Farm Women with Fowl
Chicks
Chicken YardChicken Yard, Grant Township, ca. 1940
Time Frame: ca. 1940
Chicken yards were common on most farms. Women often raised chickens as a source of income. They sold or bartered the eggs for groceries or other items. Grant Township, ca. 1940.
Image Courtesy of Carol Whiteis & Ruth Leibrand Personal Collections
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