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Livestock Auction at the Mall

Date: 02 12 1984
Description: A man shows his cow in front of Penneys during an auction held at the Mid-Cities Mall.
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Southern Cattle Men Convention Display

Date: 1919
Description: A group of men stand near a bull in a hallway of Hotel Grunewald during the Southern Cattlemen Convention. A sign reading: "Bogalusa Brand Owned by Great S...
Photograph

Judging Horses

Date: 1925
Description: View across unpaved road towards a Native American man wearing a plaid overcoat with two work horses. A crowd of men are watching from the elevated wooden ...
Photograph

Stock Farm

Date: 1920
Description: A handwritten sign identifies the "Shing-Wak Stock Farm, John B. Breselle (?) Prop., Dealer in Draft Horses." It also advertises "Green Mountain Seed Potat...
Map or Atlas

Nova Virginiae Tabula

Date: 1671
Description: Map of Virginia depicting the discoveries detailed by John Smith in his exploration of the region. It shows Jamestown, Native American tribes and villages,...
Photograph

Transporting Cattle

Date: 07 22 1925
Description: A man standing in the bed of a stake body truck transporting cattle. The truck is backed up to an open sided wood enclosure. On the side of the truck is a ...
Photograph

Livestock Delivery Truck

Date: 07 22 1925
Description: Three-quarter view from front left of a livestock delivery truck with stake body. There is a man in the driver's seat, and cattle in the bed of the truck. ...
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Long Line of Delivery Trucks from Various Farms

Date: 01 13 1928
Description: Panoramic view of a group of delivery trucks backed up to buildings. Men are standing near the trucks, which have high stake bodies in the truck beds for l...
Photograph

Oscar Mayer Stockyard Employees

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Description: Male stock yard farmers wearing overall bibs, hats, and buttons are standing and sitting around inside a large room. On the left, a man dressed in a button...
Photograph

Livestock Delivery Truck

Date: 07 13 1928
Description: Two men are sitting in the front seat of a delivery truck, with stake body, exiting a barn.
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Livestock Delivery Truck

Date: 07 18 1928
Description: View of a man driving a livestock delivery truck on a road. In the background is the Elm Crest Farm.
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Man Driving Truck Carrying Livestock

Date: 07 18 1928
Description: View of a man driving a livestock delivery truck on a road. In the background is the Elm Crest Farm.
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Children Walk Their Cows at the Dane County Junior Fair

Date: 07 17 1958
Description: Slightly elevated view of children parading their cows at the Dane County Junior Fair. Judy Hurlbut (15), Route 2, Verona, won the grand championship steer...
Photograph

Horse-Drawn Disk Harrows

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Description: View towards four men, each one with two-horse teams pulling disk harrows. Behind the teams is a barn with a sign that reads: "1900, F. Dixon, Orchard Grov...
Postcard

Stock Fair Day

Date: 06 19 1916
Description: Text on front reads: "Marrow [sic] St., on Stock Fair Day, Seymour, Wis." Elevated view looking West on Morrow Street, the name is misspelled on the front...

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