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View of Cherokee Marsh

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Description: View of Johnson duck shack at old Cherokee Marsh amidst trees and shrubs. The site was where plans for the Ducks Unlimited southern Wisconsin chapter were ...
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Vieau Trading Post

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Description: Vieau trading post.
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Long Tail Lighthouse

Date: 1905
Description: Long Tail Lighthouse and surrounding buildings.
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Painting of a Man Hunting in Cherokee Marsh

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Description: Photograph of a framed watercolor painting of a hunter walking in tall grass among trees by the Johnson duck shack at old Cherokee Marsh.
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Dodge County Farm

Date: 1935
Description: Elevated view from hill of chickens ranging near their coop behind a farmhouse and outbuildings on a tidy farm. There is a large barn on the right with two...
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Shacks along Lake Monona

Date: 1906
Description: Shacks at the foot of North Main Street along Lake Monona near what later became Brittingham Park.
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Foot of West Main Street

Date: 1906
Description: Area at the foot of West Main Street, which is now Brittingham Park. Weatherworn buildings are on the right.
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Ho-Chunk Lodges

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Description: Ho-Chunk lodges among trees. Probably a Ho-Chunk encampment at the cranberry marsh.
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Monona Bay in Madison

Date: 1904
Description: Monona Bay from the railroad trestle looking southwest, close to where the railroad tracks cross North Shore Drive, (now Brittingham Park), with old houses...
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Ho-Chunk Child, Dog, and Winter Lodges

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Description: Ho-Chunk winter lodges among trees, probably a Ho-Chunk encampment at the cranberry marsh. There are large, cut logs in between two lodges. A small Ho-Chun...
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Sandy Beach Resort on Geneva Lake

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Description: View from shoreline of Sandy Beach Resort. The building near the pier on the left has a sign on the roof for the resort. Along the shoreline are buildings,...
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Man Fishing in Chair

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Description: View across a marshy area towards a man, Mike Heberlein (of Cambridge), fishing while sitting in a wooden, ladder-back, dining chair that is submerged in t...
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Sandy Beach Resort

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Description: View across water towards a section of Sandy Beach Resort. There are people on the lawn on the left next to buildings. Two women are talking on a porch in ...
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Hunters on the Pond

Date: 1910
Description: View across water towards a group of seven men posing on a dock in front of a small hunting shack in the middle of a marsh. Ducks hang on stringers attache...
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Archibald Lake and Ark Cottage on a Misty Day

Date: 1906
Description: Looking toward the Island from a marshy shoreline, Archibald Lake is veiled in a fine mist. Two logs are submerged in the lake in the foreground. Beyond th...

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