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University of Wisconsin Farm and Home Week

Date: 02 04 1948
Description: Three women looking at an exhibit at the University of Wisconsin Farm and Home Week, showing room furnishing revolving around rural paintings. Pictured lef...
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Effigy Marker

Date: 1930
Description: Turtle Effigy mound marker on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. There is a metal plaque on a small formed block. An image of the mound is on the ...
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Shell Mound and Field

Date: 1930
Description: Poppies are blooming in profusion in a field backed by an irregular hill, identified by the photographer as a shell mound.
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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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Christian Ruste

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Description: Waist-up oval studio portrait of Christian Ruste, a private in Company E, 15th Wisconsin Infantry in uniform. The following information was obtained from t...
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Willard Wendt Gains East-Central Wisconsin Golf Association Tournament Finals

Date: 07 18 1953
Description: Willard Wendt of Lake Mills defeats Phil Schoenbeck, 1 up, to advance to the finals of the 31st annual East-Central Wisconsin Golf Association Tournament h...
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Extended Family of Aslak Olsen Lie

Date: 08 29 1876
Description: The extended family of Aslak Olsen Lie posing before the home he built in 1849 with his brother Ole after immigrating in 1848. The house is a combination o...
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Yahara River Hearing by Dane County Park Commission

Date: 07 13 1949
Description: Dane County Park Commission meeting to hear complaints regarding dead fish in the Yahara River. Stoughton Mayor Truman Felland is standing at the right, te...
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Mound at Round Lake

Date: 1921
Description: Three men and four children standing on top of a mound near Round Lake.
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John Crump Gains East-Central Wisconsin Golf Assn. Tournament Finals

Date: 07 17 1953
Description: John Crump of Lake Mills defeats defending champ Bruce Rodgers, 2 up, to advance to the finals of the 31st annual East-Central Wisconsin Golf Association T...
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31st Annual East-Central Wisconsin Golf Association Tournament

Date: 07 18 1953
Description: Everett Robinson (left), Lake Ripley Country Club, Cambridge, and William Rhyme, Portage Country Club, examine the scoreboard before starting their senior ...
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Panther Intaglio Effigy

Date: 06 2008
Description: View looking east of a 1000-year-old Indian intaglio effigy in the shape of a panther. The effigy, which is on the north bank of the Rock River, is filled ...
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Shell Mound

Date: 1930
Description: Poppies blooming in a field in front of a hill, right, identified by the photographer as a shell mound. The dark squares in the side of the mound are proba...
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New Spring Harbor School Under Construction

Date: 05 23 1958
Description: Construction begins on Spring Harbor School, 1110 Spring Harbor Drive just north of University Avenue. The building was designed by Kaeser and McLeod Archi...
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Wisconsin Archeological Society

Date: 05 26 1906
Description: The Wisconsin Archeological Society attending the unveiling of the Cutler Indian mound marker at Cutler Park. Mrs. William H. Anderson, President (?) of th...
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Sylvia and Rachel Hall Captured by Indians

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Description: Drawing depicting the capture of Sylvia and Rachel Hall by Indians near Ottawa, Illinois during the Indian Creek Massacre, 1832. They were later released a...
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Constitution & Laws Letterhead

Date: 06 14 1862
Description: Letterhead featuring a scene of men and women raising their hands in the air. The two men in front are holding a sickle and the American flag, other people...
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Groundbreaking Ceremony for County Hospital Wing

Date: 04 13 1959
Description: A groundbreaking ceremony is held for the new mental health wing of the Dane County Hospital and Home in Verona. Shown (L-R) are Bert Thompson, county bui...
Historical Essay

Portraits of Scientists - Image Gallery Essay

Increase Lapham's Cartes-de-visite Collection
View this magnificent collection of 19th century famous scientists collected by Wisconsin naturalist Increase Lapham.

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