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Home on Picnic Point

Date: 1888
Description: View of shoreline along Picnic Point on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus showing the home of Professor William Daniels, head of the Chemistry Dep...
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Man with Calf and Cow

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Description: A man stands on a road in front of a wire fence and field, and holds the end of a rope tied around the neck of a calf.
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Palestinian Admires Holstein Cow

Date: 01 30 1947
Description: Charles Brace, Lonerock, fieldman for the National Holstein-Friesian Association, showing a Holstein cow to L.E. Shmaragd, Palestine, at the University of ...
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Governor Oscar Rennebohm Farm

Date: 05 24 1947
Description: Governor Oscar Rennebohm farm, on U.S. Highway 151, five miles east of the Capitol between Madison and Sun Prairie. Governor Rennebohm and Ed Mercer admire...
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Governor Oscar Rennebohm Farm

Date: 05 24 1947
Description: Governor Oscar Rennebohm farm, on U.S. Highway 151, five miles east of the Capitol between Madison and Sun Prairie. Shows a herd of Holstein cows and a far...
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Grazing Cow

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Description: A Holstein cow grazes in a field.
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Governor Rennebohm with Cow

Date: 08 1948
Description: Governor Oscar Rennebohm with cattle handler and a cow next to a truck, with a painted sign on the door that says: "Ray Farness, Morrisonville, WI."
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Man Milking Cow

Date: 1895
Description: A man sits on a stool and milks a cow outdoors near a fence. Another cow investigates the camera lens in the foreground.
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Farm on a Hill

Date: 10 03 1960
Description: View from a distance of a dairy farm on top of a hill. A windmill, silo, barn and dairy cattle are visible.
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Pasture and Barn

Date: 09 11 1960
Description: View of a barn, silo, and two tractors on a farm. An electrical post with a loop of metal wire stands in the foreground. Several Holstein cows graze in a p...
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Cows Grazing on a Hilltop Pasture

Date: 06 16 1962
Description: View up hill of a group of cows grazing on a hilltop covered with daisies. The pasture was owned by Mr. Amos Steensland.
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Milking the Cow

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Description: A man milks a cow by a fence, while looking at the camera. Another cow stands to the right. Trees are all around the area,with a house visible in the backg...
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Guernsey Cow Exhibition

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Description: A Guernsey cow exhibition at the 1939 World's Fair in New York City, New York. Milking equipment is being used on the cows, who stand in a circular paddock...
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Hamptom Institute

Date: 1941
Description: A view of the working dairy barn taken from the central alley of the barn. The cows face inward toward the alley, and the barn employs stanchions to keep t...
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Elsie, the Borden Co. Cow

Date: 07 21 1953
Description: Elsie, the Borden Co. cow with Gov. Walter Kohler, acting mayor Carl Wilhelm, Alice in Dairyland Mary Ellen Jenks and another man. They are posing together...
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Dairy Farm and Vide Valley

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Description: Elevated view of one man and two women tending the cows near a farm building at a dairy farm in Vide Saeter, Norway. The Vide Valley is in the background.
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Dairy Farms

Date: 1935
Description: Cumulus clouds are casting their shadows over rolling farmland. Several farmsteads are along a narrow road. There are cows grazing in a pasture. On the rev...

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