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Incubator Room

Date: 03 1914
Description: Two men working in the incubator room of U.R. Fishel.
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Chain O'Lakes Duck Farm

Date: 1939
Description: A line of workers standing along tables at Chain O'Lakes duck farm. The workers appear to be plucking ducks.
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Man with Chicken Flock

Date: 1919
Description: A man, probably Ed Taylor, standing near what appears to be a chicken coop among a flock of Plymouth Rock chickens.
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Man Delousing a Chicken

Date: 05 1919
Description: A man crouching near a pail of sodium fluoride to dip a chicken as part of a delousing procedure at the Purdue University farm.
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Man Feeding Chickens

Date: 1914
Description: A man stands outside a chicken coop at the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station while feeding a flock of chickens from a wooden pail.
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Mary Binegar with Poultry Account Book

Date: 1916
Description: Mary Binegar, president of the Kiona-Benton School Poultry Club, holds a poultry account book as she stands outdoors near a haystack and several chickens a...
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Woman with Poultry Housing Display

Date: 1915
Description: A woman holding a chicken is standing beside a display illustrating quality poultry housing (chicken coops).
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Mrs. Edward B. Fishel with Chickens

Date: 1918
Description: Mrs. Edward B. Fishel standing outdoors to feed chickens from a metal pail.
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U.R. Fishel with Prize Poultry

Date: 1918
Description: U.R. Fishel standing near a cage set up on wooden barrels. He is showing two of his prize-winning Plymouth Rock chickens.
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Clifford Anderson with Leghorn Chickens

Date: 1915
Description: Clifford Anderson sits in a barnyard among his flock of white Leghorn chickens.
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Poultry House Feed Bins

Date: 05 1924
Description: A man wearing a cap and overalls holding a burlap feed bag while standing near feed bins in the poultry house of Professor Holden. Tools are hanging from n...
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Mr. Snyder Removing Chicken Droppings

Date: 05 1924
Description: Mr. Snyder using a scraper to move poultry droppings from roosts into a box on a litter carrier at the Holden farm.
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Helen Holden Besemer Candling Eggs

Date: 05 1924
Description: Helen Holden Besemer sitting in a wooden chair to candle eggs at Holden Poultry Farm.
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Candling Eggs

Date: 06 1925
Description: A woman wearing a dress sitting indoors to candle eggs at the Holden Farm. Cartons of eggs are piled on a table to her left, and household furniture is in ...
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Packing Eggs

Date: 06 1925
Description: A woman wearing a dress is standing behind a table at the Holden Farm while packing eggs into cardboard holders. The holders are piled on a candling table ...
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Man Catching Chickens

Date: 1925
Description: A man standing in front of a poultry house at Holden farm removing a chicken from a fish landing net after catching it. A number of chickens stand in the y...
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Buying Pullets

Date: 05 26 1926
Description: A man at the Holden farm handing two dollar bills to another man while purchasing a cage full of pullets. A farm building and wagon are behind the two men.
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Woman with Chicks

Date: 06 1925
Description: A woman wearing a dress, apron, and straw hat kneels to fill the water container in a poultry structure used to house chicks at De Kline Farm.
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Women Outdoors with Sod Poultry House

Date: 1925
Description: A woman uses a metal pail to feed a flock of White Wyandotte chickens near what appears to be a sod chicken coop.
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Superior Hatchery

Date: 1925
Description: Three men inspecting eggs in large cartons on multi-tiered shelves at Superior Hatchery. Cardboard cartons are piled in the center aisle.

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