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Man Delousing a Chicken

Date: 05 1919
Description: A man crouching near a pail of sodium fluoride to dip a chicken as part of a delousing procedure at the Purdue University farm.
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Man Feeding Chickens

Date: 1914
Description: A man stands outside a chicken coop at the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station while feeding a flock of chickens from a wooden pail.
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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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Helen Holden Besemer Candling Eggs

Date: 05 1924
Description: Helen Holden Besemer sitting in a wooden chair to candle eggs at Holden Poultry Farm.
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Candling Eggs

Date: 06 1925
Description: A woman wearing a dress sitting indoors to candle eggs at the Holden Farm. Cartons of eggs are piled on a table to her left, and household furniture is in ...
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Packing Eggs

Date: 06 1925
Description: A woman wearing a dress is standing behind a table at the Holden Farm while packing eggs into cardboard holders. The holders are piled on a candling table ...
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Superior Hatchery

Date: 1925
Description: Three men inspecting eggs in large cartons on multi-tiered shelves at Superior Hatchery. Cardboard cartons are piled in the center aisle.
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Mr. Chaddick with Incubator

Date: 05 1923
Description: Mr. Chaddick of the Fox River Poultry Farm, wearing coveralls and a cap, turning eggs in a Buckeye #8 incubator.
Book or Pamphlet

Sources of the Gross Income of Wisconsin Farms

Date: 1929
Description: Pie chart showing the sources of gross income for Wisconsin farms in 1927.
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Egg Day Parade

Date: 10 15 1935
Description: Men and women pose in a household scene constructed on an International C-line truck for use in a parade on Egg Day at the Western Washington Fair. The par...
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Egg Day Parade

Date: 10 15 1935
Description: Women ride on a parade float on the bed of an International C-line truck during Egg Day at the Western Washington Fair. Two men are riding inside the cab o...
Book or Pamphlet

Frost and Wood Catalog Cover

Date: 1901
Description: Cover of catalog with a color illustration of a man wearing boots and holding a hat writing in a large book. The text reads: "Twentieth Century Fame, the F...
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Passing Eggs in a Barn

Date: 09 1904
Description: Jennie and Edgar Krueger sitting in a barn, each with a handmade basket filled with eggs. Edgar is sitting atop a barrel with his right hand on an egg, whi...
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Shirley Sitting in a Basket

Date: 04 18 1932
Description: Shirley Krueger sitting in a hand woven basket placed amongst a large pile of hay. She is playing with a stack of eggs in another hand woven basket which i...
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Shirley Sitting with a Kitten

Date: 1934
Description: Shirley Krueger sitting in a pile of hay with a kitten in her lap. A basket of eggs is next to her. Several eggs are scattered around her in the hay. In th...
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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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Packing Eggs for Hatching

Date: 1914
Description: Overhead view of six baskets, showing how eggs intended for hatching would be packed in layers of excelsior. A cloth would be sewed on top of the basket.
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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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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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