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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. William Mead was H. H. West's cousin. Grace and Walter Biddick were West's first cousins once removed. Grace and Walter Biddick help Will Mead pluck a chicken. Mr. Mead wears a hat and coat. He has a moustache. The chicken is on a wooden structure and Mr. Mead is grabbing its feet. Grace and Walter are both barefoot and each has one foot up on the wood. Grace looks at the camera, while Walter looks at the chicken. There is a large pile of hay behind them, as well as chicken wire and trees. Text from negative sleeve: 665. East. Red Oak, Iowa. Meads farm. September 1900. Will Mead coming up out of the cave that was a few feet from the south west corner of their house. Into this cave Uncle Dan used to run us in the night when a big storm came up. Was afraid of cyclones. We took comforts along with us and crawled into the bins for vegetables and slept. Smelled of dill pickle barrels, cabbages, old potatoes, onions, etc. Every once in a while Uncle Dan would go to the door, raise it, and peek out to see if the buildings were still there. How it thundered and lightninged. Grace and Walter Biddick picking a chicken, with help from Will Mead. 2 negatives.
Type
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_0665_002 ark:/21198/zz002hr65n
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Chickens--Iowa--Elliott Biddick, Walter William, 1889-1947 Mead, William P., 1871-1906 Biddick, Grace, b. 1892 or 93
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