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Territorial Capitol and Construction of Second Capitol

Date: 1861
Description: Wisconsin Territorial Capitol (first in Madison) viewed from State Street. The back wall of the east wing of the replacement capitol (second on the site) c...
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Missionfest

Date: 08 27 1946
Description: Missionfest (Dutch) traditional psalms sung on church grounds.
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Pinckney Street

Date: 1870
Description: View overlooking Pinckney Street on the Square with the American Hotel in the background.
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Sha-kpe (Little Six), Sioux

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Description: Portrait of Sha-kpe (Little Six), of the Sioux tribe. He engaged in the Massacre of 1862 and boasted of having killed 13 women and children.
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Wa-Kan-O-Zhan-Zhan (Medicine Bottle), Sioux

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Description: Portrait of Wa-Kan-O-Zhan-Zhan (Medicine Bottle) of the Sioux tribe. He engaged in the Massacre of 1862 and was a prisoner at Fort Snelling.
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Three Native Americans

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Description: Portrait of three unidentified Native Americans.
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Bartlett Museum

Date: 1963
Description: View of the front of the museum, with the driveway in the foreground. There is a antenna on the top of the museum.
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Farmers and Merchants Bank

Date: 1949
Description: Farmers and Merchants Union Bank, designed by Louis H. Sullivan.
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Farmers and Merchants Bank

Date: 1949
Description: Farmers and Merchants Union Bank, designed by Louis H. Sullivan.
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Norwegian Lutheran Church

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Description: The congregation of the Norwegian Lutheran Church.
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Gundry, Gray and Company Furniture Store

Date: 1935
Description: The Gundry, Gray and Company Furniture Store with a sculpture of a dog mounted on the store sign.
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Gundry, Gray and Company Furniture Store

Date: 1935
Description: The Gundry, Gray and Company Furniture Store, with a scuplture of a dog mounted on the store sign.
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Menard Monument

Date: 1925
Description: The Menard Monument was erected in honor of Pere Rene Menard who was lost in the area in 1661 while en route to Huron Village to baptize Native Americans. ...
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High School

Date: 1860
Description: The first high school erected in Palmyra, built about 1860. People are standing in the yard.
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Children Dressed as Nurses

Date: 1917
Description: Outdoor portrait of three girls dressed as Red Cross nurses and a boy with a bandage on his head. One girl holds a U.S. flag.
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Forest and Leonore Middleton

Date: 1925
Description: Forest and Leonore Judkins Middleton pose on a sidewalk. There is snow on the ground.
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Harriett Grimm

Date: 1912
Description: Harriet Grimm speaking from a vehicle bearing a banner that reads, "votes for women." She is stopped in front of T.G. Mandt's wagon shop.
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Planting at Ten Chimneys

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Description: Alfred Lunt driving a tractor pulling Ben Perkins in a cart. Mr. Perkins is likely seeding the furrows.
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Lynn Fontanne

Date: 1946
Description: Lynn Fontanne in work clothes and wearing a rhubarb leaf as a hat.
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Francis E. McGovern at the Moquah Cattle Show

Date: 1914
Description: View across field towards Governor Francis E. McGovern, standing in the center, wearing a suit and hat. Beside and behind him are a group of men and women.

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