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Waiting For Pure Fresh Milk

Date: 1889
Description: Stereograph of a posed scene showing a woman milking a cow as two other women stand waiting at an open barn door. On the left a man at a hand-pump is behin...
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Cows Near Gates Ravine

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Description: Cows near Gates Ravine (Glen Eyrie). There is a bridge over a river in the background.
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Home on Picnic Point

Date: 1888
Description: View of shoreline along Picnic Point on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus showing the home of Professor William Daniels, head of the Chemistry Dep...
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Bovine Bath

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Description: A man hoses off a bovine participant at the Wisconsin State Fair.
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A Guernsey Herd

Date: 1949
Description: A Guernsey herd in a stream near a pasture. Trees line the banks.
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Three Cows at Water Trough

Date: 1958
Description: Three cows at a water trough on Earl Mark's farm near Williams, Iowa.
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William and Fred

Date: 05 26 1894
Description: William and Fred pose at the edge of a pond or creek.
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Cows Resting by Stream

Date: 1935
Description: View down hill of a group of cows resting by a stream near trees and a fence. A handwritten caption reads: "Hamilton, Ontario. Dairy Cows near city. Taken ...
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Cows in the Woods

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Description: Two cows are walking down to a stream in the woods. A field is in the background on the left.
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In the Pasture at the Farm

Date: 05 2014
Description: View across field towards two young cows grazing on a hilly pasture. There is a bur oak in the distance at the bottom of the pasture, and beyond is a pond.
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Watching the Cows Graze

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Description: View from hill looking down towards a person sitting with a dog watching a herd of cows grazing below next to a winding creek.
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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 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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