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| 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. |
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| Description: | Quarter-length portrait of Charles E. Brown. Brown as an archeologist primarily responsible for saving more than one hundred Indian mounds from destruction... |
| 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. |
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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: | 07 16 1944 |
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| Description: | Dr. Albert Goetze, professor of Assyriology at Yale University, examining 4000 year old Sumerian cuneiform tablets from the Wisconsin State Historical Soci... |
| Date: | 01 22 1945 |
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| Description: | Prof. H. Scudder Mekeel looking at recreated petroglyphs based upon carvings found on the walls of an Indian rock shelter now called Gullickson's Glen near... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Cyanotype print of the interior of the Geology Museum in Science Hall on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. View towards corner of a room with win... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Charles E. Brown, curator of the Museum of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, sits on a chair and reads while holding an artifact. |
| Date: | 08 1918 |
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| Description: | Excavation site of two graves discovered on Bascom Hill during preparation for placement of the Abraham Lincoln monument circle. The legs and shoes of a ma... |
| Date: | 08 1918 |
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| Description: | Man with a shovel standing in a ditch in front of two graves discovered on Bascom Hill during preparation to place the Abraham Lincoln monument circle. The... |
| Date: | 05 31 1935 |
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| Description: | Students digging into a bird effigy mound on the University of Wisconsin campus on May 31 through June 1, 1935. |
| Date: | 1960 |
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| Description: | Dr. Joan Freeman adjusting the clothing on a mannequin of a Native American. Dr. Freeman was the first woman to receive a PhD. in Anthropology from UW-Madi... |
| Date: | 05 25 1955 |
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| Description: | Keith Hinsman, Tyke Hooke, and John Jacques discuss an Inuit pipe for TV Museum. A WHA-TV camera filming the discussion is in the foreground, and an... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Shirley Jeffrey standing and watching an automatic projector which accompanied an exhibit. The projector was adapted by Harry Lichter of the museum staff. ... |
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| Description: | Portrait of Charles Brown. He is sitting outdoors on the grass leaning against a tree trunk and holding a plant in his left hand. |
| Date: | 06 30 1939 |
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| Description: | A drawing of a lizard-shaped Indian mound at Hudson Park. |
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| Description: | A diorama in the museum galleries of the excavation of an Indian rockshelter, an archaeological site in Sauk County. This was part of an exhibit at the Wis... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | A view of the exhibit "Arts of the American Indian" at the Wisconsin Historical Society. |
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