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New Vilas Park Zoo Llama-Guamaco

Date: 08 18 1960
Description: Eloise, a part llama and part guamaco breed and a new resident at the Vilas Park Zoo. She had been a pet of the Katz family of Racine. A man is standing ne...
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Foot Bridge in Tenney Park

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Description: View from lawn towards the arched foot bridge and drive at Tenney Park. A young man is standing on the bridge. Caption reads: "Foot Bridge in Tenney Park, ...
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Construction of New Bridge

Date: 07 20 1931
Description: Construction of new overhead bridge — viaduct on US Highway 12 and 18 (West Broadway) across the North Western Railroad tracks near the Royal Airport.
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Trees Cut Down Along US Hwy 12

Date: 11 18 1930
Description: Trees cut down along US Hwy 12, South Beltline Highway, between John Nolen Drive & South Towne Drive. "Between the overhead grade crossing viaduct and the ...
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Trees Cut Down Along US Hwy 12

Date: 11 18 1930
Description: Trees cut down along US Hwy 12, South Beltline Highway, between John Nolen Drive & South Towne Drive. "Between the overhead grade crossing viaduct and the ...
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Winter Scene

Date: 01 20 1954
Description: Winter scene along the Yahara river near the East Johnson Street bridge at Thornton Avenue. Ice is coating the tree limbs, and steam is rising from the wat...
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New Stoplight on East Washington Avenue Bridge

Date: 03 05 1931
Description: New stoplight on E. Washington Avenue bridge over the Yahara river, facing West. A truck is going over the bridge. On the other side of the bridge are indu...
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New Stoplight on East Washington Avenue Bridge

Date: 03 05 1931
Description: New stoplight on E. Washington Avenue bridge over the Yahara river, facing West. A truck is going over the bridge. On the other side of the bridge are indu...
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Ice Skater Trying Out New Skates

Date: 12 30 1953
Description: Dave Halls is trying out new ice skates he received for Christmas at Tenney Park pond, which is used as a Madison outdoor rink in winter. With ankles wobbl...
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Cave Chandelier

Date: 1941
Description: The typed caption on the reverse of this photograph explains: "On the bridge above the underground lake in Cave of the Mounds at Blue Mounds, Wis., Arthur ...
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Bridge Over Creek

Date: 1940
Description: View from snowy shoreline towards a bridge over Wingra Creek, between Lake Wingra and Lake Monona, in Vilas Park. The road over the bridge leads into the U...
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Hall of Travertine, Cave of the Mounds

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Description: View of a large interior cave room. There is a wooden bridge and a lighting fixture. Caption reads: "Hall of Travertine, a single room 350 feet long with t...
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Smog

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Description: Elevated view of smog obscuring the skyline of the city. Snow is on the ground.
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Stone Bridge on Edgewood Drive

Date: 01 19 1945
Description: Looking towards the stone bridge on Edgewood Drive.
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Shadow in the Sugar River

Date: 09 18 2014
Description: View from a bridge looking down at the shadow of the photographer on the surface of the Sugar River.
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Bridge at Vilas Park

Date: 09 18 2014
Description: View along shoreline towards a stone, arched bridge over the lagoon at Vilas Park. Lily pads are on the surface of the lagoon, and trees, tall grasses and ...
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The Tunnel

Date: 05 2014
Description: Silhouette of a person riding a bicycle through a pedestrian tunnel under East Johnson Street near the Yahara River and Tenney Park. Above the entrance to ...
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A Bridge in May

Date: 05 2014
Description: View across water towards the weathered footbridge spanning the Tenney Park lagoon near Marston Avenue. The word "Marston" is carved into the side of the b...
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Ice Skating at Tenney Park

Date: 02 2014
Description: Two young men are playing hockey on the lagoon at Tenney Park. Snow is on the ground and the small foot bridge is in the background.
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Sunday at the Chazen Museum

Date: 02 2014
Description: Indoor view through the lobby of the Chazen Museum towards glass walls which look out on East Campus Mall. Snow is on the ground, and two people are walkin...

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