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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" ...
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M-40 Truck on Hillside

Date: 1952
Description: Color photograph of an M-40 Marine Corps vehicle equipped with a wrecker body towing a searchlight truck up a hill in an area of brush. Mountains and pastu...
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Debris in a Small Animal Pen

Date: 1957
Description: Slightly elevated view of debris littering a small fenced-in pen on the Krueger farm. The debris consists of a feeding trough, pieces of lumber, and other ...
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Fall Foliage, Door County

Date: 1952
Description: View across a field towards trees with fall color. The text on the reverse reads: "Beauty unsurpassed greets the eye of the visitor to Door County, Wiscons...
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Clifford Lord with a Donkey

Date: 09 1952
Description: State Historical Society of Wisconsin Director Clifford Lord, paused on his way to a regional meeting posing with a donkey. He was like that.
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Swimming, Country Style

Date: 07 1950
Description: Swimming country style on a farm in the Kettle Moraine State Forest. Two boys are swimming in a large wooden cattle tank and three young children are perch...
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Pastorale

Date: 1950
Description: Cows grazing in a pasture with trees and a dramatic sky of clouds.
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Holy Hill

Date: 1950
Description: Dramatic view of Holy Hill against a sky full of clouds. In the foreground, cows are grazing in fenced fields.
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Stallion and Shadows

Date: 1959
Description: Silhouette of a horse against a snow covered hill, on CTH PB three miles south of the Dane County Home. There is a fence around the enclosure and trees on ...
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Mary Burke with Brown Swiss Calves

Date: 1957
Description: Mary Burke, dressed in a green dirndl with white short puffy sleeves and a white apron, is standing in the cow pasture at Forest Lodge holding two Brown Sw...
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Brown Swiss Cows in Cow Pasture

Date: 1959
Description: Close-up of three Brown Swiss cows at the split-rail fence in the Forest Lodge pasture. Lake Namakagon is in the background.
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Mary Griggs and Dairyman with Brown Swiss Calves

Date: 1957
Description: Mary Griggs dressed in a Swedish costume and the dairyman holding two Brown Swiss calves in the pasture near the shore of Lake Namakagon. The calves have f...
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Greetings from Spring Green

Date: 1950
Description: Text on front reads: "Greetings from Spring Green, Wis." On the reverse it reads: "Lush Farm Land." Elevated view of a farmer on a tractor in a large corn ...
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Greetings from Spring Green

Date: 1950
Description: Text on front reads: "Greetings from Spring Green, Wis." A country road curves to the left around a farm. On the right are a tree, fields and a fence with ...
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Greetings from Spring Green

Date: 1950
Description: Text on front reads: "Greetings from Spring Green, Wis." On the reverse it reads: "Here's Some Sugar, Little Fella!" Two girls are feeding a treat to a foa...
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Greetings from Spring Green

Date: 1950
Description: Text on front reads: "Greetings from Spring Green." On the reverse it reads: "Palomino Mare and Colts." Three horses and a foal graze in a pasture. Three a...
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Greetings from Spring Green

Date: 1950
Description: Text on front reads: "Greetings from Spring Green." On the reverse it reads: "Grazing in Contentment." A herd of mostly Holstein cows in a pasture on the s...

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