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Swimming in the Mississippi River

Date: 1890
Description: View across water towards men and boys swimming and splashing in the Mississippi River. Alma is in the background on the far shoreline.
Painting

Pecatonica Battle Ground

Date: 1857
Description: Pecatonica Battle Ground.
Painting

Peshtigo Fire III. The River

Date: 
Description: Peshtigo Fire III. The River.
Photograph

Raftsman's Series No. 1406 : Trip Finished. Pulling Out The Lumber

Date: 1886
Description: Stereograph of men unloading lumber off a raft. A man at the left is loading lumber onto a horse-drawn wagon, while a man in an apron is holding the horses...
Photograph

Potato Field

Date: 08 02 1926
Description: Four men in a potato field at Farm Colony, Wisconsin State Hospital for Insane (Mendota Mental Health Institute), Highway 113.
Drawing

Waterfront on the Grounds of Benjamin Walker Castle

Date: 1863
Description: View of the shoreline on the Walker Castle grounds. Two men are boating while a young boy fishes from the shore.
Painting

State Fair Centennial Mural Study Sketch

Date: 1948
Description: Prior to the 1948 State Fair, artist Robert Hodgell traveled Wisconsin to study its many landscapes. He then produced a series of study sketches outlining ...

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