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Cornfield in Early Snow

Date: 11 06 1960
Description: A corner of a cornfield in an early snow.
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Snow-Covered Field

Date: 11 06 1960
Description: A roadside edge of a field near a fence covered in snow.
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Lake Mendota in Winter

Date: 12 20 1961
Description: Elevated view from hill over boathouse of frozen Lake Mendota during the wintertime. Taken from the Wisconsin Center building.
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Fair Ground Buildings Reflected in Water

Date: 03 24 1962
Description: Fair ground buildings, closed and boarded up for the winter.
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Grove of Trees

Date: 05 10 1960
Description: Grove of trees in a flooded area from a late snow melt.
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 148-153

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Description: To some who want to leave
it would be dull
But to us who want to stay
the moment is surprising:
never lax
only turning out of nowhere lastin...
Historical Object

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
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 226-234

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Description: As a sporting proposition of gaiety infused with taxes
no modern culture could survive
without a touch of France
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 377-386

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Description: In the soft underside of war
The home point is to be home again with honor
without quite understanding why
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 482-488

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Description: A man in motion moves upon good reason.

To create disorder
he must stop and settle down.
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 507-513

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Description: We tend to forget that at the time of the destruction of the forests, an emergency situation existed. The need for lumber for the building up of the...
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 697-705

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Description: A child could count in rounded numbers
the Christmas chance of pudding from the sky
Photograph

Frozen Spring Farm Land

Date: 05 10 1960
Description: Farmland covered in a spring frost.
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Abandoned Barn

Date: 05 10 1960
Description: View of an abandoned farm and bare trees. Another small outbuilding is further down the hill on the left.
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Snow Melting from the Roof

Date: 05 10 1960
Description: Old house with melting snow dripping from the roof.
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Tree-Veiled Farm

Date: 05 10 1960
Description: View through the trees of an abandoned farm.

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