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Circus Performers and Animals

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Description: Fred and Ella Bradna, equestrian director and performer for Ringling Brothers, Barnum & Bailey. There are several other performers and a dog, relaxing in t...
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Steam Tractor with Sod-breaking Plows

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Description: Two men are posing standing on a steam tractor on the right, probably a Linnell, attached to sod-breaking plows steered by two men on the left. Behind them...
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Ringling Brothers, Barnum & Bailey Circus in New York

Date: 04 04 1934
Description: Three rings of the Ringling Brothers, Barnum & Bailey Circus are shown being set up for a performance in New York's Madison Square Garden.
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Circus Performers Astride Horses

Date: 1899
Description: Two horses stand next to each other in front of what may be a painted backdrop of a tree-lined street. A male circus performer stands in the center holding...
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Family and Wagon

Date: 1900
Description: A family of seven, including a baby, posing on and around a wagon with bales of hay in rocky terrain. There are steep hills behind them.
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Cowgirl

Date: 1909
Description: A cowgirl, outfitted with her holstered pistol and standing by a horse. Caption reads: "The Belle of the Ranch."
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International Harvester Farm Exhibit

Date: 06 1975
Description: Students from Chicago's Cyrus McCormick School viewing a replica of the original McCormick Reaper at the International Harvester exhibit at the Chicago Mus...
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Girl at Hoofers' Club Horse Show

Date: 04 08 1947
Description: Lois Jean Klinke, 10-years-old, daughter of Maurice and Trudy Klinke, 3255 Monona Drive, feeding her horse at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Hoofers' ...
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Model of Men Working with Farm Equipment

Date: 1932
Description: A model or diorama depicting farmers with a Farmall tractor, truck, harvester-thresher (combine) and a horse in a field. The display was likely part of Int...
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8th Iowa Regiment at the Battle of Shiloh #2

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Description: A stereograph view of a cyclorama of the Battle of Shiloh. Caption on stereograph reads: "8th Iowa repulsing charge of Braxton Bragg's com'd." Text at righ...
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Colonel Geddis and the 8th Iowa in the Hornets Nest #3

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Description: A stereograph view of a cyclorama of the Battle of Shiloh. Caption on stereograph reads: "Col. J.L. Geddis and part of 8th Iowa in the 'Hornets Nest.'" Tex...
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Colonel Geddis and the 8th Iowa at the Battle of Shiloh #3

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Description: A stereograph view of a cyclorama of the Battle of Shiloh. Caption on stereograph reads, "Col. J.L. Geddis and part of 8th Iowa in the 'Hornets Nest.'" Tex...
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General Prentis and the 6th Division at the Battle of Shiloh #4

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Description: A stereograph view of a cyclorama of the Battle of Shiloh. Caption on stereograph reads: "Gen. B.M. Prentis and 6th Division in the 'Hornets Nest.'" Text a...
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1st Arkansas Confederate Regiment Making a Charge #14

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Description: A stereograph view of a cyclorama of the Battle of Shiloh. Caption on stereograph reads, "1st Ark. Con. Regiment making a charge in "Hornets Nest.'"
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Children and their Pets

Date: 12 05 1950
Description: Three children in riding clothes posing with their animals inside a horse stable. The children are, left to right, Anne, age 15, Chuckie, age 6, and Susie ...
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Stable Hazards

Date: 07 1927
Description: A man using a rake inside a stable, standing near harnesses hanging from wooden pegs on the wall. The tail of a horse can be seen on the left.
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Dangerous Barn Lighting

Date: 06 1927
Description: A boy using a shovel cleans up after a horse in a stable at Rogers farm while an oil lamp hangs from a wire above him.
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Farmer's Museum Mail Wagon Exhibit

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Description: A mailman in a horse-drawn mail wagon makes a delivery to a man standing beside him in an exhibit at the Farmer's Museum.
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Learning to Shoe Horses

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Description: Men conscripted to learn horseshoeing pose together at the American Express Company. A horse is partially visible on the left side of the image. Rows of ho...
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Northern End of Jerusalem and Group of Fishermen #1702

Date: 1893
Description: A group of men in robes standing on a rock are facing to the left, perhaps in prayer. Behind and below them is a crowd gathered in front of a high stone wa...

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