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Main Street

Date: 1873
Description: Main Street, with its dirt, ruts, cows (and presumably manure), but wide enough for easy hitching of wagons and teams.
Photograph

Farmall M Tractor with Plow

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Description: Left side view of a farmer on a McCormick Farmall M tractor with plow in a field. Cows are grazing in the background.
Photograph

Cows Near Gates Ravine

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Description: Cows near Gates Ravine (Glen Eyrie). There is a bridge over a river in the background.
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Calves in Pasture

Date: 08 1929
Description: Young dairy cows feeding in a clover pasture with farm buildings in the background.
Photograph

Home on Picnic Point

Date: 1888
Description: View of shoreline along Picnic Point on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus showing the home of Professor William Daniels, head of the Chemistry Dep...
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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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Herd of Holsteins

Date: 1931
Description: A small herd of Holstein cows graze in a field.
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Farm on a Hill

Date: 10 03 1960
Description: View from a distance of a dairy farm on top of a hill. A windmill, silo, barn and dairy cattle are visible.
Poster

Chemins de fer électriques de la Gruyère Travel Poster

Date: 1900
Description: An original colored lithograph advertising the Chemins de fer électriques de la Gruyèr railway in Switzerland. The poster features the artist Anton Reckzi...
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...
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Farmer with Cow and Her Calf in Field

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Description: A farmer bends over a young calf in a field. The calf lays at the farmers feet, partially obscured by the long grass. The calf's mother stands nearby looki...
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Farmer Steadying Newborn Calf in Field

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Description: A farmer holds a newborn calf steady as it stands with its mother in an open field. The mother cow nuzzles the calf.
Book or Pamphlet

McCormick-Deering Cream Separators and Milkers Brochure

Date: 1937
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for the McCormick-Deering cream separators and milking machines (milkers). Includes the text: "For One Cow or a Hundred" a...
Photograph

Cows Resting by Stream

Date: 1935
Description: View down hill of a group of cows resting by a stream near trees and a fence. A handwritten caption reads: "Hamilton, Ontario. Dairy Cows near city. Taken ...
Photograph

Farmer and Cows

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Description: A farmer in overalls and hat stands in a pasture next to a Holstein cow. He holds a bucket and is gripping one of the cow's horns. More cows are grouped in...
Photograph

Batzler Farm

Date: 08 1983
Description: "Late in the day, the cows return for milking on the Batzler farm."
Painting

State Fair Centennial Mural Study Sketch

Date: 1948
Description: Prior to the 1948 State Fair, artist Robert Hodgell traveled Wisconsin to study its many landscapes. He then produced a series of study sketches outlining ...
Painting

State Fair Centennial Mural Study Sketch

Date: 1948
Description: Prior to the 1948 State Fair, artist Robert Hodgell traveled Wisconsin to study its many landscapes. He then produced a series of study sketches outlining ...
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...
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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.

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