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Barn Raising

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Description: Barn raising. The foundation is constructed from local fieldstone or "pudding stone," found in the nearby fields. A large group of men are is posing holdin...
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Spinning Wool

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Description: View of woman sitting with spinning wheel, bulk wool and a yarn winder by a stone wall with a cooking fireplace in it. Plants grow on the ground nearby, th...
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Street Corner in Bermuda

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Description: The apex of two streets in a densely built town in Bermuda. Five boys relax by a stone wall and small tree, and rooftops stretch into the distance down the...
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Moravian Mill

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Description: View across road toward a Moravian Mill, a large stone building. Two men are posed in the open door of an elevated landing of what may be a small loading d...
Postcard

Wisconsin State Historical Society Building

Date: 1967
Description: Color postcard of an exterior view of the Wisconsin State Historical Society Building, now the headquarters of the Wisconsin Historical Society. Students a...
Postcard

State Historical Society of Wisconsin and University of Wisconsin Lower Campus

Date: 1963
Description: Color postcard of the exterior of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin from across the Library Mall. The University of Wisconsin Memorial Library is o...
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Construction Crew and Observers

Date: 1911
Description: Construction crew and observers standing on a scaffold. Trees, a wooden tripod with a block and tackle and the roof of a house are visible in the backgroun...
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Waupun State Prison

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Description: A couple walks outside the gates of the Waupun State Prison, built in 1854. The tower of the central building can be seen beyond the gates.
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Waupun State Prison

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Description: Exterior view of Waupun State Prison, built in 1854. A woman and child are standing near the arched stone wall. Beyond the prison gates is the tower of the...
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Waupun State Prison

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Description: Exterior view of Waupun State Prison, built in 1854. Two men are standing at the main entrance gate. Beyond the prison gates is the tower of the main build...
Print

Pendarvis House Menu

Date: 1935
Description: Menu of Cornish pasties and desserts offered by Pendarvis House, a group of restored stone houses built by Cornish settlers in Mineral Point. The cover of ...
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 85-90

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Description: 200 years this tree grew here and so did I
We were raised here and brought up young ones
Photograph

Couple Standing on a Porch

Date: 1935
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Stewart standing on the porch of their home. The dwelling and porch railing are built of stone and mortar.
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The Old Mill

Date: 1956
Description: View across water of the Old Mill surrounded by trees and water. Water is coming out of an opening in an archway of the mill. On the left automobiles are p...
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Camp at El Kantara

Date: 1930
Description: The camp at El Kantara, Algeria. In the foreground, members of the expedition are sleeping on pallets, under blankets. Just beyond the sleepers are two tru...
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Oxen at the Well

Date: 1929
Description: Three men working with an oxen to draw water from a well with a skin bucket. The well has a stone structure holding the pulley.
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Christ Episcopal Church

Date: 2013
Description: View across street of the Christ Episcopal Church main tower at the corner of 9th & Main Streets. A man is walking along the sidewalk and automobiles are p...
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Castle of Good Hope

Date: 1910
Description: Entrance to the Castle of Good Hope, which Carrie visited while in Cape Town, South Africa. A man in uniform stands near the entrance.
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Petersen Brothers

Date: 1932
Description: Conrad Petersen, far left, tugs on his younger brother William's ear, while posing with a more serious Edward against a stone wall in Eisenach, Germany. Wi...
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U.S. Military Academy Sole Survivors

Date: 1916
Description: Handwritten caption reads: "Sole Survivors, Class of 1866. U.S. Military Academy. Fiftieth Anniversary of Graduation." Twelve men are lined up in two rows ...

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