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| Date: | 1980 |
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| Description: | Aerial shot directly over Picnic Point. Boats are in the lake. Text on reverse reads: "Picnic Point — A peninsula of the University of Wisconsin campus jut... |
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| Description: | View of Picnic Point from Observatory Hill on the University of Wisconsin campus. Autumn color is in the trees. |
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| Description: | A sepia-toned photographic postcard of Picnic Point as seen from Observatory Drive. The lake is frozen and snow is on the ground. |
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| Description: | Sepia-toned photographic postcard view looking out towards the Picnic Point Peninsula jutting out into Lake Mendota. A walking path is on the left Caption ... |
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| Description: | Hand-colored view of a small beach surrounded by boulders. Caption reads: "Beach at Picnic Point, Madison, Wis." |
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| Description: | View down Langdon Street towards Science Hall on Park Street at the intersection. The armory (red gym) is on the right. The State Historical Society is beh... |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | Scene of a tree and rock-lined road through Vilas Park. Benches are on the lawn on the right. Caption reads: "Pleasure Drive in Vilas Park, Madison, Wiscon... |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | View of a walking path through Vilas Park along Lake Wingra, with flowering bushes and trees in the lawn. Caption reads: "Scene in Vilas Park, Madison, Wis... |
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| Description: | View across lawn towards the bear enclosures at Vilas Zoo. Caption reads: "Zoo at Vilas Park, Madison, Wisconsin." |
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| Description: | View along shoreline towards a man sitting in the grass near the Yahara River at Tenney Park. In the distance, people are on a footbridge crossing the rive... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Cascades of the Yahara River at Tenney Park. Caption reads: "The Cascades, Tenney Park, Madison, Wis." |
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| Description: | View across water towards the bath house and bathing beach at Brittingham Park on Monona Bay. Caption reads: "Bath House, Brittingham Park, Madison, Wis." |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | View from shoreline towards the Steensland Bridge crossing the Yahara River at Tenney Park. There are people in a boat just under the bridge. Caption reads... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye view showing Lake Mendota, Lake Monona, Lake Waubesa, Lake Wingra and Lake Kegonsa. Madison has only the isthmus developed, and there are settle... |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| 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... |
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| Description: | View of the lagoon at Tenney Park with reflections of fall foliage. Caption reads: "Tenney Park, Madison, Wis." |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | View of the foot bridge crossing the lagoon at Tenney Park. Caption reads: "Lagoon, Tenney Park, Madison, Wisconsin." |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | View of the lagoon at Tenney Park, with three girls standing together near the shoreline. Caption reads: "The Lagoon, Tenney Park, Madison, Wis." |
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| Description: | View of the locks at Tenney Park where Lake Mendota meets the Yahara River. A boat with five people is passing through the canal. Caption reads: "The Locks... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | View from shoreline across river towards an industrial building near the Yahara River. A bridge is behind trees and bushes on the right. Caption reads: "Te... |
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