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Livestock Grazing

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Description: View down hill towards sheep, horses and dairy cattle grazing in a pasture in the foreground. Men and women are posing among the farm animals in the field....
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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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Ole Wettlesen Barnyard

Date: 1874
Description: View of the Ole Wettlesen barnyard. A man is standing and holding a pail in the center near a lineback cow. People, cattle, sheep, horses, a barn, haysta...
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Carriage and Horses in front of Barn

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Description: Men and cattle, including one lineback and sheep are in a barnyard. A man and a child are sitting in a horse-drawn vehicle outside of the barnyard fence. T...
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Men and a Boy in a Barnyard

Date: 1874
Description: Men and a boy are in a barnyard with sheep and cattle.
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Farmyard with Cattle

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Description: View of a barnyard with a large rock in the middle. Two men, a wagon, cattle, sheep, horses are near the barn, which has a cupola and a stone foundation. O...
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Farm Adjacent to Rural Lane

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Description: Farm adjacent to a rural lane. Dairy, beef cattle, sheep and horses are inside a snake or split-rail enclosure. Behind them is an end-loaded barn with a ta...
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Field with Horse-Drawn Corn Binder near Farm Buildings

Date: 1900
Description: View from distance of a man standing in a field with fences and farm buildings behind him. A horse-drawn corn binder is standing in the field, and cows, pi...
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Women and Sheep

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Description: View across pen of five women with a small dog sitting near a fence in a pen full of sheep and lambs. Cornstalks are scattered across the floor of the pen.
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Men Carrying Dead Lambs

Date: 09 1910
Description: Men carrying dead lambs back to the Leighton-Wyoming mining camp.
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Men Preparing to Butcher Lambs

Date: 09 1910
Description: Men preparing to butcher sheep at the Leighton-Wyoming mining camp. A cabin is visible behind them on a hill.
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A Shepherd with His Flock

Date: 1925
Description: A shepherd with a crook watches his flock in a wooded area beside a pond. His sheep dog rests beside him.
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Men with Livestock

Date: 1914
Description: Group of men in a pen with livestock, including pigs, sheep, a cow, a donkey and horses. The livestock was owned by the Piney Woods Country Life School.
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Stay-At-Home Mothers

Date: 05 03 1954
Description: Abagail Curkeet feeding a bottle to a lamb named Pokey, accompanied by her daughter Meredith. The photograph was part of a Mother's Day article featuring t...
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Sheep Shearing

Date: 08 1948
Description: Two men sheering sheep on a stage surrounded by a crowd of fair-goers, possibly in a competition at the Wisconsin Centennial Exposition.
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Watt Children in Field with Lamb

Date: 1900
Description: Glendora and Russell Watt, the children of Ephraim and Adelaide Watt are standing with a lamb in an open field. Glendora is holding a bottle for feeding th...
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Horses and Sheep

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Description: Elevated view over sheep pen towards men displaying several horses in a yard among farm buildings, a frame house and a windmill. Three women and two young ...
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Boy with Sheep

Date: 1932
Description: Gilbert Harvey, wearing a cap and bib overalls, standing in an open pasture with the sheep he raised as a 4-H project.
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...
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 124-131

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Description: Sunday was the day when, to a stranger,
almost nothing happened. But to us
it was the best day of all

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