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Terrace on Lake Mendota

Date: 08 19 2014
Description: View of Lake Mendota from the Memorial Union Terrace. A man is sitting in one of the terrace chairs at one of the tables, looking at his phone. A seagull i...
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Sunday Event at Michael Fields Agricultural Institute

Date: 06 28 2015
Description: Indoor view of the Michael Fields Agricultural Institute. The room is arched, and has large windows on the second floor balcony, with a cloth painting hang...
Drawing

Milking Time

Date: 1945
Description: A man sits on a stool while hand milking a Holstein cow in a stall in a red barn. He is wearing work clothes and a hat. A golden cow and a spotted brown co...
Photograph

Construction Truck

Date: 1969
Description: A man is driving a construction truck in the shadow cast by what appears to be an elevated highway. A sign for the "Brooklyn Battery Tunnel" is on one of t...
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Man Wearing Hat

Date: 1969
Description: Profile view of a man dressed in a suit and wearing a hat. He is standing in front of a large picture window, which is reflecting the framework during cons...
Photograph

Construction Worker with Hard Hat and Safety Goggles

Date: 1969
Description: Rear view of a construction worker wearing safety goggles on the back of his yellow hard hat. In the background is the steel framework of one of the towers...
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Gathering of Construction Workers

Date: 1969
Description: A group of construction workers gather to listen to a speaker near the office for the Sand Chapter of Mechanical Contractors at the construction site for t...
Drawing

Sleigh to School

Date: 1945
Description: Four children ride in the box of a horse-drawn sled along with four milk cans. The driver holds the reins of the two horses. One child is perched on a can....
Photograph

Construction

Date: 09 2013
Description: A skid steer loader is in the foreground at a demolition site, with a construction worker standing on the left surveying the site. Another construction wor...
Photograph

Halloween

Date: 10 2013
Description: The corner storefront window of Mallatt's Pharmacy and Costumes on Monroe street is decorated with a Halloween display. Along the right side a cloth banner...
Photograph

Ice Fishing

Date: 01 2014
Description: View from shoreline on a sunny day of snow-covered, frozen Monona Bay. People in the distance are standing or sitting near ice fishing holes and ice fishin...
Photograph

As Things Appear at the Bakery

Date: 04 2014
Description: A man and a woman are standing behind the counter at Lane's Bakery. The glass display case has three rows of baked goods. There are three tall movable rack...
Photograph

The Dining Room

Date: 04 2014
Description: Interior view of a dining room full of knickknacks, furniture, clocks, a hutch and a cabinet. Coats are hanging on the back of the wooden chairs at the woo...
Photograph

Riviera on Geneva Lake

Date: 08 31 2014
Description: Elevated view of adults and children on the sandy beach of Geneva Lake. Many of the people are sitting on colorful beach towels, shaded by umbrellas. Other...
Photograph

Exhibition of the Photographic Work of Paul Vanderbilt

Date: 10 28 2014
Description: A man standing and observing photographs on display on the wall of the James Watrous Gallery. The photography is black and white, showing images of buildin...
Photograph

La Fête de Marquette

Date: 07 11 2015
Description: View from audience towards a stage at the festival. The crowd in the foreground is sitting on folding chairs, and more of the crowd is standing in front of...
Photograph

South Heart Prairie School Students

Date: 1916
Description: An outdoor group portrait of the students of South Heart Prairie School. Identified on the back of the portrait are Eda Papcke, Ella Koestler, Ruth Gutzmer...
Photograph

Afternoon Jazz at the Coliseum Bar

Date: 10 2013
Description: View from behind of a crowd of men and women sitting at tables watching three musicians. One man is playing the piano, another man is playing a stand up ba...
Photograph

Joseph Gundry Family House in Mineral Point

Date: 09 28 2014
Description: View of a woman (facing away) standing indoors in front of an ornate doorway at the Joseph Gundry House. A white lace curtain is covering the large window ...
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Grotto in Dickeyville

Date: 08 01 2015
Description: A small shrine made out of stone, mortar, colorful rocks and found objects. The modern door is made of glass and metal. A large stone cross is at the top o...

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