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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 ...
Book or Pamphlet

Tuberculosis Must Go

Date: 05 25 1928
Description: Cover of a booklet produced by International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department to help prevent the spread of tuberculosis. Includes the text: ...
Photograph

"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.
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...
Photograph

Jersey Cattle Herd

Date: 1918
Description: A herd of Jersey cows grazes in a field on an International Harvester Company demonstration farm. A shed and farmhouse stand amid trees in the background.
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Group with Jersey Cows

Date: 1918
Description: Two men and a woman standing on the lawn of a home while holding four Jersey cows.
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Herd of Cows in Pasture

Date: 1934
Description: A herd of cows grazing in a pasture. In the background is a farmhouse, farm buildings, silos and barns.
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Calf Standing on Road in front of Farmhouse

Date: 1919
Description: A calf standing on a road in front of a farmhouse. Trees surround the farmhouse, and parked in the driveway in front are an automobile and a wagon.
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Woman with Cow

Date: 1919
Description: A woman holding a cow on a tether while standing in front of the porch in front of a farmhouse.
Photograph

Man Holding Dairy Cow

Date: 06 03 1929
Description: A man wearing a hat and overalls holding a dairy cow in front of a farmhouse. Trees, a barn with a silo, and other dairy cows are seen in the background. T...
Photograph

Man Operating Horse-Drawn Manure Spreader

Date: 04 18 1927
Description: A man wearing a hat sitting on a two-horse manure spreader with farm buildings, an automobile, and a cow in the background. The original caption reads: "Ke...
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Cows in a Pasture

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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.
Postcard

Chickens on the Farm

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Description: A very happy grandmother stands in the farmyard with a granddaughter, a cow and many chickens. In the background is the farmhouse.

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