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Aerial View of Arboretum and Isthmus

Date: 1961
Description: View over beltline of University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum along Lake Wingra. Lake Mendota is on upper left, and Lake Monona is on the right, with the...
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Pumping Station for Lake Forest at Arboretum

Date: 1950
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison. The Arboretum station was built when the site was a proposed site for a model city called Lake Forest, a scheme which fail...
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Arboretum Entrance

Date: 1945
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison entrance to Arboretum. Two stone walls flank the road. Two informational signs, including the speed limit, are past the e...
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University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum Fire Lane

Date: 1960
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison fire lane surrounded by trees and brush.
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Jackson Oak

Date: 1982
Description: A large, spreading white oak standing in front of a fence in a snow covered open area at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum. It is named for Col...
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Mess Hall, Camp Madison

Date: 1935
Description: View between rows of tables inside the mess hall of Camp Madison. This was the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp created at the Arboretum of the Unive...
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Civilian Conservation Corps 2670th Company Trucks

Date: 1935
Description: A row of trucks are parked in a lot with trees in the background. The caption identifies the trucks as belonging to CCC 2670, the Madison-based 2670th Comp...
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Camp Madison, 2670th Company

Date: 1935
Description: View of several cabins in winter. A path has been cut through snow to the camp. This is Camp Madison, the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp located at...
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First Hint

Date: 1957
Description: Blood Root flowers blossoming alongside a rotting log in the University of Wisconsin Arboretum.

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