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Better bones

Date9/6/1974

Names

Barkley, Harold (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

FormatPicture

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: Better bones: Chickens in battery farms must get vitamin D through their feed because they can't get it through sunlight. A new discovery makes prodcution of the vitamin faster and cheaper.

Subject

Chickens

Medium

Photographs

Language

English

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)

Object NumberTSPA_0003895F

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