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Mrs. Robb checks sketches, Sixty chickens once roosted in here
Mrs. Robb checks sketches, Sixty chickens once roosted in here

Mrs. Robb checks sketches, Sixty chickens once roosted in here

Date10/29/1966
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Original Toronto Star caption: Mrs. Robb checks sketches; Sixty chickens once roosted in here.
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    ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
    CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
    Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
    Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
    Object NumberTSPA_0106659F
    Spring chickens. This proud mother and chicks are part of 16-year-old John Garrett's backyard chicken farm in Scarborough. Garrett, who keeps 25 chick(...)
    Spring chickens. This proud mother and chicks are part of 16-year-old John Garrett's backyard chicken farm in Scarborough. Garrett, who keeps 25 chick(...)
    Dunlop, Al
    4/9/1981
    Whole chickens are more economical than packaged chicken parts because you don't have to pay for the butcher's work in cutting them up
    Whole chickens are more economical than packaged chicken parts because you don't have to pay for the butcher's work in cutting them up
    Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
    6/23/1971
    Cookbook author Muriel Breckenridge with bargain chickens: 'Housekeeping should be run as any efficient business is run'
    Cookbook author Muriel Breckenridge with bargain chickens: 'Housekeeping should be run as any efficient business is run'
    Slaughter, Mike
    5/23/1979
    Besides 85 Lionel Purcell (left, rear) raises an assortment of go onkeys, llamas, ducks, chickens, peacocks and dov his 140-care farm, within sight of northern Scarborough's high-rises
    Besides 85 Lionel Purcell (left, rear) raises an assortment of go onkeys, llamas, ducks, chickens, peacocks and dov his 140-care farm, within sight of northern Scarborough's high-rises
    Combs, Erin
    8/8/1977
    Goats, chickens, pigs and cows are raised on the Cowley Fathers' farm
    Goats, chickens, pigs and cows are raised on the Cowley Fathers' farm
    Cowley Fathers
    8/7/1937
    Down. Poultry is less expensive than it was last year because more fresh and frozen chickens are available. Egg prices also favor consumers
    Down. Poultry is less expensive than it was last year because more fresh and frozen chickens are available. Egg prices also favor consumers
    Griffin, Doug
    6/10/1969
    Mike and Sue Symest are thrilled with their new century farm, near Claremont, settling in with six cats, three dogs, three horses, 40 chickens, a few bantams and two children
    Mike and Sue Symest are thrilled with their new century farm, near Claremont, settling in with six cats, three dogs, three horses, 40 chickens, a few bantams and two children
    McConnell, Colin
    6/24/1988
    Same old Alice: Some of the props are different, but Alice Cooper's stage presence has changed little since the days when he used to hang himself and bit heads off chickens, reviewer says
    Same old Alice: Some of the props are different, but Alice Cooper's stage presence has changed little since the days when he used to hang himself and bit heads off chickens, reviewer says
    Cooper, Alice, 1948-
    11/24/1981
    Judging school fair chickens
    Judging school fair chickens
    Ontario. Ministry of Agriculture and Food
    1918
    book cover with an illustration of a hen and a boy holding a chicken cage. 
    The surprising and singular adventures of a hen : as related by herself to her family of chickens.
    Whittingham and Arliss
    1815
    Big, fat gooey ones. Her hunting lamp strapped to her head, Mrs. Anibal Cordeiro checks night's harvest of fish bait from York Downs Golf Club--9,000 (...)
    Big, fat gooey ones. Her hunting lamp strapped to her head, Mrs. Anibal Cordeiro checks night's harvest of fish bait from York Downs Golf Club--9,000 (...)
    Griffin, Doug
    5/12/1968
    Mrs. Betty service of Black creek pioneer village checks drying herbs
    Mrs. Betty service of Black creek pioneer village checks drying herbs
    Griffin, Doug
    6/2/1971