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Linear Mounds

Date: 08 1905
Description: A visitor takes in the sight of three linear burial mounds at the Sure-Johnson mound group south of McFarland, Wisconsin.
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Charles E. Brown

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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...
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Excavation of Outlet Mound 5

Date: 05 30 1931
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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Visitors Watch a Burial Mound Excavation

Date: 1935
Description: Members of the Wisconsin Outing Club watch the excavation of a burial mound at the Outlet group in 1935.
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Excavation of Goose Effigy on University of Wisconsin-Madison Campus

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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.
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Charles E. Brown prepares to Excavate the Heim Effigy Mound

Date: 1938
Description: A field party lead by Charles E. Brown prepare to excavate the Heim effigy mound. The effigy, shaped like a fox or wolf, has been outlined by stakes. The m...
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Dr. Albert Goetze and Cuneiform Tablets

Date: 07 16 1944
Description: Dr. Albert Goetze, professor of Assyriology at Yale University, examining 4000 year old Sumerian cuneiform tablets from the Wisconsin State Historical Soci...
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Prof. H. Scudder McKeel and Petroglyphs

Date: 01 22 1945
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...
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Charles E. Brown

Date: 1910
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.
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Bascom Hill Grave Excavation

Date: 08 1918
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...
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Bascom Hill Grave Excavation

Date: 08 1918
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...
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Effigy Mound Excavation

Date: 05 31 1935
Description: Students digging into a bird effigy mound on the University of Wisconsin campus on May 31 through June 1, 1935.
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TV Museum

Date: 05 25 1955
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...
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Charles E. Brown

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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.
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Excavation in Circular Mound

Date: 11 1947
Description: A person is kneeling next to objects that have been unearthed. Caption reads: "Excavation in circular mound on R. J. Harker property, Frost Woods, Monona, ...
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Excavation in Circular Mound

Date: 11 01 1947
Description: View across an excavation toward men and women standing above and behind it. Men are in another excavated hole behind it. Caption reads: "Excavation in cir...
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Excavation in Circular Mound

Date: 11 01 1947
Description: Men are working in a hole dug in the ground, which is roped off with stakes. Caption reads: "Excavation in circular mound on R. J. Harker property, Frost W...

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