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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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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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Wisconsin Humane Society Truck

Date: 11 30 1937
Description: A uniformed man carries a dog to the back of an International D-2 truck used by the Wisconsin Humane Society. The truck is parked in the driveway near the ...
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Ho-Chunk Man and Two Children

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Description: A Ho-Chunk man, two children, and a dog are standing outside a large brick building with bars over the windows. Identified as probably John Mike and the ch...
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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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Flock of Sheep

Date: 1925
Description: A flock of sheep graze under old willow trees alongside a stream.
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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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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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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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Composite Layout of Family Portraits with Local Views

Date: 1890
Description: Composite layout combining family portraits with local views. Probably the family of Gerhard Gesell in Alma.
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Retriever Trials

Date: 09 27 1953
Description: Black Labrador Retriever dogs won all four titles at the State Championship Retriever Trials held in Westport. The four winners pictured with their handler...
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Huge Sledload of Logs

Date: 1895
Description: Two men stand at Hein's Lumber Camp atop a load of logs on a sled to which is hitched four horses, claimed to be the largest load of logs ever hauled by fo...
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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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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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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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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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Belle City Incubator Company Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Belle City Incubator Company of Racine, Wisconsin, manufacturers of hatching equipment. Includes illustrations of an egg incubator and a ...
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Burnett & Pratt Billhead

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Description: Billhead of Burnett & Pratt, "dealers in fresh, salt and smoked meats, fish and game in season," of River Falls, Wisconsin, with a group of livestock, incl...
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J.F. Riemer Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of J.F. Riemer, a poultry breeder of "S.C. Rhode Island Reds, S.C. Buff and Brown Leghorns, Barred and White Rocks, and S.C. Black Minorcas," fr...
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Rear View of Horses

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Description: View of three horses with tightly braided tails standing together in a yard. A person (legs only) is standing behind the horses holding their bridles. In t...

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