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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

Cows Near Gates Ravine

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

Herd of Holsteins

Date: 1931
Description: A small herd of Holstein cows graze in a field.
Photograph

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...
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...
Photograph

Cows Resting in Hilltop Pasture

Date: 2004
Description: Holstein cows resting on a sunny day in a hilltop pasture. View to horizon towards wooded hills with clouds in the sky.
Postcard

Wisconsin Masonic Home and Farm

Date: 1910
Description: Aerial view of the Wisconsin Masonic Home and Farm on Highway 18, thirty miles west of Milwaukee.
Photograph

Dairy Farms

Date: 1935
Description: Cumulus clouds are casting their shadows over rolling farmland. Several farmsteads are along a narrow road. There are cows grazing in a pasture. On the rev...
Photograph

Ayrshire Herd

Date: 1936
Description: A small herd of dairy cattle grazing in a pasture. The hills in the background are covered with open woodland. On the reverse of the print is typed: "Ayrsh...
Photograph

Watching the Cows Graze

Date: 
Description: View from hill looking down towards a person sitting with a dog watching a herd of cows grazing below next to a winding creek.
Photograph

Tractor Drawn Binder

Date: 08 09 1928
Description: Slightly elevated view from right rear towards a man driving a tractor in a field. The tractor is pulling another man who is sitting on a binder.

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