[Cook County Poor Farm, five unidentified men standing in a semi-circle, one man holding a chicken]

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  • Collection ID DN-0063675
  • Creator Names Chicago Daily News, Inc., photographer.
  • Title [Cook County Poor Farm, five unidentified men standing in a semi-circle, one man holding a chicken] [graphic].
  • Dates [ca. 1914 Nov. 14]
  • Physical description 1 negative : b&w, glass ; 4 x 5 in.
  • Access and usage restrictions Restriction: Original negatives are fragile and not available to researchers. Please consult the on-line image instead.
  • Collection summary Image of five men standing in a semi-circle with one man holding a chicken. They are at the Cook County Poor Farm, also known as Cook County Poor House, Oak Forest Hospital, and Oak Forest Infirmary and now known as Cook County Oak Forest Hospital. The hospital was located at 15900 South Cicero Avenue the southeast corner of Cicero Avenue and 159th Street in Oak Forest, Illinois. It opened in 1910 and was designed by Holabird and Roche. The facility was constructed when the poor farm at Dunning, Illinois, became overcrowded. The farm had great success with a chicken farming venture, both financially and socially.
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  • Names
    • Cook County Poor Farm (Oak Forest, Ill.)
    • Cook County Poor Farm (Oak Forest, Ill.)
    • Oak Forest Hospital (Oak Forest, Ill.)
    • Oak Forest Infirmary (Oak Forest, Ill.)
  • Subjects
    • Poor persons Illinois Oak Forest 1910-1919. lctgm
    • Almshouses Illinois Oak Forest 1910-1919. lctgm
    • Chickens 1910-1919. lctgm
    • Poultry houses Illinois Oak Forest 1910-1919. lctgm
  • Geographic coverage Oak Forest (Ill.) 1910-1919.
  • Genre
    • Dry plate negatives. gmgpc
    • Gelatin dry plate negatives. aat
  • Geographic name United States Illinois Cook County Chicago.
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