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Eben and Roseline Peck Cabin

Date: 06 1837
Description: Lithograph based on a painting by Mrs. E.E. Bailey showing the Peck cabin, the first house in Madison. In addition to the cabin, the lithograph includes a ...
Photograph

Playing in Canoes on a Lake

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Description: Two women try to knock each other off of their canoes while standing and swinging brooms at each other.
Photograph

Splitting Bark Off a Tree Trunk

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Description: Ojibwa Indians splitting bark off a birch tree. The bark will be used to make a canoe.
Photograph

Canoe Outdoors near House

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Description: A canoe rests on sawhorses in front of a stack of firewood and frame house.
Photograph

Canoe on Sawhorses

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Description: A canoe rests on sawhorses in front of a stack of firewood and frame house.
Photograph

088 - Campers Eating Camp Meal Near Campfire

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Description: Group of campers under trees near a lake eating from metal dishes next to a campfire. A few of the campers are relaxing, and some appear to be washing the ...
Photograph

089 - Campers Posed with Canoes on Shoreline

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Description: View from shoreline looking down at six campers on the shoreline of the lake. Four of the girls are standing on the shoreline, and two more girls are sitti...
Historical Object

Joy Camps Beaver Point Trip

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Description: Page from Sue Ann Hackett Blue Album displaying several photographs of a trip to Beaver Point. Includes campers packing a canoe alongside a dock, campers s...
Painting

Forming the Bow or Stem

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Description: An Indian man sits in front of a dwelling forming a bow or stem for a canoe that he's making. In the background is a wigwam (or wetu).
Painting

Whittling Strips for Sides

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Description: An Ojibwa Indian whittles strips of wood for the sides of a canoe under construction. In the background is a wigwam (or wetu).
Painting

Felling the Tree

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Description: An Ojibwa man prepares to fell a tree to use in the construction of a canoe.
Photograph

Splitting Wood

Date: 08 1911
Description: The Gang split wood for the cooking fire at their camp by Sturgeon Lake.
Photograph

Making a Birch Bark Canoe

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Description: Three women are kneeling and binding birch bark to a canoe frame. A girl is standing behind the canoe in the center. Buildings are in the background.

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