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Group of People on Rocky Shorline of River

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Description: View from shoreline of two women posed on logs on rocky shoreline by the river. Four or five young boys sit on the rocks on the left. There is a railroad b...
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Picnic by a River

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Description: Four men and seven women are posing sitting and standing around a picnic on the edge of a river, with a man standing on a bridge in the background. The fir...
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Diamond Grotto — A Study in Rock #102

Date: 1903
Description: A cutout of a girl placed in the Diamond Grotto in Witches' Gulch. There is graffiti on the rocks in the background. Text at right: "Wanderings Among the W...
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Railroad Bridge

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Description: Winter view of the railroad bridge over the river. There are signs and graffiti painted on the rocks below in the foreground.
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Railroad Bridge

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Description: View across river towards a railroad train on a railroad bridge crossing the river. There are signs and graffiti painted on the rocks below.
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Children, Phelan's Quarters

Date: 1966
Description: Several children run down a dirt road. Houses are on either side of the road, and laundry hangs from a clothesline above them. The door visible to the left...
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Looking Northwest From Signal Point — Nelson Dewey State Park

Date: 1929
Description: Elevated view from Signal Point of the Mississippi River, railroad and surrounding forest and wetlands.
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Art As War

Date: 2013
Description: Graffiti on the wall next to the doorway of the Hollywood Theatre. On the left is a stenciled image of a girl wearing a jumper and on the right is the text...
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I Miss My Cat

Date: 2013
Description: Graffiti on a stone plinth reads “I miss my cat” below a stenciled image of a cat wearing sunglasses on 5th Street. Above, another partial sign reads "Repa...
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Scout SR-2 Parked Outdoors

Date: 1969
Description: Driver's side view of red Scout SR-2 with white top parked outdoors in front of a brick building. Spare tire is mounted on the back.
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Scout SR-2 Parked Outdoors

Date: 1969
Description: Three-quarter view from front of driver's side of red Scout SR-2 with white top parked outdoors in front of a brick building. Spare tire is mounted on the ...
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Take Over Newspaper

Date: 07 26 1972
Description: Individual crouches on the sidewalk against a brick wall in front of the Rennebohms at Lake and State Streets (now Walgreens) hawking Take Over news...
Postcard

Devil's Post Office, Mirror Lake

Date: 1910
Description: The Devil's Post Office rock formation, with a hole in the rocks, and graffiti. Near the Dells of the Wisconsin. Caption reads: "Devil's Post Office, Mirro...
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Graffiti on a Wall in Europe

Date: 1953
Description: Graffiti on wall which reads: “RUS GO HOME, US stay here for liberty.” In Europe, probably France or Germany.
Book or Pamphlet

"The Vandals of 1936" Cartoon

Date: 05 1936
Description: A political cartoon from Foreign Service magazine depicting four young men disrespecting and vandalizing the Tomb of the Unknown Solider. One of the...
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Nuns on Campus

Date: 1975
Description: Two nuns walking past a graffitied wall on the University of Wisconsin campus.
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The Tunnel

Date: 05 2014
Description: Silhouette of a person riding a bicycle through a pedestrian tunnel under East Johnson Street near the Yahara River and Tenney Park. Above the entrance to ...
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Unauthorized "Demolition" of 413 Fitch Court

Date: 08 18 1964
Description: Interior view of the results of a "demolition party" of about 50 university-aged youths who wrecked the two-story apartment building, 413 Fitch Court, with...
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Anderson Dock

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Description: View of Anderson Dock through trees from the shoreline. Graffiti, covers the building.
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Cut Rock, Peninsula State Park

Date: 05 26 1947
Description: View of rock face along a trail. The rock has been cut, and there is graffiti on the rock.

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