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A Guernsey Herd

Date: 1949
Description: A Guernsey herd in a stream near a pasture. Trees line the banks.
Photograph

4-H Club Week

Date: 02 26 1949
Description: Mary Englehart, a member of the Silver Badgers 4-H Club, standing inside a barn with her Holstein heifer.
Photograph

Farmall B Tractor

Date: 10 20 1943
Description: Engineering photograph of right side of a Farmall B tractor parked in a dirt lot. Cows and an additional tractor are in a field in the background. The text...
Photograph

Walworth County Fair

Date: 1945
Description: Young people on the fairgrounds stand in front of a tent with calves competing at the fair. Richard Quinney stands on the far right.
Photograph

Eddie Arms with Farm Animals

Date: 1945
Description: Eddie Arms stands near a barn with his arm around a cow. There are turkeys in the foreground of this winter scene.
Print

Seasons Greetings

Date: 1948
Description: Holiday card of the history of the State of Wisconsin, 1848-1948. Shows a map of Wisconsin with many historical and themed elements. Image was created by w...
Book or Pamphlet

McCormick-Deering Fertilizer and Lime Distributor Brochure

Date: 1940
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for McCormick-Deering fertiizer and lime distributors, featuring a herd of cows grazing. Includes the slogan: "acres of pr...
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

International Truck Advertising Proof

Date: 05 1947
Description: Advertising proof for International trucks, featuring a color illustration of a man in a uniform driving a truck, with a farm in the background. Includes t...
Photograph

Farmers 1948 Dairy Barn and Milk House

Date: 08 1948
Description: Cows and calves at the "Farmers 1948 Dairy Barn and Milk House" at the Wisconsin Centennial Exposition at the State Fair Park.
Photograph

Rock River

Date: 07 19 1949
Description: "Cows graze along the Rock River southeast of Theresa."
Postcard

Wisconsin — America's Dairyland

Date: 1942
Description: A postcard of a drawing depicting a frustrated pilot in a plane trying to land behind a dairy cow. A soldier is pulling and a farmer is pushing to try to g...
Map or Atlas

Seven Pig Fairs of Manitowoc County

Date: 1947
Description: A map of Manitowoc County that shows the location and dates of seven pig fairs in the county; it also lists monthly pig and cattle sales in the surrounding...
Photograph

Cattle in a Field

Date: 1946
Description: View over fence of cattle grazing in a large, open field. In the far background is a cornfield and farm buildings along a low hill.
Drawing

Automobile Race

Date: 1948
Description: Pencil drawing depicting the first automobile race held in Wisconsin. The two vehicles each carry two men on a rural road. A handful of spectators, includ...
Photograph

Grazing Cow

Date: 1940
Description: Cow grazing in a pasture. Taken from The Writer's Program to be used as an illustration for "Wisconsin: a Guide to the Badger State."
Photograph

Man Using Hand-Cranked Corn Sheller

Date: 1942
Description: A man is standing in the open doorway of a farm building using a hand-cranked sheller for corn for horses and calves. There is a galvanized bucket undernea...
Photograph

Farmall M Tractor with No. 24 Two-Row Corn Picker

Date: 1948
Description: Three-quarter view from front right of a man in a cornfield using a Farmall M tractor to put a No. 24 two-row corn picker and wagon. In the background cows...
Photograph

Recreational Therapy Puppets

Date: 1948
Description: Thirteen puppets, representing a mixture of human and animal shapes, hang by their strings. A caption on the rear of the image identifies them as recreatio...
Photograph

Richard Quinney Posing with Heifer

Date: 1943
Description: A summer of preparing heifer for showing at the Walworth County Fair. Taken by Richard Quinney's mother (Alice Quinney) at the farm, 1943.

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