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| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | Maypole dancers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on Bascom Hill (Main Hill). In the foreground is the Lincoln Monument. In the distance is the Wiscon... |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | Painting by N.C. Wyeth depicting the public demonstration of the first reaper by Cyrus Hall McCormick at Steele's Tavern, Virginia in 1831. The painting sh... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | People attending a wedding reception, posing outdoors. They are standing in front of a modern house that has a log cabin attached to the back. In the backg... |
| Date: | 05 31 1936 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of Alpha Epsilon Phi sorority members taken on the lawn after the senior breakfast, 22 Langdon Street, with Lake Mendota in the background. |
| Date: | 1874 |
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| Description: | View uphill towards cattle, horses and people in the barnyard of the Tollef Gjermundsen farm. Behind them is a barn with a stone foundation with an arched ... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Ceremony for erecting tablets on the Observatory Hill Mounds performed by University of Wisconsin summer session students. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Brisbois grave, tomb of Michael Brisbois. A woman is standing behind the graves, looking out to Prairie du Chien and the Mississippi River. |
| Date: | 04 21 1970 |
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| Description: | Crowd gathering for the first Earth Day march. Someone is holding the ecology flag. The Wisconsin State Capitol is in the background. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | The tomb of the Robinson family, a large burial vault. |
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| Description: | A view of a group of men wearing long overcoats and hats, standing on rough ground. Two men in the center are shaking hands, and a few others are holding s... |
| Date: | 06 18 1918 |
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| Description: | Dedication ceremony for Muir Knoll on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Judge Milton S. Griswold is speaking at flag-draped podium, and a ... |
| Date: | 1887 |
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| Description: | "The Grand Regatta, at Devil's Lake, June 21st & 22nd, 1877." A stereograph showing spectators gathered behind the starter's cannon on Devil's Lake. |
| Date: | 07 15 1906 |
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| Description: | Elevated view from the south of a crowd gathered to witness and celebrate the laying of the cornerstone of the new St. Mary of the Seven Dolors Catholic Ch... |
| Date: | 06 27 1954 |
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| Description: | Two people walk near a large rock formation in a wooded area with a picnic table in the foreground. The occasion was the opening of a new wayside park loca... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A Yugoslavian cemetery in Sarajevo photographed by journalist Alvin Steinkopf about one year before the city fell to the Germans. |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | View down valley of a procession of hundreds of pilgrims walking up the hill to St. Anne's Chapel which is lined with Stations of the Cross. The crowd is w... |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | Pilgrims gathered outside the shrine. Many of the people are sitting on the ground among the tree. There are banners hanging in front of the stone chapel. |
| Date: | 08 16 1925 |
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| Description: | View of field full of parked automobiles at the commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Swiss Colony at New Glarus. A log structure in... |
| Date: | 09 1957 |
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| Description: | Loehrke/Zastrow wedding. The Mayville Park Pavilion is reflected in the Rock River. |
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