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Young Blackneck Pheasants
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Young blackneck pheasants flocking together in two adjacent chicken wire fenced pens. There is a shed in the background, right. The description typed on the reverse reads: "Eight weeks old Black-neck pheasants in holding pen. Pheasant propagation by Kenosha Conservation League."
August 1936
Sanborn, Eugene H.
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W013O7B
WHi 130714
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