Archival Collections at Sonoma County Library

Workers stand on either side of a washing trough with lines of chicken carcasses suspended from overhead hooks.

A male worker standing at a table covered by chicken fryers packs them into a wooden crate.

A female worker places a chicken carcass on a scale.

A live chicken stands on top of a wooden box labeled as "Chicken fryer, ready-to-cook, packed by California Poultry, Inc., Fulton, California;" an open box next to the chicken displays packed fryers and other boxes are stacked behind.

A line of chicken carcasses suspended from overhead hooks pass through a pair of unidentified machines.

Workers stand on in front of a washing trough with a line of chicken carcasses suspended from overhead hooks.

A female worker stands next to a line of plucked chicken carcasses suspended from an overhead conveyor.

Female workers stands between lines of plucked chicken carcasses suspended from an overhead conveyor.

Workers take carcasses suspended from their heads off the overhead line, rehang the suspended from their feet and slit open their necks,

Women inspect bagged chicken carcasses. Two workers operate bag vacuum machines.