Postcard
Gene Murray's Ox Team
| Text on front reads: "Amos and Andy, Gene Murray's Ox Team, Reedsburg, Wis." Mr. Murray posing with his oxen team and covered wagon. Text on the wagon cover reads: "Amos", "Andy" and "Murray's Dairyland Express, Reedsburg and Janesville". Gene Murray was a well-known farmer and resident of Dellona Township. He trained teams of oxen to pull wagons in public events between 1951 and 1975. |
| Image ID: | 148616 |
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| Creation Date: | 1957 |
| Creator Name: | Unknown |
| City: | Reedsburg |
| County: | Sauk |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| Collection Name: | Wisconsin postcard collection, circa 1860s?-circa 1990s |
| Genre: | Postcard |
| Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
| Original Format Number: | PH 2744 |
| Original Dimensions: | 5.5 x 3.5 inches |
| Divided back. Stampbox indicates the photographic paper was manufactured by Kodak, 1950 to present. Real Photo Postcard. A note on the reverse, "West-O-Rama," suggests that he may have appeared at the 1957 Wisconsin State Fair. |
| Wagons |
| Cities and towns |
| Men |
| Outdoor photography |
| Portrait photography |
| Signs and signboards |
| Roads |
| Work clothes |
| Hats |
| Oxen |
| Fields (Agriculture) |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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