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| Date: | 08 1905 |
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| Description: | A visitor takes in the sight of three linear burial mounds at the Sure-Johnson mound group south of McFarland, Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a four-footed American Indian effigy mound on the grounds of the Mendota State Hospital (Mendota Mental Health Institute). |
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| Description: | A turtle effigy mound on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, outlined by melting snow. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Historic site marker to commemorate Man Mound and to mark Man Mound Park. The inscription reads "Man Mound Park. Mound located and platted by W.H. Canfield... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a double-tailed turtle effigy mound on Observatory Hill on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. |
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| Description: | A view of a two-tailed water spirit burial mound on the grounds of the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus near Observatory Hill. |
| Date: | 05 30 1931 |
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| Description: | W.P. and Vivian Morgan, Grace Rollins and ? Mills excavate a burial mound in the Outlet group at the foot of Lake Monona. |
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| Description: | Charles E. Brown (left), directs excavation of a goose effigy mound at the Willow Drive mound group on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | Three men looking over the process of uncovering bones of a bison in Interstate Park. |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | The jaw bone of Bison Occidentalis in the peat pit at Interstate Park. |
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| Description: | Tent covering the excavation site of the bones of extinct bison. Milo Mickelson and Lester Giesler are standing in the doorway of the tent. |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | The Sphinx at Giza in Egypt. Three men are standing or sitting on the shoulder of the Sphinx, and several men are sitting in the shade below with two camel... |
| Date: | 03 11 1927 |
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| Description: | Ali Bacha looking south. Three indigenous men work on an archaeological excavation in Algeria, Africa. On the left a man examines material in a wheelbarrow... |
| Date: | 03 23 1927 |
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| Description: | Ensemble of diggings at Ali Bacha. View looking downhill towards three men working on an archaeological excavation in Algeria, Africa. On the left an indig... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of a group of men, women and children having a meal outdoors on the ground. They are gathered around a box being used as a table. Cu... |
| Date: | 04 15 1930 |
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| Description: | Outdoor group portrait of the Logan African Expedition, Berriche, Algeria. Six men and a toddler are crouching or kneeling in the foreground. Behind them m... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | The camp at El Kantara, Algeria. In the foreground, members of the expedition are sleeping on pallets, under blankets. Just beyond the sleepers are two tru... |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | A man is holding the broken end of a giant prehistoric ox horn next to the rest of the horns and partial skull to show the size. It is noted that they meas... |
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