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Conant Farmstead

Date: 1890
Description: Conant Farmstead.
Photograph

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...
Photograph

Pasture with Brick House and Barns

Date: 1870
Description: A pasture is in the foreground with a brick house, barn and connected outbuildings behind it.
Photograph

Carcajou Pasteur

Date: 1920
Description: View of a rocky pasture with some small, distant farm buildings, and a few farm animals grazing.
Book or Pamphlet

International Harvester Hopper Cooled Gasoline Engines Catalog Cover

Date: 1912
Description: Cover of an International Harvester advertising catalog for hopper cooled gasoline engines. Includes an illustration of the engine behind the title, and at...
Photograph

A Guernsey Herd

Date: 1949
Description: A Guernsey herd in a stream near a pasture. Trees line the banks.
Photograph

Texas Longhorn Cattle at the Shey and Strand Ranch Near Deansville

Date: 05 04 1950
Description: Rare Texas longhorn cattle, among the few survivors of that famous strain, are pictured grazing at the 271-acre hobby "ranch" of Ed Shey and Peter "Pete" ...
Photograph

Farm Scene

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Description: A commercial farm scene with a water pump in the foreground, and a farm building and cattle behind a fence in the background.
Photograph

Jersey Cattle Herd

Date: 1918
Description: A herd of Jersey cows grazes in a field on an International Harvester Company demonstration farm. A shed and farmhouse stand amid trees in the background.
Photograph

Bird's Eye View of Town

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Description: Elevated view of the town with hills in the distance. In the foreground are cattle inside a fence near a cemetery with a windmill. The town is behind furth...
Photograph

University Bay

Date: 1900
Description: View downhill through pastures towards the northwest looking across Lake Mendota's University Bay with Picnic Point in the background.
Photograph

Richardson Farm

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Description: The Richardson Farm stands at the far edge of a farm field with a creek running through it and animals grazing. The farmhouse is white and surrounded by tr...
Photograph

Two Cows in Field

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Description: Two cows with horns look into the camera while standing in a field. The original caption reads: "Meredith Jersey Cows; Comerna and Coferna, Twin Daughters ...
Photograph

Two Cows in Field

Date: 
Description: Two cows with horns stand in a field while looking at the camera. In the background is part of a house or barn, a barrel, and a person holding a milk can. ...
Photograph

Cows Resting near Barn

Date: 05 1936
Description: A herd of cows rests in the shade of a tree near a barn.
Photograph

Herd of Cows in Pasture

Date: 1934
Description: A herd of cows grazing in a pasture. In the background is a farmhouse, farm buildings, silos and barns.
Photograph

Woman and Cows in Barnyard

Date: 1935
Description: Woman and eight cows in a barnyard, with barns and farm outbuildings in the background in Iron County.
Photograph

Woman in Barnyard Watering Cows

Date: 1935
Description: Woman wearing a dress standing in a barnyard next to a cow drinking out of a pail. Other cows and a barn are in the background.
Photograph

Leaning Corner Fence Post

Date: 1914
Description: Fence with farm buildings and open fields in the background. The corner post of the fence is leaning inward. Original caption reads: "This shows wrong way ...
Photograph

Fence Post Removal

Date: 1915
Description: A man uses a "handy device for pulling old fence post" (original caption).

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