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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... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | A man kneels next to a monument dedicated to the pioneers. |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Souvenir postcard showing a view of the Cutler house and Morris D. Cutler. Caption reads: "Souvenir postcard of centennial celebration of the founding of W... |
| Date: | 1877 |
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| Description: | Photograph of a painting of the exterior of the Eben Peck cabin by Mrs. E.E. Bailey. The location of this original painting is unknown. |
| Date: | 1855 |
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| Description: | Map reads "Our Country" which is accompanied by a sailor with a flag to the left and workers rejoicing under the Constitution and Laws to the right. Across... |
| Date: | 05 29 1948 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Centennial Parade near the Wisconsin State Capitol. The Blue Mounds float depicting Dane County's first settler, Ebenezer Brigham, is coming down... |
| Date: | 02 11 1928 |
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| Description: | A man uses an McCormick-Deering 10-20(?) tractor to pull a large trailer with a large tank down a street in a commercial area. The text on the sign above a... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Painting of an elevated view of Pilgrims and Native Americans meeting in a town. |
| Date: | 1896 |
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| Description: | The house built by Charles A. Grignon between 1837 and 1839 for Mary Meade, his Pennsylvania bride. Mrs. Grignon and her family are standing in front of th... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Outside the Swingli House, near a memorial for the first New Glarus settlers. |
| Date: | 12 25 1942 |
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| Description: | This hand-drawn map shows the highways and features in the Rock Lake-Lake Mills area in the towns of Aztalan and Lake Mills, Jefferson County, Wisconsin. T... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | This map of Aztalan is pencil and ink on paper. The map shows streets, local businesses, churches, houses, and the Crawfish River. The map reads: "Informat... |
| Date: | 1998 |
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| Description: | This map shows the number of Welsh-born heads of households around 1870. A small inset map in the lower left corner shows Welsh land ownership in the heart... |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | This map with north oriented to the upper left shows military forts, Indian villages, settler's houses with surnames, trading houses, lodges and encampment... |
| Date: | 1877 |
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| Description: | Engraving of the Peck Cabin, after the painting by Mrs. E.E. Bailey. Caption at bottom reads: "First House in Madison. 1837." |
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| Description: | Painting of the Eben Peck cabin, the first house in Madison, was built in June, 1837. Text on back of art board: "Madison in June 1837." Painting likely ba... |
| Date: | 08 10 1954 |
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| Description: | At the Sun Prairie Early Settlers' picnic at Angell Park, the oldest settler present was Julia McElroy, 89, pictured with her son, George McElroy. |
| Date: | 06 1935 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of. Original caption on AP print reads: "Matanuska Valley, Alaska, Sept. 15--Twentieth Century Pioneers--Breaking a wilderness to the purposes ... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | People are gathered at the entrance to the Post Office and General Store. There is a horse tethered to a wooden fence post, and an automobile is parked nea... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | One of a group of images under the headline: "Matanuska Valley Colonists Wait for Mail, Carry Water, Haul Logs." Original caption reads: "Colonists lounge ... |
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