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Female Band Serenading Cows

Date: 08 1930
Description: The Ingenues, an all-girl band and vaudeville act, serenading the cows in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Dairy Barn in a scientific test of whether th...
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Milking on the Greene Farm

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Description: Barn interior on the Greene Farm with cows in stalls, with one man milking a cow, and another man standing and holding a bucket and milking stool.
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Waiting For Pure Fresh Milk

Date: 1889
Description: Stereograph of a posed scene showing a woman milking a cow as two other women stand waiting at an open barn door. On the left a man at a hand-pump is behin...
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Rolla B. Shurfelt Farm

Date: 1900
Description: Barnyard scene on the Rollo Shurfelt farm with people milking the cows. Several horses are in the yard as well.
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Man and Girl Milking Cow Outdoors

Date: 05 1924
Description: A man and a little girl milking a cow with a pail at Cutten Farms. A note with the original print reads: "Tuberculosis Must Go (Cover)." This was the title...
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Farmer Milking Cow

Date: 03 1924
Description: Man sitting on a crate milking a cow by hand inside a barn on the farm of Hal Ament.
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4-H Milking Champion

Date: 11 18 1931
Description: Marian Dolan, 1931 National 4-H milking champion, milking a cow. She is a member of the Maple Knoll 4-H Club north of Sun Prairie.
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Champion Cow Milker

Date: 10 28 1931
Description: A young woman is demonstrating her championship cow-milking skills as she is sitting on a low stool and milking a Holstein cow. A person (out of frame) is ...
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Milking the Cows

Date: 1929
Description: A woman runs the milking operation at the G.L. Hamon dairy farm.
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Alice in Dairyland, Barbara Brown

Date: 1955
Description: Alice in Dairyland for 1955, Barbara Brown, milking a cow by hand.
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Milking the Cows

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Description: Two men are sitting on stools milking cows in a barnyard within a log fence enclosure. Milking was usually done outside during the 19th century so in this ...
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Milking Cows at the Pima Agency

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Description: Several men milk cows at the Pima Agency, near Phoenix.
Book or Pamphlet

Tuberculosis Must Go

Date: 05 25 1928
Description: Cover of a booklet produced by International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department to help prevent the spread of tuberculosis. Includes the text: ...
Book or Pamphlet

Dairymaid Cream Separators Catalog Cover

Date: 1910
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for Dairymaid cream separators sold by International Harvester. Features a silhouette of a woman standing in the doorway of...
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Man Milking Cow

Date: 04 1924
Description: A man milks a cow inside a barn on Ament farm.
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Palestinian Admires Holstein Cow

Date: 01 30 1947
Description: Charles Brace, Lonerock, fieldman for the National Holstein-Friesian Association, showing a Holstein cow to L.E. Shmaragd, Palestine, at the University of ...
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Individuals Working on a Farm

Date: 08 26 1917
Description: Barn, silos and cows at a farm. There are men attending to the cows, while the women and children are attending to the milk cans.
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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 ...
Poster

Dairymaid Cream Harvester Advertising Poster

Date: 1912
Description: Advertising poster for the Dairymaid cream harvester (cream separator). Features color illustrations of grazing cows near a stream, a woman with a pail ov...

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