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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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Effigy Mound at Big Bend

Date: 06 1911
Description: A field party of members of the Wisconsin Archaeological Society visit an effigy mound at Big Bend. The men are dressed in suits and hats.
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Pictograph Rock

Date: 1888
Description: View looking up at three men and a child on top of a cliff on which are petroglyphs. Caption on photograph reads: "Pictograph Rock. Rock bearing aboriginal...
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Pictograph Rock

Date: 1888
Description: View looking up at three men and a child on top of a cliff on which are petroglyphs. Pictograph Rock bearing aboriginal carvings, located on the south side...
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Fireplace Ruins

Date: 04 18 1888
Description: Stereograph of fireplace ruins on the site of an old French fort, possibly built by Nicholas Perrot. There is an electric pole behind the fireplace and a g...
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Tomb of Queen Tin Hinan at Abelessa, Algeria

Date: 11 15 1925
Description: View of the tomb of Queen Tin Hinan from the south. Three people are standing on top of the tomb. Mountains and the city of El Oued can be seen in the back...
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Count de Prorok Receives Venus from Tomb of Tin Hinan

Date: 11 1925
Description: Louis Chapuis handing up a Venus statue to Count Byron de Prorok from the Tomb of Tin Hinan in Abelessa, Algeria.
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Expedition in Full Desert

Date: 1925
Description: Sahara expedition team, including Alonzo Pond and Count Byron de Prorok, riding a caravan of camels through the desert. Caption reads: "293 The Expedition ...
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Vehicle Stuck in Wet Sand

Date: 1925
Description: Hand-colored lantern slide showing a group of men on an archaeological expedition in Algeria pushing one of the expedition vehicles nicknamed "Hot Dog" in ...
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Camp

Date: 1930
Description: Red poppies and other wildflowers are blooming in profusion near a camp of seven tents. Towels or laundry are hanging from clotheslines, and there is an au...
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On the Road to Damascus

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Description: On the road from Damascus to Jerusalem at the site of some ancient ruins.
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City of Glasgow Under Water

Date: 08 03 2013
Description: View from above the surface of the sunken barge City of Glasgow.
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Wisconsin Archeological Society

Date: 05 26 1906
Description: The Wisconsin Archeological Society attending the unveiling of the Cutler Indian mound marker at Cutler Park. Mrs. William H. Anderson, President (?) of th...
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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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Charles Brown and Vivian Morgau

Date: 05 30 1931
Description: Charles Brown and Vivian Morgau are at the excavation site of mound No. 5 at the Reynolds farm.
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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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Fort Crawford Excavations

Date: 1938
Description: Elevated view of excavations of the first Fort Crawford by Leland Cooper. Seven people are working around the trenches. Villa Louis is in the background.
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Discovery of Fort Crawford

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Description: The Fort Crawford site showing the main water trench to the swimming pool. Caption reads: "Discovery of Ft. Crawford — Water Main Trench to swimming pool p...
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Men at Archaeological Dig in Algeria

Date: 11 20 1926
Description: Six people, including Alonzo Pond (standing in the hole on the right side), work at an archaeological dig site in Algeria. The diggings were worked in leve...

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