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| Description: | The Eben Peck cabin was the first house built in Madison. |
| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | Painting depicting Chippewa Falls and the first sawmill on the Chippewa River, built by Jean Brunet. The residence of H.S. Allen, one of the owners of the... |
| Date: | 1973 |
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| Description: | Cover for the Wisconsin Friends of Our Native Landscape program. Depicted is a river cascading over rocks, and some trees in the foreground. The Wisconsin ... |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | Cover for the 1969 Wisconsin Friends of Our Native Landscape program. Depicted is a tree with white blossoms, yellow flowers, and a pathway leading up to a... |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | Cover for the Wisconsin Friends of Our Native Landscape program. Depicted are two geese and a duck on a lake. The Wisconsin Friends chapter was founded in ... |
| Date: | 1960 |
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| Description: | Cover for the 1960 Wisconsin Friends of Our Native Landscape program. Depicted are some vibrant purple flowers, with a lake in the background. The Wisconsi... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Cover for the 1948 Wisconsin Friends of Our Native Landscape program. Depicted is a sketch of a tree, a fence, and a small town by a lake. The Wisconsin Fr... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Cover for the 1956 Wisconsin Friends of Our Native Landscape program. Depicted are some white flowers with green leaves, a lake, and some birds flying in t... |
| Date: | 1875 |
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| Description: | An artist's depiction of an elevated view of the first State Fish Hatchery (aka Nevin Fish Hatchery, 3911 Fish Hatchery Road). |
| Date: | 1841 |
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| Description: | View across the river towards several residences on the opposite shoreline. |
| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | View from Brisbois Point. Prairie du Chien lies below, and beyond the Mississippi River rise Iowa's hills. |
| Date: | 1840 |
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| Description: | Fort Crawford (the second site, with buildings of 1829-?), on the east bank of the Mississippi River, about 2 miles above the mouth of the Wisconsin River. |
| Date: | 1840 |
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| Description: | A view of Fort Crawford (the second site and buildings of 1829-?). |
| Date: | 1842 |
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| Description: | American Fur Company with both Mission churches. Sketch purportedly by a Native American youth. Probably an overpainted photographic copy enlargement. Pape... |
| Date: | 1875 |
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| Description: | A full circle panorama as it would be seen from the top of the Wisconsin State Capitol. This painting was based on photographs perhaps taken by Edward Niel... |
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| Description: | A painting of a harbor view of Fort Sumter. A sailboat sails through the foreground waters, and the fort is in the background, with a United States flag wa... |
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| Description: | A painting of 'The Battle Between the Monitor and the Merrimac.' The work commemorates the Battle of Hampton Roads, fought on March 8–9, 1862, and depicts ... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Hand oil painted holiday card on wood. The scene is a seashore with foliage and rocks, two houses in the distance, and a snow-covered mountain in the backg... |
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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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