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Monster Knife

Date: 1990
Description: A woman holds the monster knife and its sheath. Giant knife presented to John Fox Potter by Missouri Republicans after Potter's threatened duel with a Virg...
Photograph

The Triangle Diner

Date: 1990
Description: Exterior view of the The Triangle Diner. A large Coca-Cola sign is on top of the diner.
Photograph

J.A. 'Doc' Hines Checking Cow for Pregnancy

Date: 1990
Description: Veterinarian J.A. 'Doc" Hines checking a cow for pregnancy.
Photograph

Great Northern Grain Elevator

Date: 1997
Description: The steel and reinforced concrete grain elevator built by the Great Northern Railroad at Superior about 1900. This contemporary photograph was taken to acc...
Painting

Four Arrowheads

Date: 1997
Description: A watercolor of four arrowheads used by PaleoIndians from Wisconsin. The types from left to right are: clovis, folsum, lanceolate and scottsbluff.
Painting

Pottery and Pan Pipe

Date: 1997
Description: A watercolor of a piece of pottery and a pan pipe created by late woodland mound builders of Wisconsin.
Painting

Oneota Farmer

Date: 1997
Description: A painting of an Oneota farmer with village in the background.
Painting

Bark Shelter

Date: 1997
Description: A watercolor of a shelter made of bark with child inside of it.
Painting

Flintknapper

Date: 1997
Description: A watercolor of a person flintknapping, a process used to make prehistoric stone tools.
Painting

Oneota Pottery

Date: 1997
Description: Oneota pottery and shell spoon with assorted vegetables, including corn, beans, and a gourd.
Painting

Mastodon

Date: 1997
Description: A watercolor of a Mastodon.
Painting

Archaic Copper Miner

Date: 1997
Description: A painting of an archaic Indian mining for copper.
Painting

Indians around a Fire

Date: 1997
Description: A watercolor of a group of Indians sitting around a fire under a cliff.
Painting

Archaic Deer Hunters

Date: 1997
Description: A watercolor of a set of archaic Indian deer hunters with their kill.
Painting

Effigy Mound Builders

Date: 1997
Description: A watercolor of prehistoric Indians building an effigy mound.
Painting

Indian Dancer

Date: 1997
Description: A watercolor of a costumed indian dancer.
Photograph

Keanu Reeves at the Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 1996
Description: Actor Keanu Reeves during a pause in the filming of the motion picture "Chain Reaction" on the capitol grounds. In the film, the Wisconsin State Capitol wa...
Photograph

Dillinger Actors in Milwaukee

Date: 1990
Description: Costumed actors on location in Milwaukee during the filming of the made-for-TV movie, Dillinger. Here, Milwaukee's historic Third Ward was being used to r...
Photograph

Dillinger on the Line

Date: 1990
Description: A scene during the filming of "Dillinger," a biographical made-for-TV movie, many portions of which were shot in Wisconsin. Here actor Mark Harmon makes a...
Photograph

John Deere Parade

Date: 1992
Description: A John Deere company commercial being shot on the streets of Horicon, Wisconsin. The parade celebrated the 2,000,000 lawn and grounds care products to com...

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