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| Date: | 02 21 1874 |
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| Description: | African American boatmen run a rapids in a small river boat. |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | The layout plan for the Lambertville Music Circus with elevations of stage and pit. |
| Date: | 1851 |
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| Description: | Several men rowing in a boat near Fort Howard that has an American Flag, barracks, and various related military buildings enclosed behind a wall. |
| Date: | 08 1948 |
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| Description: | This original, modernistic color design for a Wisconsin Dairyland Building at the Wisconsin State Fair included a pitcher pouring milk. It was constructed ... |
| Date: | 03 1892 |
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| Description: | An Indian sets up a hunting trap, with a rifle resting against a tree in the background. |
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| Description: | Drawing of trappers on leaving their hunting grounds. |
| Date: | 08 31 1885 |
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| Description: | Pencil on paper drawing of large house on hill above river, with rowboat and boathouse. The house has three stories, four chimneys, mansard roof, and long... |
| Date: | 1937 |
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| Description: | Woodblock print of a man walking in snow wearing snowshoes and carrying a double-bladed axe. |
| Date: | 1903 |
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| Description: | Rolf "Pucks" Anderson and Herbert "Chub" Fowler playing cards on a train. |
| Date: | 1903 |
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| Description: | Drawing of a tent stretched between two trees and a fire with cookware in the rain. |
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| Description: | Cartoon drawn by Clare V. "Dwig" Dwiggins depicting a youthful August Derleth walking by a graveyard that is haunted by ghosts and spirits. Derleth was fo... |
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| Description: | A hand-drawn map of the Boone camps on the Kentucky River. |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | Holiday card of a hobo in a jacket and hat seated in front of a campfire, warming his hands. His bundle of belongings is on a stick by his side. His footpr... |
| Date: | 1852 |
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| Description: | Devil's Lake from shore flanked by steep tree-covered hillsides. A small solitary rowboat floats near the distant shore. |
| Date: | 08 1948 |
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| Description: | Floor plan of the Wisconsin Historical Society's "Story of Wisconsin" exhibit at the Wisconsin Centennial Exposition. |
| Date: | 09 20 1943 |
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| Description: | Drawing submitted to the State of Wisconsin for trademark registration. "A Sturdy, Timely Toy For Your Youngster. General Jeep." Features a drawing of four... |
| Date: | 06 1879 |
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| Description: | Tracing of a petroglyph depicting an animal figure pursued by a human figure with a bow and arrow followed by a child. |
| Date: | 06 1879 |
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| Description: | Tracing of a petroglyph depicting an animal that has been shot with an arrow. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | This manuscript map, likely drawn in the 1930s, shows Fox Lake, in Dodge County, Wisconsin, and the roads and resorts in the vicinity. |
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