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Cows Near Gates Ravine

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Description: Cows near Gates Ravine (Glen Eyrie). There is a bridge over a river in the background.
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Terminal Moraine

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Description: Looking east at Terminal Moraine topography. View is down a dirt road with a house in the near background.
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View of Bluffs

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Description: View of bluffs between 1940 and 1946.
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I.G. Brader's Farmstead

Date: 1876
Description: View of a farmstead with fences, haystacks and a wooden building. A man is in the background on top of McCord Rock, also called Devil's Chimney, Preacher'...
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Residence of Mr. Martin Lutscher

Date: 1875
Description: Seifert's watercolor is fairly large, measuring 27" wide by 21" high, and provides a detailed depiction of a nineteenth century Wisconsin farm. The small s...
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Farm Painting

Date: 1885
Description: Painting of Paul Seifert farm showing rock formations in background and farm buildings nearby.
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Group of Men at La Crosse Tractors?

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Description: View across plowed field of group of employees of La Crosse Tractor? The men are wearing long jackets, neckties, gloves, and hats. In the background are fa...
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Cattle Grazing in a Valley

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Description: View looking down on cattle grazing in a valley, with a rancher sitting on his horse in the left foreground. Trees span the middle distance, with a view of...
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Cattle Grazing on the N. T. Jones Ranch

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Description: Cattle are grazing in the middle ground, with large boulders in the foreground. In the background is a rocky foothill.
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Men with McCormick Mower

Date: 1900
Description: Men are sitting and standing around a McCormick mower, while a man wearing a suit and hat is standing to the left writing on a slip of paper, possibly a re...
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Rock Scenery

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Description: View of house and farm buildings in Ableman with a rocky hill in the background.
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Target Rock

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Description: View of a large rock formation. There is a fence in the foreground.
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High Rock

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Description: View across double set of railroad tracks and field towards steep bluff with exposed rock.
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Cranberry Harvest

Date: 1900
Description: Men, women, and children are sitting and standing in a cranberry bog, with Castle Mound in the background. A number of crates are scattered throughout the...
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Man Posing on Bluff Above a Farm

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Description: A man poses on a bluff overlooking a farm in the valley below.
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Burch-Bolden Family Homestead

Date: 1906
Description: This oil painting is a fine weave cotton support (perhaps a bed sheet). It is signed and dated (1906) and depicts an early twentieth century rural southwes...
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Strawberry Picking

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Description: Men, women, and children are gathered in a field picking strawberries, probably at the Lake Nursery. Castle Mound is in the distance.
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Ester Point at Turkey River

Date: 1905
Description: Large rock formation with farm outbuildings, and what appears to be railroad tracks at the base. The Mississippi River is in the foreground. Crop on image ...
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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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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