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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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A Full Dozen

Date: 09 1904
Description: Edgar and Jennie Krueger playfully hunting for eggs.
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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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Cathryn Haight Milking Cow

Date: 05 12 1933
Description: Cathryn (Mrs. Ben) Haight sitting on a stool milking a cow by hand on the Capitol View Farm, 5380 Lacy Road.
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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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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 ...
Postcard

Tall-tale Postcard: Bringing in the Sheaves

Date: 1908
Description: Photomontage of a farm scene with giant produce. A man and a woman stand on top of a giant ear of corn, resting on a horse-drawn cart. Around them are mor...
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Tall-tale Postcard: Shooting the Shoots (with Carrots)

Date: 1913
Description: Photomontage of children playing on giant carrots. Two girls are sliding down a giant carrot while a third is climbing up the steps to get to the top of th...
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Tall-tale Postcard: Caught With the Goods

Date: 1913
Description: Photomontage of a dwarf wearing a top hat driving a cart, drawn by a mule, filled with giant eggs. The dwarf is wearing a suit and a top hat. The mule is...
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Yeomen International Truck

Date: 06 15 1926
Description: A man loading milk pails into an International truck used by the Yeomen City of Childhood. A large barn with a weathervane on the roof, a silo, and a small...
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McCormick-Deering Milk Cooler Demonstration

Date: 10 06 1937
Description: C.L. Thompson, a McCormick-Deering dealer explains a milk cooler, which is loaded on a trailer hauled by an International truck, to Wayne Wakefield. Both m...
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Men with McCormick-Deering Milker

Date: 10 06 1937
Description: Mr. C.L. Thompson from the Thompson Hardware Company demonstrates a McCormick-Deering milker to an unidentified man and dairyman Wayne Wakefield. The men s...
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Man Weighing Milk

Date: 1947
Description: A man writes information on a chart as he weighs a can of milk in a barn. A row of cows standing in stalls is behind him. The man may be working at Interna...
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Men in Dairy Barn

Date: 12 16 1946
Description: Two men empty buckets of milk into cans in a dairy barn. A row of cows standing in stalls is in the background. The original caption reads: "McD [McCormick...
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Man Milking Cows

Date: 1940
Description: Roger Thomas uses a McCormick-Deering milker on a Holstein cow at the Lee Thomas farm.
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Man Milking Cow

Date: 1939
Description: Harvey Schmidt sits on a stool in a barn to milk a cow by hand.
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Harvey Schmidt with Portable Milker

Date: 03 30 1939
Description: Harvey Schmidt stands amongst a row of cows in a barn to use a portable milking machine.
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Man and Girl with McCormick Milkers

Date: 1937
Description: A man crouches beside a McCormick single-unit milker outside a barn, while a young girl standing next to him holds the tubes of another milker in her hands...
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Milking Machine Sale

Date: 06 03 1937
Description: Ralph Lower, dairy equipment salesman from International Harvester's Syracuse branch, sells a farmer a milking machine at Cedardale Stock Farm. A McCormick...

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