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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...
Drawing

Winning Wisconsin Centennial Stamp Design

Date: 12 16 1947
Description: First place winning design in blue for a 3 cent Wisconsin centennial stamp, which features a farming theme, including a tractor with the word "Forward" on ...
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Wisconsin Centennial Stamp Design

Date: 1948
Description: Design in pencil for the Wisconsin Centennial 3 cent stamp featuring a cow's head and an arm holding a hammer.
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Wisconsin Centennial Stamp Design with Lumberjack

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Description: Design for the Wisconsin Centennial 3 cent stamp featuring a logging and industry theme. There is a large lumberjack (Paul Bunyon?) with an axe coming over...
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Art Deco Wisconsin Centennial Postage Stamp Design

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Description: Design in blue art deco style for the Wisconsin Centennial 3 cent postage stamp.
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Wisconsin Centennial Postage Stamp Design in Green

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Description: Design in green for Wisconsin Centennial 3 cent postage stamp featuring evergreen trees, and an agriculture and industry theme.
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Wisconsin Postage Stamp Design

Date: 1948
Description: A reddish Wisconsin America's Dairyland themed stamp design.
Photograph

Men Leading Cow Off Railroad Car

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Description: A group of men are gathered around a horse-drawn cart that is pulled up next to a railroad car. The cart has "Wisconsin Humane Society" written on its sid...
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Boys Corn Club Contest

Date: 05 1911
Description: Jeffie Duncan, winner of first prize in corn contest, and calf, Lawn Mower, stand before tent exhibiting the Boys Corn Club Contest.
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Chicago Union Stock Yards

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of Chicago Union Stock Yards.
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Girl Riding Calf

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Description: A crowd standing in a circle is watching a girl sitting on a calf. In the background is a storefront.
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Ship, Bovine and a Man on a Horse

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Description: Composite photograph in the "Tall Tale" style. An enormous bovine stands on the front deck of the Pere Marquette 21, a steamer. On the right, on the...

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