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Postcard

Milkmaid with Cow

Date: 1911
Description: Milkmaid with pail and cow. Text reads: "Milking Time, Good Friends in Wisconsin, Scenes along the country roads."
Photograph

Rolla B. Shurfelt Farm

Date: 1900
Description: Barnyard scene on the Rollo Shurfelt farm with people milking the cows. Several horses are in the yard as well.
Photograph

Milking the Cows

Date: 1929
Description: A woman runs the milking operation at the G.L. Hamon dairy farm.
Photograph

Bulk Milk Truck

Date: 
Description: A bulk milk truck is parked in a farm yard near a barn as three men stand by.
Photograph

Loading Milk Cans

Date: 1937
Description: A man unloads milk cans from a Ford Model T pickup truck at a creamery receiving station.
Photograph

A Guernsey Herd

Date: 1949
Description: A Guernsey herd in a stream near a pasture. Trees line the banks.
Photograph

Herding Cows

Date: 03 20 1953
Description: Man herding cows along side of road with dog following.
Postcard

Farmer with Cows

Date: 02 1910
Description: Farmer and two cows standing outside near a barn in winter.
Postcard

The Return From the Alps

Date: 
Description: Color postcard of a Swiss farmer returning home with his animals. Many of the animals, and five of the shepherds, are labeled with a name. The path loops b...
Photograph

Cows Resting in Hilltop Pasture

Date: 2004
Description: Holstein cows resting on a sunny day in a hilltop pasture. View to horizon towards wooded hills with clouds in the sky.
Print

Woman with Two Jersey Cows

Date: 
Description: An illustration of two jersey cows and a woman holding a milking pail. Text at bottom reads: Two Jersey Cows — Beauty and Jersey — The Property of the Illi...
Photograph

Dairy Barn Interior

Date: 
Description: A barn interior showing a basket on a scale next to a silage feeding schedule on the wall. Shovels lean against the walls.
Photograph

Pastorale

Date: 1950
Description: Cows grazing in a pasture with trees and a dramatic sky of clouds.
Photograph

Early Moon

Date: 1956
Description: A harvest moon over a farm. Fence posts are in the foreground.

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