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Painting

Silo Filling

Date: 1980
Description: Farmers work cooperatively with their horse teams on silo-filling activities early in autumn. Rows of green forage are created in the fields and carried to...
Postcard

Polar Bears at the Vilas Park Zoo

Date: 1980
Description: Elevated view of two polar bears in their enclosure at the Vilas Park Zoo (Henry Vilas Zoo). A crowd is gathered behind the fence, and in the far backgroun...
Photograph

Cranberry Gathering

Date: 1980
Description: Cranberry harvesters use wooden booms and rakes to gather cranberries from a flooded marsh.
Photograph

Horse-Drawn Carriage at Black Point

Date: 1980
Description: View from lawn of a man holding the harness of a team of two horses hitched to an open carriage on the brick drive at Black Point. A large group looks on f...
Drawing

Opening Day Fishing Season

Date: 1980
Description: Imaginative pen-and-ink drawing of a large trout surrounded by a variety of insects, a fishing reel, and a fishing lure. This drawing appeared in the Wi...
Historical Object

Presidental Political Campaign Ephemera

Date: 1980
Description: A presidential political campaign meeting ticket for Ronald Reagan and George Bush, along with a drawing of an elephant wearing a sweater with the letter "...

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