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Christmas Tree on Bascom Hill

Date: 1960
Description: Elevated view looking east from Lincoln Terrace on Bascom Hill on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The Lincoln Monument is in the foreground and...
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Maypole Dancers on Bascom Hill

Date: 1916
Description: Maypole dancers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on Bascom Hill (Main Hill). In the foreground is the Lincoln Monument. In the distance is the Wiscon...
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N.C. Wyeth Depiction of McCormick Reaper Demonstration

Date: 1931
Description: Painting by N.C. Wyeth depicting the public demonstration of the first reaper by Cyrus Hall McCormick at Steele's Tavern, Virginia in 1831. The painting sh...
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Flute Ceremony

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Description: Ho-Chunk flute ceremony or prayer for rain. Four Ho-Chunk kneel in a square. A flute player and a man with a rattle stand behind on a low, round stone wall...
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State Office Building Construction

Date: 11 02 1930
Description: View of the State Office Building, 1 W. Wilson Street, under construction, from Lake Monona. The photographer's shadow and railroad tracks are in the foreg...
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Bascom Hall

Date: 03 04 1930
Description: Exterior view of main entrance of Bascom Hall (formerly Main Hall) on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The Lincoln Monument is on the left.
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Bascom Hall

Date: 10 09 1928
Description: Bascom Hall (formerly Main Hall) from Bascom Hill on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The Lincoln Monument is in front of the entrance.
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Bascom Hall

Date: 10 09 1928
Description: Exterior of Bascom Hall (formerly Main Hall) on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The Lincoln Monument is in front of the entrance.
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Bascom Hall

Date: 06 03 1928
Description: View across lawn towards the front of Bascom Hall (formerly Main Hall) on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The statue of Abraham Lincoln is in f...
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University of Wisconsin Open Air Theater

Date: 10 16 1927
Description: University of Wisconsin open air theater, located on Observatory Hill.
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Varsity Welcome

Date: 09 23 1927
Description: Elevated view of University of Wisconsin students on Bascom Hill, with the Wisconsin State Capitol in the distance.
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Actors on McCormick-Deering Tractor

Date: 08 16 1929
Description: Man and a young girl plowing a field with a McCormick-Deering 15-30 tractor in the Fox Film production "Our Daily Bread".
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Lars Davidson Reque's Farm with Men and Boys

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Description: In this tableau, men and boys stand at the edge of the field in elaborate and fanciful poses. The man on the left holds a hoe and cake while the one on the...
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Family around Table in front of House

Date: 1874
Description: A family is gathered around a table with dishes on top. To the right is a man sitting and holding a violin, and to his right a boy is holding a gun. The ho...
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People in front of House with Statue

Date: 1876
Description: Two men, two women are posing in front of a frame house that has a chair, sofa, table and a small white statue on its front porch. There are three doors an...
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Family of Fifteen by House

Date: 1872
Description: An extended family of fifteen stands in front of a wood frame house. On the left a man holds a black horse, and to the right of the doorway a woman sits at...
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Students by Brick High School

Date: 1875
Description: View across wooden platform of a brick high school on a hill surrounded by a fence. The school has a mansard roof and what appears to be a bell tower above...
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Belmont Hotel

Date: 1938
Description: View of the Belmont Hotel from the Capitol Grounds. Hommel Bros., with "Good Things to Eat," is on the corner at 20 West Mifflin Street.
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Wisconsin State Capitol Construction

Date: 1914
Description: The Wisconsin State Capitol under construction during the summer of 1914. One wing is still under construction and the statue "Wisconsin," by Daniel Cheste...
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Swiss Settler Monument

Date: 1915
Description: Monument to the first settlers in this Swiss colony, 1845.

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