Small Archive of a Mail Order Chicken Farm

Seneca, NY: Old Homestead Poultry Yards, 1900. Near fine.. Small collection of stationary and labels from the Old Homestead Poultry Yards in Seneca Falls, New York. The farm raised white leghorns and buff leghorns, "Fowls of High Degree." The farm sold chickens for hatching, as the included shipping labels indicate. The included stationary has striking engraved details including illustrated roosters, chicks, and eggs. Includes: Single sheet blank blue letterhead (8.25" x 11"); ten blank blue envelopes with Old Homestead logo (6.5" x 3.5"); two cards advertising poultry books (3.25" x 5.25"); two egg delivery cards (4.5" x 5.25"); one pink illustrated egg delivery label (7.75" x 4.25"). Minor toning and edge-wear.