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"Walnut Grove" — Homestead of the McCormick Family

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Description: View of Walnut Grove. Caption reads: "'Walnut Grove' — Homestead of the McCormick Family, Rockbridge Co., VA." In the foreground men are working to harvest...
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Mary Griggs and Dairyman with Brown Swiss Calves

Date: 1957
Description: Mary Griggs dressed in a Swedish costume and the dairyman holding two Brown Swiss calves in the pasture near the shore of Lake Namakagon. The calves have f...
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Cows in Cow Palace Pasture

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Description: Five Brown Swiss cows graze in a split-railed fenced pasture attached to the cow barn known as the "Cow Palace". The barn is a vertical log structure with ...
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Cow Palace and Dairy

Date: 1998
Description: Single story wooden cow barn with an attached dairy to the right. Two cupolas are mounted on the cedar shake roof. A cedar rail fence separates the pasture...
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Mount Morris

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Mount Morris. Wautoma, Wis." A view of Mount Morris from above the shore of a lake or pond. A dwelling and perhaps a farm can be seen...
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Brown Swiss Cows in Cow Pasture

Date: 1959
Description: Close-up of three Brown Swiss cows at the split-rail fence in the Forest Lodge pasture. Lake Namakagon is in the background.
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Mary Burke with Brown Swiss Calves

Date: 1957
Description: Mary Burke, dressed in a green dirndl with white short puffy sleeves and a white apron, is standing in the cow pasture at Forest Lodge holding two Brown Sw...
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Three of a Kind

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Greetings from Wausaukee, Wis. 'Three of a Kind.'" Three black and white cattle with their heads through openings in a fence, and thr...
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Greetings from Superior

Date: 07 20 1911
Description: Text on front reads: "Greetings from Superior." A scene of sheep grazing in a pasture backed by trees. The postcard is positioned inside a painted wooden f...
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Scene near Stetsonville

Date: 12 23 1909
Description: Text on front reads: "Scene near Stetsonville, Wis." A man follows a herd of sheep through a pasture bounded by a split rail fence with supports. In the di...
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Greetings from Spring Green

Date: 1950
Description: Text on front reads: "Greetings from Spring Green, Wis." On the reverse it reads: "Here's Some Sugar, Little Fella!" Two girls are feeding a treat to a foa...
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Little Sister and Sister Bays

Date: 07 29 1946
Description: Text on front reads: "Little Sister and Sister Bays, Sister Bay, Wis." A view from a hill of the shoreline of Green Bay, Lake Michigan.
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View of Silver Lake

Date: 1906
Description: Text on front reads: "View of Silver Lake." A colorized view of a man in a suit rowing a boat on a bay of a lake. Trees and a pasture are on the opposite s...
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Holstein Cattle

Date: 1945
Description: Elevated view across water towards Holstein cattle in a pasture. Caption from calendar: "A Holstein dairy herd — Polk county. Wisconsin's fame as America's...
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Stallion and Shadows

Date: 1959
Description: Silhouette of a horse against a snow covered hill, on CTH PB three miles south of the Dane County Home. There is a fence around the enclosure and trees on ...
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Holy Hill

Date: 1950
Description: Dramatic view of Holy Hill against a sky full of clouds. In the foreground, cows are grazing in fenced fields.
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Tree and Creek Bed

Date: 05 07 1961
Description: View looking down towards a bare tree, and other bare trees or shrubs, along a creek bed. Caption reads: "Arena (vicinity), Wis. May 7, 1961. Water spring ...
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Mendota State Hospital

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Description: Elevated view from the south of the Mendota State Hospital. There are several horses in a paddock in the foreground.
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Cows in Pasture

Date: 09 1925
Description: View across fenced-in pasture towards cows sitting in a field near a tree. Farm buildings are in the background.
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Field of Holstein Cattle

Date: 09 04 1925
Description: View across fenced-in pasture towards Holstein cattle sitting in a field near a tree. Farm buildings are in the background.

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