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Location of Former Dunham School

Date: 1990
Description: The location of the former Dunham school as seen from the Quinney farm. In the foreground is a field of corn, with rolling hills and trees in the backgroun...
Drawing

Boys Playing Ice Hockey

Date: 1945
Description: Three boys play ice hockey on a frozen pond. One boy has fallen and is sitting on the ice. Snow covers the ground, with some grass peeking through. A fence...
Drawing

Sledding at the Farm

Date: 1945
Description: Two boys sled down a snow covered hillside at the farm. Two leafless trees are on the right. Along the horizon is a red building on the left with a fence s...
Photograph

First Snow

Date: 11 2013
Description: Trees lining a dirt road covered in a light layer of snow in the Driftless Area. A rock outcropping is on the far left.
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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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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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Sledding

Date: 02 2014
Description: Two boys playing on a snow-covered hill on a farm. There is a house in the background. One boy is sledding down the hill on a sled face first, while a dog ...
Photograph

Eagle in the Tree

Date: 03 2014
Description: View of a tree standing on the bank of the Wisconsin River, framed by the snow and tree-covered hills of the opposite bank. An eagle is sitting in the midd...
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The Flowing Yahara

Date: 03 2014
Description: View looking down at the bank of the Yahara River. The sun is being reflected in the water near the snow covered stones on the shoreline.
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Exploration at Lake Mendota

Date: 03 2014
Description: View along shoreline towards a tree on Lake Mendota. The limbs of the tree have grown close along the ground and out over the lake. The snow has melted rev...
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Tree Grove in Cornfield

Date: 1993
Description: A small patch of bushes surround a tree and a broken tree trunk. Lightly covered in snow, the lines of the cornfield swerve around the grove with the stalk...
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Blue Mound State Park

Date: 09 07 2014
Description: View from the top of a hill looking out to a valley, with clouds in the blue sky. Trees are framing the view, and in the foreground, a woman, the photograp...
Photograph

Kishwaukee River Viewed Westward

Date: 11 27 2014
Description: Slightly elevated view of trees along the banks of the Kishwaukee River. Snow is on the ground and tree branches. Ice is along the shoreline on the right.
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Early Evening in Memphis

Date: 12 21 2014
Description: View of a child walking on a walkway with metal railings. There is a light shining down on her from a wall on the left. In the background is a slope going ...
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Searching for the Red Dragon on Lake Monona

Date: 01 25 2015
Description: View from rocky shoreline towards two people, an adult and a child, walking across the ice and snow covered lake. In the middle of the lake is a dinosaur o...
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Below Zero at Memorial Union Terrace

Date: 02 14 2015
Description: View of snow-covered Memorial Union Terrace, with large, dark-colored outdoor pots, and silver metal flagpoles spaced along the railing overlooking Lake Me...
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Winter Storage on Lake Mendota

Date: 02 14 2015
Description: A yellow boat resting on the snow-covered shoreline, with the wheels used to transport it sitting on top. Snow is blowing across the lake in the background...
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Limnology Center Overlooking Lake Mendota

Date: 02 14 2015
Description: View of a corner of the Limnology Center on the shoreline of Lake Mendota. The building overhang is shading a walkway along the shore. A memorial stone and...
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Sycamore Tree in the Arboretum

Date: 03 04 2015
Description: View of a white sycamore tree in a snowy field against a blue sky. A forest of leafless trees are in the background.
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End of the Ice Fishing Season

Date: 03 08 2015
Description: View from rocks shoreline of people walking or fishing on the snow- and ice-covered lake near a red ice fishing hut. Other fishing huts are in the distance...

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