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| Date: | 1944 |
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| Description: | View of the Radisson and Groseilliers marker at the site of the first house built by white men in Wisconsin. The marker is located in the vicinity of Ashla... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | The Passenger Pigeon Plaque monument designed and built between 1947 and 1948 and is located in Wyalusing State Park. The plaque reads "DEDICATED TO THE LA... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | The stone monument for the Potawatomi Indians. |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Side view of a monument erected on the site of Mrs. Carl Schurz's first kindergarten in America. A hand-pump is in the background near a brick wall. |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Front view of a monument erected on the site of Mrs. Carl Schurz's first kindergarten in America. |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the entrance to the Richards' Octagon House. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | "Sifting and Winnowing" plaque mounted at front door of Bascom Hall (formerly Main Hall) on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Plaque donated by t... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Girl standing next to "Sifting and Winnowing" memorial plaque at the entrance to Bascom Hall (formerly Main Hall) on the University of Wisconsin-Madison ca... |
| Date: | 1946 |
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| Description: | Carillon Tower on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The entrance is on the left near Observatory Drive. There is a plaque on a rock near the cur... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Elevated view from building of Carillon Tower on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Lake Mendota and Picnic Point are in the background. There is ... |
| Date: | 02 13 1949 |
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| Description: | French Gratitude Train boxcar, (Merci Train) carrying gifts for the state of Wisconsin, on a flatbed truck on the grounds of the Wisconsin State Capitol Bu... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Two men are looking at a newly unveiled plaque commemorating International Harvester's "100 Years in Chicago" celebration. Original caption reads: "Fowler ... |
| Date: | 05 1949 |
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| Description: | Man in driver's seat inside International Metro truck parked outside the Sievert Corp. |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Territorial Capitol, a building rented by the Legislature for 46 days in 1836. Caption from calendar: "Wisconsin's first Capitol — Belmont — Lafa... |
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