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Waiting For Pure Fresh Milk

Date: 1889
Description: Stereograph of a posed scene showing a woman milking a cow as two other women stand waiting at an open barn door. On the left a man at a hand-pump is behin...
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Individuals Working on a Farm

Date: 08 26 1917
Description: Barn, silos and cows at a farm. There are men attending to the cows, while the women and children are attending to the milk cans.
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Man and Girl with McCormick Milkers

Date: 1937
Description: A man crouches beside a McCormick single-unit milker outside a barn, while a young girl standing next to him holds the tubes of another milker in her hands...
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Cream Separator

Date: 11 1919
Description: Mrs. Irving Bielby operating a cream separator run by a gasoline engine at Babcock farm.
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Woman Milking Cow by Hand

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Description: A woman in an apron, and with a handkerchief on her head, sits on a stool while milking a cow by hand in a barn. Other cows are visible in the background.
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Children Visit the Farm

Date: 04 1987
Description: City children visit the O'Connor farm for a hands-on experience.

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