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Pioneer Christmas Scene

Date: 12 01 1944
Description: Reenacting a pioneer Christmas custom of many foreign settlers in the early days of Wisconsin of singing carols around the family organ, are left to right:...
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Mrs. Jane Duff

Date: 08 19 1946
Description: Portrait of Mrs. Jane Duff, a Dane County pioneer resident, on her 90th birthday.
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T.B. Walker Portrait Collection

Date: 01 10 1948
Description: Portrait painting of Kit Carson, a famous trapper and guide of the west. The painting is leaning on a wall, with part of another painting on the right. Par...
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Wisconsin Centennial Parade

Date: 05 29 1948
Description: Wisconsin Centennial Parade near the Wisconsin State Capitol. The Blue Mounds float depicting Dane County's first settler, Ebenezer Brigham, is coming down...
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Frank Blied Receiving Award from Bishop O'Connor

Date: 03 04 1949
Description: Bishop William P. O'Connor presents the medal of Benemerenti to Frank Blied, a member of a pioneer Madison family. The medal, awarded by Pope Pius XII, is ...

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