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Poultry Night at the Orpheum Theatre

Date: 11 17 1932
Description: Male and female turkeys awaiting their fate in cages in the lobby of the Orpheum Theatre. A poster advertises "Next Tuesday is Poultry Night Here! 8 turkey...
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Turkeys in Cooler

Date: 12 07 1944
Description: Goeden Company, 635-637 University Avenue walk-in cooler, with many turkeys hanging on racks.
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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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Brooder House

Date: 04 21 1936
Description: New brooder house at Garver's Supply Co., 3220 Atwood Avenue.
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Baby Chicks at Hatchery

Date: 01 15 1936
Description: Two trays of baby chicks at Klinke Hatchery, 1918 Winnebago Street, showing contrast between chicks fed with Jarvis egg mash and those who weren't.
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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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Klinke Hatchery Incubators

Date: 02 28 1935
Description: Three drawers full of baby chicks as they emerge from one of the big incubating machines at the Klinke Hatchery, 1918 Winnebago Street.
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Vit-O-Ray Egg Laying Contest

Date: 03 04 1935
Description: View inside storefront towards a dozen chickens in cages. They are finalists in the Vit-O-Ray egg laying contest for Klinke Hatchery, 1918 Winnebago Street...
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Flock of Turkeys

Date: 11 28 1934
Description: Flock of turkeys in their coop at 102 S. Dickinson Street.
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Cooking Turkey

Date: 11 23 1932
Description: Blanche Taylor, dietician at Madison General Hospital, testing turkey in commercial oven in hospital kitchen.
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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...
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Poultry and Egg Display

Date: 07 22 1948
Description: Front on view of poultry and egg display case, with dairy products on either side, at A & P grocery store, 623 University Avenue.
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Poultry Building at the Fair

Date: 1900
Description: Interior of the Poultry Building at the Wisconsin State Fair, showing some poultry on display.
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Chicken Processing

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Description: Production line of defeathered chickens.
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Turkey Processing

Date: 1975
Description: Women members of Local 231, of the Amalgamated Meatcutters and Butcher Workers of North America preparing turkeys for the market.
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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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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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Caged Turkey at Longfellow School

Date: 11 17 1948
Description: Six Longfellow School kindergarten students admiring a turkey in a cage. They named the turkey "Cindy" as they learned about turkeys as part of their schoo...
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Ellen Kayser with Baby Chicks

Date: 03 25 1949
Description: Pictured at the University of Wisconsin poultry husbandry department is Ellen Kayser, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul (Alfie) Kayser, 3 Bayside Drive, holdin...
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McCormick-Deering Cooler

Date: 1937
Description: A man puts cleaned and dressed chickens into a cooler or freezer for storage.

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