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Stock Day at Blue River

Date: 12 06 1910
Description: Elevated view of stock day at the railroad yards, showing pens of sheep and other livestock ready for loading into railroad cars. All of the cars are deco...
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Sheep Competition Winner

Date: 1960
Description: Alice in Dairyland, Joan Engh, posing with a young winner in the lamb and sheep competition at a junior livestock exposition. Joan went on to become Miss W...
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Lamb Judging

Date: 1959
Description: Lamb judging at the Southern Wisconsin Junior Livestock Exposition.
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Women and Man Holding Sheep

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Description: Two women and a man are posed next to a barn,each holding a lamb.
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Women and Sheep

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Description: View across pen of five women with a small dog sitting near a fence in a pen full of sheep and lambs. Cornstalks are scattered across the floor of the pen.
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Large Rock Formation

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Description: A herd of sheep grazing in the foreground with a large rock formation in the background. Caption reads: "Green River Palisades, Wyoming."
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Cedar Mountain Battlefield

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Description: A view of the Cedar Mountain Battlefield. Caption reads: "Cedar Mountain Battle Field, Culpeper, VA."
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Sheep Ranch, Medicine Hat, Alberta

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Description: Elevated view from hill of sheep and cattle grazing in an open area. The cows congregate on the left side of the scene while the sheep are spread in the mi...
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Grazing Sheep

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Description: View of sheep grazing on a hill. Behind the large herd are two ranch hands and two dogs. Caption reads: "Sheep Round-Up. Medicine Hat, Alberta."
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Shearing Sheep

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Description: Two men shearing sheep indoors. Two coats are hanging on the wall on the left. The shearers electrical system and/or motor that powers the electric razors ...
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The Glen Farm

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Description: Farm buildings standing near the fields at Glen Farm in Dorset Hollow.
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Farmhouse, Animals, and Family

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Description: View of a family posing near their farmhouse and animals. One woman rides a horse-drawn Bain-Wagon, from Bain works, established in 1882. A man stands in f...
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Stay-At-Home Mothers

Date: 05 03 1954
Description: Abagail Curkeet feeding a bottle to a lamb named Pokey, accompanied by her daughter Meredith. The photograph was part of a Mother's Day article featuring t...
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Sheep Shearing

Date: 08 1948
Description: Two men sheering sheep on a stage surrounded by a crowd of fair-goers, possibly in a competition at the Wisconsin Centennial Exposition.
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Youth Display Sheep

Date: 08 1948
Description: Elevated view of a number of young boys, and one girl, each crouched next to a sheep, displaying it to the crowd gathered around a pen at the Wisconsin Cen...
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Grazing Sheep in a Field

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Description: View of group of sheep scattered in a field with rolling hills, and farm buildings in the distance.
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Family Group on Porch

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Description: Two men and a young boy sit on the edge of the porch. The man on the left is wearing a suit and hat, the boy and the other man are wearing work clothes and...
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Man on a Horse

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Description: View of a man posing sitting on a horse in a field. In the background is a sheep, and in the distance a fence and what may be a farm building.
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Man with a Flock of Sheep

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Description: Outdoor view of a man posing standing in front of wooden buildings and a flock of sheep.
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Two Women and a Flock of Sheep

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Description: View towards two women posing standing near a flock of sheep in a field.

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