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Loading Eggs into International L-120 Pickup Truck

Date: 1950
Description: Two men are loading boxes of eggs into the back end of an International L-120 pickup truck in front of a poultry store. Produced from 1949-1953, approximat...
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Man with Wrapped Turkeys

Date: 12 01 1941
Description: Man standing behind desk with fifteen dressed and wrapped turkeys stacked on top.
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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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International L-160 Truck Delivering Chickens

Date: 1950
Description: View of a man delivering chickens to Lyons Produce, Poultry and Eggs with an International L-160 truck.
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Distributing Christmas Turkeys at Deering Works

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Description: Men standing among piles of turkeys ready for distribution at International Harvester's Deering Works. The turkeys were distributed as Christmas gifts. The...
Poster

Champion Harvesting Machines Advertisement

Date: 1890
Description: Advertising poster for Champion brand agricultural machines, manufactured by Warder, Bushnell and Glessner Company. The main illustration depicts a salesma...
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Chicken Processing

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Description: Production line of defeathered chickens.
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Man, Dog and Chickens

Date: 03 03 1947
Description: Irvin Thompson with Andy, a chicken retrieving dog, placing an escaped chicken into a crate at the Southern Wisconsin Produce Company, 633 West Doty Street...
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Farmall 300 Tractor with Loader and Turkeys

Date: 1958
Description: Farmer Hubert Hill using a Farmall 300 tractor with a front-end loader to control a flock of turkeys. The original caption reads: "Hubert Hill's elevated f...
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Old Man with Pumpkin and Turkey

Date: 1918
Description: An elderly man, possibly a farmer, holds a turkey and a pumpkin under each arm.
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Chicken on the Chopping Block

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Description: An unidentified man (Myles Horton?) using an axe to cut off a chicken's head.
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Schauls Live Poultry Farm

Date: 11 12 1938
Description: Workers wearing aprons are plucking, cleaning, and dressing chickens at the Schauls Live Poultry Farm. One man is looking at a chicken over an open McCormi...
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Peter Fox Son's Produce Co.

Date: 1940
Description: Two men looking at a pile of poultry in a bin at Peter Fox Son's Produce Company. The man on the left is holding a turkey near a McCormick-Deering cooler. ...
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Hugh Coulter with Cooler

Date: 1941
Description: Hugh Coulter puts poultry in a McCormick-Deering cooler. Original caption reads: "Mr. Coulter is a dealer in dressed poultry. In a short time Coulter had ...
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Turkey Farm

Date: 1940
Description: A farmer standing near a tractor amidst turkeys at Reif Turkey Farm. The original caption reads: "Mr. Glenn Reif uses Farmall H for general farm work, belt...
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Mess Office at Camp George Meade

Date: 1941
Description: Two uniformed men of the Medical Battalion's Company B stand with the mess sergeant to inspect a piece of poultry from the refrigerator in the mess office ...
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Man and Woman with Freezer

Date: 1944
Description: A man and woman standing at an International Harvester chest freezer holding pieces of poultry and meat. They are standing in front of a curtain.
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International Truck with Caged Poultry

Date: 05 25 1937
Description: A man and woman stand next to an International pickup truck loaded with caged poultry. There are farm buildings in the background.
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Building Farmer-Labor Solidarity

Date: 1947
Description: Booth sponsored by United Packinghouse Workers Union Local 46 at the Black Hawk County Fair. The booth included a special exhibit that illustrated how both...
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Culling Demonstration

Date: 05 1919
Description: A group of individuals are gathered outdoors to examine chickens during a culling demonstration conducted by Professor Carrick of Purdue University.

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