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Little Girl with Rooster

Date: 1920
Description: Portrait of a young girl sitting on a stool holding a rooster in her lap, in front of Sunnyside School. The girl was participating in a third year "living ...
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The Chicken Peddler

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Description: A man poses while selling chickens on the street. A building with an exterior brick chimney is behind him.
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Children with Pet Cockerel

Date: 1914
Description: Two children posing with their pet cockerel. The boy is holding up a piece of dried corn on the cob.
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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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Children with Prize-Winning Poultry

Date: 1914
Description: A girl and a boy wearing wide-brimmed hats sitting outdoors in the grass while holding a prize-winning hen and cockerel on their laps.
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Heidi Lichtenberg with Wanda, Her Pet Chicken

Date: 2004
Description: Heidi Lichtenberg shows off her pet, Wanda, which she plans to enter in competition at the Dodge County Fair. Heidi says, "Chicken is not on my menu!"
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Stommel Barn — Interior

Date: 2004
Description: Marge Stommel shows off some chickens that she is raising.
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Girl and Rooster

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Description: Carte-de-visite of a young girl posed with a rooster in front of a painted backdrop. She wears a dress and holds a partially eaten apple in her hand. She a...
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Prize Draft Horse

Date: 1910
Description: The horse, with a man holding him by a lead, is standing in a meadow with chickens and a fence in the background.
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Boy with Calf

Date: 1931
Description: Harold Calder, wearing bib overalls and a cap, poses with his calf, which won second place at the Cambridge Festival in 1931. There are chickens, a small c...
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Harvey Lein

Date: 1932
Description: Harvey Lein, 13, poses with a flock of chickens near a barn. He is wearing a cap and bib overalls and is carrying a bucket. There are bushes blooming in ...
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Frank Smith, Jr.

Date: 1933
Description: Frank Smith, Jr., age 12, feeds chickens on his father's farm. The farmhouse is in the background. Young Smith was a student at the Hillcrest School, Distr...
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Jennie Krueger Bruetzman on the Farm

Date: 06 24 1919
Description: Jennie Krueger Bruetzman standing in the yard on the Krueger farm. She is wearing pants and holding a basket. Chickens are near farm buildings in the backg...
Historical Object

Presidential Political Campaign Buttons 1912-1924

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Description: Framed assortment of campaign buttons for the presidential elections of Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, and William Taft (1912), Woodrow Wilson and Cha...
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Pet Rooster

Date: 04 23 1957
Description: Barbara Scholidon posing with her 1-year-old pet rooster. She had brought the chicken home from a Lapham School project that hatched twelve chicks from an ...
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Young Child Holding Chickens

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Description: A young child is standing outdoors, holding one chicken under their left arm, and holding another chicken by the legs in their right hand. Caption reads: "...
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Young Girl and Boy with Chickens

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Description: A young girl and boy are sitting on the steps of the porch of a house. two chickens are standing between them. Large, potted flowers and ferns are near the...

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