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| Date: | 1855 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye view of Madison. "Taken from the Water Cure, South Side of Lake Monona, 1855." |
| Date: | 09 25 1938 |
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| Description: | Speed boat display at the East Side Business Men's Association fall festival, featuring Harry Vogt's "Miss Madison" and the governor's trophy. |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | Color bird's-eye map of the University of Wisconsin-Madison as it was midcentury, with two co-eds, several photographs of campus landmarks around edges, an... |
| Date: | 06 14 1944 |
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| Description: | Lifeguard Tom Langlois in a rowboat is issuing a warning to James Bergman who is swimming outside the ropes that delineate the safe swimming area. |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | From the cover of a descriptive brochure in the Historical Society's Library pamphlet collection, this drawing depicts the large hotel grounds on Lake Mono... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye view of the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. |
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| Description: | Letterhead of the Wisconsin Rubber Company of Madison, Wisconsin, which operated the Florida plantation in the state of Chiapas, Mexico. Includes an oval i... |
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| Description: | Letterhead of the Stoughton Wagon Company, a manufacturer of wagons, buggies, carriages, and oscillating bob sleighs, from Stoughton, Wisconsin, with an im... |
| Date: | 03 12 1956 |
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| Description: | Anne Ross, instructor of a water safety course for the Red Cross, kneeling at the side of a pool. In the water with a boat are (left) Susan Benn of Ft. Lau... |
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| Description: | Back, front, and inside front cover of the menu from The Restaurant at Baron's department store, with "A Historical Map of Madison" focusing on the isthmus... |
| Date: | 1855 |
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| Description: | This bird's-eye-view map of Madison is looking north across Lake Monona. The map features two women and two men on a lookout on top of a building in the fo... |
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| Description: | Aerial view of Vieth's Park subdivision on the north shore of Lake Mendota. |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the flagstone terrace. People sit at tables in the sunburst chairs. There are shadows of the empty chairs on the terrace as well as the s... |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | This pictorial map focuses on the Madison Isthmus, Lake Mendota, Lake Monona, Lake Wingra, and shows points of historical interest, buildings, parks, and I... |
| Date: | 04 15 1964 |
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| Description: | Spectators viewing different types of boats during the Madison Sports-Boat-Vacation show's opening night at the County Fairground. |
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| Description: | View down slope towards several men posing at the shoreline while taking part in a lakeside gathering. Many of them are sitting on the grass or on boats dr... |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | Aerial view looking southwest, with Lake Mendota at right and East Gorham Street running from the bottom left corner. Lincoln School is in the foreground, ... |
| 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... |
| Date: | 05 18 1959 |
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| Description: | Participating in the "Outdoor Living Day" event, sponsored by the Madison Chamber of Commerce, is Ben Swetmore who is checking out one of the boats parked ... |
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