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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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Men Delivering Chickens with International Truck

Date: 1919
Description: Two men transporting crates of chickens with an International Model H or 21 delivery truck.
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Man, Dog and Chickens

Date: 03 03 1947
Description: Irvin Thompson with Andy, a chicken retrieving dog, placing an escaped chicken into a crate at the Southern Wisconsin Produce Company, 633 West Doty Street...
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McCormick-Deering Cooler

Date: 1937
Description: A man puts cleaned and dressed chickens into a cooler or freezer for storage.
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Harrison Produce Company Sales Counter

Date: 1937
Description: A man behind a counter weighs chickens on a countertop scale, and a women in a coat examines chickens on the counter. Some canned items are on a shelf behi...
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Schauls Live Poultry Farm

Date: 11 12 1938
Description: Workers wearing aprons are plucking, cleaning, and dressing chickens at the Schauls Live Poultry Farm. One man is looking at a chicken over an open McCormi...
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Chain O' Lakes Duck Farm

Date: 1939
Description: A man is holding a cleaned duck over the opening of a McCormick-Deering cooler at the Chain O' Lakes Duck Farm. His hat and apron are covered in feathers. ...
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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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