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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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Woman and Lambs

Date: 1911
Description: Winter scene with woman tending lambs in a snow-covered farmyard with log buildings in the background.
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Ole Wettlesen Barnyard

Date: 1874
Description: View of the Ole Wettlesen barnyard. A man is standing and holding a pail in the center near a lineback cow. People, cattle, sheep, horses, a barn, haysta...
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Carriage and Horses in front of Barn

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Description: Men and cattle, including one lineback and sheep are in a barnyard. A man and a child are sitting in a horse-drawn vehicle outside of the barnyard fence. T...
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Men and a Boy in a Barnyard

Date: 1874
Description: Men and a boy are in a barnyard with sheep and cattle.
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Farmyard with Cattle

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Description: View of a barnyard with a large rock in the middle. Two men, a wagon, cattle, sheep, horses are near the barn, which has a cupola and a stone foundation. O...
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Farm Adjacent to Rural Lane

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Description: Farm adjacent to a rural lane. Dairy, beef cattle, sheep and horses are inside a snake or split-rail enclosure. Behind them is an end-loaded barn with a ta...
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Sheep on Agricultural Campus

Date: 1900
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison Agricultural campus with sheep and a dairy barn in the background.
Book or Pamphlet

D.M. Osborne Catalog Cover

Date: 1899
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for the D.M. Osborne Company, manufacturers of agricultural machinery. Features an illustration of a farmer in a barnyard w...
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Sheep Barn

Date: 1930
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Agriculture. The building was called Kleinheinz barn when used as a dormitory. Used for sheep from 1898-1934. ...
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Deb in the Barnyard

Date: 01 28 1949
Description: Anne Blakeley poses in a Scandinavian-style sweater with a Shropshire lamb in a University of Wisconsin-Madison barn. Anne Blakeley, from Philadelphia, is ...
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Lamb Judging at Livestock Show

Date: 1934
Description: Elevated view of lamb judging in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Stock Pavilion.
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Field with Horse-Drawn Corn Binder near Farm Buildings

Date: 1900
Description: View from distance of a man standing in a field with fences and farm buildings behind him. A horse-drawn corn binder is standing in the field, and cows, pi...
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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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The Glen Farm

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Description: Farm buildings standing near the fields at Glen Farm in Dorset Hollow.
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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.
Print

Althouse, Wheeler & Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Althouse, Wheeler & Company of Waupun, Wisconsin, manufacturers of the Althouse & Raymond Wind Mill and the Waupun Patent Premium Pump. I...
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Flock of Shropshire Sheep

Date: 1895
Description: A flock of purebred Shropshire ewes standing near a fence on the farm of Geo. Martin. In the background is a farmhouse with laundry on the line, a farm bui...
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Barn and Cows

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Description: Elevated view from hill of farm buildings, barn, windmill, and cows in a pasture surrounded by a wooden fence. A sign on the barn door reads: "No Smoking."
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Horses and Sheep

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Description: Elevated view over sheep pen towards men displaying several horses in a yard among farm buildings, a frame house and a windmill. Three women and two young ...

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