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Main Street

Date: 1895
Description: Elevated view down Main Street, which crosses railroad tracks in the foreground. There are two signs in the foreground which say: "Look Out for the Cars" a...
Book or Pamphlet

D.M. Osborne Catalog Cover

Date: 1899
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for the D.M. Osborne Company, manufacturers of agricultural machinery. Features an illustration of a farmer in a barnyard w...
Photograph

The Leinenkugel Brewery

Date: 1898
Description: Elevated winter view of the Leinenkugel Brewery seen "from top of Mill." Originally called "Spring Brewery," Jacob Leinenkugel opened his brewery in 1867 i...
Photograph

Farmall B Tractor

Date: 10 20 1943
Description: Engineering photograph of right side of a Farmall B tractor parked in a dirt lot. Cows and an additional tractor are in a field in the background. The text...
Print

America's Dairyland

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Description: Wisconsin promotional decal with a map of the state, with many cities marked and drawings of some Wisconsin icons: cheese, cows, deer, beer, Wisconsin Dell...
Photograph

Cows in Barnyard

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Description: Barnyard full of black and white dairy cattle. An open field and barn are visible in the background. A feed trough behind the cows reads, "More Milk Per Ac...
Photograph

Miller Hotel

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Description: View from across street of three men standing on the porch of the Miller Hotel. There is an advertisement depicting a cow on the building next door.
Photograph

Farmers 1948 Dairy Barn and Milk House

Date: 08 1948
Description: Cows and calves at the "Farmers 1948 Dairy Barn and Milk House" at the Wisconsin Centennial Exposition at the State Fair Park.
Print

Vernon Valley Farm Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of Vernon Valley Farm, a breeder of Percheron and coach horses, shorthorn cattle, Berkshire hogs, Bronze turkeys, and Wyandotte chickens from Mt...
Photograph

McFarland Depot

Date: 1923
Description: View down railroad tracks of the McFarland train depot. Two men are on the platform, and a cow grazes in the grass on the left.
Photograph

Performing Horses

Date: 1924
Description: Three performing horses stand on platforms in a ring as their trainer gestures proudly in the foreground. Behind the ring are banners decorated with horses...
Photograph

Girl Riding Calf

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Description: A crowd standing in a circle is watching a girl sitting on a calf. In the background is a storefront.
Book or Pamphlet

Bull Tractor Testimonial Bulletin

Date: 03 15 1916
Description: Front cover of the Bull Tractor Company's Bull Tractor Bulletin, Volume 2, Number 6. The tractor is advertised as: "The Bull with the Pull."
Print

Ninth International Congress Banquet Menu

Date: 09 1887
Description: Interior menu pages of the Ninth International Medical Congress, with a woman in a head wrap and skirt decorated with stars pouring liquid from a jug into ...
Photograph

Farmer's Course

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Description: Four men pose on and around a crude wooden platform set up in front of the Winnebago County School of Agriculture and Domestic Economy. There is a barrel o...
Photograph

Crowd at Farmer's Course

Date: 1910
Description: Slightly elevated view of crowd standing closely around a platform on which a man wearing an apron stands next to a cow. A barrel and wooden pail are also ...
Poster

Crimean War Themed Advertising Broadside

Date: 05 1854
Description: This yellow and black wood block print broadside ties England and France's declaration of war against Russia during the Crimean War into a war against high...
Photograph

J.L. Miller and Co.

Date: 1889
Description: Outdoor group portrait of, left to right, William F. Fuller, James L. Miller, and Albert Zimmerman standing outside their shop at 24 W. Mifflin Street. In ...
Photograph

Men Loading Cows into International Truck

Date: 1929
Description: A man stands in the bed of a truck while loading cows. One cow is already in the truck bed, and two other cows are moving up the ramp. Two young children w...
Photograph

Farmall M Tractor with No. 24 Two-Row Corn Picker

Date: 1948
Description: Three-quarter view from front right of a man in a cornfield using a Farmall M tractor to put a No. 24 two-row corn picker and wagon. In the background cows...

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