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Abstract
Interview Session 01 (Audio)
Russ & Mary Jeckel discuss their careers as a hog farmers.
Interview Session 02 (Audio)
Scott and Russ give a tour of a hog confinement facility.
Transcript
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Photos
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Russ Jeckel (on the right) with his father John in 1944.
Where:
Unknown
When:
1944
Ownership:
Narrator's Photo
Caption
John Jeckel works with electrical fencing around a-frame hog pens in 1953.
Where:
Unknown
When:
1953
Ownership:
Narrator's Photo
Caption
The USS Pensacola, the ship Jeckel served on in the South Pacific during WW II.
Where:
South Pacific during WW II
When:
June 29, 1945
Ownership:
Public domain
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A Logan County Pork Producer's cookout in the early 1960s. From left to right are Bob Wertheim, Russ Jeckel, unknown, unknown ("Monkey"), Albert Gelbahl and unknown.
Where:
Logan County Pork Producer's
When:
1960s
Ownership:
Narrator's Photo
Caption
Russ and Mary Jeckel with the Illinois Pork Queen in the mid 1970s.
Where:
Fighting Illini Pork Club
When:
1970s.
Ownership:
Public domain
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Russ presents a ham to Governor Otto Kerner at the Illinois State Fair in 1965.
Where:
Illinois State Fair
When:
Illinois State Fair in 1965.
Ownership:
Public domain
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Aerial view of the Jeckel farm taken in the late 1970s.
Where:
Jeckel farm
When:
1970s
Ownership:
Narrator's Photo
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Jeckel's dairy barn is used for farrowing pigs, circa 1951.
Where:
Jeckel's dairy barn
When:
1951
Ownership:
Narrator's Photo
Caption
Jeckel's farrowing operation, photo taken in the early 1990s.
Where:
Jeckel's farrowing operation
When:
1990s
Ownership:
Narrator's Photo
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A hog farrowing barn in the late 1990s.
Where:
Unknown
When:
1990s
Ownership:
Narrator's Photo
Caption
A more modern finishing barn in the late 1990s.
Where:
Unknown
When:
1990s.
Ownership:
Narrator's Photo
Caption
An outdoor farrowing shed, circa 1952.
Where:
Circa 1952
When:
1952
Ownership:
Narrator's Photo
Caption
Outdoor farrowing sheds in 1962.
Where:
Unknown
When:
1962
Ownership:
Narrator's Photo
Caption
Pigs in a finisher shed in 2000.
Where:
Unknown
When:
2000
Ownership:
Narrator's Photo
Caption
Sows and pigs in a modernized facility, in the late 1990s.
Where:
Unknown
When:
1990s
Ownership:
Narrator's Photo
Caption
Russ and Mary Jeckel at the time of the interview in May 2008.
Where:
Unknown
When:
May 2008
Ownership:
Public domain
Caption
University of Illinois Award of Merit awarded to Russ Jeckel in 1971.
Where:
Unknown
When:
1971
Ownership:
Narrator's Photo
Caption
National Hog Farmer award given to Russ Jeckel in 1973 at the National Pork Congress.
Where:
National Pork Congress
When:
1973
Ownership:
Narrator's Photo
Caption
The Ford Farm Efficiency Award was awarded to Russ in 1975.
Where:
Unknown
When:
1975
Ownership:
Narrator's Photo
Caption
The Bloomington Pantagraph named Russ Jeckel its Outstanding Farmer in 1978.
Where:
Unknown
When:
1978
Ownership:
Narrator's Photo
Caption
Mary Jeckel received the Illinois Pork Producers Association with its Porkette Award in 1982.
Where:
Unknown
When:
1982
Ownership:
Narrator's Photo
Caption
Mary Jeckel received the National Pork Council Women's Recognition Award in 1988.
Where:
Unknown
When:
1988
Ownership:
Narrator's Photo
Caption
Russ and Mary Jeckel were inducted into the Pork Industry "Hall of Fame" in 1996.
Where:
Unknown
When:
1996
Ownership:
Narrator's Photo
Caption
The Jeckel's are recognized as Master Farmers.
Where:
Unknown
When:
Unknown
Ownership:
Narrator's Photo