Chicken Collection (page 5)

Chicken. Date between 1804 and 1818

Why does a chicken cross the road?

Seldens funny farce, A spring chicken. Date c1898

Six women in Chicken Stealing Competition
Six women competitors in the Chicken Stealing Competition held at the Essex Motor Club Annual Gymkhana at High Beach, Epping Forest, Essex. circa 1911

Man with rooster
Man with a rooster, 1959. Date: 1959

A rooster
The rooster in a Swedish primer from 1637 Date: 1637

Spot the Chicken
A rather suspicious looking group of men, one of them holding a hen, Piccadilly Circus, London. Date: 1930s

Silhouette - Children and Birds (" Small Animal-friends" ) - by Karl Frohlich 1856

The wonderful American hen with three wings and four legs. The greatest living curiosity in the world, as exhibited at 26 Charing Cross Road, London

Victorian Farmyard (The poultry). A closer look at poultry. Ducks, chicken and turkeys in the farmyard. Unattributed illustrator Date: circa 1870

The Cock with Two Wives by George Ranstead
Second in a series of six drawings depicted the Aesop Fable about the man with two wives but acted out by chickens instead

Japanese bantam hens, 1890
Black-tailed white Japanese Bantams Date: 1890

Urban Chicken
Why did the chicken cross the road? A cheeky chicken becomes the talk of the town. Date: 1930s

How an egg grows
Which comes first ? Your answer I beg : Is it the chicken ? Or is it the egg ? Date: circa 1880

Station Refershments
Passengers at this station in Virginia refresh themselves with coffee and fried chicken. Date: 1882

Two gipsy girls with a chicken, sitting on the ground at the side of their caravan. The older girl wears a knitted jumper and has plaited hair

Red-haired gipsy boy with a chicken
A red-haired gipsy boy sits on a battered-looking scooter holding a chicken

Gipsy girl in a bright blue jumper with a chicken
A gipsy girl wearing a bright blue knitted jumper puts her arm round a chicken

Gipsy girl holding a chicken, Charlwood, Surrey
A gipsy girl called Janie, holding a chicken at an encampment in Charlwood, Surrey

Smiling gipsy girl holding a chicken
A smiling gipsy girl holding a chicken, with a caravan in the background. Date: 1960s

Gipsy family outside their caravan
A gipsy family -- mother and two children -- standing outside their caravan in a wooded area

Three elderly people sitting outside their home
Three elderly people, two men and a woman, sitting outside their home, enjoying a glass of beer and a bite to eat

Women with poultry at an open air market
Four women, young and middle aged, holding poultry at an open air market

Man on a bicycle, holding the reins of his horse
A man on a bicycle, holding the reins of his horse on a wet day

Hens and cockerels
Studies of hens and cockerels

Street scene in provincial France - A tradesman stand by his mule wagon chatting to the gentleman on the right, who is carrying a brace of chicken wrapped up in a black cloth

Croatia - Traditional National Costume (7 / 8)
Croatia - Traditional National Costume (7/8) - country woman carrying some chickens

Seller of little chickens
A Bohemian Gypsy lady chicken seller, specialising in little chickens. Pictures with her young male assistant

Chicken sellers, Constantinople
Two female chicken sellers, Constantinople, Turkey

William Thomas Burgess, Channel swimmer
William Thomas Burgess (right) at Walmer after his successful channel swim, which took place on 5-6 September 1911. He was the second person to swim the channel after Captain Matthew Webb in 1875

Brands Invalid Preparations advertisement
Advertisement for Brands invalid preparations which comprise of its calfs foot jelly, essence of beef and essence of chicken and, apparently, not containing any preservatives

A Cockerel and Hen - Gold-Laced Wyandottes
A fine postcard illustration of a cockerel and hen - Gold-laced Wyandottes

Dog Waits for Dinner
AFTER YOU ! A dog waits for its master to finish his meal, hoping there ll be some tasty left- overs

Young Gipsy Boy - 1973
A young gypsy lad sits on his family pony, clutching a chicken at this encampment in Surrey

Butcher Serves Customer
A woman customer, holding a lorgnette up to her face, points to a plucked chicken that the butcher has picked up

Blackfoot Dance 1982
Performance of the Chicken Dance at the Blackfoot Indian Reserve, Alberta, Canada

Poule Noire: conjuring
La Poule Noire black chicken which, sacrificed at crossroads at midnight, compels the Devil to appear

Little girl with coloured eggs in a poultry yard
A little girl collecting eggs in a poultry yard fills her basket with coloured eggs

China / On the Farm
On the farm - feeding the animals on a communal farm

A CHICKEN-MAN / 1647
A chicken man about to pluck a chicken. These tradesman are preachers in the City of London, 1647

Dinner with a Dog C1815
A lady of the French aristocracy - thought to be la princesse de Vaudemont - dines en tete-a-tete with her dog, to whom she is offering a leg of chicken

Albionette Stove 1896
The Albionette stove promises perfectly cooked food for all

Gourmand Dines
A portly gourmand dines alone on a whole chicken

Fur-Lined Overcoat 1907
Back view of an American fur- line & fur-trimmed overcoat with pocket flaps & back vent. The model poses against some bison who presumably obligingly supplied the fur?

Panning Alluvial Gold
A New Zealand gold miner in wading boots sifts through the alluvial gold he has panned

Indian Meal 1970S
An Indian style meal of curried chicken and rice, with black cherry crumble or meringue for dessert

January C18Th
This month is shown as a man in purple robes burning incense. This month is named after the god Janus and considered sacred and an auspicious birthdate

White Leghorn Cockerel
White Leghorn cockerel

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