Dressed Rooster And Chicken Marriage Ceremony Pet Photo 1910 Real Photo Postcard

Petaluma, California, earned the moniker Egg Basket of the World in the early 20th century due to its booming poultry industry, making it a distinctive setting for a photograph featuring chickens. The widespread trend of anthropomorphic photography, where animals were dressed in human attire and posed in staged scenes, was a popular form of novelty and humor during the Edwardian era and into the 1920s, reflecting a fascination with the whimsical.