If like me, you're fond of eggs and their creators, you may enjoy these great old illustrations. The first two are on cigarette cards and the last from a French children's game. I have 5 lovely hens of my own wandering the back yard as I write.
The much sought after Ogden's Poultry Alphabet, 1924. Via the collection of Tim Bones.
Rhode Island Red from United Tobacco Co. "Farmyards of South Africa" series (c. 1918-1943). via The New York Public Library
Zoo families via pillpat (agence eureka) on flickr
