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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Chicken Yard 1943, for Tina
From: images at comporium.net (Tina Manley)
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2012 17:41:13 -0500
References: <2212F33CD54B4D7EB992643E4349C65E@jimnichols>

I love it!  Especially the lady's hat and the shadow of the photographer.
 They seem very proud of their healthy chickens!  Chickens are a wonderful
source of protein and very easy to raise.  Good for them.

Tina

On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 5:34 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at 
lighttube.net>wrote:

> During WWII, in addition to Victory Gardens, many small town families also
> fenced in their own chicken yards to provide eggs and meat.  This image
> from 1943 was probably made by my late father-in-law, Herb Miller, with his
> 4x5 Speed Graphic.
>
> I thought of Tina's chickens when I ran across this image.
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Chicken+Yard+1943.jpg.html
>
> Comments and critiques welcomed.
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
>
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-- 
Tina Manley, ASMP
www.tinamanley.com


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