Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections

Searching for

Refine by

Results 1-16 of 16

Photograph

Female Band Serenading Cows

Date: 08 1930
Description: The Ingenues, an all-girl band and vaudeville act, serenading the cows in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Dairy Barn in a scientific test of whether th...
Photograph

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...
Photograph

Champion Cow Milker

Date: 10 28 1931
Description: A young woman is demonstrating her championship cow-milking skills as she is sitting on a low stool and milking a Holstein cow. A person (out of frame) is ...
Photograph

Milking the Cows

Date: 1929
Description: A woman runs the milking operation at the G.L. Hamon dairy farm.
Book or Pamphlet

Dairymaid Cream Separators Catalog Cover

Date: 1910
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for Dairymaid cream separators sold by International Harvester. Features a silhouette of a woman standing in the doorway of...
Photograph

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.
Photograph

Woman Milking Cow

Date: 1939
Description: Mrs. Harvey Schmidt sits on a stool in a barn to milk a cow by hand.
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...
Photograph

Koll Barn — Interior

Date: 
Description: Paul and Evangeline Koll have 27 stanchions in their barn. They ceased milking cows May 26, 1988.
Photograph

Hilgendorf Barn — Interior

Date: 
Description: The Hilgendorfs farm 300 acres with 55 milking cows and 45 heifers and calves. On this day they produced a little over 3,000 lbs. of milk.
Photograph

Giese Barn

Date: 
Description: Gary and Sue Giese live at W1161 Zion Church Road (Section 27). Their granddaughter is Sydney Comstock. The Giese's milk 30 cows that produce about 1,000 l...
Photograph

Model Dairy Farm

Date: 
Description: A model dairy farm maintained by Hoard's "Dairyman Magazine" for experimental purposes. Two women are walking in the driveway near the buildings on the rig...
Photograph

Weninger Barn — Interior

Date: 2004
Description: Rosie Weninger standing inside the barn, which has 35 stanchions. The last time cows were milked here was in 1991.
Photograph

Woman Milking Cow by Hand

Date: 
Description: A woman in an apron, and with a handkerchief on her head, sits on a stool while milking a cow by hand in a barn. Other cows are visible in the background.
Photograph

Farm Buildings: Concrete Block Milkhouse

Date: 1924
Description: A woman and her dog standing at the doorway of a concrete block milk house.
Photograph

Children Visit the Farm

Date: 04 1987
Description: City children visit the O'Connor farm for a hands-on experience.

Have Questions?

If you didn't find the material you searched for, our Library Reference Staff can help.

Call our reference desk at 608-264-6535 or email us at: