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| Date: | 1874 |
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| Description: | Waist-up portrait of Mrs. Roseline Peck, born 1808 - died 1898, the first white woman in Madison, Wisconsin. She was the wife of the first tavern keeper, E... |
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| Description: | A collection of pioneer household articles arranged in a living room. |
| Date: | 1856 |
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| Description: | Quarter-length oval portrait of George H. Walker, who was born in Lynchburgh, Campbell County, Virginia, October 5th, 1812. He emigrated to Wisconsin in Oc... |
| Date: | 1856 |
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| Description: | Quarter-length oval portrait of Ebenezer Brigham, founder of the first major community in the Blue Mounds of Wisconsin, which included a mine, frontier inn... |
| Date: | 10 03 1934 |
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| Description: | The mural depicts colonial period travel by stagecoach, which is halted at an inn while the horses are being changed. Some of the passengers are getting of... |
| Date: | 1856 |
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| Description: | Quarter-length oval portrait of Major John H. Rountree. He was born in March of 1805 in Kentucky, near the Mammoth Cave, and came to Wisconsin on May 27, 1... |
| Date: | 1856 |
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| Description: | Quarter-length oval portrait of Augustus A. Bird. He was born in Reading, Windsor County, Vermont and emigrated to Wisconsin in 1836. He and his family w... |
| Date: | 1856 |
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| Description: | Quarter-length oval portrait of James Rogan. He was born in County Down, Ireland on August 12th, 1801, and came to America in April of 1823. In 1836, Rogan... |
| Date: | 1856 |
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| Description: | Head and shoulders portrait of Edward Pier. He was born in New Haven, Vermont on March 31, 1807, and came to Wisconsin in September of 1834. Pier was one... |
| Date: | 1856 |
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| Description: | Quarter-length oval portrait of Stephen D. Butts. He was born in Pennsylvania on August 14, 1815. Butts came to Wisconsin on July 8, 1836, and was one of... |
| Date: | 1856 |
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| Description: | Quarter-length oval portrait of Samuel Brown. He was born in Massachusetts on January 8, 1804, and came to Wisconsin in November of 1834. In late 1835, B... |
| Date: | 1856 |
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| Description: | Quarter-length oval portrait of Ebenezer Brigham, founder of the first major community in the Blue Mounds of Wisconsin, which included a mine, frontier inn... |
| Date: | 1877 |
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| Description: | Photograph of a painting of the exterior of the Eben Peck cabin by Mrs. E.E. Bailey. The location of this original painting is unknown. |
| Date: | 1874 |
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| Description: | Waist-up portrait of Mrs. Roseline Peck, born 1808 - died 1898, the first white woman in Madison, Wisconsin. She was the wife of the first tavern keeper, E... |
| Date: | 12 01 1944 |
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| Description: | Reenacting a pioneer Christmas custom of many foreign settlers in the early days of Wisconsin of singing carols around the family organ, are left to right:... |
| Date: | 08 19 1946 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Mrs. Jane Duff, a Dane County pioneer resident, on her 90th birthday. |
| Date: | 01 10 1948 |
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| Description: | Portrait painting of Kit Carson, a famous trapper and guide of the west. The painting is leaning on a wall, with part of another painting on the right. Par... |
| Date: | 05 29 1948 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Centennial Parade near the Wisconsin State Capitol. The Blue Mounds float depicting Dane County's first settler, Ebenezer Brigham, is coming down... |
| Date: | 03 04 1949 |
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| Description: | Bishop William P. O'Connor presents the medal of Benemerenti to Frank Blied, a member of a pioneer Madison family. The medal, awarded by Pope Pius XII, is ... |
| Date: | 1877 |
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| Description: | Engraving of the Peck Cabin, after the painting by Mrs. E.E. Bailey. Caption at bottom reads: "First House in Madison. 1837." |
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