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Alice in Dairyland, Mary Ellen Jenks

Date: 08 22 1953
Description: Mary Ellen Jenks, Alice in Dairyland in 1953, dressed in a formal gown, standing with a cow, a clown, and another woman in a Golden Guernsey display.
Drawing

Dairyland Building

Date: 08 1948
Description: This original, modernistic color design for a Wisconsin Dairyland Building at the Wisconsin State Fair included a pitcher pouring milk. It was constructed ...
Photograph

Alice in Dairyland

Date: 1962
Description: Alice in Dairyland, Sylvia Lee Kafkas, greeting admiring members of the public at the junior livestock exposition in Eau Claire. The Alice in Dairyland com...
Print

Cattle Fair Panorama

Date: 10 24 1863
Description: Panoramic wood-engraving of a cattle fair in New Haven, after a sketch by H.C. Curtis. Caption reads: "Cattle Show and Agricultural Faib [sic] at Ha...
Photograph

Cream Separator Display at Dairy Cattle Congress

Date: 1946
Description: Cream separators stand on display against a backdrop at the Dairy Cattle Congress. The display text reads: "Newest Star in the Milky Way; McCormick-Deering...
Photograph

Livestock in Waukesha Sales Pavilion

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Description: Either an auction or a judged show featuring dairy cattle at the Waukesha Sales Pavilion. Spectators are arranged on three sides of the stage. Poster on th...
Photograph

Utilization of Whey Exhibit

Date: 1922
Description: A man in a suit stands at a table in an exhibit titled "Utilization of Whey".
Document

Columbian Exposition Diploma of Honorable Mention

Date: 12 24 1894
Description: Diploma of honorable mention presented to Stephen M. Babcock by the Board of Lady Managers of the Columbian Exposition. The document honors Babcock's inven...
Manuscript

Wisconsin State Fair Letterhead

Date: 1951
Description: Letterhead for the Wisconsin State Fair, with dark blue top and a side panel along the left-hand side with roundels depicting fair activities such as fair ...

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