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Peshtigo Fire

Date: 11 25 1871
Description: Engraved view of Peshtigo Fire showing people trying to escape the flames by boat and on horseback. A team of cattle also seek refuge and several birds tak...
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Pig Freight Car on the Soo Line

Date: 1917
Description: Group of people standing in front of a Soo Line freight car that was used by the railroad to promote hog transportation. This photograph was donated to the...
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Hog showing at the Wisconsin State Fair

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Description: A crowd watches as boys try to steer their pigs with canes during judging in a pen at the Wisconsin State Fair.
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Seymour Brooks Residence

Date: 1873
Description: Downtown East Troy with the Seymour Brooks residence. Caption reads: "Res. of Seymour brooks, Sec 4 Fast Troy TP Wis Breeder of Derham Cattle American Meri...
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Girls Feeding Pigs

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Description: Three young women feed the pigs on a Portage County farm, a livestock project under the direction of an agricultural extension representative. The caption...
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I Always Win

Date: 1860
Description: An elephant wearing boots is carrying a banner that reads: "I ALWAYS WIN." The banner has a face on the left end and is holding up the elephant's tail with...
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Sand Hill Supply Company Wagon

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Description: View of two men standing near a Sand Hill Supply Company mule-drawn Conestoga-type wagon with a slaughtered pig hanging on the back. Published by C.L. Haye...
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Large Hog in Farmyard

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Description: A large hog in a farmyard being admired by five men standing behind him.
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Horse-Drawn Hearse

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Description: Black Earth hearse drawn by horses. Chris Schanel, the Black Earth undertaker, is driving. In the background on the right a small pig is running near a fen...
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Film Still from "The Clodhopper"

Date: 1917
Description: Film still of a group outdoors at a Fourth of July picnic. A man is chasing a small pig in the center of a group of people.
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Boy with Calf

Date: 1931
Description: Claire Alexander posing with a young calf in a pasture near a wooded ravine at his father's farm. There is a manure spreader and shed in the background.
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Pig Examination

Date: 1910
Description: A group of men at the Winnebago County School of Agriculture and Domestic Education stand outside near a barn observing four large pigs. Some of the men st...
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Greased Pig Chase at the Hustler Harvest Festival

Date: 1922
Description: View down unpaved Main Street of a group of men racing after a pig during the Hustler Harvest Festival. On the right is the Nash Service Station and the M....

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