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Woman Candling Eggs

Date: 06 1925
Description: A seated woman candling eggs at Holden Farm.
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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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Helen Holden Besemer Candling Eggs

Date: 05 1924
Description: Helen Holden Besemer sitting in a wooden chair to candle eggs at Holden Poultry Farm.
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Candling Eggs

Date: 06 1925
Description: A woman wearing a dress sitting indoors to candle eggs at the Holden Farm. Cartons of eggs are piled on a table to her left, and household furniture is in ...
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Packing Eggs

Date: 06 1925
Description: A woman wearing a dress is standing behind a table at the Holden Farm while packing eggs into cardboard holders. The holders are piled on a candling table ...
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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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Cleaning a Poultry House

Date: 03 1929
Description: A man wearing rubber boots using a broom and lye solution to scrub the floor of a poultry house at Holden Farm.

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