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| Description: | The chicken farm of Alfred Ruf on State Highway 3. |
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| Description: | An unidentified man (Myles Horton?) using an axe to cut off a chicken's head. |
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| Description: | A woman plucking feathers out of a chicken at an unknown location. |
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| Description: | Some unidentified people plucking chicken feathers at an unidentified location. |
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| Description: | Threshing day in the fields at the Quinney family farm. View includes, two workers, a tractor powering the thresher, a horse-drawn cart full of straw, a t... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | A rooster with a Union flag, representing the Union army, is facing a chicken (with what appears to be ostrich legs) with a piracy flag, which is supposed ... |
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| 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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| Description: | Letterhead of A.K. Porter, a poultry breeder and egg dealer from Shawano, Wisconsin, with an image of a rooster and a chicken. Printed on lined note paper. |
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| Description: | Letterhead of J.F. Riemer, a poultry breeder of "S.C. Rhode Island Reds, S.C. Buff and Brown Leghorns, Barred and White Rocks, and S.C. Black Minorcas," fr... |
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| Description: | A woman stands in the yard petting and scratching a chicken perched on a stump. She is wearing a dress and has a barrette in her hair. In the background is... |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 1933 |
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| 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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| Description: | Letterhead of the Charles A. Parfrey Poultry Supplies company, with hens surrounding a double Sure Trip Trap poultry cage, a view of farm buildings in the ... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Gustave Ott (1871-1954) and Anna Ott (1871-1954) feeding a large flock of multi-colored chickens on their farm. Gustave is carrying a kettle and Anna is ho... |
| Date: | 1934 |
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| Description: | Six young pheasants are clustered in front of a primitive brooder house. There appears to be a black domestic hen among them. There is a pan of grain and a... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Detailed poster covered in writing. Highlights of poster text reads: "An army of poultry will help win the war. Uncle Sam Says:... Raise more chickens - It... |
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