Richland Pioneer Dairymen, Dairy Day, Richland Center, Wisconsin, 1950
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- 1950-06-22
- Description
Front Picture Description: Black and white portrait of 4 men wearing suits, ties, hats and ribbons. From news article published in Richland Center, WI, 29 Jun 1950, p.1 in the Richland Democrat: “The four pioneer dairymen honored this year were George Miller, Fred German and Amos Peckham, all of the town of Ithaca, and Orville Haney, town of Buena Vista. They are still “milking” dairymen, and County Agent A. V. Miller, who visited each one the week previous, caught each in “the act.” George Miller, veteran among the milkers, said he started as a boy of ten for the fun of it, and now at the age of 80 is still at it. As County Agent Miller pointed out in introducing these pioneers at the evening program, the years of service to the dairy business these men have given, from 60 to 79 years each, would make a continuous period of years that would stretch back to the time of George Washington. These men were given places of honor in the parade, and at night each was presented with makings of
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Thompson, Carmie A. Madison, WI 1950-1959
- Partner
- Recollection Wisconsin
- Contributing Institution
- Richland County History Room
- Collection
- Dairy Day; German family; Haney family; Miller family; Peckham family;
Brewer Public Library - Subjects
- Left to right (4): German, Frederick Parlin ‘Fred’ (1873-1952)
Haney, Orville Arthur (1876-1960)
Miller, George F. (1869-1956)
Peckham, Amos E. (1878-1958)
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Men
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- This work by Richland County History Room, Richland Center Wisconsin is licensed under a http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/ Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.
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- Thompson, Carmie A. Madison, WI 1950-1959. Richland Pioneer Dairymen, Dairy Day, Richland Center, Wisconsin, 1950. 1950-06-22. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.mpl.org/cdm/ref/collection/rchr/id/7346. (Accessed April 19, 2024.)
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- Thompson, Carmie A. Madison, WI 1950-1959, (1950-06-22) Richland Pioneer Dairymen, Dairy Day, Richland Center, Wisconsin, 1950. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.mpl.org/cdm/ref/collection/rchr/id/7346
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- Thompson, Carmie A. Madison, WI 1950-1959. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://content.mpl.org/cdm/ref/collection/rchr/id/7346>.