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Mr. and Mrs. Charles Van Schaick with Son Shirley

Date: 1898
Description: Studio portrait of a man, woman, and child sitting in a rowboat in front of a painted backdrop. Probably Mr. and Mrs. Charles Van Schaick and their son, Sh...
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Two Men in Boat

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Description: Tintype (ferrotype), studio portrait of two men in a boat in front of a painted backdrop.
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Portrait of Couple and Infant in Painted Rowboat

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Description: A studio portrait of a couple and an infant sit behind a board painted with a decorative rowboat in front of a painted backdrop. The man and woman are both...
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Two Women in Painted Rowboat

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Description: Two women in hats sit behind a board painted with a decorative rowboat for a studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop.
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Two Men in Painted Rowboat

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Description: Two men sit behind a board painted with a decorative rowboat and pose for a studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop. Both men are wearing suit jacke...
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Studio Portrait of Two Men in a Painted Rowboat

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Description: Two men sit behind a board painted with a decorative rowboat for a studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop. Both men are wearing suit jackets and ha...
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Studio Portrait of Two Young Boys and Painted Rowboat

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Description: A studio portrait, in front of a painted backdrop, of one boy sitting behind a board painted with a decorative rowboat holding the hand of another boy pret...
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Studio Portrait with Painted River Scene

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Description: A studio portrait of a girl and a boy in a river scene painted on a backdrop. The girl wears a dress and hat and rests a hand on an oar and holds the boy's...
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Wisconsin Idea Theater Group

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Description: Members of the Wisconsin Idea Theater Group in costume, one man posing dressed as a fisherman, a woman as a bathing beauty, and another person as a giant f...
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Ferry at the Battery

Date: 1968
Description: Two passengers stand over a bench and look out of the ferry towards the water. The developed shoreline and a pier with a seagull perched on top can be see...
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Studio Portrait of Two Men in a Prop Rowboat

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Description: A studio portrait of two men posing sitting in a painted rowboat prop in front of a painted backdrop. The man on the right has his hand in the "water" and ...
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Madison Police Boat

Date: 04 02 1954
Description: Two uniformed police officers are inspecting a new 14-foot boat with a 15-horsepower outboard motor resting on a boat trailer inside the police garage. In ...
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 97-102

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Description: The measure of solitude fades in the ripples
and there are more prizes than there are fish
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Wisconsin Thematic Panel 124-131

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Description: Sunday was the day when, to a stranger,
almost nothing happened. But to us
it was the best day of all
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Wisconsin Thematic Panel 325-333

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Description: White horses, white fences that money can't buy
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Wisconsin Thematic Panel 421-427

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Description: A word without momentum that settled on a note of calm

caught wind

and spun its venom into froth, to cool
a Sunday afternoon in June
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Wisconsin Thematic Panel 532-542

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Description: Every macho-mind knows exactly what
and where it is — up front, smoking
hot, born to circumstance, savage
watchman of the several thousand Rights
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Interior of First Annual Conservation Show

Date: 01 1937
Description: Elevated view of the interior of Armory B, showing tables with displays, visitors, and an orchestra in the balcony at the First Annual Conservation Show. A...
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Three Ladies in a Rowboat

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of three European American women in a rowboat. The woman sitting on the left is wearing a dark-colored butto...
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Edward Petersen

Date: 1900
Description: Edward Petersen at home, wearing a smoking jacket with quilted collar and cuffs. He is sitting in a wide doorway, hanging with tasseled draperies, holding ...

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