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Spirit Stones

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Description: Two Native American men, one of whom is holding his hand palm up, pose with two piles of spirit stones.
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Ceremony

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Description: A view of a group of men wearing long overcoats and hats, standing on rough ground. Two men in the center are shaking hands, and a few others are holding s...
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Muir Knoll Dedication Ceremony

Date: 06 18 1918
Description: Dedication ceremony for Muir Knoll on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Judge Milton S. Griswold is speaking at flag-draped podium, and a ...
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Scene from the Apostle Island Indian Pageant

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Description: Photographic postcard of a scene from the Apostle Island Indian Pageant. Two children are sitting aboard a covered wagon pulled by a pair of steers while t...
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Cornerstone Celebration in Hurley

Date: 07 15 1906
Description: Elevated view from the south of a crowd gathered to witness and celebrate the laying of the cornerstone of the new St. Mary of the Seven Dolors Catholic Ch...
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Procession to St. Anne's Hill

Date: 1928
Description: View down valley of a procession of hundreds of pilgrims walking up the hill to St. Anne's Chapel which is lined with Stations of the Cross. The crowd is w...
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Group of Pilgrims at St. Anne's Shrine

Date: 1928
Description: Pilgrims gathered outside the shrine. Many of the people are sitting on the ground among the tree. There are banners hanging in front of the stone chapel.
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Watertown Plank Road Historic Marker

Date: 11 01 1955
Description: Raymond Sivesind, director of the sites and markers program of the State Historical Society, as a speaker in the dedication and unveiling ceremony, stands ...
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Paulsons and Audience

Date: 05 08 1927
Description: A crowd of people attending a reenactment of a ceremony in which Nicolas Perrot claimed the territory of the upper Mississippi River for France at Fort St....

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