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Group Portrait on Playground Slide

Date: 1920
Description: A group of friends pose on a playground slide. Included in the group are Cresence Esser Bowar, Matt Bowar (husband of Cresence), Herbert Esser (brother of ...
Photograph

Elephant at the Zoo

Date: 1920
Description: The elephant at the Vilas Park Zoo (Henry Vilas Zoo). This photograph appears in an album assembled by an unknown Madison resident, and it is thought to de...
Photograph

Tenney Park: Andrew Webb Jr. and Al. Weaver

Date: 1920
Description: Andrew Webb Jr. and Al. Weaver standing on a bridge over the "Catfish" (Yahara) River in Tenney Park.
Photograph

Yahara River

Date: 1920
Description: View of the Yahara, or "Catfish" River.
Photograph

Three Women Posing in Vilas Park

Date: 1920
Description: Three African American women, Lucille Jones, Charlotte Simms, and Phoebe Hines, posing in Vilas Park.
Map or Atlas

General Development Plan for Nakoma, Madison, Wis.

Date: 1920
Description: This map shows a plat of the area, numbered blocks and lots, local streets, roads, parks, Nakoma Country Club golf course, and landscaping. The map is orie...
Map or Atlas

Nakoma, Madison, Wisconsin

Date: 1920
Description: This map, with north oriented to the right, shows a plat of the area, numbered blocks and lots, local streets, roads, parks, a proposed golf course, and la...
Postcard

Steensland Bridge

Date: 1920
Description: View from shoreline towards the Steensland Bridge crossing the Yahara River at Tenney Park. There are people in a boat just under the bridge. Caption reads...

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