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Boat Houses on Lake Monona

Date: 1934
Description: View from the lake of a row of boathouses on Lake Monona at East Wilson Street between South Hancock and South Franklin Streets.
Postcard

John Street Bridge

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Description: View of the John Street Bridge on the right crossing over the Fox River.
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Cornell Dam and Powerhouse

Date: 1913
Description: Dam and hydroelectric power house, with a billowing smokestack and a crane in the background.
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Aerial View of Isthmus from the West

Date: 1930
Description: Aerial view of isthmus looking east toward Lake Mendota and the Wisconsin State Capitol, with Lake Monona and the horizon in the background.
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Boathouses on Lake Monona

Date: 1934
Description: Boathouses on the shore of Lake Monona.
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Mendota Yacht Club

Date: 1913
Description: Mendota Yacht Club, later the site of James Madison Park. A mast with flags is standing outside of the club near the water.
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Wooden Stairway

Date: 08 18 1963
Description: View from shore up an outdoor, wooden stairway from the Red Banks Supper Club to the lake shore. The stairs were once used as a means to reach a swimming b...
Photograph

Drinking Fountain at Iowa School

Date: 10 30 1917
Description: View of a drinking fountain inside Orange Township Consolidated School. There is a small plaque on the wall above the fountain.
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Colonial Hotel

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Description: View of the Colonial Hotel as seen from across Lake Jackson. In the foreground, a woman and a boy stand next to a wooden dwelling over the water, bordered ...
Drawing

Vacation Party on Seashore Cliff Stairwalk

Date: 1900
Description: View of a vacation party on a cliff stairway overlooking a seashore. Several men and women in formal dress walk down the stairway. Heavily retouched image.
Photograph

Bernegat Lighthouse

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Description: Barnegat Lighthouse was built in 1854 by the U.S. government. Oil-powered lights were originally installed in 1856 but were replaced by electric lights in ...
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Rock River Valley

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Description: Elevated view of several industrial buildings near water, and in the background are fences on a slope, and at the top of the hill are buildings and what ma...

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