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Poster

Wisconsin State Fair Poster

Date: 1900
Description: Color chromolithograph poster advertising the Wisconsin State Fair.
Photograph

Calf on Harley

Date: 1912
Description: A man poses next to his 1912 model Harley-Davidson motorcycle with a young calf in a crate strapped on the back of the motorcycle. Behind the man is a silo...
Photograph

Maurice White and Farmer

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Description: Maurice White interviewing a farmer for radio broadcast.
Photograph

Alice in Dairyland and Elsie the Cow

Date: 1948
Description: Alice in Dairyland, Margaret McGuire, and Elsie the Cow and her calf Beauregard, stand on a parade float with two men in downtown Milwaukee, while a male o...
Photograph

Cowboys at Roundup

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Description: A group of cowboys at roundup.
Photograph

Chuck Wagon and Supper at Roundup

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Description: A chuck wagon and supper at a cowboy roundup. A group of men sit around a fire.
Print

Seymour Brooks Residence

Date: 1873
Description: Downtown East Troy with the Seymour Brooks residence. Caption reads: "Res. of Seymour brooks, Sec 4 Fast Troy TP Wis Breeder of Derham Cattle American Meri...
Photograph

Oklahoma Cattle

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Description: Elevated view of several cowboys on horseback on a range. A large number of cattle can be seen nearby. Caption reads: "A Cattle Scene Near Tulsa."
Photograph

Tourists Among Burial Mounds

Date: 1910
Description: A sightseeing party wanders among cows and Native American burial mounds near the popular picnic area at Merrill Springs, on the south shore of Lake Mendot...
Painting

View of St. Nazianz

Date: 1860
Description: Elevated view of the Roman Catholic community of St. Nazianz.
Photograph

Governor Philipp with Cows

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Description: Governor Emanuel Philipp with his arm around a cow. He is standing in a field with several other cows.
Photograph

Finnish Farm

Date: 1908
Description: Family posed outdoors at a farm in Northern Minnesota or Michigan.
Print

Hauling Off Section 37

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Description: Drawing of Paul Bunyan and his blue ox, Babe, hauling off Section 37. Bunyan has an axe over his shoulder and holds a pipe.
Photograph

Paul Bunyan Carrying Babe

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Description: Woodcut illustration of Paul Bunyan carrying his blue ox Babe, when Babe was a calf.
Photograph

Gaylord Nelson With Farmers

Date: 1963
Description: Nelson casually talks with two farmers outdoors in front of a cow pen.
Drawing

Paul Bunyan Skidding Ahead of the Saws

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Description: Drawing of Paul Bunyan running with two oxen pulling a log that is being sawed by two other lumberjacks.
Photograph

Winnebago County Asylum Barn

Date: 1930
Description: Barn with stone foundation on the Winnebago County Asylum grounds. In the foreground behind a fence is a herd of cattle, and to the right is a man standing...
Photograph

Cattle Driven Down a Street

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Description: View of cattle being driven down a street. Caption reads: "Street Scene, Covington, LA."
Photograph

Men in Field with Cattle

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Description: Two men stand with a small herd of cattle on a path between fenced-in and planted fields on the side of a hill. Two buildings are in the background.
Photograph

Floyd Quinney

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Description: Floyd Quinney, Richard Quinney's father, feeding cows and chickens in a field on his family's farm.

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