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Loading Eggs into International L-120 Pickup Truck

Date: 1950
Description: Two men are loading boxes of eggs into the back end of an International L-120 pickup truck in front of a poultry store. Produced from 1949-1953, approximat...
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Turkey-drawn Wagon

Date: 1910
Description: A boy is driving two turkeys yoked together that are pulling his small wagon loaded with vegetables. Painted on the side of the wagon: "Birdsell, South Ben...
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Klinke Hatchery and Truck

Date: 11 1935
Description: Klinke Hatchery, 1918 Winnebago Street, with truck in front loaded with incubators from the Petersime Incubator Co., Gettysburg, Ohio.
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Piper Brothers Farm

Date: 03 04 1932
Description: Piper Brothers farm scene, 4718 Odana Road near Midvale.
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International Truck and Poultry Rack Trailer

Date: 01 29 1932
Description: View of the back left side of an International truck and poultry rack trailer.
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International L-160 Truck Delivering Chickens

Date: 1950
Description: View of a man delivering chickens to Lyons Produce, Poultry and Eggs with an International L-160 truck.
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Lyons Turkey Farm

Date: 11 1947
Description: People are standing in the middle of a flock of turkeys at the Frank Lyons Turkey Farm, Verona.
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Hogs on Main Street

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Description: Boy herding hogs through town on Main Street, probably on the way to the stockyards near the railroad station on the east side of the Black River. Storefro...
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Elephant pulling Wagon in Parade

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Description: Elephant pulling a wagon with a sign for the pig circus in a parade through town.
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Tall-tale Postcard: Caught With the Goods

Date: 1913
Description: Photomontage of a dwarf wearing a top hat driving a cart, drawn by a mule, filled with giant eggs. The dwarf is wearing a suit and a top hat. The mule is...
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Tall-tale Postcard: Father Works

Date: 1910
Description: Photomontage of a boy driving a cart drawn by a giant chicken. The back of the cart is filled with giant eggs, and a fence lines the road in the background...
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Liberty Live Poultry Truck

Date: 01 23 1926
Description: A man loads pallets of chickens onto the back of an International truck in front of the Liberty Live Poultry storefront. The truck reads: "P. Cherry; 415 L...
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International Truck with Caged Poultry

Date: 05 25 1937
Description: A man and woman stand next to an International pickup truck loaded with caged poultry. There are farm buildings in the background.
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Residential Street

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Description: View of an unpaved rural street in a company town of Consolidated Coal Company. In the distance, a boy leads a flock of birds down the street.
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Car in the Farmyard

Date: 1916
Description: Will and Lorena Holloway seated in a car parked in a farmyard while chickens forage in the foreground.
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Threshing Day

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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...
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A Duck Farm

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Description: A view of a fenced area with ducks. Across the road is a cornfield. A telephone or electric line runs along the road from the right into the distance on th...
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Manure Pile Near House

Date: 04 1926
Description: View of a manure pile near a barn. Used to demonstrate the dangers of placing waste too near to a house. A rooster is standing atop the pile, and a bicycle...
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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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Shipping Chicks

Date: 06 1925
Description: Two men unload containers of chicks from the back of a horse-drawn wagon as part of a parcel post delivery. The sign on a brick building in the background ...

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