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Governor Lucey and Alice in Dairyland
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Group portrait of Governor Patrick Lucey, Alice in Dairyland Marsha Lindsay, and others at ceremonies proclaiming the Dairy Cow as Wisconsin's official "Domestic Animal." The Governor is holding the rope halter on the cow, and the group is standing in sawdust. There are posters displayed on the wall in the background.
February 9, 1972
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Alice in Dairyland
January 17, 1957
The Alice in Dairyland holding a tray of glasses of milk, posing with three men.
Alice in Dairyland
October 1968
Alice in Dairyland, Bobbie Thoreson, holding a platter of cheese, poses with four men at the World Food Expo.
Fairest of the Fair, Governor Knowles and Alice in Dairyland
circa 1960-1969
The Fairest of the Fair, Governor Knowles, an unknown man, and Alice in Dairyland pose at the "Milwaukee Sentinel" exhibit at the Wisconsin State Fair.
Elsie, the Borden Co. Cow
July 21, 1953
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 on the Wisconsin State Capitol lawn.
Elsie, the Borden Company Cow
July 21, 1953
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 leather halter around her head and muzzle and...
State Officials at Paper Plant
June 1972
State officials tour Consolidated Papers, Inc.'s new primary treatment plant. From left to right are George Mead II, State Representative Marlin Schneider, Stratton Martin, and Governor Patrick Lucey.
