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Calvin Coolidge Fishing

Date: 1928
Description: President Calvin Coolidge fishing at Cedar Island Lodge, rustic lodge of Henry C. Pierce, 35 miles from Superior, Wisconsin, on the Brule River. This lodge...
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Canal at Portage

Date: 1910
Description: View down the canal, with buildings along the shoreline, and a boat coming down the canal.
Postcard

Canfield Hop House

Date: 1900
Description: Old Canfield Hop House, exterior of building. Text reads: "Of the many fantastic hop - houses, this one alone remains a relic of the famous days of Sauk Co...
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Doty House

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Description: The Doty House, built in the 1840s.
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Soft Maple Creek

Date: 1910
Description: A river scene, presumably Soft Maple Creek. Caption reads: "River Scene, Weyerhauser, Wis."
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Rural Wisconsin Landscape

Date: 11 05 1986
Description: Green Lake County Highway M meandering toward a red barn in the distance on a November day, an archtypal Wisconsin landscape.
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Mendota State Hospital

Date: 1906
Description: View across the grounds towards the Mendota State Hospital (Mendota Mental Health Institute). Caption reads: "Mendota Hospital for Insane, Madison, Wis."
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Falhenstern's Mill

Date: 1924
Description: A deteriorating wooden structure with a stone foundation stands on an overgrown site.
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Malvern Hill

Date: 07 01 1862
Description: "Malvern Hill." The site of the battle in a half-toned photograph from a book.
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Seminole Native American Hunter

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Description: A view toward a Seminole Native American hunter pointing a gun while standing in a swamp area with large plants. Trees are in the background. Caption reads...
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John Doctor

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Description: View of a Seminole Native American, John Doctor, holding a gun and standing in an area dense with plants. Caption reads: "John Doctor -- A Seminole, Fort P...
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Potting Plants

Date: 1911
Description: Group of women from the District Agricultural School, and gardener E.E. Harris on the far right. They are standing in a row potting plants at a potting tab...
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Path Through an Informal Planting

Date: 1907
Description: View of a straight gravel path through an informally planted garden. The side and roof of a building can be seen on the right.
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Bock Beer, Label

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Description: Bock beer label featuring a drawing of a goat's head, wheat or barley stalks, and hops. Bock was brewed and bottled by the Kurth Company of Columbus, Wis.
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President Mary Robinson

Date: 1991
Description: Mary Robinson, President of Ireland, escorting Speaker of the House of Representative Thomas Foley, who was heading a house leadership trip to Ireland. To ...
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Black Point Estate

Date: 1972
Description: A winter view of the northeast side of the main house at Black Point Estate. There are two large chimneys, and first and second floor porches. A portion of...
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Lion Sculpture

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Description: Fisheye lens view of an elongated lion sculpture in Sid's backyard. Behind the sculpture is a wire fence, and a taller wood fence, on which plywood bird cu...
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Sid Building Sculpture Form

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Description: Sid Boyum, with a cigar in his mouth, is standing on a ladder while building a wooden form for his concrete casting of an abstract geometric sculpture that...
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Sculptures in Sid's Backyard

Date: 08 1970
Description: "Six-Sided Red Lantern," "Three-Tiered Fountain" and a flat goose cut from gray stone (laid in a bed of white gravel) in Sid's backyard. A corner of the pa...
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Red and Purple Demon

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Description: High-relief, concrete-cast sculpture of a winged, four-armed gargoyle in Sid's backyard. The mouth is gaping with white fangs. Its upper body and head are ...

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