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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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Farmer Milking Cow

Date: 03 1924
Description: Man sitting on a crate milking a cow by hand inside a barn on the farm of Hal Ament.
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Old Scale

Date: 06 13 1928
Description: Man using an old scale at the H.M. Zander Creamery.
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Toledo Scale

Date: 05 20 1928
Description: A man is weighing a bucket on an old scale at the Evans Creamery.
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Toledo Scale

Date: 05 20 1928
Description: A man weighing a large container on a Toledo platform scale at the Federation Creamery.
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Milking the Cows

Date: 1929
Description: A woman runs the milking operation at the G.L. Hamon dairy farm.
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Betsey Busied by Bossy's Butter

Date: 1905
Description: Woman churning butter.
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Loading Milk Cans

Date: 1937
Description: A man unloads milk cans from a Ford Model T pickup truck at a creamery receiving station.
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Farmer with Milk Can in Wheelbarrow

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Description: A farmer hauling a milk can on a wheelbarrow.
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Spitler Bros. Dairy

Date: 1937
Description: Two men are standing in a room with a cooler and milking equipment. Original caption identifies the equipment as "McCormick-Deering 6 Can Cooler and Mc[Cor...
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Edgar C. Lyman with Milk Pails

Date: 1941
Description: Edgar C. Lyman stands on a platform and uses a stainless steel pail to pour milk into a supply tank.
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Man Weighing Milk

Date: 1947
Description: A man writes information on a chart as he weighs a can of milk in a barn. A row of cows standing in stalls is behind him. The man may be working at Interna...
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Joe Santana Milking Cows

Date: 1946
Description: Joe Santana kneels beside a dairy cow in a barn to use a McCormick-Deering milker. The original caption reads: "Joe Santana, 326-S, Studebaker St., at Norw...
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Man Entering Walk-In Cooler

Date: 1940
Description: A man carrying milk bottles stands at the doorway to a walk-in cooler at the Eubanks Dairy.
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Man Milking Cows

Date: 1940
Description: Roger Thomas uses a McCormick-Deering milker on a Holstein cow at the Lee Thomas farm.
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Boy Milking Cow

Date: 1939
Description: A boy wearing a hat, boots, and overalls sits on a wooden stool to milk a cow by hand. The original caption reads: "Son of Thomas Ridgman, Dousman, Wis."
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Man Milking Cow

Date: 1939
Description: Harvey Schmidt sits on a stool in a barn to milk a cow by hand.
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Harvey Schmidt with Portable Milker

Date: 03 30 1939
Description: Harvey Schmidt stands amongst a row of cows in a barn to use a portable milking machine.
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Men with Milkers

Date: 1938
Description: Three men, two wearing overalls and one in a suit and hat, stand outdoors in front of a building beside four McCormick-Deering single-unit milkers on the f...
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Man Carrying Milker

Date: 01 17 1938
Description: Mr. E. Bognuda stands in a barn doorway while carrying a McCormick milker. The original caption reads: "Milkers on dairy farm owned by Mr. E. Bognuda locat...

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