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Wisconsin Heights Battlefield

Date: 1856
Description: Painting by S.M. Brookes of the Wisconsin Heights Battlefield.
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Bad Axe Battleground

Date: 1856
Description: This landscape painting by Samuel Marsden Brookes and Thomas H. Stevenson depicts a broad view of the confluence of Bad Axe and Mississippi Rivers; site of...
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Sunset from Lake Monona

Date: 1881
Description: Sunset from Lake Monona.
Painting

Canadian Prairie Indians on Snowshoes

Date: 1821
Description: Canadian Prairie Indians on Snowshoes.
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Woodcutting Bee

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Description: Neighbors work together in the final process of sawing firewood, as they saw poles into blocks. The man with the plaid shirt and suspenders is the owner of...
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A Winter Day

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Description: On the right, the farmer in his sheepskin coat drives a horse-drawn sled loaded with milk cans to the cheese factory. A blanket is covering the cans to pre...
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Maple Sugaring

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Description: Two men work at running sap from maple trees. Buckets are hanging beneath the sap spouts or "spiles" inserted into holes drilled in the trees. A team of ho...
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Christmas Greetings and All Good Wishes For the New Year

Date: 1910
Description: Hand oil painted holiday card on wood. The scene is a seashore with foliage and rocks, two houses in the distance, and a snow-covered mountain in the backg...
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Little Chute Painting

Date: 1856
Description: "Three views in a short space show the peaceful appearance of what is now a busy paper mills center . . . [One of them] is Little Chute, one of the pleasan...
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Expedition with Supply Cart

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Description: An illustration created using cutout photographs and white, gray and black paint on cream colored paper. The scene depicts, in profile, a man pulling a loa...
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The Canoe: Maiden Trip

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Description: An Ojibwa man and woman paddle a canoe on a lake at sunset.
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Befriend Nature

Date: 1910
Description: Watercolor design for a conservation poster made by a Wisconsin high school student as part of a competition. The poster has an image of trees in silhouett...
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Conserve Wisconsin's Rugged Beauty

Date: 1910
Description: Watercolor design for a conservation poster made by a Wisconsin high school student as part of a competition. The poster has an image of pine trees in silh...
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Yahara River

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Description: Watercolor painting of the Yahara River in winter near Lake Monona. The trees are reflected in the ice.
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Boats on Lake Mendota

Date: 1908
Description: Watercolor painting of a canoe and sailboat on Lake Mendota. In the background is the city skyline on the far shoreline.

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