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| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Back of painting reads: "Madison in June 1837 after photo taken by E.E. Bailey" and "Peck's cabin by Dengel." The Eben Peck cabin was the first house built... |
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| Description: | The Eben Peck cabin was the first house built in Madison. |
| Date: | 06 1837 |
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| Description: | Lithograph based on a painting by Mrs. E.E. Bailey showing the Peck cabin, the first house in Madison. In addition to the cabin, the lithograph includes a ... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a four-footed American Indian effigy mound on the grounds of the Mendota State Hospital (Mendota Mental Health Institute). |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Monument on University Hills in honor of Sauk Chief Black Hawk. |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Ceremony for erecting tablets on the Observatory Hill Mounds performed by University of Wisconsin summer session students. |
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| Description: | Two men enjoy the shade among Native American burial mounds on the Dividing Ridge, a recessional moraine, between Lakes Monona and Wingra in Madison, Wisco... |
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| Description: | Charles E. Brown (left), directs excavation of a goose effigy mound at the Willow Drive mound group on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. |
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| Description: | An unusual burial mound in the Willow Drive mound group on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, prior to its excavation by Charles E. Brown. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | A linear burial mound and historic marker at the University Ridge mound group on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The mound group was eventually... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | A goose effigy mound outlined with lime, on the grounds of the Black Hawk Country Club. The folded wings are characteristic of goose effigies in the area o... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Deer or rabbit effigy mound outlined with lime (ca. 800-1100 A.D.), at the McConnell mound group. |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | A horse grazes near Native American burial mounds on the Dividing Ridge, a recessional moraine, between Lakes Monona and Wingra in Madison, Wisconsin. The ... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | A row of conical burial mounds adjoins the Park and Pleasure Drive on the north shore of Lake Wingra (now Edgewood Drive, at the south edge of Edgewood Col... |
| Date: | 05 05 1939 |
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| Description: | Charles E. Brown poses near a historic tablet marking one of a row of conical burial mounds on the Park and Pleasure drive on the north shore of Lake Wingr... |
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| Description: | A row of conical mounds at Morris Park on the west side of Lake Mendota, in or near Governor Nelson State Park. |
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| Description: | A large burial mound near the south side of Governor Nelson State Park. |
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| Description: | A group of men pose atop a conical burial mound on the south shore of Lake Mendota in Madison, Wisconsin. (Also known as Merrill's Spring). |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | A sightseeing party wanders among cows and Native American burial mounds near the popular picnic area at Merrill Springs, on the south shore of Lake Mendot... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Children posing on a conical burial mound at Merrill Springs, on the south shore of Lake Mendota. (Also known as Merrill's Spring.) |
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