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Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 1994
Description: View of the South Hamilton Street entrance to the Capitol. A round tulip bed is in the foreground, and more tulip beds are along the sidewalk leading to th...
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Moon over Madison

Date: 1980
Description: View of the Madison skyline from Lake Monona in the moonlight.
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Pillow

Date: 1930
Description: View of a flat weave pillow with geometric patterns and cord detail on the edges, and small tassels at the corners.
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Oleander in Bloom

Date: 1930
Description: An oleander in full bloom is standing in colorful contrast to the arid hills in the background.
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Shell Mound and Field

Date: 1930
Description: Poppies are blooming in profusion in a field backed by an irregular hill, identified by the photographer as a shell mound.
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Four Wives

Date: 1930
Description: Four young women, one holding an infant, are posing sitting on a rug on the ground, inside the corner of two walls. Identified by the photographer only as ...
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Woman and Child with Dog

Date: 1930
Description: A woman and young girl are posing, sitting on the ground on a patterned carpet, with a dog resting with them. The woman has forearm tattoos, multiple brace...
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Girl and Wildflowers

Date: 1930
Description: A young girl is smiling as she is posing while sitting in a rocky field of wildflowers with purple blossoms. She is wearing traditional dress and a head sc...
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Algerian Landscape

Date: 1930
Description: In the foreground, oleander bushes are blooming in profusion, backed by arid hills.
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Roman Mosaics

Date: 1930
Description: Roman carvings and architectural remnants are displayed out-of-doors below two intricate mosaics in Algeria, possibly in Constantine.
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Roman Mosaics

Date: 1930
Description: Roman carvings and architectural remnants are displayed out-of-doors below two intricate mosaics in Algeria, possibly in Constantine.
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Camp

Date: 1930
Description: View across field towards an automobile parked in front of a row of tents set up in a landscape of rolling hills. Two men are sitting at a table near the t...
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Camp

Date: 1930
Description: View across field towards an automobile, possibly a 1930 model Citroen, parked in front of a row of tents set up in a landscape of rolling hills. Two men a...
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Grandad Bluff

Date: 1992
Description: View of Grandad Bluff with snow on the ground. There is an American Flag flying from a flagpole on the top of the bluff. Text on back of postcard reads: "F...
Postcard

Picnic Point

Date: 1980
Description: Aerial shot directly over Picnic Point. Boats are in the lake. Text on reverse reads: "Picnic Point — A peninsula of the University of Wisconsin campus jut...
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Madison

Date: 1979
Description: Text on reverse reads: "Madison, Wisconsin photographed on infrared film at an altitude of 22 miles from a NASA research aircraft. Red = vegetation Blue ...
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Statue of Liberty in Lake Mendota

Date: 02 1979
Description: View of the forehead and torch of a replica of the Statue of Liberty installed by the Pail and Shovel Party on the snow-covered ice of Lake Mendota. Text o...
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Downtown Madison from Turville Park at Twilight

Date: 1980
Description: View of the Madison skyline across Lake Monona as seen from Turville Park.
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Confirmation Day

Date: 1920
Description: Edward John Brumder, third from left with boutonniere, and his sister, Henrietta Thekla "Pussy" Brumder, wearing a short white dress, posing with other fam...
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Mary Burke and Jane Matteson

Date: 06 1996
Description: Mary Burke and lifelong friend Jane Matteson sitting in a covered golf cart during a tour near Spring Green, Wisconsin during Mary's 80th birthday celebrat...

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