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Point Sable Potsherd

Date: 1949
Description: Close-up view of patterns in a broken piece of pottery. Caption reads: "Interior of potsherd from Point Sable, Town of Scott, Brown Co., Wis. State Hist. M...
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Excavation in Circular Mound

Date: 11 01 1947
Description: Men are working in a hole dug in the ground, which is roped off with stakes. Caption reads: "Excavation in circular mound on R. J. Harker property, Frost W...
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Excavation in Circular Mound

Date: 11 01 1947
Description: View across an excavation toward men and women standing above and behind it. Men are in another excavated hole behind it. Caption reads: "Excavation in cir...
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Excavation in Circular Mound

Date: 11 1947
Description: A person is kneeling next to objects that have been unearthed. Caption reads: "Excavation in circular mound on R. J. Harker property, Frost Woods, Monona, ...
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Two Rivers Potsherd

Date: 1949
Description: A broken piece of ceramic. Caption reads: "Potsherd from Two Rivers village site. H. P. Hamilton Collection. State Hist. Museum Object."
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Men at Archaeological Dig in Algeria

Date: 11 20 1926
Description: Six people, including Alonzo Pond (standing in the hole on the right side), work at an archaeological dig site in Algeria. The diggings were worked in leve...
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James G. Albright

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Description: Quarter-length portrait of James G. Albright. Caption reads: "James G. Albright, Milwaukee. Director and one of the organizers of the Wisconsin Archeologic...
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Discovery of Fort Crawford

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Description: The Fort Crawford site showing the main water trench to the swimming pool. Caption reads: "Discovery of Ft. Crawford — Water Main Trench to swimming pool p...
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Completed Excavations at Fort Crawford

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Description: Completed excavations at Fort Crawford showing the north row of buildings. Caption reads: "N. Row Bldgs. Completed excavations, Ft. Crawford."
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Fort Crawford Palisade

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Description: A vertical view of the palisade between old Fort Crawford and the military hospital. The number "30" is in the right trench.
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Fort Crawford Palisade

Date: 1938
Description: A horizontal view of the palisade between old Fort Crawford and the military hospital. The number "30" has been placed in the trench on the left.
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Fort Crawford

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Description: Elevated view of Fort Crawford facing west showing north row of buildings. The Mississippi River is in the background. Typewritten caption reads: "Fort Cra...
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Fort Crawford Excavations

Date: 1938
Description: Elevated view of excavations of the first Fort Crawford by Leland Cooper. Seven people are working around the trenches. Villa Louis is in the background.
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The Zerk Museum Interior

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Description: Exhibits in the Zerk museum. Display tables are in the foreground. Photographs are along the back wall, and above them are murals of dinosaurs and other ex...
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Zerk Museum Exhibits

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Description: An exhibit of petrified wood sections and other objects on tables and display cases in the Zerk Museum. Paintings, photographs, jewelry and other objects a...
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Charles E. Brown and Friends

Date: 08 01 1929
Description: Charles Brown and two other men are sitting on the grass at the Shermer Indian Village site.
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Fireplace Ruins

Date: 04 18 1888
Description: A stereograph of ruins of a fireplace in an old French fort on the banks of the Mississippi River. The fort may have been built by Nicholas Perrot.
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Trench For an Archaeological Dig

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Description: Two men, Riedel and Krieger, working in a trench on an archaeological dig.
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Ancient Works at Third Lake

Date: 1850
Description: A drawing of ancient works at the southeast angle of the Third Lake.
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Niagara Remains

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Description: Walking beam of the wrecked steamer Niagara covered with quagga mussels at the bottom of Lake Michigan.

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