70 years ago this week,in the Jan. 26, 1948 issue of LIFE - “CROWING CONTEST—Rooster owners coax their birds to strut and cry for the movies.” The epic featured portraits of roosters and their owners by the grand photographer Cornell Capa at a contest sponsored by Warner Pathe News at the Oklahoma State Poultry Show. This image opened the photo essay with the following caption: “A wide-mouthed gamecock crows with surprise as his exhibitor, and Mrs. Marjorie Munson of Alva,Okla. coaxes him on with a crow of her own.” (
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