Skip to main content

click zoom to display a high-res image
Photographs

Linear Mound at Picnic Point

Image

Burl Briggs (far left), and unknown companions pose near a linear burial mound on Picnic Point on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.

Date Created:
1939
Creator:
Brown, Charles E. (Charles Edward), 1872-1946

Publication Information

Creator
Brown, Charles E. (Charles Edward), 1872-1946
Date Created
1939

Physical Description

Format
Image
Extent
1 print
Dimensions
19 x 13 cm

Collection Information

Copyright Information

Copyright Status
NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
Rights Holder
Wisconsin Historical Society
Unique ID
W0146J8
Legacy ID
WHi 39023

Image

Digital Collections

Explore more than 100,000 collection items online through the Society’s digital collections. For over two decades, we’ve been scanning, photographing, and digitizing materials from our collections, creating a rich and growing digital archive that brings history closer to you.
 
The Wisconsin Historical Society offers an ever-growing digital collection. Digitized materials reflect the full range of items in the collections including photographs, letters, newsletters, films, posters, architectural drawings, menus, and ephemera.

View Our Curated Collections

Attribution

For a credit line: Wisconsin Historical Society, Creator, Title, Unique Identifier. 

The Unique Identifier can be found at the top or bottom of the page for each item. The name of a downloaded file is NOT the unique identifier.

For bibliographic citations please consult the UW-Madison Libraries Citation Research Guide to ensure compliance with appropriate style guidelines.

 

 

Accessing Collections

The vast majority of the items in our collections are not online. The Society owns thousands of archival collections viewable in our Archives reading room. To view and conduct research in our collections, visit us in person.

Plan Your Visit

Photographs
Linear Burial Mound at Picnic Point

Linear Burial Mound at Picnic Point

1939

Burl Briggs (right), and an unknown companion pose behind a linear burial mound on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.

View
Photographs
Round Mound near the base of Picnic Point

Round Mound near the base of Picnic Point

1939

A man poses behind a conical Native American burial mound near the west end of Picnic Point on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.

View
Photographs
Round Mound Near the Portage at Picnic Point

Round Mound Near the Portage at Picnic Point

1939

A man poses behind a large conical Native American burial mound near the center of Picnic Point on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.

View
Photographs
Linear Burial Mound near the University of Wisconsin-Madison Dairy Barn

Linear Burial Mound near the University of Wisconsin-Madison Dairy Barn

1930

A linear burial mound and historic marker at the University Ridge mound group on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The mound group was eventually destroyed by plowing, the creation of an ...

View
Photographs
Linear Mound in T. Lewis Mound Group

Linear Mound in T. Lewis Mound Group

circa 1920

A linear burial mound at the T. Lewis Mound group in what is now Indian Mounds Park.

View
Photographs
Linear Mound in T. Lewis Mound Group

Linear Mound in T. Lewis Mound Group

circa 1920

A linear burial mound at the T. Lewis Mound group in what is now Indian Mounds Park.

View
Go to top
Wisconsin Historical Society
Search Dropdown