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December 1940. "Mrs. Richard Carter, poultry farmer of Middleboro, Massachusetts. She runs the business of one thousand poulets while her husband drives a bulldozer at an Army camp nearby." Acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
That's a really nice rug. With that, the wallpaper and the curtains in the window, it doesn't look like a coop. They must move the ready eggs to a different room, barn or house to do the weighing and sorting. Since she's wearing short sleeves in December in Massachusetts then it's probably well heated also. I wonder if she moves the eggs from the barn or if they had a helper.
[That's a linoleum rug. - Dave]
Poulets? Is this a flourish or an old American usage?
[Perhaps Ukrainian-American. - Dave]
As boring as this mundane task must be, I'm certain that the flooring will keep her wide awake! Any of you 'colorizers' out there up to the challenge?!?
... with buttery grits, crispy bacon, and a hot biscuit. Oh and I'll have a pair of those Knock-Out shoes in size nine.
L, L, M, XL, S, XL, M, omelette, M, M, L, omelette, and so on.
EGGzactly 2.1 oz. (That's what one of my Grade A large eggs weighs)
Egg scale. Small, Medium, Large. A boring job for sure.
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