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Book or Pamphlet

Saving the World From Starvation Advertisement

Date: 1922
Description: Color advertising flyer entitled "Saving the World From Starvation." Features an illustration of a man in a suit and hat and a farmer looking at McCormick-...
Photograph

Father and Sons Loading Cattle onto Truck

Date: 07 18 1928
Description: View across barnyard towards a father guiding a cow up a ramp into the back of an International truck as two young boys look on at W.H. Bitner's Elm Crest ...
Photograph

Man and Girl Milking Cow Outdoors

Date: 05 1924
Description: A man and a little girl milking a cow with a pail at Cutten Farms. A note with the original print reads: "Tuberculosis Must Go (Cover)." This was the title...
Photograph

Farm near Columbus

Date: 04 27 1945
Description: Wisconsin Conference of Seventh Day Adventists farm on Duborg Road off of Highway 16 west of Columbus, Wisconsin. A farmer is holding two horses next to a ...
Book or Pamphlet

Dairymaid Cream Harvester Catalog

Date: 1910
Description: Front cover of an advertising catalog for International Harvester's Dairymaid line of cream separators. The cover features an illustration of two cows, a d...
Photograph

H.L. Bavender with Cows and Dog

Date: 1958
Description: Farmer H.L. Bavender with cows and a dog on his farm.
Photograph

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...
Photograph

Individuals Working on a Farm

Date: 08 26 1917
Description: Barn, silos and cows at a farm. There are men attending to the cows, while the women and children are attending to the milk cans.
Photograph

Governor Rennebohm with Cow

Date: 08 1948
Description: Governor Oscar Rennebohm with cattle handler and a cow next to a truck, with a painted sign on the door that says: "Ray Farness, Morrisonville, WI."
Photograph

Iowa Dairy Farm

Date: 10 1931
Description: A man stands near several cows in front of a barn and silo. Two men converse near a tractor.
Photograph

Joe Santana Milking Cows

Date: 1946
Description: Joe Santana kneels beside a dairy cow in a barn to use a McCormick-Deering milker. The original caption reads: "Joe Santana, 326-S, Studebaker St., at Norw...
Photograph

Man Milking Cows

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

Man Milking Cow

Date: 03 30 1939
Description: A man sits on a stool to milk a cow by hand. The original caption reads: "Irwin L. Collum, Dousman, Wis. hired man milking for Thomas Ridgeman."
Photograph

Man Milking Cow

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

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.
Photograph

Men with Double Unit Milkers

Date: 07 01 1936
Description: Three men stand between two rows of cows in a barn on the H.C. Slocum farm. The man on the left carries a metal pail, while the man on the right and the ma...
Photograph

Man Feeding Cows

Date: 1947
Description: A man takes bales of hay from a wheeled cart and places them in a wooden livestock feeder. Farm buildings and a herd of cows are behind the man.
Photograph

Man Feeding Cows

Date: 1947
Description: A man fills troughs with silage for a herd of cows at a farm. The text on the wheeled container holding the feed reads: "McCormick-Deering."
Photograph

Dr. Babcock Milking a Cow

Date: 05 1928
Description: Dr. Stephen Moulton Babcock seated on a stool and milking a cow. Another man stands near the head of the cow. They are in a fenced field near a road, most ...
Photograph

Men with Cows and Cream Separator

Date: 08 18 1922
Description: Two men are standing and holding a bull and a cow on the farm of Jerry Bacon. An International Harvester cream separator is between the men, and a barn is ...

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