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Postcard

Milkmaid with Cow

Date: 1911
Description: Milkmaid with pail and cow. Text reads: "Milking Time, Good Friends in Wisconsin, Scenes along the country roads."
Postcard

Greetings From Monroe, Wis.

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Description: A postcard with the text "Greetings From Monroe, Wis.," as well as images including postcard views of Wisconsin's pioneer cheese maker Niklaus Gerber, a co...
Photograph

A Guernsey Herd

Date: 1949
Description: A Guernsey herd in a stream near a pasture. Trees line the banks.
Photograph

Barn Painting

Date: 09 25 1980
Description: Pastoral panoramic painting on the side of a barn. Two people on scaffolding can be seen working on the mural at right. A silo juts above the barn. There i...
Photograph

Dane County Junior Fair and Horse Show

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Description: A group of teenagers lounge about on bales of hay in a barn at the Dane County Junior Fair and Horse Show. Cows are resting nearby on the right.
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Cows Resting in Hilltop Pasture

Date: 2004
Description: Holstein cows resting on a sunny day in a hilltop pasture. View to horizon towards wooded hills with clouds in the sky.
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Men Posing with Quintuplet Calves

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Description: Stereograph of two men posing with a cow and her quintuplet calves. Identified as part of a "Views of Sparta and Vicinity" series.
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People Riding Zebus

Date: 1906
Description: Man and a woman riding on zebu cattle, with fields and a mountain in the background. The people, place, and date of the photograph are unknown. The man and...
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M.M. Rice Farm

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Description: View towards a farm at the base of a hillside, with smoke coming out of a chimney on a farmhouse, and two outbuildings. A group of eight people are posing ...
Postcard

Farm Scene Near New Glarus, Wis.

Date: 06 1925
Description: Several cows are grazing in a field. In the background are houses, barns, and other buildings. Image caption reads: "Farm Scene near New Glarus, Wis."
Postcard

Curtis Farm

Date: 1913
Description: View uphill in a field with several cattle grazing. A farm is in the distance further up the hill. Caption on image reads: "Curtis Farm, 1913."
Photograph

Recreational Therapy Puppets

Date: 1948
Description: Thirteen puppets, representing a mixture of human and animal shapes, hang by their strings. A caption on the rear of the image identifies them as recreatio...
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Autumn Pasture, Shawano County

Date: 1946
Description: View over fence towards a pasture, with several cows lying on the ground. Leaves are covering the ground.
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Green Lake

Date: 06 1952
Description: View across a prairie. Groves of trees, a herd of cattle, and a lake are in the distance.
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After the Cattle Judging

Date: 1956
Description: Rear view of two men walking towards the door after the cattle judging at the Walworth County Fair. Sunlight is streaming through the doors and windows, ba...
Photograph

Junior Showmen

Date: 1955
Description: A young boy leads his calf during the cattle judging at the Walworth County Fair. Sunlight is streaming through the doors and windows, back lighting the fi...
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Pastorale

Date: 1950
Description: Cows grazing in a pasture with trees and a dramatic sky of clouds.
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Holy Hill

Date: 1950
Description: Dramatic view of Holy Hill against a sky full of clouds. In the foreground, cows are grazing in fenced fields.
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Painting of Meadow Hill in Menomonie

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Description: In the foreground at the top of the hill are two horses and a dog on the left, a couple sitting on the ground in the center, and children playing on the ri...
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Field Trip

Date: 1977
Description: A Holstein calf is stretching its neck through the bars of a pen to peer at the boy who is bending over to take a close look. Feed buckets are hanging on t...

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