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A Guernsey Herd

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

Date: 1920
Description: Cows stand in shallow water in a rolling pasture in what is now Peninsula State Park. There is an old log building in the background.
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Fishing

Date: 1931
Description: View across water towards a group of pupils from the Dyer School fishing from the banks of a stream "about a mile south of school." They are using long can...
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Holstein Cattle

Date: 1945
Description: Elevated view across water towards Holstein cattle in a pasture. Caption from calendar: "A Holstein dairy herd — Polk county. Wisconsin's fame as America's...
Postcard

View of Silver Lake

Date: 1906
Description: Text on front reads: "View of Silver Lake." A colorized view of a man in a suit rowing a boat on a bay of a lake. Trees and a pasture are on the opposite s...
Postcard

Little Sister and Sister Bays

Date: 07 29 1946
Description: Text on front reads: "Little Sister and Sister Bays, Sister Bay, Wis." A view from a hill of the shoreline of Green Bay, Lake Michigan.
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Mount Morris

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Mount Morris. Wautoma, Wis." A view of Mount Morris from above the shore of a lake or pond. A dwelling and perhaps a farm can be seen...

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