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D.M. Osborne Catalog Cover

Date: 1899
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for the D.M. Osborne Company, manufacturers of agricultural machinery. Features an illustration of a farmer in a barnyard w...
Photograph

Miller Hotel

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Description: View from across street of three men standing on the porch of the Miller Hotel. There is an advertisement depicting a cow on the building next door.
Photograph

McFarland Depot

Date: 1923
Description: View down railroad tracks of the McFarland train depot. Two men are on the platform, and a cow grazes in the grass on the left.
Photograph

Girl Riding Calf

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Description: A crowd standing in a circle is watching a girl sitting on a calf. In the background is a storefront.
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Farmer's Course

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Description: Four men pose on and around a crude wooden platform set up in front of the Winnebago County School of Agriculture and Domestic Economy. There is a barrel o...
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Crowd at Farmer's Course

Date: 1910
Description: Slightly elevated view of crowd standing closely around a platform on which a man wearing an apron stands next to a cow. A barrel and wooden pail are also ...
Poster

Crimean War Themed Advertising Broadside

Date: 05 1854
Description: This yellow and black wood block print broadside ties England and France's declaration of war against Russia during the Crimean War into a war against high...
Photograph

J.L. Miller and Co.

Date: 1889
Description: Outdoor group portrait of, left to right, William F. Fuller, James L. Miller, and Albert Zimmerman standing outside their shop at 24 W. Mifflin Street. In ...
Photograph

Men Loading Cows into International Truck

Date: 1929
Description: A man stands in the bed of a truck while loading cows. One cow is already in the truck bed, and two other cows are moving up the ramp. Two young children w...
Photograph

Farmall M Tractor with No. 24 Two-Row Corn Picker

Date: 1948
Description: Three-quarter view from front right of a man in a cornfield using a Farmall M tractor to put a No. 24 two-row corn picker and wagon. In the background cows...
Photograph

Judging Dairy Cows

Date: 1930
Description: View across muddy ground towards a man holding a dairy cow by the halter, and on the left a boy holding the lead of a heifer. They are standing in front of...
Photograph

Willard Scott

Date: 1998
Description: Television weatherman personality Willard Scott at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival on the National Mall in Washington, DC. Scott broadcast a segment for ...
Photograph

Livestock Delivery Truck

Date: 07 22 1925
Description: Three-quarter view from front left of a livestock delivery truck with stake body. There is a man in the driver's seat, and cattle in the bed of the truck. ...
Photograph

Milk Truck at Farmyard with Cows

Date: 01 12 1928
Description: A group of cows are standing near a milk delivery truck parked at a farm. In the background are farm buildings, silo's, and a windmill. The sign painted on...
Photograph

Unloading a Cow from Railroad Car

Date: 05 1935
Description: Caption with negative: "Out comes a new Matanuska valley cow." Caption with print: "The first colony Guernsey were a little hesitant to join the pioneers."
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Horse-Drawn Disk Harrows

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Description: View towards four men, each one with two-horse teams pulling disk harrows. Behind the teams is a barn with a sign that reads: "1900, F. Dixon, Orchard Grov...

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