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Sunday School Picnic at Mendota Steamboat Landing

Date: 1879
Description: Norwegian Sunday School Picnic at Mendota steamboat landing. Small lake steamer "Mendota" could reach speeds of up to 18 mph. The barge "Uncle Sam" was 75f...
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Angle Worm Station

Date: 1873
Description: View from the foot of Carroll Street with the Angle Worm Station at Barnes boat landing on Lake Monona. Shows the Scutt II taken from the first succ...
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Railroad Tracks by Lake Monona

Date: 1873
Description: View down railroad tracks at Angle Worm Station alongside Lake Monona. The station's unusual name originated from a speech given by Captain Frank Barnes ev...
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Class Reunion Group on Lake Shore

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Description: Outdoor seated group near lake shore playing cards at Walter Dahl's class reunion.
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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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Muir's Fountain Lake Home

Date: 1923
Description: View of Fountain Lake (officially known as Ennis Lake), John Muir's boyhood home near Montello. The area is now a 125-acre State Natural Area. Fountain Lak...
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Muir's Fountain Lake Home

Date: 1923
Description: View of Fountain Lake (officially known as Ennis Lake), John Muir's boyhood home near Montello. The area is now a 125-acre State Natural Area. Fountain Lak...
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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 ...
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Lake View Through Trees

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Description: View through a wooded area toward the lake in Itasca State Park. A cabin stands near the shoreline.
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151 - Young Swimmer Sitting on Dock

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Description: Close-up of a young camper sitting on a dock wearing a swimming suit, and holding a floating device shaped like a fish or seahorse. She has her hair in two...
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Unknown Woman in Bathing Cloak

Date: 07 01 1900
Description: Rear view of an unknown women standing barefoot in the grass near a tree on the shore of a lake. She is wearing a bathing cloak and a straw hat. There is a...
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Unknown Woman Standing in a Lake

Date: 07 01 1900
Description: Rear view of an unknown woman standing in a lake wearing a bath dress and a straw hat. Trees are along the shoreline on the right.
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Mirror Lake

Date: 1930
Description: Elevated view of wooded bluffs lining the shoreline of a narrow part of Mirror Lake in this view taken from Ferndale Cliff.
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Summer Time on Miles Lake

Date: 1950
Description: Elevated view of a man fishing in a rowboat seen through a stand of Birch trees on Miles Lake.

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