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A Path in the Woods

Date: 08 2013
Description: View across rocks in a stream towards a board pathway that vanishes into the distance. Oak savanna in late summer.
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Hauge Church

Date: 08 2013
Description: Interior view of a window sitting high up in a white lime-plastered wall, letting light into Hauge Church, a small Lutheran church built in 1852 by Norwegi...
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The Green Man

Date: 08 2013
Description: Sculpture carved on bark of an oak tree of a bearded man by local artist Peter Dove, who titled it "Hombre Verde." The tree and carving sit in the Natural ...
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Skyline Across Monona Bay

Date: 08 2013
Description: View from shoreline of natural plants and trees towards the Madison skyline from across Monona Bay. A line of high-rise buildings frame the Wisconsin State...
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Black Locust Trees

Date: 08 2013
Description: View near Mineral Point Road across grass and Queen Anne's lace and a cornfield towards a line of black locust trees.
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Morning at the Zoo

Date: 09 2013
Description: View across fence towards two giraffes standing in an enclosure. The giraffe in the foreground is leaning its head over the fence. Trees and a tall, umbrel...
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Hollyhocks

Date: 09 2013
Description: Close-up view of Hollyhocks with last flowers and seeds making shadows on the side of a building.
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Cappuccino

Date: 09 2013
Description: Exterior view of a neon sign hanging in the window of a coffee shop on Lakeside Street. It reads: "Cappuccino" and has a simplistic image of a coffee cup w...
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Robert La Follette

Date: 09 2013
Description: A head and shoulders portrait of a life-size figure of Robert La Follette mounted on a board, also known as "Fighting Bob." The figure is standing in the c...
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American Elm

Date: 09 2013
Description: View looking up into the canopy of an elm tree.
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Camp Randall

Date: 09 2013
Description: The preserved guardhouse on the site of Camp Randall under a protective awning. The guardhouse is made of wood and has metal screening in the small window ...
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Jackson Oak

Date: 09 2013
Description: The huge white oak that the Arboretum once named the Jackson Oak after a founder and benefactor of the nature preserve. The tree is dead but the trunk and ...
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Milkweed

Date: 09 2013
Description: Milkweed pods are in the foreground and beyond is an open field. A small grove of trees is on a small hill on the horizon.
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Bridge

Date: 09 2013
Description: Elevated view of University Avenue from a footbridge. The University of Wisconsin Foundation and a parking lot are on the opposite side of the avenue. A Ba...
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Another Look

Date: 09 2013
Description: View looking down through the branches of locust trees at railroad tracks that run along University Avenue.
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Museum of Contemporary Art

Date: 09 2013
Description: View looking down at a staircase in the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. On the ground floor is a wire sculpture that rises above the first landing of t...
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A Place for All People

Date: 09 2013
Description: A mural of a hummingbird, a robin, a fox, a cat, a frog, a mouse, and a turtle together in a lush grove. The mural is on the wall at the neighborhood cente...
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Sunflowers

Date: 09 2013
Description: Sunflower plant with giant weeping seed heads standing near a wire fence in a community garden in the autumn.
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Street Fair

Date: 09 2013
Description: People walking on the street, some wearing costumes, at the Willy Street Fair. Behind them are booths along the curb.
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Gates of Heaven

Date: 09 2013
Description: View looking up at the facade of the synagogue known as Gates of Heaven. This synagogue has been converted over last century from a synagogue, to the Unita...

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