9 Cows of Yesteryear - Modern Farmer

9 Cows of Yesteryear

Rounding off cow week with 9 vintage photos of our bovine friends.

Cow at Wabash Farms cooperative, Indiana ca. 1938.

So as we wind down our week of celebrating one of our favorite large farm animals, we bring you 9 vintage photographs of cows — brown cows, black cows, spotted cows, and everything in between (courtesy of The Library of Congress Archives). Enjoy!

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[mf_h5 align=”left” transform=”uppercase”]Head of a cow, ca. 1890.[/mf_h5]

 

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[mf_h5 align=”left” transform=”uppercase”]Bringing in mother cows, ca. 1979.[/mf_h5]

 

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[mf_h5 align=”left” transform=”uppercase”]Cow about to be mated, ca. 1935.[/mf_h5]

 

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[mf_h5 align=”left” transform=”uppercase”]A cow and her calves, ca. 1980.[/mf_h5]

 

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[mf_h5 align=”left” transform=”uppercase”]Alice Calhoun with a cow, ca. 1900.[/mf_h5]

 

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[mf_h5 align=”left” transform=”uppercase”]Cows in Cajun country farm, Louisiana ca. 1946.[/mf_h5]

 

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[mf_h5 align=”left” transform=”uppercase”]Carrie Severt milks a cow one-handed at her farm in Alleghany County, North Carolina, ca. 1978.[/mf_h5]

 

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[mf_h5 align=”left” transform=”uppercase”]Man and cow, ca. 1930.[/mf_h5]

 

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