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| Date: | 1855 |
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| Description: | Map reads "Our Country" which is accompanied by a sailor with a flag to the left and workers rejoicing under the Constitution and Laws to the right. Across... |
| Date: | 01 10 1948 |
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| Description: | Portrait painting of Kit Carson, a famous trapper and guide of the west. The painting is leaning on a wall, with part of another painting on the right. Par... |
| Date: | 05 29 1948 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Centennial Parade near the Wisconsin State Capitol. The Blue Mounds float depicting Dane County's first settler, Ebenezer Brigham, is coming down... |
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| Description: | Studio portrait of Timothy Johnson, first white settler of Waukesha, Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 03 04 1949 |
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| Description: | Bishop William P. O'Connor presents the medal of Benemerenti to Frank Blied, a member of a pioneer Madison family. The medal, awarded by Pope Pius XII, is ... |
| Date: | 02 11 1928 |
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| Description: | A man uses an McCormick-Deering 10-20(?) tractor to pull a large trailer with a large tank down a street in a commercial area. The text on the sign above a... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | An original lithograph promoting Kentucky and the Pennsylvania Railroad through an artist's depiction of two men dressed in buckskin, wearing raccoon hats ... |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | Low view of a bronze statue of Daniel Boone standing atop a pedestal of rough-hewn rocks. Leafy tree limbs form the backdrop. |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney's sculpture entitled "Buffalo Bill - The Scout," which commemorates William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody. The bronze sculptur... |
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| Description: | A painting of Reverend John Alden (1599 – 9/12/1687), the first person from the The Mayflower to set foot on Plymouth Rock in 1620, and the seventh signer ... |
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| Description: | Hand-drawn map of the area at the time of Pilgrim landing, drawn by Charles Blaskowikz. Includes commemorative historical notes. |
| Date: | 1887 |
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| Description: | Historic re-creation painting of two Pilgrims approaching an old fort converted into their first meeting house. Painted by W.L. Williams. |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Painting of an elevated view of Pilgrims and Native Americans meeting in a town. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Thomas (Tom) and Florence Quinney standing in front of their farmhouse which has a climbing vine growing on it. |
| Date: | 1923 |
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| Description: | Katherine (Kate) Quinney and her brothers, Thomas (Tom) and Willam (Bill), standing in a yard. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Posed studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of the Quinney family, including Bridget (O'Keefe) Quinney, her sons Thomas (Tom) and William (Bill), ... |
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| Description: | Seated studio portrait of Walter Bray, Richard Quinney's great great grandfather. |
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| Description: | Seated studio portrait of Rachel Baker Bray, Richard Quinney's great great grandmother. |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | Will and Lorena Holloway seated in a car parked in a farmyard while chickens forage in the foreground. |
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| Description: | Wooden-framed studio portrait of Mary Potter Reynolds, Richard Quinney's great great grandmother. |
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