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Iceboats on Lake Mendota

Date: 1896
Description: A gathering of iceboats and their captains on Lake Mendota.
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Madison Shoreline from Lake Monona

Date: 12 18 1955
Description: Downtown Madison lakeshore taken from Lake Monona in line with South Pinckney Street. Includes St. Raphael's steeple, 1 West Wilson Street state office bui...
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Iceboating at Madison, Wisconsin

Date: 03 09 1878
Description: Illustration by N.A. Greenback of ice-skaters and iceboats featuring the new Poughkeepsie design of pivoting runners. A key at the bottom of the image iden...
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Conklin Ice House

Date: 1912
Description: Men harvesting ice at the Conklin Ice House on Lake Mendota. The men are using pike poles to slide the blocks to the conveyor and U-shaped tools to split p...
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Lake Monona

Date: 03 01 1937
Description: View of frozen Lake Monona from the fifth floor window of the Cardinal Hotel. Shows the "Monona Community Assn. Inc./Lake Sports Promotion!" building, incl...
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Clouds over Lake Monona

Date: 06 04 1931
Description: Clouds over Lake Monona. Railroad tracks are in the foreground on the left. The far shoreline is in the distance.
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University Heights

Date: 1906
Description: View of University Heights, showing a number of university buildings on the agricultural campus, including a windmill. Lake Mendota is in the far backgroun...
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View of the College of Agriculture

Date: 1929
Description: View of the College of Agriculture on the University of Wisconsin Madison campus as seen from the tower of the First Congressional Church.
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Madison Lakeshore from Lake Monona

Date: 12 18 1955
Description: Downtown Madison lakeshore taken from Lake Monona in a line with South Carroll Street. Includes State Office Building (2 wings only), 1 West Wilson Street,...
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Madison Shoreline from Lake Monona

Date: 12 18 1955
Description: Downtown Madison shoreline taken from Lake Monona in line with Monona Avenue (Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard as of January 19, 1987). Includes Wisconsi...
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Iceboats on Lake Monona

Date: 01 29 1954
Description: Iceboats prepare to race in the Hearst Cup Challenge on Lake Monona. From left are the iceboats "Fritz," "Mary B." and "Dutchman."
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Madison Shoreline from Lake Monona

Date: 12 18 1955
Description: Downtown Madison lakeshore taken from Lake Monona in line with South Pinckney Street. Includes 1 West Wilson Street state office building, the Wisconsin St...
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Winter on Picnic Point

Date: 1915
Description: Picnic Point from Observatory Hill in winter.
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Capitol Avenue

Date: 03 15 1896
Description: Winter view down Capitol Avenue, possibly in Maple Bluff.
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Ice Fishing

Date: 01 03 1948
Description: Ice fishing on Lake Mendota. A traffic problem was created in the village of Maple Bluff during the weekend when hundreds of persons from all parts of sout...
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Ice Fishing

Date: 01 03 1948
Description: Hundreds of persons from all parts of southern Wisconsin descend on Lake Mendota to fish through the ice for perch and other pan fish. The picture was take...
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Picnic Point North Shore

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Description: Picnic Point's northern shore in mid-winter.
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Picnic Point North Shore

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Description: The northern shore of Picnic Point in the middle of winter.
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Picnic Point

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Description: Picnic Point in mid-winter.
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Holy Name Society Procession

Date: 01 11 1953
Description: An honor guard of Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus leading a procession of 300 members of the Catholic Holy Name Society from the Catholic Center on East ...

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