- Collection:
- Hall County Georgia Historical Photograph Collection
- Title:
- Photograph of a chicken coop with "Gainesville Ice Fuel Company" painted on the roof, Gainesville, Georgia, 1924
- Date of Original:
- 1924
- Subject:
- Chicken industry--Georgia--Gainesville
Chickens--Housing--Georgia--Gainesville - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Hall County, Gainesville, 34.29788, -83.82407
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/x-mrsid
- Description:
- Chicken raising by scientific method was the inspiration for this chicken house in 1924, "Gainesville Ice Fuel Company, Milk-Fed Poultry." Gainesville then had become the "greatest chicken and egg center of Georgia" (Hearst's Sunday American, Atlanta, June 8, 1924) C. B. Romberg and M. B. Sharp promoted the new industry.
Digitized by: Digital Techniques, Inc.
Electronic version made available through a federal Library Services and Technology Act Grant and Georgia Public Library Services. - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:hall_hchp_0484
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/hall/hchp/do:484
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [Name of photograph], Hall County, Georgia historical photograph collection, Hall County Library System.
- Extent:
- 1 photograph : bw ; 25 x 18 cm.
- Original Collection:
- Forms part of: Hall County, Georgia historical photograph collection.
- Holding Institution:
- Hall County Library System (Ga.)
- Rights:
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