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Florentina Feeding Chickens

Date: 1915
Description: Florentina Krueger feeding chickens in the yard.
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Hop House

Date: 1909
Description: Exterior view of a hop house built in about 1868 by H.J. Meyer.
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Chicken Farm and Coops in Farmyard

Date: 1905
Description: View of farmyard with a flock of chickens and several chicken coops in foreground. A farmhouse is in the background.
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"Let's Get a Good Cow"

Date: 02 1914
Description: A woman wearing a bonnet and apron kneeling in a field to milk a cow.
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Fred Essers Farm

Date: 1937
Description: Exterior view of a two-story house with several trees on the farm of Fred Esser. On the right is a barn with two silos. On the far left in a fenced area on...
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J.F. Mosher Residence

Date: 1886
Description: Mosher family standing in front of the J.F. Mosher residence. From the left are J.F. Mosher, daughters Celia Belle, Rhoda Adelaide, and Bertha May, son Her...
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Round Barn

Date: 11 25 1961
Description: View of a round barn along Highway K. Farm equipment and another farm building are on the left. Fields and hills are in the background.
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Stone House

Date: 1925
Description: A stone house with a small front porch and balcony stands beside another stone building on the left. There are milk cans and chickens in front of the house...
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Poultry House

Date: 1915
Description: Exterior view of a chicken coop, or poultry house made of wood and wire.
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Brood Coops on Poultry Farm

Date: 1915
Description: Elevated view of chickens standing around multiple brood coops on a poultry farm. A farmhouse and other farm buildings are in the background.
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Children with Prize-Winning Chicks

Date: 05 1925
Description: Two children of Vernon Shurs sit and stand near four poultry houses and multiple prize-winning Rhode Island Red chicks. The girl, squatting and wearing a d...
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Woman with Poultry Flock

Date: 07 22 1923
Description: Chickens gathering around a woman near a poultry house (or chicken coop) as she is feeding the flock from a metal pail. A man is walking down a path in the...
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Farmhouse and Barnyard

Date: 04 1926
Description: Chickens stand in a barnyard surrounding a farmhouse. The photograph was taken for International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department to illustrat...
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Poultry Yard

Date: 1899
Description: Chickens stand in a fenced-in yard among rows of poultry houses. A farmhouse and other buildings stand in the background.
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Cock Pit

Date: 
Description: View of a thatched roof cock pit located in a fenced-in area and surrounded by trees. Published by Variety Store.
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Picnic Day at Demonstration Farm

Date: 1919
Description: Elevated view of picnic day on an International Harvester Company demonstration farm. Automobiles are parked near a farmhouse and a group is gathered near ...
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Woman Feeding Chickens

Date: 07 22 1923
Description: A woman stands outside a wooden shed while feeding a flock of chickens from a metal bucket. Several small chicken coops stand alongside the shed.
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Mrs. Gillespie Feeding Chickens

Date: 06 1930
Description: Mrs. Gillespie using a metal bucket to feed a flock of White Leghorn chickens outside a farm building on an International Harvester demonstration farm. A s...
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Woman in Automobile

Date: 1915
Description: A woman wearing a wide-brimmed hat sits behind the wheel of a Case automobile with its top folded down. A chicken or rooster stands to the right along the ...
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C.W. Klein Farm

Date: 05 30 1916
Description: Farm yard and buildings as seen from a rural road. Original caption: "This farm has been farmed by tenant for at least 10 years. Present tenant J.T. Siebel...

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