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Poster

McCormick "Back from the War" Advertising Poster

Date: 1899
Description: Chromolithograph advertising poster for the McCormick grain binder showing a father, young girl, and a dog welcoming a returning Spanish-American War soldi...
Photograph

Visiting the Glacier at Grindewald, Switzerland

Date: 1906
Description: Dr. Joseph Smith and family view the glacier at Grindewald during their European tour.
Photograph

Lange Family Reunion

Date: 08 03 1941
Description: Group portrait of Lange family at a reunion in Olin Park, with the Madison skyline in the background.
Photograph

Sweeney Brothers

Date: 10 04 1933
Description: Brothers William Sweeney (right) and Homer Sweeney (left), standing on Coon Rock Bluff.
Photograph

Amund Rustebakke Farm

Date: 1873
Description: View across field towards the Amund Rustebakke farm. Twelve haystacks dominate the left and center of the image, and two people are standing on top of the ...
Photograph

Man in Field

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Description: A man with a beard and wearing a hat is standing in the foreground in a clover field. A cornfield is just beyond the clover field, and beyond is a barn on ...
Photograph

G. Gullockson Farmstead

Date: 1876
Description: View, from above, of what may be the G. Gullockson farmstead. A frame house is in the left foreground, with a large group of men, women and children standi...
Photograph

Coolidge Family

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Description: View down a poplar-lined lane with fields and fences on the right. A man and child are sitting in the lane in a horse-drawn wagon with a team of two horses...
Photograph

Carriage and Buggy on Rural Road

Date: 1875
Description: Elevated view of a man driving a horse-drawn wagon along a rural lane with a man walking in front on the left. In the background is a field, fences, farmho...
Print

Landscape View with River and Riverboat

Date: 1858
Description: Lithograph view of river with a riverboat on the river, and a family on a hill above the river. There is a wagon or cart on the road below the hill.
Photograph

The Sauk Prairie

Date: 1892
Description: A view of the Sauk Prairie looking south. From the left are the photographer's brother, Frank Bass; Mrs. Edward (Ada Burlingame) Bass and her daughter, Eve...
Photograph

South Shore Beach

Date: 07 31 1921
Description: Crowds of individuals along South Shore Beach in the Bay View neighborhood. Some individuals are swimming while others are sitting on the grass and sand. ...
Photograph

Farming Family in Yard

Date: 
Description: Portrait of an unidentified farm family in a fenced yard.
Photograph

"Mountaineers"

Date: 1911
Description: A group of men, women, and children pose on a bluff above Lake Flora Dell. In the background are several cottages surrounded by trees near the shoreline of...
Photograph

Group on Bluff

Date: 1911
Description: A group of individuals are gathered on a bluff. One man is pointing off to the left, and the rest of the group gazes in that direction. Features a hand-dra...
Photograph

Bennett Family at the Narrows #55

Date: 
Description: Sitting on large log (left to right): Ruth Bennett, Evelina Bennett, and Miriam Bennett. The Larks Hotel is in the background.
Photograph

Chimney Rock #12

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Description: Ruth Bennett and Miriam Bennett holding hands while facing Chimney Rock. High Rock is in the distance. Text at right: "Wanderings Among the Wonders and Bea...
Photograph

Jaws and Stone Pile; Looking Downstream

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Description: Evaline Bennett, Ruth Bennett, and Miriam Bennett at the shore. The mother and one daughter are sitting in a rowboat, while the other daughter is standing ...
Photograph

International Scout Hauling Camper

Date: 1973
Description: View towards lake and mountain with an International Scout hauling a camper parked next to the shoreline. A man, woman, and three children are gathered beh...
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 562-573

Date: 
Description: A fire is not a place, but a containment
to keep burning.

A reassembly of inner flames around the patriarch,
A school and script for golden we...

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