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Otto Hoefs and a Bull

Date: 07 1903
Description: Otto Hoefs holding a short rope attached to the nose ring of a young pure-bred short-horned bull.
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Young Bull

Date: 07 1903
Description: Right side view of a young, short horned pure-bred bull standing in profile among several trees. A ring with a short rope is attached to the bull's nose.
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Reindeer Team

Date: 1918
Description: Group portrait of a reindeer team and sled that was kept by Company M of the 339th United States Infantry Regiment. Two soldiers and a horse pose with the ...
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Bridgeport Hotel

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Description: The exterior of the Bridgeport Hotel. A man, boy, dog, and two women stand on the porch.
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Little International Stock Show Pig Contest

Date: 03 02 1952
Description: Two girls subdue a piglet by tying its feet together as two judges wearing suits and holding stop watches look on. Other contest participants and spectator...
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Richardson Farm

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Description: The Richardson Farm stands at the far edge of a farm field with a creek running through it and animals grazing. The farmhouse is white and surrounded by tr...
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Edward B.A. Sokoloski Home

Date: 02 10 1949
Description: The knotty pine living room in the home of the Edward B.A. Sokoloski family at 874 Woodrow Street. Mrs. Lucille Sokoloski is reading a book, and the family...
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Pet Food Display

Date: 1930
Description: A night view of a pet food display in a store window. In addition to commercial signs advertising Ken-L-Ration and Bird-E-Ration, a handwritten sign advert...
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Stone Barn

Date: 1940
Description: A crowd has gathered at a well preserved large stone barn with a cupola. Two men with cameras watch the scene from a hatch in the roof; there is a van wit...
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A Shepherd with His Flock

Date: 1925
Description: A shepherd with a crook watches his flock in a wooded area beside a pond. His sheep dog rests beside him.
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Boy and Girl with Pets

Date: 1920
Description: Young boy and girl sitting on a pile of rocks with a cat and a dog outside the Sunnyside School. The boy is cradling a cat under his arm, while a girl is f...
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Vernon Valley Farm Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of Vernon Valley Farm, a breeder of Percheron and coach horses, shorthorn cattle, Berkshire hogs, Bronze turkeys, and Wyandotte chickens from Mt...
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Sphinx de Gizeh

Date: 1890
Description: The Sphinx at Giza in Egypt. Three men are standing or sitting on the shoulder of the Sphinx, and several men are sitting in the shade below with two camel...
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Deb in the Barnyard

Date: 01 28 1949
Description: Anne Blakeley poses in a Scandinavian-style sweater with a Shropshire lamb in a University of Wisconsin-Madison barn. Anne Blakeley, from Philadelphia, is ...
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Prospect Park

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Description: Sheep grazing and resting by a tree in a park with rolling hills. Caption reads, "Hand Colored, Sheep - Prospect Park. Brooklyn, N.Y."
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Flock of Sheep

Date: 1925
Description: A flock of sheep graze under old willow trees alongside a stream.
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Bundling a Norway Pine

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Description: Two men bundle a Norway Pine with twine using a home-made twine baler in a clearing. Two dogs stand between the men and a pile of bundled trees.
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Laplanders with their Reindeer Sled Teams

Date: 1918
Description: Two men and a young boy pose on sleds near their teams of reindeer in front of a house and its outbuildings. In the background is a large building with oni...
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Laplanders with their Reindeer Sled Teams

Date: 1918
Description: A family of Laplanders with their reindeer sled teams. In the background are a house with its outhouses, and a group of people to the left of center, as we...
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Christmas 1952

Date: 1952
Description: Holiday card with a scene of a village in New Mexico. Adobe dwellings with hills, fences, a ladder, trees and a burro can be seen in the background. Six fi...

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