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Dr. Amy Louise Hunter Honored

Date: 01 25 1961
Description: Dr. Amy Louise Hunter (Mrs. Fred Wilson), Director of the State Bureau of Child Health, is honored at a retirement dinner at the Simon House Supper Club. S...
Photograph

State Capitol Employees Conduct a Fire Drill on a Hot July Day

Date: 07 21 1960
Description: The state Department of Administration Bureau of General Services and the Madison Fire Department conduct a practice fire drill at the State Capitol during...
Photograph

Sitting Bull Oil Painting

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Description: Photograph of an oil painting of Hunkpapa Lakota leader Sitting Bull, depicted standing and holding a rifle. Caption reads: "Oil painting of Sitting Bull b...
Photograph

Poultry Building at the Fair

Date: 1900
Description: Interior of the Poultry Building at the Wisconsin State Fair, showing some poultry on display.
Drawing

Blueprints for Bath House Devil's Lake

Date: 05 27 1936
Description: Blueprints for the Bath House in Devil's Lake State Park.
Photograph

Man Driving International Truck

Date: 09 03 1927
Description: Driver's side view of truck parked in front of a brick building. The canvas on the sides of the truck bed are rolled up. The sign on the side of the trucks...
Photograph

Dells of the Eau Claire River

Date: 1935
Description: Slightly elevated view of the Eau Claire River flowing between block-like rock formations downstream from a stone bridge in the Dells of the Eau Claire Cou...
Photograph

Mr. and Mrs. Carroll

Date: 1926
Description: Portrait of a man and woman, standing outside the open door to a log cabin. Caption reads: "Mr. and Mrs. Carroll, 1926."
Print

View of the Butte des Morts Treaty Ground, with the arrival of the Commissioners Gov. Lewis Cass and Col. McKenny

Date: 1835
Description: Little Lake Butte Des Morts just north of Lake Winnebago where Governor Lewis Cass of Michigan, and Thomas McKenney, head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (...
Print

U.S.S.G. Banner

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Description: Insignia of the United States School Garden Army (U.S.S.G.), which consists of a hoe and a rake crossed to form an "x" along with the initials of the group...
Map or Atlas

Campaign of the Army of the Potomac

Date: 1862
Description: The third in a series of three maps of the Virginia Peninsula. This map details the area from Harrison's Landing west to Richmond and shows troop positions...
Photograph

Winchester Winter

Date: 
Description: Two families (mothers and their children), stand in the snow in front of two automobiles outside the Winchester Health Center.
Photograph

North Broadway with Dirt Road

Date: 1870
Description: View of dirt road with houses along both sides, and wooden walkways and picket fences along the road.
Photograph

Madison Public School Safety Program

Date: 09 05 1952
Description: Safety was the topic of discussion when Captain Walter Thompson, of the city police traffic bureau (seated at center) met with safety patrol members from f...
Photograph

Manitowoc Summer School Classroom

Date: 1961
Description: Teacher Richard Vaughan answers a question for one of the six resident children who took the opportunity offered by the 1961 Manitowoc Summer School to lea...
Photograph

Danny Kaye

Date: 1960
Description: During a visit to Japan, Danny Kaye, then one of the best known comedians and actors, prompted a typical response from Martha Brown, the wife of Cecil Brow...
Drawing

Blueprints for Stone Shelter in Devil's Lake

Date: 05 1936
Description: Blueprint showing the details for stone shelter in Devil's Lake State Park.
Drawing

Blueprints for Signs and Markers

Date: 02 08 1936
Description: Blueprints for the Signs and Markers for Devil's Lake State Park.
Photograph

Ore Boat

Date: 1935
Description: Aerial view of crew members standing and sitting on the deck of the ore boat Captain Thomas Wilson in Ashland harbor.
Photograph

Limestone Caves Near Maribel

Date: 1929
Description: View of a cave surrounded by trees. Caption reads: "Maribel (vicinity) Manitowoc County Wis 1929 Caves in limestone rock." These caves are possibly part...

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