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Calves in Pasture

Date: 08 1929
Description: Young dairy cows feeding in a clover pasture with farm buildings in the background.
Photograph

Milking the Cows

Date: 
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 ...
Photograph

Farm Scene

Date: 1899
Description: A man wearing overalls, a man with a dog, and a man driving a team of two horses are posing among a herd of cows on a farm. Several barns, a fence, another...
Book or Pamphlet

McCormick-Deering Cream Separators and Milkers Brochure

Date: 1937
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for the McCormick-Deering cream separators and milking machines (milkers). Includes the text: "For One Cow or a Hundred" a...
Photograph

Cows Resting by Stream

Date: 1935
Description: View down hill of a group of cows resting by a stream near trees and a fence. A handwritten caption reads: "Hamilton, Ontario. Dairy Cows near city. Taken ...
Photograph

Farmer and Cows

Date: 
Description: A farmer in overalls and hat stands in a pasture next to a Holstein cow. He holds a bucket and is gripping one of the cow's horns. More cows are grouped in...
Photograph

Batzler Farm

Date: 08 1983
Description: "Late in the day, the cows return for milking on the Batzler farm."
Painting

State Fair Centennial Mural Study Sketch

Date: 1948
Description: Prior to the 1948 State Fair, artist Robert Hodgell traveled Wisconsin to study its many landscapes. He then produced a series of study sketches outlining ...
Painting

State Fair Centennial Mural Study Sketch

Date: 1948
Description: Prior to the 1948 State Fair, artist Robert Hodgell traveled Wisconsin to study its many landscapes. He then produced a series of study sketches outlining ...
Photograph

Boy Milking a Cow

Date: 1935
Description: Ivan Rhyner, 13, milks a Brown Swiss cow out of doors, near a gate on his father's farm. Other cows observe from the opposite side of the fence. The photog...
Photograph

Cows in a Pasture

Date: 
Description: View over fence of Guernseys cows grazing in a pasture near New Glarus. In the background is a farmhouse, windmill on a hill, barns and other outbuildings.
Photograph

Cows Resting in Hilltop Pasture

Date: 2004
Description: Holstein cows resting on a sunny day in a hilltop pasture. View to horizon towards wooded hills with clouds in the sky.
Photograph

In the Pasture at the Farm

Date: 05 2014
Description: View across field towards two young cows grazing on a hilly pasture. There is a bur oak in the distance at the bottom of the pasture, and beyond is a pond.
Photograph

Ayrshire Herd

Date: 1936
Description: A small herd of dairy cattle grazing in a pasture. The hills in the background are covered with open woodland. On the reverse of the print is typed: "Ayrsh...
Photograph

Watching the Cows Graze

Date: 
Description: View from hill looking down towards a person sitting with a dog watching a herd of cows grazing below next to a winding creek.
Postcard

Curtis Farm

Date: 1913
Description: View uphill in a field with several cattle grazing. A farm is in the distance further up the hill. Caption on image reads: "Curtis Farm, 1913."
Photograph

West German Farmers Visit Bowman Farm Dairy

Date: 06 17 1960
Description: A group of 75 West German farmers visit Madison on a week-log tour of mechanized farming operations in the Midwest. The group stops at the Bowman Farm Dair...
Photograph

Holy Hill

Date: 1950
Description: Dramatic view of Holy Hill against a sky full of clouds. In the foreground, cows are grazing in fenced fields.
Photograph

Mary Griggs and Dairyman with Brown Swiss Calves

Date: 1957
Description: Mary Griggs dressed in a Swedish costume and the dairyman holding two Brown Swiss calves in the pasture near the shore of Lake Namakagon. The calves have f...

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