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Man Inspecting Cow

Date: 1913
Description: A man wearing a suit and a hat is inspecting a cow as other men look on. The occasion may have been an exhibition, inspection, or auction.
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Ainsley Hippe and Champion Guernsey Calf

Date: 08 25 1931
Description: Portrait of Ainsley Hippe, Edgerton, and champion Guernsey heifer at the Dane County fair.
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Alice in Dairyland, Mary Ellen Jenks

Date: 08 22 1953
Description: Mary Ellen Jenks, Alice in Dairyland in 1953, dressed in a formal gown, standing with a cow, a clown, and another woman in a Golden Guernsey display.
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Bovine Bath

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Description: A man hoses off a bovine participant at the 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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Cattle Judging at the Fair

Date: 1900
Description: Cattle judging at the Wisconsin State Fair. The cattle barns C and D are in the background.
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Jersey Herd at the Fair

Date: 1900
Description: A Jersey herd being lined up for the judges at the Wisconsin State Fair.
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Mechanical Cow at the Museum of Science and Industry

Date: 1946
Description: A man is working on a mechanical cow in the Harvester Farm exhibit at the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry.
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Taxidermist Working on Cow at Museum of Science and Industry

Date: 1946
Description: Julius Friesser, master taxidermist, mounting one of the five cows that occupy the International Harvester Farm exhibit at the Museum of Science and Indust...
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Mechanical Cows at Museum of Science and Industry

Date: 1946
Description: Two mechanical cows in the Harvester Farm exhibit at the Museum of Science and Industry.
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Children Looking at Cow in Museum

Date: 1946
Description: Two young girls looking at a stuffed or mechanical cow in the Harvester Farm exhibit at the Museum of Science and Industry.
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Cattle Fair Panorama

Date: 10 24 1863
Description: Panoramic wood-engraving of a cattle fair in New Haven, after a sketch by H.C. Curtis. Caption reads: "Cattle Show and Agricultural Faib [sic] at Ha...
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Dairy Display at "A Century of Progress"'

Date: 06 02 1933
Description: Cream separators, milkers and a mechanical cow on display in the International Harvester exhibit at the "A Century of Progress" world's fair. Caption in "T...
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Mechanical Milker and Cow at "A Century of Progress"

Date: 03 24 1933
Description: Two men examining a mechanical milker and cow in the International Harvester exhibit at the "A Century of Progress" world's fair.
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Radio Stars with Mechanical Cow at "A Century of Progress"

Date: 03 24 1933
Description: Radio stars Jack Pearl and Cliff Hal posing with a mechanical cow and milker in the International Harvester exhibit at the "A Century of Progress" world's ...
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TV Broadcast at Iowa State Fair

Date: 1946
Description: A cow and its handlers standing under lighting to be filmed for a television broadcast at the Iowa State Fair.
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Guernsey Cow at Wisconsin State Fair

Date: 1946
Description: A man stands next to a Guernsey cow in the International Harvester tent at the Wisconsin State Fair. A sign reads: "Why We Are Not Displaying Our Full Line...
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Dairying Display at Dairy Cattle Congress

Date: 1931
Description: A mechanical(?) cow standing on a platform demonstrates the use of a McCormick-Deering milker at the Dairy Cattle Congress. There are paintings of agricult...
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Dairy Cattle Grazing in Field

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Description: View in field of dairy cattle grazing near men standing nearby. In the background is a crowd near a tent.
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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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