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Tonyawatha Spring Hotel

Date: 1883
Description: Tonyawatha Spring Hotel from a descriptive brochure. The hotel opened in 1879 and was destroyed by fire on July 31, 1895.
Photograph

Spring Basin

Date: 11 26 1972
Description: Dry spring basin (Merrill Springs) at the end of Spring Court off Lake Mendota Drive.
Photograph

Merrill Springs

Date: 1910
Description: University of Wisconsin summer session students gather at Merrill Springs on Lake Mendota.
Postcard

Merrill Springs

Date: 
Description: Merrill Springs on Lake Mendota. Caption reads: "Madison Wis. The Old Merrill Spring."
Photograph

Silver Spring

Date: 1896
Description: View of Silver Spring and the surrounding countryside. In the background, there is a man on a bicycle, two individuals in a horse-drawn vehicle and a small...
Photograph

Spring on Lake Mendota

Date: 
Description: View of a large spring on Lake Mendota, to the west of the University of Wisconsin. A man crouches at the stone wall surrounding the spring, and a small bu...
Photograph

Roscoe Malone in the Old Spring House

Date: 02 25 1954
Description: Roscoe Malone kneels at the spring in the basement at his house, The Old Spring House at 5042 Lake Mendota Drive. In the middle of the basement floor is a ...
Map or Atlas

Indian Legend Map of Lake Mendota

Date: 1941
Description: Hand-drawn, watercolor and ink, map of Lake Mendota. Locations and many small figures appear around the shore with explanations referring to Indian legends...

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