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Maple Bluff

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Description: Several men and boys sail in a canoe near a foliage covered rock outcropping. The boat is decorated with two flags, an American flag and one reading "JULIA...
Photograph

Scenic View

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Description: View from a bridge looking down a river.
Photograph

Mendota Shoreline with University of Wisconsin-Madison Boathouse

Date: 1896
Description: View from sloped lawn of the Lake Mendota shoreline, with the Olin boathouse in the foreground, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison boathouse on the ri...
Photograph

View Along Shoreline Towards University of Wisconsin

Date: 1900
Description: View along shoreline towards the University of Wisconsin from the foot of North Carroll Street.
Painting

Yahara River

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Description: Watercolor painting of the Yahara River, somewhere between Lake Monona and Lake Mendota.
Painting

Yahara River

Date: 1906
Description: Watercolor painting of the Yahara River at Lake Monona.
Painting

University Bay Drive

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Description: Oil painting of a double row of willow trees on University Bay Drive. A trail winds between them. Boulders line the shore of Lake Mendota on the left. A tu...
Painting

Yahara River and Wetlands

Date: 1906
Description: Watercolor painting of the Yahara River at Lake Monona, with trees in the background and wetlands in the foreground.
Painting

Yahara River

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Description: Watercolor painting of the Yahara River in winter near Lake Monona. The trees are reflected in the ice.
Painting

Yahara River

Date: 1906
Description: Watercolor painting of the Yahara River, with large trees on the shoreline.

Note: '05 & '06 were the years when Tenney Park and the Yahara River Parkway ...

Painting

Yahara River and Meadow

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Description: Watercolor painting of the Yahara River north of Lake Mendota. Trees are on the banks to the left with foliage throughout. A meadow is on the right.
Painting

Yahara River

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Description: Watercolor painting of the Yahara River with trees and foliage on the banks. In the background trees line the far shore.
Painting

Yahara River

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Description: Watercolor painting of the Yahara River. Trees and foliage line the banks.
Painting

Yahara River

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Description: Watercolor painting of the Yahara River at Lake Monona with some added elements. Trees are along the banks, and a fence is on the right.
Photograph

Willow on Monona Bay

Date: 11 20 2014
Description: The trunk of a willow is arching over the ice ccovering Monona Bay. Rocks partially covered with snow are along the shoreline. The Wisconsin State Capitol ...
Book or Pamphlet

Brittingham Bay Panorama

Date: 1914
Description: Panoramic view of Brittingham Bay taken from the north west shore of Brittingham Park. The boathouse is on the left. On the right the railroad tracks cross...
Photograph

Tonyawatha Spring Hotel

Date: 08 30 1884
Description: View along the Lake Monona shoreline towards the Tonyawatha Spring Hotel. A crowd of people are standing on the pier with several sailboats. On the shore i...
Photograph

Lake Mendota from Tenney Park

Date: 1902
Description: A view across Lake Mendota from Tenney Park. A group of four children are on the near shoreline. A group of adults are standing and sitting in the midgroun...
Photograph

Squaw Bay

Date: 10 1962
Description: View from shoreline towards a rowboat is pulled up onto the shore of Squaw Bay on Lake Monona. Trees are in the foreground. The sky is overcast and the wat...
Postcard

River Scene

Date: 08 25 1911
Description: Text on front reads: "River Scene, Stoughton, Wis." Two women in a canoe on the Yahara River near wetlands foliage, with two people on the pedestrian bridg...

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