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Wisconsin Commission to Locate Monuments on the Gettysburg's Battlefield Site

Date: 05 1887
Description: Members of the Wisconsin commission to locate monuments gather on the battlefield at Little Round Top.
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Maypole Dancers on Bascom Hill

Date: 1916
Description: Maypole dancers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on Bascom Hill (Main Hill). In the foreground is the Lincoln Monument. In the distance is the Wiscon...
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Cemetery View

Date: 1890
Description: People in a cemetery. Includes a view of the Scofield family monument.
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Charles Scofield Monument

Date: 
Description: Cemetery monument of Charles Scofield. A woman dressed in black stands next to the monument.
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Fischelis at War Memorial

Date: 1948
Description: Robert Fischelis and H.A.B. Dunning examine the War Memorial at the American Pharmaceutical Association Headquarters building.
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Wisconsin State Capitol (Third) Demolition

Date: 1906
Description: Only the salvaged planking behind the "Forward" statue created by Jean Pond Miner indicates that anything more is going on in this picture than a peaceful ...
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Monument to the Pioneers

Date: 1925
Description: A man kneels next to a monument dedicated to the pioneers.
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Unveiling of Eleazer Williams Tablet by the D.A.R.

Date: 10 26 1927
Description: View of a crowd of formally dressed men and women standing around a stone monument with a plaque on it. The edge of what may be a large American flag is vi...
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Unveiling of the Eleazer Williams Tablet by the D.A.R.

Date: 10 26 1927
Description: View of a crowd of formally-dressed men and women standing around the plaque mounted on a a large rock.
Postcard

Kinnickinnic Monument

Date: 1905
Description: View of the Kinnickinnic monument with two people posing on top. Caption reads: "The Wonderful Kinnickinnic Monument, Hudson, Wis."
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Maypole Dance on Bascom Hill

Date: 1916
Description: Maypole Dance at the May Fete on Bascom Hill. Just visible at the top of the photograph is the new Wisconsin State Capitol, completed except for the north ...
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Dedication of Historical Marker

Date: 1923
Description: This historical marker was erected in commemoration of the French explorers Father Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet in Wyalusing State Park. The two men ...
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Site of First Log Cabin

Date: 1935
Description: A marker for the first log cabin built in the Janesville area, surrounded by several women. The cabin was built in 1835 by William Holmes, Joshua Holmes, J...
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Grant County Soldier's Monument

Date: 1868
Description: Elevated view of the Grant County Soldier's Monument. A group of people are standing around the monument. A large building is in the background. Caption at...
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(First) Wisconsin Territorial Capitol

Date: 1931
Description: View of men standing on the lawn in front of the Wisconsin Territorial Capitol. They are standing near the monument of a shell of the Civil War period, rec...
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Harrington and Others at Memorial Pole

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Description: Eight men, including C.L. (Neal) Harrington, posing at a memorial pole together.
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Charles E. Brown Among Burial Mounds on the Edgewood Campus

Date: 05 05 1939
Description: Charles E. Brown poses near a historic tablet marking one of a row of conical burial mounds on the Park and Pleasure drive on the north shore of Lake Wingr...
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John Muir Marker

Date: 1958
Description: Historical marker at the site of John Muir's boyhood home, located in the John Muir Memorial Park near Montello. A woman stands next to the marker, and the...
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Civil War Shell

Date: 1931
Description: A shell of the Civil War period, recovered from the Mississippi River near Vicksburg, Mississippi, and presented to the First Capitol State Park by the GAR...
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Allouez Monument

Date: 1921
Description: The Allouez Monument, located in Menominee Park. A large group of people are gathered around the monument. The monument marks the place where Father Claude...

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