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Photograph

Grain Binder and Cattle in Farm Field

Date: 1902
Description: Man with a horse-drawn grain binder in a field near a herd of cows. Farm buildings and a windmill are in the background.
Photograph

Operating the Generator

Date: 03 1975
Description: "As a result of the storm some farms did not have electricity for five days. A generator was shared by many farmers and was moved from farm to farm so that...
Photograph

Farm Scene

Date: 1920
Description: Cows stand in shallow water in a rolling pasture in what is now Peninsula State Park. There is an old log building in the background.
Photograph

Krueger's and Will's Herd of Cows

Date: 11 1900
Description: Krueger's and Will's herd of cows in a pasture.
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Krueger Family in the Pasture

Date: 06 1900
Description: View of William, Lillie, Selma, Albert, and Bennie Krueger standing in the pasture with cows and calves.
Photograph

Carl Benter Rental Units

Date: 1997
Description: "Looking southeast of the water tower are Carl Benter rental units."
Painting

State Fair Centennial Mural Study Sketch

Date: 1948
Description: Prior to the 1948 State Fair, artist Robert Hodgell traveled Wisconsin to study its many landscapes. He then produced a series of study sketches outlining ...
Painting

State Fair Centennial Mural Study Sketch

Date: 1948
Description: Prior to the 1948 State Fair, artist Robert Hodgell traveled Wisconsin to study its many landscapes. He then produced a series of study sketches outlining ...
Photograph

Rolling Ground General Store

Date: 1924
Description: View down path towards a general store with a gas pump on the porch near a sign for Red Crown Gasoline. Two men are working on a car parked in front. Behin...
Photograph

Boy with Calf

Date: 1931
Description: Claire Alexander posing with a young calf in a pasture near a wooded ravine at his father's farm. There is a manure spreader and shed in the background.
Photograph

Earl Woodbury

Date: 1933
Description: Earl Woodbury, age 14, a student at Cloverland School, poses with a sheep on his home farm. The sheep has been recently shorn. There is another sheep and a...
Photograph

Lorena Feldmann

Date: 1931
Description: Lorena Feldmann, 13, hoes in the garden at her family's farm. She is somewhat overdressed for the task in a light coat, white stockings and dress shoes. A ...
Photograph

Dane County Junior Fair

Date: 07 15 1959
Description: Entries at the 1959 Dane County Junior Fair are, left, Sue Soldwedel, 14, 316 Lakewood Blvd., showing her Hereford junior yearling steer, and right, Linda ...
Photograph

Frank Fox Jr. and Bull

Date: 1933
Description: Frank Fox Jr. holds his father's prize bull, with a lead attached to a nose ring, in front of a wood sided silo. On the reverse of the photograph is writte...
Photograph

Robert Hulburt

Date: 1933
Description: Robert Hulburt, age 11 and a student at Hillcrest School, District No. 6, Towns of Waukesha, Pewaukee, Brookield and New Berlin, poses with his heifer in a...
Photograph

Dairy Calf Demonstration

Date: 06 28 1932
Description: J.C. Nisbet (center), an editor of Hoard's Dairyman magazine, addresses a crowd of men, women and children at the Walworth County 4-H Club Picnic at...
Photograph

Hoof Care Demonstration

Date: 06 28 1932
Description: J.C. Nisbet, an editor at Hoard's Dairyman magazine, uses a rasp to trim a calf's hoof as part of his demonstration at the Walworth County 4-H Club ...
Photograph

Cattle Judging

Date: 1910
Description: Men dressed in hats and coats stand with cattle on a snowy street. A large crowd surrounds the men behind a rope. Storefronts and other buildings are on bo...
Photograph

Tending the Cattle During Winter

Date: 1906
Description: August, Edgar, and Alexander Krueger feeding cornstalks to the cattle during the winter. The cattle are lined up along the fence eating from troughs. Augus...
Magazine or Periodical

AL-110 Truck Loaded with Hay

Date: 1950
Description: AL-110 truck loaded with hay, with a man feeding cattle from the truck bed. A farm is in the background. Original caption reads, "The utility truck, an Aus...

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