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Item
Title
D75537-9
Date(s)
- 1953-06-04 (Creation)
Extent
Name of creator
(1919-1980)
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Scope and content
There are chickens as far as the eye can see in this June 4, 1953, photograph. There were many varieties of chicken houses; this evidently was much larger than the normal chicken coop. To keep the chickens warm, at least three metallic heater units are hanging above their heads. A woman is apparently adjusting the height of one of the heaters by tugging at a rope. The many eggs laid by these chickens would be then transported to the Washington Cooperative Farmers Association who would clean, rate and sell them on behalf of the farmer. Photograph ordered by Dale Smith, Washington Cooperative Farmers Association. TPL-9370
Chickens; Chicken industry; Poultry; Washington Cooperative Farmers Association (Tacoma);