of the Madison Packing Company located at 307 West Johnson Street. One of the men is identified as Norbert J. Noltne...
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Separator Unfolded for Use

Date: 05 21 1909
Description: Separator, unfolded, set up outdoors near a farm building. A belt is stretched out on the ground near the separator, perhaps for driving the machinery.
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Feeding the Chickens

Date: 1940
Description: Gustave Ott (1871-1954) and Anna Ott (1871-1954) feeding a large flock of multi-colored chickens on their farm. Gustave is carrying a kettle and Anna is ho...
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Drying Corn

Date: 1930
Description: An unidentified Native American man is standing with his hand on a makeshift work table holding shelled corn spread over a piece of cloth. The table is mad...
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Mrs. Gillespie Feeding Chickens

Date: 06 1930
Description: Mrs. Gillespie feeding a flock of White Leghorn chickens outside a farm building on an International Harvester demonstration farm. There is a cat looking i...
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Meat Delivery Truck

Date: 07 03 1926
Description: A man is sitting in the driver's seat of a delivery truck parked along a curb. A man is standing at the back of the truck holding a chicken. There is a you...
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Feeding the Chickens

Date: 1930
Description: Cora Judkins, standing, and an unidentified woman sitting on the ground, are holding ears of multicolored corn in their aprons as poults and a hen are gath...
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Leonore and Chickens

Date: 1930
Description: Leonore Judkins Middleton, wearing a striped jacket over her fancy dress, is looking down at a flock of chickens. She is wearing shoes with buckles, and a ...
Photograph

Dodge County Farm

Date: 1935
Description: Elevated view from hill of chickens ranging near their coop behind a farmhouse and outbuildings on a tidy farm. There is a large barn on the right with two...
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Farmstead

Date: 1935
Description: Large branches of an oak tree frame the view of a large farmhouse, barn, and outbuildings. The two-story house has two front dormers and porches on the fro...
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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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Livestock Delivery Truck

Date: 10 07 1927
Description: A man is sitting in the driver's seat of a delivery truck for chickens. Barns and a silo are in the background.
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Livestock Delivery Truck

Date: 10 07 1927
Description: Two men are standing next to the side of a livestock delivery truck for chickens. There is a silo in the background, and the metal base of what may be a wa...
Poster

An Army of Poultry Will Help Win the War

Date: 1917
Description: Detailed poster covered in writing. Highlights of poster text reads: "An army of poultry will help win the war. Uncle Sam Says:... Raise more chickens - It...
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We Saw You . . . Coming Out at the Matthews Hatchery

Date: 03 24 1954
Description: Chick newly hatched from its egg at the Matthews Hatchery, Rural Route 2, in Madison.

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