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Woman and Child Feeding Chickens

Date: 07 22 1923
Description: A woman and child feed a flock of chickens from a bucket while standing outside a shed. A young boy sits near the farmhouse, and a train on railroad tracks...
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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...
Postcard

Christmas Greetings

Date: 1930
Description: Holiday postcard with a brown terrier dog standing upright on his back feet. He is holding a dead turkey by the feet in his left paw and a basket of dead t...
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Xmas * Fatherless Children of France * 1917

Date: 1917
Description: Holiday card of three French orphan children, two boys and a girl, herding three geese. The youngest boy holds a switch. A meadow, trees and a house are vi...
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Joyeux Noel!

Date: 1918
Description: Holiday card with a soldier walking while carrying a child who is waving an American flag. The soldier is wearing a uniform and a campaign hat. Two childre...
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Santa and His Sleigh Pulled By Turkeys

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Description: Santa Claus is sitting on his sleigh, which is being pulled by two turkeys in harness in a snow-covered field with trees and hills in the background. Santa...
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Stommel Barn — Interior

Date: 2004
Description: Marge Stommel shows off some chickens that she is raising.
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Cutting Off Chicken Legs

Date: 04 1927
Description: Person's hands cutting the legs off a recently plucked chicken with pruning shears. A can of Sterno is in the background.
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Turkey Farm

Date: 
Description: View of thousands of turkeys at a turkey farm.
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Flock of White Turkeys

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Description: View of a flock of turkeys at a turkey farm. A worker can be seen pouring feed into large feed-buckets using a machine. The text on the side of the feed-bu...
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Klinke's Hatchery's Mini-Turks

Date: 04 07 1954
Description: Dressed turkey with label reading, "Klinke's Mini-Turks; Beltsville Whites; Miniature Turkeys, Ready to Cook, Madison Wis. One meal, Family size, Look insi...
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Main Street

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Description: View down Main Street. An automobile drives past stores, cafes, and First National Bank; the bank was organized in 1905 and erected in 1911. In the backgr...
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Plano Advertisement with Roosters

Date: 1893
Description: Illustrated inset in a Plan Manufacturing Company advertisement depicting a "Plano" rooster chasing a "competitor" rooster. The text reads: "The Light Runn...
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Plano Manufacturing Advertisement with Roosters

Date: 1893
Description: An ornate advertisement "showing the wonderful growth of the Plano Manufacturing Company" as symbolized by the hatching and growth of a chick into a mighty...
Photograph

Feeding the Chickens

Date: 1929
Description: Oscar Steinkopf feeding the chickens on his 40-acre farm near Luck. Feeding the chickens was traditionally considered women's work and perhaps Steinkopf wa...
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Man Holding Rooster

Date: 1935
Description: Man wearing overalls stands outside, holding a rooster in one arm and holding his hat in his other hand. He is probably at the Iron County Fair.
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Man Holding Rooster

Date: 1935
Description: Man wearing a vest and tie stands holding a rooster at the Iron County Fair.
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Geo. C. Mansfield Co. Memohead

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Description: Memohead of the Geo. (George) C. Mansfield Company, a manufacturer and dealer in butter, eggs, cheese, poultry and country produce from Johnsons Creek, Wis...
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Vernon Valley Farm Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of Vernon Valley Farm, a breeder of Percheron and coach horses, shorthorn cattle, Berkshire hogs, Bronze turkeys, and Wyandotte chickens from Mt...

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