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Pioneer Village

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Description: Large area of stuffed wild animals indoors at Pioneer Village.
Postcard

Robins

Date: 1905
Description: Two juvenile robins are posed on an egg scale and basket.
Postcard

Bird's-Eye View of Baldwin

Date: 1908
Description: Colorized panoramic elevated view with the main commercial district in the center. The high school is on the far right. Caption reads: "Birds [sic] Eye Vie...
Photograph

Annual Mad Hat Luncheon

Date: 03 22 1961
Description: Mrs. Edwin H. (Vivian) Tallard, 1133 Edgehill Drive, wearing an inverted waste basket decorated with artificial flowers, birds, bees and butterflies at the...
Photograph

Books

Date: 12 2013
Description: View of a bookshelf, with books on various subjects on display, from Beowulf to birds. On the top shelf on the right is a decorative vase or sculpture.
Postcard

Madison, Wis. and the Four Lakes Region

Date: 1928
Description: Birds-eye view showing Lake Mendota, Lake Monona, Lake Wingra, Lake Waubesa and Lake Kegonsa. Shows the growth of Madison from the Isthmus along the southe...
Photograph

Blue Heron Rookery — Long Lake

Date: 
Description: View of several bare trees, some of which have nests in them.
Magazine or Periodical

North Shore of Lake Superior

Date: 04 1892
Description: Drawing of the north shore of Lake Superior with cliffs and seagulls.
Photograph

Seagulls

Date: 1927
Description: A large flock of seagulls flies over a fishing boat.
Photograph

Fortress Pigeons

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Description: Fortress homing pigeons being released.
Map or Atlas

Brodhead, Wis.

Date: 1871
Description: Birds eye map of Brodhead, WI depicts street names and street locations, houses, and trees. A reference key at the bottom of the map shows the locations of...
Book or Pamphlet

William Deering and Company Harvesting Machinery Catalog

Date: 1886
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for William Deering and Company farm machinery. Features an illustration of a young woman in a wheat field surrounded by bi...
Photograph

Janesville Public Library

Date: 1903
Description: Interior view of the Janesville Public Library. The reverse of the cardboard backing reads: "IV Waterbirds, Ducks, Gulls, Pelican." A second note reads: "C...
Manuscript

Committee of a Thousand Letter

Date: 07 1957
Description: Letter from Mrs. F.L. "Dixie" Larkin of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to The Wisconsin Conservation Department regarding the use of DDT to control Dutch Elm Diseas...
Photograph

Bronze Eagle

Date: 
Description: A bronze eagle sculpture perched on a rock at Elm Valley Farm.
Photograph

Bluejay

Date: 1904
Description: A juvenile blue jay perched on a wicker chair.
Photograph

Water Abstraction with Gull

Date: 02 1971
Description: A white seagull flies close to a rippled water surface. The waves are abstract.
Photograph

Birdwatching at Horicon Marsh

Date: 01 17 1980
Description: Vel Phillips standing outdoors wearing a coat holding binoculars.
Book or Pamphlet

Synopsis of Indian Hieroglyphics

Date: 1851
Description: Synopsis of Indian Hieroglyphics. Pictographs 71-140, including birds, human figures, plants, animals and other symbols.
Photograph

Military Homing Pigeons

Date: 02 18 1919
Description: Outdoor photograph of a man's arm and hand holding a military homing pigeon. A sign on the cage in the background reads: "Military Homing Pigeons. These ar...

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