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Tollef Gjermundsen Farmstead

Date: 1874
Description: View down hill towards two men in the foreground standing on top of a stone fence looking out onto fields where two or three men are working with two wagon...
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Family by Stone Gate

Date: 1879
Description: A well-dressed family of four is posed in front of a stone fence with a picket gate. Behind them is a Greek Revival frame house with shuttered windows.
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Mapleside Home

Date: 1878
Description: Mapleside, the home built by Able Dunning in 1853 on what is now University Avenue. It was razed in 1970 to make way for a Burger King restaurant.
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Mapleside Home

Date: 1876
Description: Mapleside, the home built by Able Dunning in 1853 on what is now University Avenue. It was razed in 1970 to make way for a Burger King restaurant.
Print

International 8-16 Nostalgia Print

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Description: Color illustration of an International 8-16 tractor pulling a wagon full of stones for men building a stone fence. The print was part of a series of nostal...
Photograph

Portrait of Seated Ho-Chunk Woman

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk woman. She is sitting on a prop stone wall and is wearing a dress with earrings and long strands of beads. She is...
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Portrait of Blackhawk and Louisa Mike

Date: 1925
Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Ho-Chunk couple, Blackhawk (KaRaChooSepMeKah), and his wife Louisa Mike (HumpACooWinKah). B...
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Studio Portrait of a Ho-Chunk Woman

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Description: Studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk woman posed sitting on a prop stone wall in front of a painted backdrop. She is wearing a white bead necklace, bracelets, rin...
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Two Young Ho-Chunk Men

Date: 1905
Description: Full-length studio portrait of two young Ho-Chunk men standing in front of a prop stone wall and a painted backdrop. On the right is Tom Thunderchief, (son...
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Studio Portrait of Mary Thunderchief Snowball

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Description: Studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk woman, Mary Thunderchief Snowball, posing standing in front of a painted backdrop near a prop stone wall. She is holding a w...
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Studio Portrait of Two Young Ho-Chunk Women

Date: 1892
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two young Ho-Chunk women posing sitting on either side of a prop stone wall and prop wood fence. They are...
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Ho-Chunk Man Standing in Front of a Stone Wall

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk man (Ae'n tto Ao K ni K K [old Ho-Chunk writing]) standing in front of a prop stone wall with his left hand on th...
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Man Wearing Wild West Outfit

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of a man with a large moustache and trimmed beard wearing a Wild West outfit, including a wide-brimmed hat, fringed shirt, and ...
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Trying to Ride a Bucking Bronco

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Description: Slightly elevated view of a ranch hand riding a bucking horse. To the left is a man or boy standing near the stone wall enclosure. In the background are hi...
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Grove-Putnam Park

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Description: Elevated view across road towards Grove-Putnam Park. A short, stone wall separates automobiles parked on the road near the park. People are sitting at picn...
Photograph

Portrait of a Ho-Chunk Winnesheik Chief

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk man posing sitting on a prop stone wall in front of a painted backdrop. He is a Winneshiek chief and is wearing H...
Print

Valentine Greetings

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Description: Valentine's Day card featuring a girl wearing a red uniform and a sword, standing on the roof of a fort. A boy in a tan uniform with a sword, is looking at...
Postcard

Man on a Stone Wall Enjoying a Country Scene

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Description: Color postcard of a man sitting on a stone wall along a road while enjoying a country scene. The road curves through the hills and the trees are starting t...
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Sarajevo Street Scene

Date: 1940
Description: A wide load on a Sarajevo street, about a year before the Kingdom of Yugoslavia fell to the Germans.
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

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