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Back Stairway of a House

Date: 08 18 1963
Description: Two children stand on an outdoor stairway of wood-shingle house. Caption on back of print reads, "Back steps in 'Goosetown.' a section around Broadway and ...
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Wisconsin Thematic Panel 33-46

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Description: The Little Bluebirds — has anyone expressed it better
than Judy Garland singing
. . . why, oh why, can't I
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Wisconsin Thematic Panel 85-90

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Description: 200 years this tree grew here and so did I
We were raised here and brought up young ones
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Wisconsin Thematic Panel 154-160

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Description: Patience we learned and requiem
to rest the tense who die
For we forgot the brazen earth
in courtship of the sky
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Wisconsin Thematic Panel 161-165

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Description: Please listen to the great owl
Please listen to the education

Please learn how to save hard things
for the easy way
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Wisconsin Thematic Panel 242-251

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Description: The world is flat; we get around
this stretched credulity
by going straight as an arrow
and meeting ourselves in a space of time
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 543-553

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Description: The first time out of doors in shirtsleeves is a moment of kindlier feeling,
of stern and lonely reservations gladly set aside.

With the passing ...
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Wisconsin Thematic Panel 562-573

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Description: A fire is not a place, but a containment
to keep burning.

A reassembly of inner flames around the patriarch,
A school and script for golden we...
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 607-614

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Description: The river told them how to make the map
and
Legends later flocked the shore
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Wisconsin Thematic Panel 623-632

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Description: In God we Trust assorted needs

The complex amplitudes and waste
are never balanced, only tasted
Historical Object

Paul Vanderbilt Pairing 67

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Description: On the map it shows the turkey buzzards circling overhead
to tell us who we are and what the odds.
Don't count;
a promise is no more than just a s...

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