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Main Street

Date: 1873
Description: Main Street, with its dirt, ruts, cows (and presumably manure), but wide enough for easy hitching of wagons and teams.
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Cows Near Gates Ravine

Date: 
Description: Cows near Gates Ravine (Glen Eyrie). There is a bridge over a river in the background.
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"Let's Get a Good Cow"

Date: 02 1914
Description: A woman wearing a bonnet and apron kneeling in a field to milk a cow.
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Individuals Working on a Farm

Date: 08 26 1917
Description: Barn, silos and cows at a farm. There are men attending to the cows, while the women and children are attending to the milk cans.
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Grazing Cow

Date: 
Description: A Holstein cow grazes in a field.
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Iowa Dairy Farm

Date: 10 1931
Description: A man stands near several cows in front of a barn and silo. Two men converse near a tractor.
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Herd of Holsteins

Date: 1931
Description: A small herd of Holstein cows graze in a field.
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Farm on a Hill

Date: 10 03 1960
Description: View from a distance of a dairy farm on top of a hill. A windmill, silo, barn and dairy cattle are visible.
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Pasture and Barn

Date: 09 11 1960
Description: View of a barn, silo, and two tractors on a farm. An electrical post with a loop of metal wire stands in the foreground. Several Holstein cows graze in a p...
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Cows Grazing on a Hilltop Pasture

Date: 06 16 1962
Description: View up hill of a group of cows grazing on a hilltop covered with daisies. The pasture was owned by Mr. Amos Steensland.
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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 ...
Painting

Milking Time

Date: 
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...
Painting

A Winter Day

Date: 
Description: On the right, the farmer in his sheepskin coat drives a horse-drawn sled loaded with milk cans to the cheese factory. A blanket is covering the cans to pre...
Painting

Sweet Clover School

Date: 
Description: Exterior view of Sweet Clover School near the end of the school year in late April or early May. Cows graze in an adjoining pasture and a farmer is complet...
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Farm Equipment in Snow

Date: 1915
Description: A cultivator sitting in the snow near a fence, illustrating the hazards of improper equipment housing. A herd of cows is in the background near a barn and ...
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Opal Gillespie with Calf

Date: 07 1927
Description: Opal Gillespie standing in a field while feeding a Holstein calf from a metal bucket. Several farm buildings and a fence are in the background.
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Grazing Dairy Cows

Date: 
Description: Seven dairy cows out grazing in a pasture, surrounded by trees.
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Jersey Cattle Herd

Date: 1918
Description: A herd of Jersey cows grazes in a field on an International Harvester Company demonstration farm. A shed and farmhouse stand amid trees in the background.
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Schnitzler Barn

Date: 2004
Description: The John and Jeanie Schnitzler family live at N7861 Doyle Rd (Section 26). Pictured are: Kelly Clark, Jason, Jeanie, John, and Amanda Schnitzler. They curr...
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Jaster Barn — Exterior

Date: 2004
Description: Jeff and Kris Jaster live at N8277 Hwy 1775.

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