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Book or Pamphlet

Artesian Stock Farm

Date: 1884
Description: Bird's-eye view drawing of the grounds of Villa Louis, the estate of the fur trading Dousman family. After the death of H. Louis Dousman's mother in 1882, ...
Poster

International Tractor and Engine Poster

Date: 1913
Description: Advertising poster for International tractors and engines featuring an illustration of a farmer using a cultivator in a field beside a herd of cows. The ma...
Book or Pamphlet

Cover of a Pamphlet in Polish

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Description: Cover of a pamphlet in Polish by J. Hof, decorated with images of farm animals. It was intended to encourage immigrants to come to Wisconsin.
Postcard

The Return From the Alps

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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...
Book or Pamphlet

McCormick-Deering Cream Separator Brochure

Date: 1940
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for McCormick-Deering cream separators, featuring a color illustration of a cream separator in the foreground and five cow...
Print

Webster Bros. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of Webster Bros. of Danville, Wisconsin, breeders of short horn cattle and Spanish Merino sheep, with text and a stock image of a cow printed in...
Print

Vernon Valley Farm Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of Vernon Valley Farm, a breeder of Percheron and coach horses, shorthorn cattle, Berkshire hogs, Bronze turkeys, and Wyandotte chickens from Mt...
Print

Oshkosh Packing & Provision Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Oshkosh Packing & Provision Company, a meat packer and preserver, with an illustration of the company buildings on the waterfront, with w...
Print

Green Bay Stock Yards and Transit Co. Memohead

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Description: Memohead of the Green Bay Stock Yards and Transit Company, with a circular image of a cow's head against a background of a leafy branch and the company nam...
Map or Atlas

Railroad Map of Wisconsin

Date: 1928
Description: This map shows rates on cattle, hogs and sheep, and mileage from Wisconsin points to Chicago, Illinois. The top margin reads: "Before the Interstate Commer...
Poster

Just One Extra Litter

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of a mother pig with six piglets and rows of pigs at the bottom of the poster. Highlights of the text reads: "Just one ext...
Postcard

Stock Fair Day

Date: 07 27 1914
Description: Text on front reads: "Stock Fair Day, Stevens Point, Wis." Elevated view of eople, horse-drawn sleds, piles of hay and wood fill the square for Stock Fair ...

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