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Mary Shaughnessy

Date: 1954
Description: Mrs. Mary Shaughnessy standing in front of barn where men are loading the silo. Her farm was on the site where Granville School was later built.
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Cheese in Storage

Date: 1952
Description: Cheesemaker standing on ladder putting cheese on storage shelf, along with rows of other cheeses.
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Tree in Cornfield

Date: 08 23 1985
Description: A lone tree standing in a rural Ottawa cornfield in western Waukesha county.
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Sentry's Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Department

Date: 02 14 1985
Description: A display of fruit and vegetables in the East Side Foods Sentry store.
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Summer Harrowing

Date: 07 07 1934
Description: Farmer George Kopp giving a ride on his horse-drawn harrow to a young friend as he cultivates his field.
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Radishes

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Description: A woman pours water from a watering can onto several varieties of radishes she has displayed for sale.
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Cut Fence

Date: 09 10 1963
Description: A boy repairing the fence at the Golden Guernsey Dairy cooperative McKerrow Farms.
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Alice in Dairyland Contestants

Date: 1951
Description: Marjean Czerwinski of Milwaukee, the 1951 Alice in Dairyland, posing with the other Alice contestants from that year wearing formal dresses. Marjean is 7th...
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Alice in Dairyland and Miss Sweet Corn Queen

Date: 1951
Description: Marjean Czerwinski, the 1951 Alice in Dairyland, butters an ear of corn held by Pat Baker, Miss Sweet Corn Queen.
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Alice in Dairyland, Marjean Czerwinski

Date: 1951
Description: Marjean Czerwinski, the 1951 Alice in Dairyland, wearing her crown, and taking a drink of milk while winking at the camera.
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World Food Fair

Date: 09 18 1967
Description: Ferris wheels and agricultural machinery are some of the things that attract fair-goers at the World Food Fair.
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Strolling Hog

Date: 1947
Description: Boys, in background, watching as a pig, in the foreground, is taking a stroll around the Wisconsin State Fairgrounds.
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Sheep at the Wisconsin State Fair

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Description: Men preparing their sheep for judging at the Wisconsin State Fair.
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Gays Mills Apple Orchards

Date: 1955
Description: View of a Wisconsin Historical Marker about the orchards.
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Jack Carson and Dairy Queen

Date: 1947
Description: Actor Jack Carson congratulating the winner of the Wisconsin Dairy Queen at the Wisconsin State Fair, while another competitor is looking on.
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Prize Waterfowl

Date: 1955
Description: Two young boys and their prize-winning ducks at the 1955 Wisconsin State Fair.
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Country Boy and City Boy

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Description: The country meets the city as a "Milwaukee Journal" newsboy admires the calf entered in the animal judging competition by a young boy from the country.
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Open-Air Vegetable Market

Date: 1948
Description: Two girls selecting vegetables at an open air market.
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Haying Operations

Date: 07 1945
Description: View from front of two men wearing hats standing atop a wagon piled with hay that is being pulled across a partially cut hay field by two horses.
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Governor Heil Squirting Milk

Date: 06 08 1939
Description: Governor Julius Heil squirting milk from a cow on a parade float. The Governor climbed aboard the float during the dairyland parade, a part of Milwaukee's ...

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