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| 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: | 1947 |
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| Description: | A view of the exhibit "Arts of the American Indian" at the Wisconsin Historical Society. |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | A broken piece of ceramic. Caption reads: "Potsherd from Two Rivers village site. H. P. Hamilton Collection. State Hist. Museum Object." |
| Date: | 11 1947 |
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| 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, ... |
| Date: | 11 01 1947 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 11 01 1947 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | Close-up view of patterns in a broken piece of pottery. Caption reads: "Interior of potsherd from Point Sable, Town of Scott, Brown Co., Wis. State Hist. M... |
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