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Men with Farm Tools

Date: 1879
Description: Five men, facing away from the camera, are standing in a field. Some of them are holding a rakes and a scythe. A boy is in the foreground facing the camera...
Painting

Eben and Roseline Peck Cabin

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Description: The Eben Peck cabin was the first house built in Madison.
Print

Eben and Roseline Peck Cabin

Date: 06 1837
Description: Lithograph based on a painting by Mrs. E.E. Bailey showing the Peck cabin, the first house in Madison. In addition to the cabin, the lithograph includes a ...
Photograph

Telephone Company Truck

Date: 05 20 1960
Description: Black Earth telephone company maintenance truck in front of the local office.
Photograph

Farm Family with Implements

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Description: A stonecutter, a cooper or smith (identified by the tools of their trade) and a girl with a pail are standing on the left in contrast to a group of ladies ...
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Farmer at his Barn

Date: 09 28 1931
Description: Farmer Charles Nelson, carries a pail in front of the door to his barn. His 245 acre farm was southwest of Lake Wingra near Madison. It became the first pr...
Photograph

Men Clearing Field for Playground

Date: 05 25 1928
Description: ESBMA (East Side Business Men's Association) men clearing area for playground at Burr Jones Field at 1800 E. Washington Street.
Photograph

Men on Farm Machinery Near St. Paul Liberty Church

Date: 1872
Description: Men sit on farm machinery at the side of the parsonage of the St. Paul Liberty Church. The church is visible in the distance. The town of Deerfield is fou...
Photograph

Lamp House

Date: 1912
Description: The Robert Lamp house, 22 North Butler Street, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, architect. A man wearing a coat and hat is standing at the front right corne...
Photograph

Excavation of Goose Effigy on University of Wisconsin-Madison Campus

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Description: Charles E. Brown (left), directs excavation of a goose effigy mound at the Willow Drive mound group on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
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Several Individuals Outside Log Building

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Description: A group of men, women and children are gathered outside a log building. Two men are holding tools. Residence of Ole Nyhuus (sp?).
Photograph

Young Woman Raking Leaves

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Description: A young woman wearing a dress and a hat rakes leaves in a yard. In the background, a neighboring house is adorned with detailed fretwork brackets on an out...
Postcard

Telephone Linemen

Date: 1915
Description: Photographic postcard of an outdoor group portrait of a telephone line crew. The six men are wearing hats and work clothes, and five of the men are wearing...
Photograph

Crucifiction [sic] Group in Catholic Cemetery

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Description: A marble crucifixion monument of Christ and three mourners in the Catholic Cemetery. A groundskeeper stands just behind the statue holding up a scythe. Oth...
Photograph

Two Men Scraping Hives

Date: 04 1934
Description: Two men scraping diseased hives.
Photograph

Bascom Hill Burial Excavation

Date: 08 1918
Description: Workers at the site of two graves discovered on Bascom Hill in front of Main Hall (now Bascom Hall). One man sprays water from a hose. The disturbed soil o...
Photograph

Men's Garden Club of Madison

Date: 07 29 1960
Description: Stanley Hill, vice-president of the Male Garden Club of Madison, posing beside some flowers at Olbrich Park Botanical Gardens.
Photograph

Conklin Park Parade

Date: 07 08 1954
Description: Judy Moore (right) watches intently as Gale Cnare snips off pieces of crepe paper to be used in decorating the vehicles for the children's parade in Conkli...
Photograph

Quaker Oats Barn

Date: 10 08 1945
Description: A barn on the Quaker Oats farm at 4202 Monona Drive.
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Sid Sitting on Stool Under Torii Gate

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Description: View towards backyard with Sid is sitting on a stool under the torii gate that has recently been anchored into the ground. He has a pitchfork. Madison-Kipp...

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