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Bluestem

Date: 11 2013
Description: A light layer of snow covering the shorter grass in the foreground, which is bordered by tall bluestem grass. The tall grass is obscuring the view of two f...
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Dekalb County Wind Towers

Date: 11 2013
Description: View across fence-lined road towards windmills and power lines in a field. A small wire fence separates the field from the road. Farm buildings are in the ...
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Railroad Crossing

Date: 11 2013
Description: View along right side of car towards a railroad crossing at a gravel road in Dekalb County. The railroad tracks lead off to the right along a farm field. T...
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Into the Woods

Date: 12 2013
Description: View down a snowy path through trees, which is lined on one side by a small wire fence on wood posts.
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Burl

Date: 12 2013
Description: Close-up of a large burl protruding from a tree trunk.
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Flaneur in December

Date: 12 2013
Description: Christmas decorations adorn the hallway in a shopping mall. In the foreground is a Christmas tree on display inside a small fenced-in enclosure. Lights are...
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Fog in the Woods

Date: 12 2013
Description: Fallen trees and leaves lying in the snow. A light fog is rolling through the woods.
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Vines in Winter

Date: 12 2013
Description: Vines growing out of a parking lot along a white wall.
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End of an Era

Date: 12 2013
Description: Across the street from Knickerbocker Plaza a wire fence separates a deserted automobile garage from the street. A sign posted on the fence by McGann Constr...
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Mansion on the Hill

Date: 12 2013
Description: Three-quarter view of the Thorp house on Mansion Hill. The house is constructed of locally quarried sandstone and designed in the Italianate style. Snow is...
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Holiday Season at the State Capitol

Date: 12 2013
Description: Interior view looking up in the Wisconsin State Capitol building. A tall tree decorated for Christmas is on the far right. Two people are standing on the c...
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Siberian Elm

Date: 12 2013
Description: A cherry-picker is lifting a line worker holding a STIHL chainsaw and wearing a helmet high in the air next to a Siberian elm that is in the process of bei...
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New Year Sundial

Date: 01 2014
Description: A sundial covered in snow.
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House in Town

Date: 01 2014
Description: View across snow-covered ground, towards the photographer'shouse with a front deck. The winter landscape includes a wood fence and tree on the left.
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Faulkner Country

Date: 01 2014
Description: Elevated view of the Lafayette County Courthouse from the balcony of Square Books bookstore. Christmas lights, wreaths, and garlands decorate the square, c...
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Washstand

Date: 01 2014
Description: A washstand sitting in front of a glass door is being used as a plant stand to hold a pot of Christmas cactus. On the floor on the right is a pot of orchid...
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Underpass

Date: 01 2014
Description: Smokestacks rising over a short underpass, billowing exhaust. Snow is covering the side of the pass and the ground on the other side.
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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...
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Sunday at the Chazen Museum

Date: 02 2014
Description: Indoor view through the lobby of the Chazen Museum towards glass walls which look out on East Campus Mall. Snow is on the ground, and two people are walkin...
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Faulkner's Grave

Date: 02 2014
Description: Gravestone of William Cuthbert Faulkner and his wife, Estelle Faulkner, in St. Peter's Cemetery. The markers and gravestones are weathered and dirty, and t...

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