This is a reprinting of an article by Mr. H. H. Stoddard regarding the history and his views on the Standard of Perfection Through the years there have been several milestones in the history of the Standard of Perfection. Some have generated controversy, some have corrected previous wrongs and some were simply updates from prior […]
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Depicted here are the covers of the APA Standards. You will notice there are a few missing APA standard pictures, these are rare items and will be added as pictures become available. Should you have one of the missing ones, please notify us! Occasionally you will find APA standard with a different colored binding. There
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Taken from the April 1908 issue of The Poultry Fancier about the Plymouth Rock Breed Standard being the first single breed standard. Secretary Hallock of the American Poultry Association announces that the Plymouth Rocks will be given the first Breed Standard under the resolutions adopted at the Niagara Palls meeting last summer. He states that
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Republishing of an article by Arthur C. Smith on the 1923 Standard of Perfection Unquestionably, the new Standard will be more eagerly sought and more generally sold than any of the preceding editions. This will not be due merely to two most obvious facts: specifically, that more people in the United States and Canada are
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Sixty years ago this month the greatest poultry artist passed away. Arthur Oscar Schilling died on June 21, 1958 at the age of 76 in Rochester, New York. He was born in Germany on May 14, 1882. Close friend Ben Ricketts reported that even though he had been in very poor health for the last
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Harry Smith, W. was born December 23, 1875 in Brent, County Devon in England. After immigrating to the U.S. he lived predominately in Massachusetts and died there in July 10, 1951. Until I started researching history of the APA, I had made the assumption that W. Harry Smith was an artist hired by the A.P.A.
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Franklane Lorraine Sewell had a long productive career as an artist. From the March 1948 issue of the Poultry Tribune we learn that he passed away on January 5th, 1948. His last work was the Black Leghorn done just past his 80th birthday. He was born September 8, 1866 in Evanston, Illinois. On December
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Below you can find several accounts on the legacy Mr. J. Henry Lee created during his time as a poultry artist. Mr. H. S. Babcock’s Accounts on Henry Lee: I am glad of the opportunity afforded me by the Editor of the Reliable Poultry Journal, of expressing some of my impressions of the late Henry
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Irvin Web Burgess was born May 11, 1880 in Wisconsin, based on his WWI draft registration card. A funny side note, in the “height” section on the draft card it only says “tall”. The 1920 Census lists him as a lump worker at a glass factory in Vineland, New Jersey. He was married to Flora
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The American Poultry Association has never had a staff artist to use for its artwork. When illustrations were needed, the committee in charge of the Standard of Perfection would request bids for the work from the leading great poultry artists of the time. Many of the leading artists of the day were employed by major
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