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Champion Cow Milker

Date: 10 28 1931
Description: A young woman is demonstrating her championship cow-milking skills as she is sitting on a low stool and milking a Holstein cow. A person (out of frame) is ...
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Men and a Boy in a Barnyard

Date: 1874
Description: Men and a boy are in a barnyard with sheep and cattle.
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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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Tornado Damage

Date: 07 23 1944
Description: Truax Field tornado damage, 2 miles north of Truax Field. Francis Lockman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Everett Lockman, is sitting on the seat of their tractor whi...
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Calf Club on Parade

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Description: Members of Pierce County's 4-H calf clubs on parade at a fair.
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Livestock Exposition Judging

Date: 1959
Description: Slightly elevated view of one competitor parading her animal for the judges at the Southern Wisconsin Junior Livestock Competition, while Alice in Dairylan...
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Boy Feeding Chickens

Date: 1914
Description: A boy is feeding a flock of chickens near a fence and a barn. Two horses are standing inside the open doorway of the barn.
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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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4-H Club Week

Date: 02 26 1949
Description: Mary Englehart, a member of the Silver Badgers 4-H Club, standing inside a barn with her Holstein heifer.
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Family Outside of Barn

Date: 08 1903
Description: Alexander Krueger sitting in an open barn door with the twins Edgar and Jennie. Their Grandpa August Krueger is sitting on a fence on the right at the side...
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Men and Boy Loading Hay onto DR-70 Truck

Date: 1938
Description: Two men and a boy load bales of hay from the bed of an International DR-70 truck into a barn. The original caption reads: "A DR-70 170-inch wheelbase truck...
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Stacking Hay Bales

Date: 03 14 1985
Description: Young man wearing a knit cap and flannel shirt stacking bales of hay in a barn.
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Bucky the Calf

Date: 1990
Description: Bucky the Calf makes an appearance at the Adams County Fair.
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Young Man Pitching Manure

Date: 1917
Description: Young man outside a barn pitching piles of manure. Original caption reads: "Union Pacific Silo Special Trip. Manure, J.A. Butler."
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Battisti Barn — Exterior

Date: 2004
Description: Scott and Melissa Battisti are the young couple who live here at W2476 Zion Church Rd (Section 30). They purchased the farm in 2000 from Ralph and Sandy Fi...
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Dane County Junior Fair and Horse Show

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Description: A group of teenagers lounge about on bales of hay in a barn at the Dane County Junior Fair and Horse Show. Cows are resting nearby on the right.
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Young People's Hall

Date: 1920
Description: Exterior of the Young People's Hall building. There are fields and a barn in the background.
Postcard

Hauling Milk at Hering Farm

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Description: Robert Carl Hering and his son Alexander Hering are standing next to a horse-drawn wagon filled with milk containers. Farm buildings are in the background....
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Harvey Lein

Date: 1932
Description: Harvey Lein, 13, poses with a flock of chickens near a barn. He is wearing a cap and bib overalls and is carrying a bucket. There are bushes blooming in ...
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Ladies on a Fence

Date: 1904
Description: Four young women wearing long white dresses climbing and posing on a fence.

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