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Wisconsin State Fair Poster

Date: 1900
Description: Color chromolithograph poster advertising the Wisconsin State Fair.
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Bullheaded Bovine

Date: 08 13 1970
Description: A boy tries to convince a Hereford to walk down a ramp at the fairgrounds.
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Friendly Persuasion

Date: 08 06 1987
Description: Two women coax a stubborn calf at the State Fair.
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Children at County Fair

Date: 1925
Description: Children with heifers at a county fair in Northern Wisconsin.
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Playing Croquet on the Farm

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Description: People are playing croquet in a field in the foreground with other people, horses, cattle and carriages also posing in the field. In the background, peopl...
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Elmer the Bull

Date: 1951
Description: Elmer, "husband" of Elsie the Cow, advertising mascot of the Borden Company, is shown with a young woman as he was being readied for participation as one o...
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Alice in Dairyland and Elsie the Cow

Date: 1948
Description: Alice in Dairyland, Margaret McGuire, and Elsie the Cow and her calf Beauregard, stand on a parade float with two men in downtown Milwaukee, while a male o...
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Bovine Bath

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Description: A man hoses off a bovine participant at the Wisconsin State Fair.
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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 ...
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Reluctant Cows at Fairgrounds

Date: 07 16 1971
Description: Bette Brown of Hartland pulls her somewhat reluctant cows across the midway at the Waukesha County Fairgrounds.
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Livestock Judging at the Wisconsin State Fair

Date: 1960
Description: An audience watches and judges stand by as cattle are lined up to be judged in a pavilion at the Wisconsin State Fair.
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Boys Fishing near John P. Linde's Farm

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Description: Boys fish in a stream, with cattle, horses, a farmhouse and a barn in the background.
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Boys Doing Gymnastics in Field

Date: 1874
Description: Three young men doing gymnastics in a field near a cow, with other people standing and posing behind them. Two people are in a wagon. In the background are...
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Cowboys at Roundup

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Description: A group of cowboys at roundup.
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Nelson Catlin Residence

Date: 1873
Description: Elevated illustration of a farmhouse, with fences around it, a cowboy on horseback overseeing cattle, and a horse-drawn carriage on the street in front of ...
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Cattle Barns at the State Fair

Date: 1900
Description: Cattle barns at the Wisconsin State Fair.
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Cattle Parade at the Fair

Date: 1900
Description: Annual cattle parade at the Wisconsin State Fair.
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Calf for the Fair Competition

Date: 1942
Description: Phyllis Paulson of Stoughton with the calf she planned to enter in the Junior Fair competition at the Wisconsin State Fair. The calf's name was Elsie, perh...
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Freddy's Calf

Date: 1942
Description: Freddy Lang of rural Dane County with the Guernsey calf he planned to enter in the Junior Fair competition at the Wisconsin State Fair.
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Playing Croquet on the Farm

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Description: People playing croquet in a field in the foreground with horses, cattle and carriages also in the field. In the background, people are standing on the porc...

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