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Tag Archives: chicken
Boniger’s Fancy Chicks
September is National Chicken Month! It’s the perfect time to share one of our favorite photos from the Hostetler Studio Collection, Mr. Boniger’s prize winning chicken. Emil C. Boniger won many prizes for his chickens, as you can see from this … Continue reading
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Tagged boniger, chicken, Hostetler Studios, national chicken month, Photographs, Portraits, Prizes, september
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Celebrate Bird Day – it’s the law!
On April 20, 1923, The 40th General Assembly of the State of Iowa enacted the observance of a new holiday: Bird Day. It was an act to designate and set apart the twenty-first day of March as a day for … Continue reading