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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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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.
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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Children at Miller Hatchery

Date: 03 25 1949
Description: Pictured are four children admiring young chicks in the window of the Miller Hatchery, 2620 East Washington Street. Left to right: Marita Laufenberg, 9, 25...
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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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Liberty Live Poultry Truck

Date: 01 23 1926
Description: A man loads pallets of chickens onto the back of an International truck in front of the Liberty Live Poultry storefront. The truck reads: "P. Cherry; 415 L...
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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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Woman with Poultry Housing Display

Date: 1915
Description: A woman holding a chicken is standing beside a display illustrating quality poultry housing (chicken coops).
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Shipping Chicks

Date: 06 1925
Description: Two men unload containers of chicks from the back of a horse-drawn wagon as part of a parcel post delivery. The sign on a brick building in the background ...
Print

Joyeux Noel!

Date: 1918
Description: Holiday card with a soldier walking while carrying a child who is waving an American flag. The soldier is wearing a uniform and a campaign hat. Two childre...
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Junior Red Cross Party

Date: 11 19 1958
Description: High schoolers choose a mascot for the Thanksgiving eve "Turkey Trot" dance sponsored by the Junior Red Cross. Holding a live turkey on the left is Sandy W...
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A Turkey at Krueger's

Date: 1925
Description: A man wearing a cap and apron holds a (likely taxidermied) Tom turkey while a second man offers the turkey a drink from a bottle. Wooden boxes labelled "Ol...
Print

Southwestern Milling Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Southwestern Milling Company, with the company logo for premium Aristos flour ("The Flour with a Flavor") on the left and a girl feeding ...
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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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Men Loading Eggs at Feed Store

Date: 1930
Description: View across road towards two men standing on a loading dock with crates of eggs near the back of a truck. The sign above the loading dock reads: "Missouri ...
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Truck with Stake Body

Date: 06 18 1927
Description: Right side view of a truck with a stake body parked in front of a building. A man is sitting in the driver's seat, and the sign painted on the passenger do...
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Fleet of Delivery Trucks

Date: 06 18 1927
Description: Three men are sitting in the cab of three delivery trucks which are parked at an angle in front of the Grinnell Poulty & Egg Co.
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Farmer's Market in Czernowitz

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Description: Woman at the farmer's market in Czernowitz selling a goose.

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