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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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Strolling Hog

Date: 1947
Description: Boys, in background, watching as a pig, in the foreground, is taking a stroll around the Wisconsin State Fairgrounds.
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Hogs

Date: 1933
Description: Three hogs feed on the Larson farm. There are farm wagons in the background and snow on the ground.
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Southern Wisconsin Junior Livestock Exposition

Date: 10 17 1960
Description: Twelve-year-old Larry Beck, Jr. from Ixonia slapping the purple ribbon on his meat-type Poland China barrow after winning the grand champion honor at the S...
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Wisconsin Pacemaker Pork Program

Date: 01 25 1960
Description: The Madison area scored top awards at the first Wisconsin Pacemaker Pork program held during the opening of Farm and Home Week. At left is Gilbert Mueller,...
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J.B. Bartlett Farm

Date: 1895
Description: A small herd of Jersey cows, and swine on the farm of J.B. Bartlett. A house with a porch is in the background.
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Pigs in the Snow

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Description: Pigs outdoors in a snow-covered pen in front of a wooden shack and fence.
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A Sow and Her Litter in a Pig Pen

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Description: View across fence towards a pigpen, towards a sow and piglets. In the background are trees and a hill in the distance.
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Swine Competitors

Date: 1962
Description: Competitors in the Junior Livestock Exposition with their pigs before the judging.
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Driving Hogs Through Town

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Description: Bill Payne driving a herd of large hogs through town on Main Street, possibly on the way to Adam Best's Butcher's Shop. Storefronts identified, from left t...
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Feeder Pigs

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Description: View of a pig pen with a large group of pigs. Identified as feeder pigs, with straw winter shelters for young stock. The straw frames were on poles with st...
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Pigs and Buildings

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Description: View of a big sow and younger pigs between two farm buildings. A man is standing next to a buggy on the left.
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Outdoor Portrait of Two Loggers

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Description: Two men are standing in the snow at a logging camp. In the background are railroad tracks, and two pigs foraging around buildings.
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Hogs at Feeding Time

Date: 10 12 1895
Description: Forty-nine hogs at feeding time on the farm of William Miller. The hogs are eleven-months old and weigh approximately 260 lbs each. A wagon and horse team ...
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People in Farmyard with Hogs

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Description: Elevated view of four men and three women posing standing among farm buildings behind a group of hogs and piglets rooting among stumps. Scrubby trees are i...
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Boy with Calf

Date: 1931
Description: Claire Alexander posing with a young calf in a pasture near a wooded ravine at his father's farm. There is a manure spreader and shed in the background.
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Greased Pig Chase at the Hustler Harvest Festival

Date: 1922
Description: View down unpaved Main Street of a group of men racing after a pig during the Hustler Harvest Festival. On the right is the Nash Service Station and the M....
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Group in Front of Buildings

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Description: View from road of several men, a woman, girl and young boys posed in front of buildings in a lumber town, probably McKenna. There are two blurred images in...
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Logging Camp

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Description: Group of men posed holding logging tools. They are standing and sitting in front of wooden buildings. Two men display two teams of horses. Behind the group...
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Pigs in the Mud

Date: 07 2014
Description: Three pigs wallowing in the mud near the side of a wire fence. A trough of water is behind the pigs.

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