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| Date: | 1896 |
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| Description: | A gathering of iceboats and their captains on Lake Mendota. |
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| Description: | University of Wisconsin-Madison Memorial Union Terrace, with tables and chairs, looking out over Lake Mendota. There is a pier and a sailboat on the water. |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | Men and women sitting in two hammocks. The people pictured are Julia Murray Ormsby, Fred Werner, and R. Effie (Ettie) Meinhold. |
| Date: | 05 05 1963 |
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| Description: | View across water towards two fishing boats moored at a dock. |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | Intersection of King and East Main streets photographed by John S. Fuller from the Wisconsin State Capitol roof, about 1860-1863. In the foreground two st... |
| Date: | 1888 |
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| Description: | View of shoreline along Picnic Point on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus showing the home of Professor William Daniels, head of the Chemistry Dep... |
| Date: | 1875 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of people, elegantly dressed, posing on a pier, with a steamboat and rowboats docked on it on Devil's Lake. An American flag is on the steamb... |
| Date: | 1877 |
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| Description: | Women in hats in foreground, with railroad tracks below and sign that says, "Look out for the cars," and "While the bell rings the whistle blows." Very lik... |
| Date: | 1879 |
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| Description: | Talus Slope at Devil's Lake. Rocky shoreline with slope, pine trees, rock pile and formation. |
| Date: | 1878 |
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| Description: | Courtyard at Cliff House, a resort hotel built shortly after 1872 when Devil's Lake was reached by rail. The house has a stone first floor, a balcony on ea... |
| Date: | 1878 |
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| Description: | Swimming in the lake with the Cliff House in background. Cliff House was a resort hotel built shortly after 1872, when Devil's Lake was reached by rail. Bo... |
| Date: | 1874 |
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| Description: | View west from the Cliff House at Devil's Lake. |
| Date: | 1873 |
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| Description: | A group of campers at McBride's Point at Maple Bluff on Lake Mendota. They are equipped with German exercise equipment (exercise pins, "kegels"), a horn (l... |
| Date: | 1877 |
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| Description: | "The Grand Regatta, at Devil's Lake, June 21st & 22nd, 1877." Spectators sit on the railroad bed at Devil's Lake. |
| Date: | 1877 |
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| Description: | "The Grand Regatta, at Devil's Lake, June 21st & 22nd, 1877." A stereograph showing spectators gathered behind the starter's cannon on Devil's Lake. |
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| Description: | Woman standing in a rowboat near shore, testing the water with an oar. |
| Date: | 01 29 1954 |
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| 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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| Description: | Group of people with an iceboat on a frozen lake (possibly Lake Michigan). |
| Date: | 03 15 1896 |
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| Description: | Winter view down Capitol Avenue, possibly in Maple Bluff. |
| Date: | 07 12 1955 |
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| Description: | A man and woman sitting on a pier on a lake putting on water skis. A boat is next to the pier. |
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