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Primrose Cream Separators Catalog Cover

Date: 1916
Description: Front cover of advertising catalog for the Primrose line of IHC cream separators. Cover features chromolithograph of cows at a drinking trough. In the uppe...
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.
Photograph

Pasture and Barn

Date: 09 11 1960
Description: View of a barn, silo, and two tractors on a farm. An electrical post with a loop of metal wire stands in the foreground. Several Holstein cows graze in a p...
Photograph

Farm Equipment in Snow

Date: 1915
Description: A cultivator sitting in the snow near a fence, illustrating the hazards of improper equipment housing. A herd of cows is in the background near a barn and ...
Photograph

Aerial View of Dane County Hospital

Date: 1960
Description: Aerial view of the Dane County Hospital, looking west. Excavating for a more modern east wing that was finished in 1960 can be seen near the main building....
Print

Seasons Greetings

Date: 1948
Description: Holiday card of the history of the State of Wisconsin, 1848-1948. Shows a map of Wisconsin with many historical and themed elements. Image was created by w...
Photograph

Cows Resting near Barn

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

Cows in Pasture

Date: 06 1935
Description: A group of cows stand in front of a barn, while a group of men with hats stand in the background near a windmill. The original caption reads: "Dr. Brickley...
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

Man Holding Dairy Cow

Date: 06 03 1929
Description: A man wearing a hat and overalls holding a dairy cow in front of a farmhouse. Trees, a barn with a silo, and other dairy cows are seen in the background. T...
Photograph

Herd of Cows in front of Barn

Date: 1932
Description: View from field of a herd of cows behind a fence grazing in a pasture in front of a barn and silo. The silo has a decorative stone pattern. The original ca...
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

Cows at Dairy Farm

Date: 1977
Description: A group of four Jersey Cows at the Jersey Land dairy farm. Two of the cows are grazing and two have looked up at the photographer. A truck, additional cows...
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

Cows Grazing in Water

Date: 05 2014
Description: View across fence towards two cows standing a field flooded from spring rains. A Canada goose is swimming near a tree in the background on the right. In th...
Postcard

Curtis Farm

Date: 1913
Description: View uphill in a field with several cattle grazing. A farm is in the distance further up the hill. Caption on image reads: "Curtis Farm, 1913."
Photograph

Wisconsin Dairy Farm

Date: 10 05 1948
Description: Aerial photograph of the Baumgartner Dairy Farm, one half mile east of Three Lakes, WI.
Photograph

Early Moon

Date: 1956
Description: A harvest moon over a farm. Fence posts are in the foreground.

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