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Eben and Roseline Peck Cabin

Date: 1877
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.
Photograph

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:...
Photograph

Pilgrims of the Plains

Date: 1871
Description: Wood engraving of pioneer men, one of whom is playing a violin, surrounded by covered wagons.
Photograph

Moses Hardwick

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Description: Studio portrait of Moses Hardwick, a farmer who was one of the first settlers in Wisconsin.
Painting

Roswell Brown

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Description: Portrait of Roswell Brown in an oval frame with a name plaque.
Photograph

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...
Photograph

Portrait of Timothy Johnson

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Description: Studio portrait of Timothy Johnson, first white settler of Waukesha, Wisconsin.
Photograph

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 ...
Photograph

International Tractor with Trailer and Tank

Date: 02 11 1928
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...
Photograph

Reverend John Alden

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Description: A painting of Reverend John Alden (1599 – 9/12/1687), the first person from the The Mayflower to set foot on Plymouth Rock in 1620, and the seventh signer ...
Photograph

Pilgrim Meeting House

Date: 1887
Description: Historic re-creation painting of two Pilgrims approaching an old fort converted into their first meeting house. Painted by W.L. Williams.
Photograph

Thomas and Florence Quinney's Farmhouse

Date: 1920
Description: Thomas (Tom) and Florence Quinney standing in front of their farmhouse which has a climbing vine growing on it.
Photograph

Quinney Family

Date: 1923
Description: Katherine (Kate) Quinney and her brothers, Thomas (Tom) and Willam (Bill), standing in a yard.
Photograph

Quinney Family

Date: 1900
Description: Posed studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of the Quinney family, including Bridget (O'Keefe) Quinney, her sons Thomas (Tom) and William (Bill), ...
Photograph

Walter Bray

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Description: Seated studio portrait of Walter Bray, Richard Quinney's great great grandfather.
Photograph

Car in the Farmyard

Date: 1916
Description: Will and Lorena Holloway seated in a car parked in a farmyard while chickens forage in the foreground.
Photograph

Nathan Church Reynolds

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Description: Wooden-framed studio portrait of Nathan Church Reynolds, Richard Quinney's great grandfather.
Photograph

Grignon House and Family

Date: 1896
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...
Photograph

Nathan Myrick

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Description: Portrait of Nathan Myrick, first white settler of La Crosse.
Poster

Poster for "In Old Kentucky"

Date: 1893
Description: Color lithograph poster. The image depicts two men fighting near a bridge and raging river. One man has driven the other to the precipice. A caption below ...

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