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Orchard and Landscape

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Description: Elevated view of a split-rail fence enclosing an orchard, with farmsteads and more fences in the distance. A man wearing a hat is posing with his hands on ...
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Farm of Thomas Williamson

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Description: View over a cornfield toward a distinctive barn, fences and animals. A group of women are standing near the barn in the center. A man and a child are stand...
Book or Pamphlet

Dairymaid Cream Separators Catalog Cover

Date: 1910
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for Dairymaid cream separators sold by International Harvester. Features a silhouette of a woman standing in the doorway of...
Photograph

Two Men with Cattle

Date: 05 01 1928
Description: Two men wearing hats stand in a pasture while holding two dairy cows. Farm buildings and a water tower are in the background. The original caption reads "L...
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Young Boy with Two Dogs

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Description: A young boy wearing work clothes, boots and a knit cap stands on a hill with his two dogs. Behind him a man holding what appears to be a coil of wire is st...
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Shorthorn Cattle in Barnyard

Date: 1895
Description: A herd of Shorthorn dairy cattle stand together in a pen on the farm of Chas. Scott six miles from Augusta. A large frame barn towers behind them. A man st...
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Hogs at Feeding Time

Date: 10 12 1895
Description: Forty-nine hogs at feeding time on the farm of William Miller. The hogs are eleven-months old and weigh approximately 260 lbs each. A wagon and horse team ...
Photograph

Man with Cows

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Description: Man posing while tending cows in a pasture in front of a barn. In the background is a fence, farm buildings, and farmhouse. Snow is on the ground.
Photograph

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...
Photograph

Boy with Calf

Date: 1931
Description: Claire Alexander posing with a young calf in a pasture near a wooded ravine at his father's farm. There is a manure spreader and shed in the background.
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

Bringing in the Herd

Date: 1932
Description: Russell, left, and Ira Wepking pose as they pause from bringing in the dairy cows; they have taken off their hats, which are on the ground. A small dog sta...
Postcard

Group of People Posed at Farm

Date: 1910
Description: Photographic postcard view of a family posed on a hill in front of a farm, with farmhouse, outbuildings, and a windmill. The family is gathered on a hill i...
Photograph

Horse and Carriage Rides

Date: 1901
Description: View across pasture towards two horse-drawn carriages on the August Pautz farm. Two people are sitting in each carriage, and two women and a child are stan...
Photograph

Tending the Cattle During Winter

Date: 1906
Description: August, Edgar, and Alexander Krueger feeding cornstalks to the cattle during the winter. The cattle are lined up along the fence eating from troughs. Augus...
Photograph

Man on a Horse

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Description: View of a man posing sitting on a horse in a field. In the background is a sheep, and in the distance a fence and what may be a farm building.
Photograph

Cattle in Pasture near Farm Buildings

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Description: View across field towards cattle in a pasture. There is a farmhouse on the left, and farm buildings in the center. A farmer stands in the field on the left...
Photograph

Cattle in Barnyard

Date: 1900
Description: A man is standing among cattle in a barnyard. A McCormick binder is parked near a barn in the background on the right. More farm buildings and a windmill a...
Photograph

Man Using Horse-Drawn Corn Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Three-quarter view from front left of a man using a horse-drawn corn binder in a field. In the background, cows are grazing in a field, and in the far back...
Postcard

Greetings from Spring Green

Date: 1950
Description: Text on front reads: "Greetings from Spring Green, Wis." On the reverse it reads: "Lush Farm Land." Elevated view of a farmer on a tractor in a large corn ...

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