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Philippine Workers Transport Fibre using Water Buffalo

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Description: Workers transporting twine fibre (fiber) using water buffalo and a wooden cart in the Philippines. The fibre was likely used by International Harvester fo...
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Orpheum Player at Henry Vilas Zoo

Date: 09 11 1930
Description: Elevated view of Orpheum players at the Henry Vilas Zoo (Vilas Park Zoo) standing next to buffaloes.
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Bison Farm

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Description: Bison and cattle grazing on a farm.
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The Oath — Apsaroke

Date: 1908
Description: Three Crow Indians with Buffalo skull at their feet take an oath. Signed by Curtis, 1909.
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Filipino Cart

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Description: A Philippine Islands man sits in a cart drawn by several water buffalo. The man may have worked in International Harvester's sisal and twine operation.
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Vilas Park Zoo Buffalo

Date: 12 20 1948
Description: Bison at the Vilas Park Zoo (Henry Vilas Zoo) in Madison.
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Buffalo at the Shey and Strand Ranch Near Deansville

Date: 05 04 1950
Description: A small herd of buffalo roam the 271-acre hobby "ranch" of Ed Shey and Peter Strand near Deansville."Pete" Strand is standing next to the herd on the right
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American Bison

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Description: A close-up of a buffalo standing alone on the prairie.
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Dead Bison on Plains

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Description: View of hunters' horses and dead bison on a plain.
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A "Hog-Tied" Buffalo

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Description: Many ranch hands posing in, and in front of, a barn, with a buffalo tied up on the ground. A woman and many children the second floor of the barn are looki...
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Hog-Tying a Buffalo

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Description: Ranch hands in the process of hog-tying a buffalo. Men, women, and children watch from inside the barn on the first and second floors and from the roof. A ...
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Buffalo Hides

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Description: A view of several men working with a large pile of buffalo hides. One man is sitting atop a pile of hides in the right foreground.
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"Frontier Days" Rodeo

Date: 1910
Description: Rodeo producer, Verne Elliott (1890-1962) rides a bucking buffalo at a "Frontier Days" rodeo. In the background are observers on horseback.
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Farmer with Water Buffalo

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Description: A Hawaiian farmer works in a field, ankle deep in water, with a water buffalo pulling a farming implement.
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Buffalo at the Wisconsin State Fair

Date: 09 1900
Description: View of a buffalo and a cow standing near a fence at the Wisconsin State Fair.
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Buffalo at the Wisconsin State Fair

Date: 09 1900
Description: View of a herd of buffalo at the Wisconsin State Fair.
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Buffalo at the Wisconsin State Fair

Date: 09 1900
Description: View of a herd of buffalo at the Wisconsin State Fair.
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Water Buffaloes in Turkey

Date: 1915
Description: Black water buffaloes, with colossal strength, which are being used by the Turkish army.
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Transporting Supplies in Turkey

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Description: Duties of the Turkish Landsturm (reservists). Moving provisions with wagons pulled by water buffalo.
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Water Buffaloes

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Description: Moving provisions with wagons pulled by water buffalo.

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