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Hog Butchering

Date: 1921
Description: Man butchering a hog, which is hanging on a meat hook.
Photograph

Ike Church at a Bar-B-Que

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Description: Ike Church at a CIO bar-b-que, cutting a pork shank.
Poster

The Southern Prisons of U.S. Officers

Date: 1865
Description: "The Southern Prisons of U.S. Officers: Scenes from life as a prisoner of war, with explanations--sketched by Lieut. & Top Eng'r O.R. Dahl, 15th Wisconsin ...
Photograph

Man on Manure Spreader between Farm Buildings

Date: 1910
Description: Panoramic view of farmer driving a horse-drawn manure spreader (possibly a Kemp) near a farmhouse and a barn. A man is standing on the left. On the right i...
Photograph

Pigs at the Trough

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Description: Pigs eating at a trough. The sow eats at the left, taking up most of the scene, while her nine offspring (piglets) eat or stand to the right. Caption reads...
Photograph

Killing Hogs

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Description: Rheinhardt Schmidt, August Krueger, Alex Goetsch, and Fred Hannaman standing in front of farm buildings, next to hogs hanging from a tree.
Print

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...
Historical Object

133 - Joy Camps Barbecue

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Description: Page from Joy Camps photo album displaying three photographs. Two of the photographs show a large pig carcass on a spit over a grilling area. Another photo...

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