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The Casino

Date: 1880
Description: Monona Lake Assembly, The Casino. This structure, including the ice house and provision space, designed by Conover and Porter and built for $1700.00 in Jun...
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Woman's Club Building

Date: 1910
Description: Exterior of the Woman's Club Building, 240 West Gilman Street. Built from 1904 to 1908, the building was designed by J.K. Cady, architect. Caption reads: ...
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Tenney Park

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Description: A scenic view down sidewalk towards Lake Mendota. People are standing and looking out towards Maple Bluff in the distance. Caption reads: "Scene from Tenne...
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Jenk and Mother

Date: 1912
Description: Georgia Lloyd Jones holds her son Jenkin Lloyd Jones, born Nov. 1911, on a hobby horse.
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Camp Randall Memorial Arch Dedication

Date: 06 19 1912
Description: Day of the dedication of the Memorial Arch for Camp Randall on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. University Heights, with the Buell and Gilmore h...
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Maypole Dancers

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Description: A group of women in white skirts and wearing caps are dancing around a tall maypole. A crowd is watching in the background, and a dog is running in front o...
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Scene at Vilas Park

Date: 1915
Description: Early souvenir postcard showing people strolling around the grounds of the recently-opened Vilas Park Zoo (Henry Vilas Zoo). Caption reads: "A Visit to the...
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Camel Rides at Vilas Park Zoo

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Description: Watercolor painting by Jens von Sivers presented to the zoo by the Provident Savings and Loan Association. The painting shows children riding camels led by...
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Forest Middleton and Leonore Judkins

Date: 1915
Description: Forest Middleton and his future wife, Leonore Judkins, sit on the ground against a tree alongside a country road. Grapevines grow on a fence on the right.
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Wisconsin State Historical Society Building

Date: 1967
Description: Color postcard of an exterior view of the Wisconsin State Historical Society Building, now the headquarters of the Wisconsin Historical Society. Students a...
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State Historical Society of Wisconsin and University of Wisconsin Lower Campus

Date: 1963
Description: Color postcard of the exterior of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin from across the Library Mall. The University of Wisconsin Memorial Library is o...
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Immanuel Church

Date: 1908
Description: A view of the Evangelical Society's Immanuel Church on Hamilton Street, as seen from North Pinckney Street. Snow covers the ground and a horse-drawn sleigh...
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Captain William Hogbin

Date: 1915
Description: Captain William Hogbin sits on a chair next to the headstone of his late wife, Mary Catherine (Tiffany Knott) Hogbin, in Forest Hill Cemetery. A woman, lik...
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Group of People in "Leona" Motorboat

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Description: View across water towards a group of people, two men and five women, in a motor boat.
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View in Tenney Park

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Description: View along shoreline towards three people relaxing on the bank of the Tenney Park lagoon. A man is standing near two women who are wearing long dresses and...
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Yahara River

Date: 03 27 1937
Description: View across water towards a well-dressed man and woman posing in front of a car while another man takes their photograph. A woman and young girl are lookin...
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View in Tenney Park

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Description: View along shoreline towards a man sitting in the grass near the Yahara River at Tenney Park. In the distance, people are on a footbridge crossing the rive...
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The Locks, Tenney Park and Lake Mendota

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Description: View of the locks at Tenney Park where Lake Mendota meets the Yahara River. A boat with five people is passing through the canal. Caption reads: "The Locks...
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Lotus Bed in Lake Mendota

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Description: Colorized postcard view of a couple in a canoe floating through a lotus bed. Caption reads: :Lotus Bed in Lake Mendota, Madison, Wis."
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Pier at Esther Beach, Lake Monona

Date: 1906
Description: View from shoreline towards five women sitting together on the pier at Esther Beach. Boats are moored along the pier. People are in a boat near the end of ...

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