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Photograph

Dr. Babcock Milking a Cow

Date: 05 1928
Description: Dr. Stephen Moulton Babcock seated on a stool and milking a cow. Another man stands near the head of the cow. They are in a fenced field near a road, most ...
Photograph

Lorena Taylor Holloway

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Description: Lorena Taylor Holloway, Richard Quinney's maternal grandmother, standing in a farmyard with a building, milkcans and a fenced field in the background.
Painting

Milking Time

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Description: A farm family takes part in milking time. The mother carries a milk can and a stripping bucket while the boy pushes milk cans on a cart toward the barn. Th...
Photograph

IH Demonstration Farm at Montgomery

Date: 06 1930
Description: Several farm buildings stand on an International Harvester demonstration farm. The side of a wooden barn is painted with a sign that reads: "International ...
Photograph

Gary Giese Farm

Date: 2004
Description: Gary Giese's farm milks 30 cows that produce about 1,000 lbs. of milk per day.
Print

Hoard's Dairyman Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of Hoard's Dairyman, the "national dairy farm magazine" published by former governor and proponent of the Wisconsin dairy industry, William Demp...
Print

Hoard's Dairyman Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of Hoard's Dairyman, "The National Dairy Farm Magazine," with a bird's eye view of the company farm buildings, and a mailbox with an upraised fl...
Painting

State Fair Centennial Mural Study Sketch

Date: 1948
Description: Prior to the 1948 State Fair, artist Robert Hodgell traveled Wisconsin to study its many landscapes. He then produced a series of study sketches outlining ...
Painting

State Fair Centennial Mural Study Sketch

Date: 1948
Description: Prior to the 1948 State Fair, artist Robert Hodgell traveled Wisconsin to study its many landscapes. He then produced a series of study sketches outlining ...
Painting

Dairy Farm

Date: 1948
Description: A painting of a dairy farm, which was part of the State Fair Centennial mural.
Postcard

Mid-Lake Dairy Farm — Elkhorn, Wisconsin

Date: 1952
Description: Aerial view of a dairy farm with white barns and a white house. Caption reads: "Mid-Lake Dairy Farm — Elkhorn, Wisconsin."
Photograph

Howard Greene's Farm

Date: 07 1936
Description: Three large barns with gambrel roofs and metal ventilators near a narrow road. There is a large silo on the right. The long barn in the foreground bears th...

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