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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...
Photograph

Holstein Cattle

Date: 1945
Description: Elevated view across water towards Holstein cattle in a pasture. Caption from calendar: "A Holstein dairy herd — Polk county. Wisconsin's fame as America's...
Book or Pamphlet

The story of dairying in Wisconsin is the story of how our very landscape and way of life were created. Details below.

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Photograph

Governor Heil Squirting Milk

Date: 06 08 1939
Description: Governor Julius Heil squirting milk from a cow on a parade float. The Governor climbed aboard the float during the dairyland parade, a part of Milwaukee's ...
Photograph

Milk Carton Vending Machine at Capitol

Date: 10 14 1954
Description: Two men enjoy small cartons of milk with straws in the Capitol building rotunda. They stand on either side of a tall vending machine with a sign that says...
Photograph

American Dairy Association Dinner

Date: 11 29 1948
Description: Leaders of the diary industry are shown at the dinner meeting of the American Dairy Association at the Loraine Hotel. The ADA was organized in Madison in 1...
Property Record

223 S MAIN ST

Community: Viroqua
County: Vernon
Historic Name: Reed & Son Vulcanizing Co.
Reference Number: 73585
Historical Essay

Dairyland Rat Poison

Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story
Dairyland Rat Poison container made for the Wisconsin Pharmacal Co. of Milwaukee, 1955-1965. (Museum object #1999.143.34)
Online Store

Haunting and curious tales from Dairyland. Author Tea Krulos, an expert in all things strange and unusual, digs up Wisconsin favorites and arcane lore.

Haunting and curious tales from Dairyland. Author Tea Krulos, an expert in all things strange and unusual, digs up Wisconsin favorites and arcane lore.

Price: $21.99
Classroom Material

Wisconsin State Symbols

Learn about Wisconsin state symbols
Photograph

Auto License Bureau

Date: 05 17 1939
Description: Wisconsin Auto License Bureau Card Typing Department, located at 16-20 East Doty Street. Women government employees are sitting at desks, while a male supe...
Photograph

University of Wisconsin Military Ball

Date: 03 20 1950
Description: Two women of the Court of Honor for the University of Wisconsin military ball sitting beside each other for a portrait. Kappa Alpha Theta member Mary Bryan...
National or State Registers Record

316 Oxford Rd

Community: Waukesha
County: Waukesha
Historic Name: John and Florence Melster House
Reference Number: 100009002
Postcard

House of Wisconsin Cheese

Date: 
Description: Exterior view of a cheese shop with a sculpture of a mouse eating cheese above the entrance located at 101 N. Hamilton Street. Cheese is on display in the ...
Historical Essay

Parkin, John 1918

Property Record

STATE HIGHWAY 124 AT WOODRUFF RD NEAR C&NW CROSSING OF STATE HIGHWAY 124

Community: Eagle Point
County: Chippewa
Historic Name: WISCONSIN POWER CO-OP PLANT #1
Reference Number: 3034
Property Record

300 N SHORE DR

Community: Elkhart Lake
County: Sheboygan
Historic Name: Osthoff's Hotel and Casino
Reference Number: 135784
Photograph

Travel Editors Buffet Table At Governor's Residence

Date: 06 26 1950
Description: The buffet table at the Governor's residence is set up to welcome a group of nationally-known travel editors to Wisconsin. The buffet table includes an "Am...
Manuscript

Wisconsin State Fair Letterhead

Date: 1951
Description: Letterhead for the Wisconsin State Fair, with dark blue top and a side panel along the left-hand side with roundels depicting fair activities such as fair ...
Resource Description

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