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Titan Tractor Advertising Poster

Date: 1919
Description: Advertising poster of World War I veteran returning home to family, farm and new Titan 10-20 tractor. The caption on the poster reads: "Look what dad bough...
Photograph

Newborn Chick

Date: 03 19 1963
Description: Eggbert, the baby chick, waits for his siblings to hatch in a home incubator, under the watchful eyes of a young boy and girl.
Photograph

Group Portrait of Mother and Children in front of Sod Farmhouse

Date: 1905
Description: View of farm woman and her two children posing in front of sod farmhouse on poor plot of land. The woman is sitting in a chair near the open front door. A ...
Photograph

Miller's Chicken Hatchery

Date: 03 10 1937
Description: Miller's Hatchery, 2620 E. Washington Avenue, featuring Mother Miller's Chicks.
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Baby Chicks at Hatchery

Date: 01 15 1936
Description: Two trays of baby chicks at Klinke Hatchery, 1918 Winnebago Street, showing contrast between chicks fed with Jarvis egg mash and those who weren't.
Photograph

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.
Photograph

Klinke Hatchery Incubators

Date: 02 28 1935
Description: Three drawers full of baby chicks as they emerge from one of the big incubating machines at the Klinke Hatchery, 1918 Winnebago Street.
Photograph

White Leghorn Hen

Date: 01 22 1935
Description: Two views of white leghorn hen, Herb's Hatchery.
Photograph

Jaywalking Hen

Date: 02 23 1931
Description: View of a hen, a barred Plymouth Rock, found jaywalking on University Avenue, in the city jail.
Photograph

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.
Poster

Champion Harvesting Machines Advertisement

Date: 1890
Description: Advertising poster for Champion brand agricultural machines, manufactured by Warder, Bushnell and Glessner Company. The main illustration depicts a salesma...
Book or Pamphlet

Deering Grass Cutting Machinery Advertising Catalog

Date: 1888
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for grass cutting machinery manufactured by William Deering and Company. Features a color illustration of children riding a...
Photograph

Chicken Processing

Date: 
Description: Production line of defeathered chickens.
Photograph

Chicken Farm and Coops in Farmyard

Date: 1905
Description: View of farmyard with a flock of chickens and several chicken coops in foreground. A farmhouse is in the background.
Photograph

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.
Photograph

Zula Belle Walker with Poultry Flock

Date: 1917
Description: Six year-old Zula Belle Walker of McDonald Chapel, Jefferson County, feeding her mongrel flock of poultry.
Photograph

Nakoma 12th Night

Date: 01 07 1950
Description: Two co-chairmen hold a chicken to be given as a special prize at the Nakoma 12th Night Party. Donald Dohr, 4150 Cherokee Drive, stands at left, and Sidney...
Photograph

Chickens Near a Broken Down Manure Spreader

Date: 1942
Description: Chickens gathered around an old manure spreader in a farm yard.
Photograph

Seminole Family

Date: 1904
Description: A large Seminole Native American family posed outdoors as a group, including men, women and children who are all wearing Seminole native clothing. There ar...
Photograph

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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