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Indian Petroglyphs

Date: 1960
Description: Norb Bybee shoots a self-portrait with his camera of petroglyphs that are carved in the face of a rock shelter near Gullikson's Glen.
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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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Samuel Foster Haven, Anthropologist

Date: 1865
Description: Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of Samuel Foster Haven (1806-1881), Massachusetts anthropologist, librarian, and archaeologist. Haven is best known as t...
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Steger Artifact Collection

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Description: Vernon and Cathrine Steger proudly display a lifetime collection of Native American artifacts found on their farm.
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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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Artifact Collection

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Description: "Ivan Weber shows off his collection of Indian artifacts."
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Publius V. Lawson

Date: 1903
Description: Quarter-length profile portrait of Publius V. Lawson, Vice President of the Wisconsin Archaeological Society.
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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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Zerk Museum Exhibits

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Description: An exhibit of petrified wood sections and other objects on tables and display cases in the Zerk Museum. Paintings, photographs, jewelry and other objects a...
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James G. Albright

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Description: Quarter-length portrait of James G. Albright. Caption reads: "James G. Albright, Milwaukee. Director and one of the organizers of the Wisconsin Archeologic...

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