Minnesota's Greatest Generation

Mrs. Magnus Johnson milking a cow on the Johnson farm, 1923.

Milking the cows was still done by hand on many Minnesota dairy farms during the 1920s and 1930s. Mrs. Magnus Johnson of Meeker County is shown seated on a low milking stool, milking one of the family's cows.

Creator: Kenneth Melvin Wright
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society
Date: 1923
Identifer: location SA3.1 p51

Mrs. Magnus Johnson milking a cow on the Johnson farm, 1923.