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View of the Ministers Present

Date: 08 30 1876
Description: "View of the ministers present" from the "Dedication of Blue Mounds Church" section of Dahl's 1877 "Catalogue of Stereoscopic Views." The congregation of t...
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Large Burial Mound on the South Shore of Lake Monona

Date: 1913
Description: One of the large burial mounds of the Outlet mound group on the former Hoyt property at the foot of Lake Monona.
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Man Standing on a Mound

Date: 1923
Description: A man in the distance stands on a mound, which is part of a group of mounds near the Fox River. Many artifacts including arrowheads and human bones have be...
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Bird's-Eye View of Blue Mounds

Date: 1930
Description: Bird's-eye view town. There are barns, homes, a church's steeple and a lumberyard.
Postcard

Dining Table, Belmont Mounds

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Description: Photographic postcard view of a rock formation called "Dining Table" with two people posing next to it. Caption reads: "Dining Table, Belmont Mounds."
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Conical Mound on the Crest of the Dividing Ridge

Date: 1909
Description: A horse grazes near Native American burial mounds on the Dividing Ridge, a recessional moraine, between Lakes Monona and Wingra in Madison, Wisconsin. The ...
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Mounds on Edgewood Drive

Date: 1915
Description: A row of conical burial mounds adjoins the Park and Pleasure Drive on the north shore of Lake Wingra (now Edgewood Drive, at the south edge of Edgewood Col...
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Aztalan Mound Park

Date: 1935
Description: View of the site when it was known as Aztalan Mound Park or Aztalan Mounds, near Lake Mills. There is a pavilion in the right background.
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Observatory Hill Ceremony

Date: 1914
Description: Ceremony for erecting tablets on the Observatory Hill Mounds performed by University of Wisconsin summer session students.
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Blue Mounds Opera House

Date: 02 2014
Description: View across street towards the historic Blue Mounds Opera House. Exterior stairs lead to porches on the ground and second floor. A small metal fence surrou...
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Granary

Date: 
Description: Exterior of the granary in Nissedahle (Little Norway).
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Wisconsin State Journal Carriers' Picnic

Date: 08 1955
Description: Wisconsin State Journal carriers Lloyd Briggs and Harold Joyce attacking a volley ball at Blue Mounds State Park. The partially obscured boy is unid...
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Downtown Blue Mounds

Date: 02 24 2012
Description: View of the downtown business district on a snowy, overcast day.
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Uptown Blue Mounds

Date: 04 25 2012
Description: A view of a main street in the business district.
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Remains of Racetrack

Date: 1930
Description: Remains of the racetrack on the top of Blue Mound.
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Abandoned Threshing Machine

Date: 07 31 1960
Description: An abandoned threshing machine rests in a rural field.
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Tall Grass

Date: 10 1966
Description: Tall grass grows at the roadside edge of a flat field.
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Norwegian Log Cabin

Date: 1930
Description: Exterior of a cabin in Nissedahle (Little Norway).
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Blue Mounds in the Distance

Date: 
Description: View of the village from the railroad tracks. There is a church among the cluster of homes.
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Crater Players at Blue Mounds

Date: 06 25 1948
Description: Performers Olaf Ussing, leaning on a cane, and Carole Branley rehearsing for the presentation of "The Drunkard", a Crater Players production. They are in f...

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