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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: | 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: | 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: | 1906 |
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| Description: | Low view of a bronze statue of Daniel Boone standing atop a pedestal of rough-hewn rocks. Leafy tree limbs form the backdrop. |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney's sculpture entitled "Buffalo Bill - The Scout," which commemorates William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody. The bronze sculptur... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Thomas (Tom) and Florence Quinney standing in front of their farmhouse which has a climbing vine growing on it. |
| Date: | 1923 |
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| Description: | Katherine (Kate) Quinney and her brothers, Thomas (Tom) and Willam (Bill), standing in a yard. |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | Will and Lorena Holloway seated in a car parked in a farmyard while chickens forage in the foreground. |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | Monument dedicated to the first settlers of Coon Valley. The monument is in Norwegian. There is a cemetery in the distance. |
| Date: | 1933 |
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| Description: | Label submitted to the State of Wisconsin for trademark registration. "Pioneer Lager Beer, Bottled by De Pere Brewing Corp." The label is divided into tria... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Outside the Swingli House, near a memorial for the first New Glarus settlers. |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | A promotional card displaying a group of thirteen people outside their new home in Northern Wisconsin. The caption bellow the photograph reads, "These pe... |
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| Description: | Plaque marker identifying the “Pioneer Military Road” route from Fort Howard at Green Bay to Fort Crawford at Prairie du Chien. |
| 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... |
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| Description: | View across a cornfield towards a cabin and farm. A man is standing in the shade of a tree. A cone-shaped hill is in the background. Caption reads: "Pionee... |
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| Description: | An original half timber pioneer dwelling built in 1842. Located on Hwy 167 near Mequon. |
| Date: | 04 10 1938 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the farm. Original caption reads, in part: "A loud wail? is arising from the Matanuska Valley of Alaska colonists because the government i... |
| 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... |
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