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Linear Mounds

Date: 08 1905
Description: A visitor takes in the sight of three linear burial mounds at the Sure-Johnson mound group south of McFarland, Wisconsin.
Photograph

Vilas Park

Date: 1908
Description: Elevated view of Vilas Park, filled with groups of people on the lawn, and horse-drawn carriages on the drive.
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Monona Bay in Madison

Date: 1904
Description: Monona Bay from the railroad trestle looking southwest, close to where the railroad tracks cross North Shore Drive, (now Brittingham Park), with old houses...
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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 ...
Photograph

Children at Play Atop a Native American Burial Mound

Date: 1908
Description: Children posing on a conical burial mound at Merrill Springs, on the south shore of Lake Mendota. (Also known as Merrill's Spring.)
Manuscript

Will Buy Famous Baraboo Mound

Date: 12 28 1906
Description: Newspaper article about the purchase of land for a park related to Man Mound in Sauk County accompanied by a line drawing of the mound. Article clipped fro...
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A Day in the Park

Date: 1903
Description: Family group enjoying themselves on the lawn in Tenney Park.
Drawing

Linden Valley Group

Date: 11 03 1903
Description: A drawing of a group of burial mounds in Linden Valley. Text on back reads: "These mounds lie at the narrow mouth of Linden Valley on the east side of the ...

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