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Woman Nursing Lambs with Bottles

Date: 1946
Description: Mrs. Floyd French of Newton, Iowa feeds two orphaned lambs using beer or soda bottles. A Farmall tractor is in the background. According to the original ca...
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Milking the Cows

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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 ...
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"Let's Get a Good Cow"

Date: 02 1914
Description: A woman wearing a bonnet and apron kneeling in a field to milk a cow.
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Gorillas Samson and Sambo Adoptive Birthday Party

Date: 10 05 1955
Description: Children and adults gathered in front of the gorilla cages at the Washington Park Zoo to celebrate the fifth adoptive birthday party for Samson and Sambo. ...
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Men and Women Cooking Hot Dogs

Date: 08 15 1942
Description: Women and men preparing hot dogs in crock pots at a booth at the Civilian Defense Rally.
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Woman with Bread in Clay Oven

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Description: A woman adjusting bread made in a clay oven built into a stone wall. In the background is a roof of a house or shed, and a woman is looking over the stone ...
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Children Feeding a Fawn

Date: 08 1948
Description: A young boy and young girl feed a fawn from a nippled bottle at the Wisconsin Centennial Exposition.
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Farm Building: Wooden House

Date: 1915
Description: Exterior view of a wooden house, with a family, including a man, woman, dog and child on the porch. The woman is using a sewing machine near the open front...
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House and Barn Combination

Date: 1918
Description: Exterior view across yard of a two-story house with a barn built adjacent to it. Two people are standing near the door of the house. In the yard is a woode...
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Making Barrel Staves

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Description: Behind a barbed wire fence a man is splitting log rounds into barrel staves. The staves are stacked neatly to dry.
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Adda Howie Feeding a Calf

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Description: Adda Howie, wearing a work dress and wide-brimmed hat, is feeding a calf from a bottle outdoors at Sunny Peak Farm. Another calf is standing nearby. Adda a...
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Family Barbecue

Date: 10 1955
Description: A mother and son look on as the father tends to a thick steak cooking on a portable barbecue. The boy is holding a Dachshund puppy; the mother, three bottl...

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