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Poster

Gasoline Engine

Date: 1913
Description: Color advertising poster of an International gasoline engine serving many functions, with an address for Budapest, Hungary. The poster was printed by the H...
Photograph

Bossy's Bibacious Bouncing Baby

Date: 1905
Description: Woman feeding calf from a bucket.
Photograph

Tollef Gjermundsen Farm

Date: 1874
Description: View uphill towards cattle, horses and people in the barnyard of the Tollef Gjermundsen farm. Behind them is a barn with a stone foundation with an arched ...
Photograph

Cattle, Haystacks, and a Mill

Date: 1876
Description: Sheep and cattle are within a split-rail fence. Two men are behind the fence standing on the roof of a shade shelter for the cattle. Haystacks and a windmi...
Photograph

Oil Painting of Farm Scene

Date: 05 1947
Description: Oil painting of a rural scene showing silos, farm buildings, cows and fields. Taken for Brock Engraving company.
Photograph

Country Valley

Date: 05 30 1962
Description: A country valley with a winding stream. A farmhouse with barn and silo are on the right.
Drawing

Mrs. Fowe's Ranch

Date: 1902
Description: A drawing depicting Mrs. Fowe's Ranch. With mountains in the distance, the ranch consists of corrals for horses and cattle, and a modest-sized house.
Photograph

Men in Field with Cattle

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Description: Two men stand with a small herd of cattle on a path between fenced-in and planted fields on the side of a hill. Two buildings are in the background.
Photograph

Dipping Cattle at Sandy Coulee

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Description: Elevated view from hill of a herd of cattle. A ranch hand monitors the cattle in the fenced section, while one man watches from outside the pen. In the bac...
Photograph

Dipping Cattle at Sandy Coulee

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Description: Elevated view from hill of cattle in fenced areas. Horses and wagonsare on the left, along with a small log building with a smoking chimney. In the foregro...
Painting

Farm Painting

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Description: Farm painting of the Pierson Young residence.
Photograph

Bird's Eye View of Town

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Description: Elevated view of the town with hills in the distance. In the foreground are cattle inside a fence near a cemetery with a windmill. The town is behind furth...
Photograph

Stock Day

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Description: Elevated view of cattle in several pens situated on a hillside. There are also several sheds. Text below reads "Stock Day, Bridgeport, Wis."
Photograph

Carl Benter Rental Units

Date: 1997
Description: "Looking southeast of the water tower are Carl Benter rental units."
Photograph

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.
Photograph

Robert Hulburt

Date: 1933
Description: Robert Hulburt, age 11 and a student at Hillcrest School, District No. 6, Towns of Waukesha, Pewaukee, Brookield and New Berlin, poses with his heifer in a...
Photograph

Haystack and Cows

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Description: View across field towards a group of cows around a large haystack. There is snow on the ground. In the distance are more fields, a building, and a small hi...
Photograph

Landscape View of Farm with Man on Mower

Date: 1900
Description: View across field towards a man on a horse-drawn mower. Behind him on the left men are working on and around a large haystack with horses. Behind a split-r...
Photograph

A Prairie Farm

Date: 1886
Description: View across field towards a farm, with farmhouse, barn, outbuildings, and fences. The photograph appeared in Joseph Schafer's 1932 book The Wisconsin Le...
Postcard

Farm Scene Near New Glarus, Wis.

Date: 06 1925
Description: Several cows are grazing in a field. In the background are houses, barns, and other buildings. Image caption reads: "Farm Scene near New Glarus, Wis."

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