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Barn Raising

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Description: Barn raising. The foundation is constructed from local fieldstone or "pudding stone," found in the nearby fields. A large group of men are is posing holdin...
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Young Girls Playing with Dolls

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Description: Six young girls playing with dolls on a porch.
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Bennett Family Picnic

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Description: Bennett family picnic at Dell House ruins.
Postcard

Vilas Park Carousel

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Description: Children riding the carousel (merry-go-round) at Henry Vilas Zoo (Vilas Park Zoo), donated by the citizens of the Madison area. A stone bridge is in the ba...
Postcard

Vilas Park Carousel

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Description: View from a stone bridge towards Vilas Park, with children riding the carousel (merry-go-round) and a kiddie train adjacent to the lagoon.
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V.F.W. Baseball Team at Breese Stevens Field

Date: 06 29 1935
Description: Group portrait of twelve boys on the V.F.W. baseball team in uniform, with the male coach standing on the right.
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Girls on a Stone Wall

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Description: Two bonnetted farm girls sit on a stone wall, apparently cracking nuts.
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Family by Stone Gate

Date: 1879
Description: A well-dressed family of four is posed in front of a stone fence with a picket gate. Behind them is a Greek Revival frame house with shuttered windows.
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Prentice Park, Mammoth Spring

Date: 1930
Description: Six girls sit on a stone wall beside Mammoth Spring in Prentice Park.
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Charles and Harrie Atwood

Date: 1864
Description: Carte-de-visite full-length studio portrait of Charles David and Harrie Farwell Atwood, the sons of David Atwood of Madison, Wisconsin. They are posed on a...
Print

Salisbury House

Date: 1905
Description: Exterior view of the Salisbury house, with a horse-drawn wagon located to the left side of the home and William Salisbury, John Salisbury, Mrs. William Sal...
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Carnegie Library

Date: 1937
Description: View of Carnegie Library on the corner of South Main Street and West Messenger, Rice Lake. Pedestrians are crossing the street, automobiles are parked alon...
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East Side Business Men Junior Baseball Team

Date: 10 1946
Description: Group portrait of the East Side Business Men junior baseball team. A young boy is sitting in front holding a trophy.
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Children on Snow Sled with Mother

Date: 12 06 1947
Description: Winter scene with Betty Ann and Arthur G. Field on a sled in the snow with their mother Elizabeth Field kneeling next to them near a stone wall. The family...
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Boys and Toy Airplane

Date: 1920
Description: Reginald Jackson, Jr., of Madison, holding the toy airplane, and a group of friends, all of whom are wearing short pants, sitting on the windowsill in fron...
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International Model G Truck Carrying Tractor

Date: 1919
Description: A man sits in an International model "G" truck carrying an International 8-16 tractor and other farm equipment, which is parked on a grassy hill next to a ...
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Studio Portrait of Ho-Chunk Women and Boy

Date: 1900
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop and prop stone wall of a Ho-Chunk boy and two young Ho-Chunk women. The boy is standing and wearing a hat an...
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Studio Portrait of Lucy Decorah, Belle Hall and a Young Boy

Date: 1900
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two Ho-Chunk women and a boy. Lucy Decorah (AhHoRaPaNeeWinKah) is sitting on a prop stone wall on the lef...
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Studio Portrait of a Ho-Chunk Man and Children

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Ho-Chunk man posing sitting wearing a vest, bandana, and hat, and holding an infant. He is surrounded b...
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Studio Portrait of Two Small Ho-Chunk Boys

Date: 1910
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Ho-Chunk boy posing standing on the left with his left arm on a prop stone wall. He is wearing a winter...

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