Photograph
Grave Excavation
| Boxed bones from graves found on University Hill (later Bascom Hill). Two men, seen from the waist down, are standing behind the boxes containing the remains. |
| Image ID: | 107871 |
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| Creation Date: | 07 13 1918 |
| Creator Name: | Billings, E. S. |
| City: | Madison |
| County: | Dane |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| Collection Name: | Burial site excavations on Bascom Hill, University of Wisconsin, Madison, photographs, 1918 and 1922 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
| Original Format Number: | PH 636 |
| Original Dimensions: | 3.5 x 2.75 inches |
| The graves of Samuel Warren and William Nelson were discovered on the hill when construction of the Abraham Lincoln statue commenced. |
| Clothing and dress |
| Shoes |
| Hills |
| Archaeological sites |
| University of Wisconsin |
| Burial |
| Dead |
| Men |
| Outdoor photography |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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