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| Description: | A Menominee Indian Village on Wolf River. There are dwellings on the shore and many people in canoes are on the river. |
| Date: | 1858 |
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| Description: | This house, built on a hill close to the Milwaukee River, was the only one in the city as late as 1840. The owner of the house, Martin [Matthias] Stein, a ... |
| Date: | 1858 |
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| Description: | On a very hot day in August 1858 Hölzlhuber visited the farm of Jack Smith, an Irishman who had immigrated to Canada eleven years previously with his wife ... |
| Date: | 1840 |
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| Description: | Photograph of a drawing of an Indian aiming his bow and arrow, with one foot standing on an earlier kill. |
| Date: | 1820 |
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| Description: | Engraving of Fort Dearborn (center) and Kinzie Mansion (right) after Seth Eastman's original drawing in 1820 for the U. S. Army. Several people are visible... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Indian village, along a river, (in a painted reconstruction) during an Indian ceremony. |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Artist's conception of ancient village of Aztalan, fortified with high walls surrounding it. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | View of pasture land, with a bit of the Lake Koshkonong in the foreground, a wooden dock that is little more than planks, and several kayaks docked. |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Exterior front view from Lake Mendota of the Delta Upsilon Fraternity House, located at 640 North Francis Street, erected in 1906. A group of people are o... |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | Chippewa (Ojibwa) men with canoes at the Trans-Mississippi Exposition and Indian Congress. |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | Chippewa (Ojibwa) men with canoes at the Trans-Mississippi Exposition and Indian Congress. |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of men unloading trucks and equipment from a ship shortly after arrival in the African Congo. The equipment was used by Commander Atillio Gat... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a canoe on the St. Croix River with wooded areas on both sides within the Interstate State Park. Established in 1900, Interstate Park was... |
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| Description: | Artists depiction of a natural rock formation called "The Urn," which is 17 feet tall with another 10 feet of trees growing on top of the formation. |
| Date: | 1901 |
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| Description: | The USS Illinois in the largest floating dry dock in the world at the time, surrounded by rowboats in the foreground. The battleship was built at Ne... |
| Date: | 1877 |
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| Description: | Photograph of a painting of the exterior of the Eben Peck cabin by Mrs. E.E. Bailey. The location of this original painting is unknown. |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Two preliminary watercolors of the right panel of the Centennial Mural in the Wisconsin Historical Society. The panel displays the history of Wisconsin ex... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | A watercolor of the right panel of the Centennial Mural in the Wisconsin Historical Society. This panel displays the history of Wisconsin exploration, mos... |
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| Description: | Two Indians are launching a new canoe, possibly on Flambeau Lake. |
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| Description: | Ojibwa Indians splitting bark off a birch tree. The bark will be used to make a canoe. |
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