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Turtle Mound on Observatory Hill

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of a double-tailed turtle effigy mound on Observatory Hill on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
Map or Atlas

Map of the Chain-O'-Lakes, Waupaca, Wisconsin : A Guide for those who, Loving Beauteous Nature, Would Seek Recreation in Her Fairest Haunts

Date: 1898
Description: This 1896 map of the Chain-O-Lakes region of Waupaca County, Wisconsin, shows the lakes and streams, some topography, archaeological sites, roads, railroad...
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Arch at Kremassa

Date: 1930
Description: The remains of an arch surrounded by tumbled stones and ruins of an archaeological site. A dirt track in the foreground goes through the arch and rises to ...
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Camp Pond

Date: 05 1930
Description: Camp Pond in North Africa. A rock in the fire pit in the foreground has "Camp Pond" painted on it. Three tents, three people, two upside down bicycles and ...
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Camp at El Kantara

Date: 1930
Description: The camp at El Kantara, Algeria. In the foreground, members of the expedition are sleeping on pallets, under blankets. Just beyond the sleepers are two tru...
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The Last Day in Camp

Date: 1930
Description: A woman is working on a Remington typewriter, set on a table with a patterned tablecloth, on the last day in camp. One man is standing in the center, and t...
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Recording the Contents of Each Box

Date: 06 1930
Description: A woman is recording the contents of each box on a Remington typewriter, set on a table with a patterned tablecloth, on the last day in camp. Three men are...
Photograph

Workmen at Mechta

Date: 1927
Description: Workmen excavate at an archaeological site at Mechta. M. Bebruge is the man in the foreground. A man sitting on the ground in the background on the right i...
Photograph

Alonzo Pond and M. Debruge

Date: 11 12 1926
Description: Alonzo Pond and colleague, M. Debruge, posing for a photograph at Mechta. M. Debruge has a cigarette in a holder in his hand, and both men are wearing coat...
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Ancient Chariot Wheel Ruts

Date: 1929
Description: Chariot wheel ruts can still be seen in Timgad, the ruins of an ancient Roman colonial town in north eastern Algeria. Columns are along both sides of the s...
Photograph

Outside the Walls of Tebessa

Date: 1929
Description: Outside the walls of Tebessa, in north eastern Algeria. Hills are in the far background.
Photograph

Camp at Medfoun in Early Morning

Date: 1929
Description: The Pond camp at Medfoun, early in the morning. A tent surrounded by camp furniture and supplies is in the center. A truck is parked beside the tent on the...
Map or Atlas

Oneida County

Date: 01 1969
Description: A map of Oneida county, which includes a small drawing of a hodag.
Map or Atlas

Garden Beds at Leeman

Date: 1930
Description: A map of the site of a Native American village with a complex of linear raised garden beds and cache pits near Leeman. Also shown are a farmstead, road, an...
Map or Atlas

Map of Madison Township

Date: 1924
Description: A map of the Madison Township, T7N R9E including Lake Mendota showing the location of Ho Chunk encampments and effigy mounds.

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