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Children Looking at Cow in Museum

Date: 1946
Description: Two young girls looking at a stuffed or mechanical cow in the Harvester Farm exhibit at the Museum of Science and Industry.
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Governor Oscar Rennebohm Farm

Date: 05 24 1947
Description: Governor Oscar Rennebohm farm, on U.S. Highway 151, five miles east of the Capitol between Madison and Sun Prairie. Governor Rennebohm and Ed Mercer admire...
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Hilgendorf Barn — Exterior

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Description: Lloyd and Kim Hilgendorf live at W2050 McArthur (Section 17). After working in the iron mines at Neda, Lloyds's great-grandfather, Whilhelm Hilgendorf, and...
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Hilgendorf Barn — Interior

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Description: The Hilgendorfs farm 300 acres with 55 milking cows and 45 heifers and calves. On this day they produced a little over 3,000 lbs. of milk.
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Obey and Farmers

Date: 01 1969
Description: David R. Obey posed with dairy farmers as part of a photo shoot for his first campaign for Congress. The farmer in the center is Laurence Day, a farmer-Sta...
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The Gorden Berg Farm

Date: 1987
Description: Open house at the Gordon Berg farm where the Bergs show off their Holsteins.
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S.M. Babcock with a Cow

Date: 05 1928
Description: Dr. Stephen M. Babcock posed with a cow in a University of Wisconsin pasture.
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Stephen Babcock Milking a Cow

Date: 05 1928
Description: Stephen Moulton Babcock seated on a small stool and milking a cow as another man holds a harness around the cow's head. They are in a University of Wiscons...
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Lapham School Children at Bowman Farm Dairy

Date: 11 1953
Description: Lapham School third grade children observing milking machinery during a tour of the Bowman Farm Dairy on Fish Hatchery Road. Identified left to right are C...
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Lapham School Children at Bowman Farm Dairy.

Date: 11 1953
Description: Gary Weems, a third grader at Lapham School, petting the head of a heifer dairy cow during a tour of the Bowman Farm Dairy on Fitch Hatchery Road.
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Dairy Farm and Vide Valley

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Description: Elevated view of one man and two women tending the cows near a farm building at a dairy farm in Vide Saeter, Norway. The Vide Valley is in the background.
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Judging Dairy Cows

Date: 1930
Description: View across muddy ground towards a man holding a dairy cow by the halter, and on the left a boy holding the lead of a heifer. They are standing in front of...
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Man with Dairy Cow

Date: 1935
Description: A man is standing outdoors holding the rope halter to a cow. He has a matchstick in his mouth.

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