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Queen's Bluff below Trempealeau

Date: 1872
Description: The sidewheel packet, Red Wing, in the Mississippi River near Queen's Bluff below Trempealeau, Wisconsin.
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Porcupine Mountains

Date: 1854
Description: Drawing of the Porcupine Mountains on Lake Superior. A deer is standing in the lake drinking water. A man is on the rock ledge above the shoreline and is a...
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The Teenie Weenies: Grandpa Tells a Story

Date: 01 21
Description: "Grandpa Tells a Story." In this drawing, a weasel follows Grandpa home through the snow. Will he make it back home before dark?
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Home of University President and Family

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Description: View of the University President's home at 130 North Prospect Avenue. This illustration was taken from a Christmas card prepared for Conrad A. Constance W....
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The Household

Date: 1890
Description: Original pen and ink drawing of an illustration for a McCormick Company advertising catalog. Features a drawing of a farmhouse, trees and grounds in winter...
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Buellesbach Residence Entrance Drawing

Date: 1953
Description: Colored pencil on brownline drawing of the entrance to the R.J. Buellesbach residence designed and drawn by architect John Randal McDonald.
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Ice Skating at Dunham School

Date: 1945
Description: A group of six children play on a frozen pond on the right. The Dunham School and trees appear inside a fence on the left, and the ground is covered with s...
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Boys Playing Ice Hockey

Date: 1945
Description: Three boys play ice hockey on a frozen pond. One boy has fallen and is sitting on the ice. Snow covers the ground, with some grass peeking through. A fence...
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Dragging In the Field

Date: 1945
Description: An elevated view of a man on a tractor harrowing a field on a hillside. A road and field run along the left side and a small field and trees appear on the ...
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Sledding at the Farm

Date: 1945
Description: Two boys sled down a snow covered hillside at the farm. Two leafless trees are on the right. Along the horizon is a red building on the left with a fence s...
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George P. Merrill Dinner Menu

Date: 12 15 1888
Description: Menu page and back cover for a "Dinner tendered Geo. P. Merrill by Chas. H. Wheeler," with a handwritten menu with wines and spirits in red, and colored pe...
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African Buffalo Wearing Stocking Hat

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Description: Ink drawing of a bearded, African buffalo standing in the snow and wearing a stocking hat. In the background are two evergreen trees that are emblematic of...
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A Summer Memory

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Description: Drawing of a fisherman standing on one leg and holding with an outstretched arm a fish on a string in one hand, and a bottle of alcohol in his left hand. H...
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Owl Sitting on Branch

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Description: Owl with half-closed eyes standing on the branch of a tree, resting at night in a full moon, suggested by the horizontal shade lines and a round white circ...
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Man Fishing Indoors

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Description: A man clad a long coat, boots and a hat is sitting in a rocking chair indoors. While smoking a cigarette, he is holding a small fishing rod over a fish bow...
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Wiard's Ice Locomotive Entering Frozen River

Date: 1859
Description: Engraved drawing of Norman Wiard's ice locomotive, Lady Franklin leaving a snowy riverbank and entering the frozen river. The vessel was built, but ...

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