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4-H Champion with a Sheep

Date: 11 18 1931
Description: Marian Dolan of the Maple Knoll 4-H club north of Sun Prairie, 1931 National 4-H champion, showing her lamb.
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Ole Wettlesen Barnyard

Date: 1874
Description: View of the Ole Wettlesen barnyard. A man is standing and holding a pail in the center near a lineback cow. People, cattle, sheep, horses, a barn, haysta...
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Men and a Boy in a Barnyard

Date: 1874
Description: Men and a boy are in a barnyard with sheep and cattle.
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Farm Adjacent to Rural Lane

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Description: Farm adjacent to a rural lane. Dairy, beef cattle, sheep and horses are inside a snake or split-rail enclosure. Behind them is an end-loaded barn with a ta...
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Renk Family with John Deere Tractor

Date: 05 20 1947
Description: William F. Renk pointing to his son Robert Renk (sitting on John Deere tractor with Firestone Tires) and Walter Renk, leaning on the tractor. Another son, ...
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Women and Man Holding Sheep

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Description: Two women and a man are posed next to a barn,each holding a lamb.
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Field with Horse-Drawn Corn Binder near Farm Buildings

Date: 1900
Description: View from distance of a man standing in a field with fences and farm buildings behind him. A horse-drawn corn binder is standing in the field, and cows, pi...
Poster

Chemins de fer électriques de la Gruyère Travel Poster

Date: 1900
Description: An original colored lithograph advertising the Chemins de fer électriques de la Gruyèr railway in Switzerland. The poster features the artist Anton Reckzi...
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Sheep Ranch, Medicine Hat, Alberta

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Description: Elevated view from hill of sheep and cattle grazing in an open area. The cows congregate on the left side of the scene while the sheep are spread in the mi...
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Men with Livestock

Date: 1914
Description: Group of men in a pen with livestock, including pigs, sheep, a cow, a donkey and horses. The livestock was owned by the Piney Woods Country Life School.
Print

Althouse, Wheeler & Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Althouse, Wheeler & Company of Waupun, Wisconsin, manufacturers of the Althouse & Raymond Wind Mill and the Waupun Patent Premium Pump. I...
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Hampshire Down Sheep

Date: 1895
Description: A group of purebred Hampshire Down ewes stand in a field of rapeseed. In the background behind fences are more fields, and a group of horses grazing. There...
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Flock of Shropshire Sheep

Date: 1895
Description: A flock of purebred Shropshire ewes standing near a fence on the farm of Geo. Martin. In the background is a farmhouse with laundry on the line, a farm bui...
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Shropshire Sheep

Date: 1895
Description: A view of purebred Shropshire ewes grouped together in a fenced-in pasture on the stock farm of Andrew Tainter.
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Barn and Cows

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Description: Elevated view from hill of farm buildings, barn, windmill, and cows in a pasture surrounded by a wooden fence. A sign on the barn door reads: "No Smoking."
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Horses and Sheep

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Description: Elevated view over sheep pen towards men displaying several horses in a yard among farm buildings, a frame house and a windmill. Three women and two young ...
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Boy with Sheep

Date: 1932
Description: Gilbert Harvey, wearing a cap and bib overalls, standing in an open pasture with the sheep he raised as a 4-H project.
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Earl Woodbury

Date: 1933
Description: Earl Woodbury, age 14, a student at Cloverland School, poses with a sheep on his home farm. The sheep has been recently shorn. There is another sheep and a...
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Warren Potter

Date: 1932
Description: Warren Potter, holding a bucket, poses with his sheep and lambs. There is a road in the background and a farmstead on the other side of the road.
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Sheep and Cattle and Farmers

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Description: View from field towards group of people, men and women, posing with sheep and cattle in a pen next to a barn. There are haystacks in the background on the ...

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