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Indian Mounds Marker

Date: 1930
Description: View of an Indian mounds marker on the St. Croix River.
Photograph

Charles E. Brown Among Burial Mounds on the Edgewood Campus

Date: 05 05 1939
Description: Charles E. Brown poses near a historic tablet marking one of a row of conical burial mounds on the Park and Pleasure drive on the north shore of Lake Wingr...
Photograph

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.
Photograph

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.
Photograph

Remains of Racetrack

Date: 1930
Description: Remains of the racetrack on the top of Blue Mound.
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Norwegian Log Cabin

Date: 1930
Description: Exterior of a cabin in Nissedahle (Little Norway).
Photograph

Old Race Course through the Woods

Date: 1930
Description: View of a wide path through trees in the spring or summer.
Photograph

Aerial View of Town

Date: 1930
Description: Aerial view of the town, including the central business district.
Map or Atlas

Map of the Scenic Region in the Counties of Sauk, Columbia, Adams, Marquette, Juneau, Dane [in] Wisconsin : Showing Lakes, Rivers, Cities, Villages, Main Highways, and Points of Scenic and Historic Interest

Date: 1931
Description: This map of south central Wisconsin shows lakes, rivers, cities, villages, highways and roads, railroads, Indian mounds, and points of scenic and historic ...
Photograph

Norwegian Cabin

Date: 1930
Description: Exterior of a two-story cabin in Nissedahle (Little Norway). There is a cafe on the first floor.
Photograph

Elk Mound

Date: 1930
Description: Elk Mound.
Photograph

Street Scene — Post Office

Date: 1930
Description: A man and his two children pose at the corner near the post office.
Map or Atlas

Map Showing the Military Road

Date: 1935
Description: This manuscript map shows route of the early military road in Wisconsin from Green Bay (Fort Howard) through Portage (Fort Winnebago) to Fort Blue Mounds a...
Photograph

"Sticky" at Little Norway

Date: 1935
Description: A man identified only as "Sticky" is posing standing on the lawn in front of a log cabin at Little Norway. He is wearing traditional Norwegian dress with e...
Map or Atlas

The University of Wisconsin Arboretum, Madison

Date: 1933
Description: Blue print and blue line print maps that show local streets, Nakoma Country Club, part of Lake Forest, and part of Lake Wingra. A legend is included that s...
Photograph

Little Norway

Date: 06 1939
Description: Elevated view of the tourist attraction Little Norway, situated in an idyllic valley, with the stave church in the center and a small house at right. There...
Drawing

Lizard Mound

Date: 06 30 1939
Description: A drawing of a lizard-shaped Indian mound at Hudson Park.
Photograph

Shell Mound

Date: 1930
Description: Poppies are blooming in a large field with a hill in the background. The photographer identifies the hill as a shell mound. The shell mound is likely the l...
Photograph

Man Mound House

Date: 07 1933
Description: Front view of Man Mound House, with trees and a walkway which leads to the front door. The walkway appears to be on a mound.
Photograph

Linear Burial Mound at Picnic Point

Date: 1939
Description: Burl Briggs (right), and an unknown companion pose behind a linear burial mound on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.

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