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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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Man Weighing Chickens

Date: 07 30 1929
Description: Man weighing chickens on a Toledo scale at the Southern Wisconsin Produce Company, located at 638-40 West Main Street.
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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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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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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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Man Butchering Chicken

Date: 1926
Description: A man wearing a necktie and collared shirt using an axe to butcher a chicken on a block of wood at International Harvester's Hinsdale experimental farm. A ...
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Man Feeding Chickens

Date: 06 1927
Description: A man wearing a straw hat feeding chickens out of a metal bucket in front of a poultry house at International Harvester's Hinsdale experimental farm.
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Mongrel Poultry Flock

Date: 05 1925
Description: A woman using a metal pail to feed a mixed flock of chickens in front of several wooden farm buildings, and what appears to be a garden plot.
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Mr. Chaddick with Incubator

Date: 05 1923
Description: Mr. Chaddick of the Fox River Poultry Farm, wearing coveralls and a cap, turning eggs in a Buckeye #8 incubator.
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Woman with Poultry Flock

Date: 07 22 1923
Description: Chickens gathering around a woman near a poultry house (or chicken coop) as she is feeding the flock from a metal pail. A man is walking down a path in the...
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Woman and Children with Chicks

Date: 1922
Description: A woman is standing with two children in a poultry yard, feeding chicks and a hen from a coffee can. Several farm buildings are in the background.

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