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This photograph shows a flock of chickens, a man, chicken coops, farm buildings, and a windmill on an unidentified farm, presumed to be in Haskell County, Kansas. Poultry was a very important food source before refrigeration was commonplace in rural households on the prairie. Chickens and turkeys also provided a much-needed source of income through the sale of live birds and eggs.
Creator: Steele, F. M. (Francis Marion), 1866-1936
Date: Between 1891 and 1912
Item Number: 7855
Call Number: Haskell County Historical Society: F. M. Steele co
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 7855
Agriculture - Family farming
Agriculture - Livestock - Poultry - Chickens
Agriculture - Structures - Chicken houses
Agriculture - Structures - Sheds
Agriculture - Structures - Windmills
Built Environment - Function - Agriculture/Subsistence - Agricultural Outbuilding - Sheds
Built Environment - Function - Agriculture/Subsistence - Agricultural Outbuilding - Windmills
Built Environment - Function - Agriculture/Subsistence - Animal Facility - Chicken houses
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Farmers
Collections - Photograph - Steele, F. M. (photographer)
Date - 1890s
Date - 1900s
Date - 1910s
Home and Family - Daily life - Settlement
Home and Family - Residences - Exteriors - Other structures - Outhouses
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
People - Men
Places - Counties - Haskell
Thematic Time Period - Industrialization and the National Economy, 1870 - 1920
Type of Material - Photographs
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