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Painting

Indian Spearing Beaver

Date: 1821
Description: Indians of the North Red River area, probably in the vicinity of old Fort Douglas, now Winnipeg, Canada, spearing beaver.
Drawing

Pic Island from Camp Porphyry

Date: 1850
Description: Pic Island on the north shore of Lake Superior.
Photograph

Raftsman's Series No. 1404; Laying Up For Wind And Drying Out

Date: 
Description: Group of eight men sitting on shore around a fire, with the river and a boat in the background.
Photograph

Girl Scouts Around a Camp Fire

Date: 10 10 1941
Description: Eight Girl Scouts kneeling around a campfire inside a campfire ring at Camp Indianola.
Photograph

Camping with an International Travelall

Date: 1971
Description: Color advertising photograph of a family singing by a campfire near a Travelall 1010 truck and a Mallard camper. A man is in the foreground chopping wood f...
Photograph

Mountain Fox Hunt

Date: 
Description: A mountain fox hunt near Highlander Folk School.
Photograph

Picnic by the Water

Date: 
Description: Cars are parked on the right near the water. Two people are sitting at a picnic table near the shoreline, and a third person is holding a pot over a campfi...
Print

Fishing Station

Date: 
Description: Engraving of a wooden shack on a Lake Michigan beach surrounded by rowboats, a campfire, and a wooded bluff. Two men stand on the beach near the water.
Photograph

Sigurd Olson Contemplates the Wilderness

Date: 
Description: Sig Olson at a wilderness camping site, probably in the Quetico area.
Photograph

River Drivers Lunch

Date: 
Description: Log driving crew sitting down for lunch on the bank of a river (probably the Trap River or Rib River). There is a batteau at the water's edge, and one man ...
Print

Kindly Thoughts and Good Wishes For Christmas and the New Year

Date: 1930
Description: Holiday card of a man loading Christmas trees on a sled drawn by two horses. A dog runs in front of them. The sun is setting over a lake or pond with trees...
Postcard

Moonlight on the Brule

Date: 1913
Description: Colorized postcard view of the Brule River flowing through the forest by moonlight. Some trees show autumn color. There is a campfire on the shore with thr...
Photograph

Panamanians Eating Dinner

Date: 12 1942
Description: Indigenous Panamanian women and children eating dinner along the Chucunaque River. A woman in a jumpsuit holding a hat is watching Panamanian children eati...
Print

Pioneer Beer, Label

Date: 1937
Description: Label submitted to the state of Wisconsin for trademark registration. "Pioneer Beer, G. Weber Brewing Co." Under this in the center is a leaf with the lett...
Photograph

Along the Rock River

Date: 1976
Description: "Snowmobiles make their way along the Rock River."
Photograph

Theresa Lions Club Cleanup Day

Date: 1976
Description: "Theresa Lions Club members have a cleanup day on the Rock River."
Photograph

Underside of a Trestle Bridge

Date: 
Description: View through the support structure of a trestle bridge. On the shoreline in the background a woman, girl, and another person are standing around what appea...
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 97-102

Date: 
Description: The measure of solitude fades in the ripples
and there are more prizes than there are fish
Map or Atlas

Fuller's Woods Map

Date: 
Description: A decorative map of Fuller's Woods development along the Lake Mendota shoreline. Includes numbered lots and building line setbacks with decorative features...
Photograph

Campfire Cooking

Date: 1910
Description: Franklin E. Bump, brother-in-law of Dr. Smith, and one of his children cooking on a fire pit in front of their campsite. The campsite is situated in the wo...

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