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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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Alice in Dairyland, Mary Ellen Jenks

Date: 08 26 1953
Description: Alice in Dairyland, Mary Ellen Jenks, stands with a cow on a float representing the Golden Guernsey Dairy Co-op in the Dairy Parade at the Wisconsin State ...
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"Let's Get a Good Cow"

Date: 02 1914
Description: A woman wearing a bonnet and apron kneeling in a field to milk a cow.
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Hilgendorf Barn — Exterior

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Description: Lloyd and Kim Hilgendorf live at W2050 McArthur (Section 17). After working in the iron mines at Neda, Lloyds's great-grandfather, Whilhelm Hilgendorf, and...
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Group with Jersey Cows

Date: 1918
Description: Two men and a woman standing on the lawn of a home while holding four Jersey cows.
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Elsie, the Borden Company Cow

Date: 07 21 1953
Description: Portrait of Mary Ellen Jenks, the new Alice in Dairyland welcoming Elsie, the famed Borden Company cow to Madison. Elsie is wearing a heavily decorated lea...
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Elsie, the Borden Co. Cow

Date: 07 21 1953
Description: Elsie, the Borden Co. cow with Gov. Walter Kohler, acting mayor Carl Wilhelm, Alice in Dairyland Mary Ellen Jenks and another man. They are posing together...
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Schnitzler Barn

Date: 2004
Description: The John and Jeanie Schnitzler family live at N7861 Doyle Rd (Section 26). Pictured are: Kelly Clark, Jason, Jeanie, John, and Amanda Schnitzler. They curr...
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Jaster Barn — Exterior

Date: 2004
Description: Jeff and Kris Jaster live at N8277 Hwy 1775.
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Dogs Granary — Alternate View

Date: 2004
Description: Cliff and Renoda pose by this old granary.
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Woman with Cow

Date: 1919
Description: A woman holding a cow on a tether while standing in front of the porch in front of a farmhouse.
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Lapham School Children at Bowman Farm Dairy

Date: 11 1953
Description: A group of Lapham School third grade children are lining up to begin a tour of the Bowman Farm Dairy on Fish Hatchery Road. At the head of the line are Geo...
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Dairy Farm and Vide Valley

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Description: Elevated view of one man and two women tending the cows near a farm building at a dairy farm in Vide Saeter, Norway. The Vide Valley is in the background.
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Watching the Cows Graze

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Description: View from hill looking down towards a person sitting with a dog watching a herd of cows grazing below next to a winding creek.
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Mary Burke with Brown Swiss Calves

Date: 1957
Description: Mary Burke, dressed in a green dirndl with white short puffy sleeves and a white apron, is standing in the cow pasture at Forest Lodge holding two Brown Sw...
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Mary Griggs and Dairyman with Brown Swiss Calves

Date: 1957
Description: Mary Griggs dressed in a Swedish costume and the dairyman holding two Brown Swiss calves in the pasture near the shore of Lake Namakagon. The calves have f...

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