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The Puritan

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Description: A sculpture entitled, "The Puritan." The man represents Samuel Chapin (1598-1675), one of the founders of Springfield, Massachusetts. Chapin holds a cane...
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Art Studio at Saint Anselm's College

Date: 1915
Description: Interior of the art studio at Saint Anselm's College, founded in 1889 by the Benedictines. The studio contains paintings and sculptures, and a student is s...
Postcard

Reunion of Confederate Veterans: "Human Confederate Flag"

Date: 1907
Description: Colored postcard view of crowd in front of the stand. Caption reads: "Human Confederate Flag." Text at top right reads: "And 'twill live in song and story....
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Monument in Soldiers' National Cemetery at Gettysburg

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Description: Stereograph of a monument in the Soldiers' National Cemetery at Gettysburg. A man is standing at the base of the monument on the left.
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Billie and Pierre Sidell in Europe

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Description: Billie (left) and Pierre Sidell outdoors in Europe (possibly Germany?), in fashionable attire.
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Photographer and Wisconsin State Capitol Building - Anaglyph

Date: 07 04 1876
Description: Two men stand by a wagon on which is written "A.L. Dahl Landscape Photographer." The photographer stands on the left side of the view. The flag on the side...
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Edgewood High School May Crowning

Date: 05 20 1953
Description: Margaret Dunn places a floral crown on the statute of the blessed Virgin Mary at the annual May crowning ceremony at Edgewood high school. Other high schoo...
Print

A Christmas Wish

Date: 1942
Description: Holiday card with the Statue of Liberty in the foreground. Four United States warplanes fly overhead and buildings with an American flag appear in the back...
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Fink Lawn Centerpiece

Date: 2004
Description: Having encountered some huge stones in their fields, Richard and Dorothy decided to make some into a centerpiece on their lawn. Richard estimates the top s...
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Gygax Barn — Alternate View

Date: 2004
Description: Leroy and Mary Gygax have been married for 38 years and moved here in 1968. They produce 6,000 pounds of milk per day.
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University of Wisconsin Homecoming Button Sale

Date: 10 19 1953
Description: Two students perch on the lap of the seated Abraham Lincoln statue as they place a University of Wisconsin Homecoming button-decorated top hat on the figur...
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Columbian Exposition View

Date: 1893
Description: View of the canal area of the Columbian Exposition grounds looking north from near the front of the Machinery building (at left). The South canal is in the...
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Holter Studio

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Description: Wood carver Jerry Holter outside his studio in Clam Lake.
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Portrait in Wood

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Description: Clam Lake artist Jerry Holter carving a wooden portrait of John A. Lavine, a Wisconsin newspaper publisher.
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John H. Wilde with Student

Date: 1956
Description: John Wilde, Associate Professor in the School of Education's Department of Art Education, instructing a student in perspective sketching during a class mee...
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Havana Parade, Cuban Revolution

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Description: Parade celebrating Fidel Casto's arrival in Havana at the end of the Cuban Revolution. 26th of July Movement soldiers are riding on top of a captured Sher...
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Juan Almeida Bosque on a Picnic in Cuba

Date: 1959
Description: Juan Almeida Bosque, operating chief of the Cuban airforce, and a small group having a picnic in the countryside of Cuba. Three soldiers in fatigues are si...
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Decorated Engine No. 294

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Description: Side view of Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway engine no. 294, which is decorated with antlers above the headlight, a miniature cannon mounted above th...
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Crowning the May Queen

Date: 05 04 1954
Description: Jacqueline Porter is wearing a long veil and is standing atop a step stool while placing a flower crown on the head of a St. Mary statue inside an unnamed ...
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Sculpture of "Old Black Joe"

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Description: Sculpture of a man near a wooden deck and barrels. Caption reads: "Old Black Joe."

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