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Wisconsin State Fish Hatchery

Date: 1928
Description: Administrative building of the State Fish Hatchery.
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Aerial View of Isthmus towards Lake Monona

Date: 1928
Description: Aerial view of Madison looking southeast over the isthmus, showing the Four Lakes Country. Visible at the bottom is the Lake Mendota shoreline. At center, ...
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Aerial View of Capitol Square

Date: 1928
Description: Aerial view of Capitol Square and vicinity, looking east-northeast. State Street is visible at the bottom center.
Print

Wisconsin Memorial Hospital Grounds

Date: 1928
Description: An aerial view of the buildings and grounds of the Wisconsin Memorial Hospital, located at Farwell's Point.
Photograph

Aerial View of University of Wisconsin-Madison

Date: 1928
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison, looking west. Lake Mendota and Picnic Point are in the upper right of the image. Bascom Hall, the Red Gym, the Wisconsin H...
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Lake Playland

Date: 1928
Description: View from shoreline toward a woman in a canoe holding a parasol as an accompanying man paddles through the water near a wooded shore at Playland. Other row...
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Fishing's Good at The Old Mill

Date: 1928
Description: A young man fishes on the rocky shore by the Old Mill. The Mill is three-stories high and features a cupola with a wind vane on top.
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Young Loon

Date: 1928
Description: A juvenile loon stands in the snow on the hill above Europe Lake. The Hotz boathouse, with its walkway and rustic railing, is in the background.
Map or Atlas

Topographic Map of Vernon County

Date: 1928
Description: This 1928 topographic map of Vernon County, Wisconsin, shows relief, lakes, streams and wetlands, the township and range grid, sections, cities and village...
Map or Atlas

Greetings from Madison, Wisconsin

Date: 1928
Description: Illustrated map of points of interest, including University buildings, parks, athletic venues, fraternity and sorority houses, and state buildings.
Photograph

Deep Lake

Date: 1928
Description: View down slope towards Deep Lake. There is a girl standing in a rowboat at the shoreline. She is holding up her catch of the day. In the background a man ...
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Jordan Lake at Clearwater Cottages

Date: 1928
Description: View from hill of Jordan Lake. Two people are fishing in a rowboat below, and the wooded far shoreline is in the distance.
Photograph

William O. Petersen

Date: 1928
Description: William O. Petersen, youngest son of William F. and Alma Schmidt Petersen, plays at the Geneva Lake shore. There is a picnic basket in the background and a...
Photograph

Children in Rowboat

Date: 1928
Description: Alma Schmidt Petersen, standing on the shore of Geneva Lake at Black Point, steadies a rowboat with her three sons and two other boys in it. Conrad Peterse...
Photograph

Petersen Boys on the Pier

Date: 1928
Description: Conrad, resting his feet in a baby carriage, and Edward, center, sit on a bench on the pier at Black Point; their younger brother William stands at right. ...
Map or Atlas

Official Highway Map of Wisconsin

Date: 1928
Description: This map shows the state trunk highway system and county trunk highways. The lower left corner includes a legend of roadway types. Lake Michigan and Lake S...
Map or Atlas

Lime sludge from Mosinee, Wis. : Car Load Shipments

Date: 1928
Description: This blue line map shows the number of carload shipments to northern and central counties, with Mosinee being the central distribution point. Lake Michigan...
Map or Atlas

Our Own Map

Date: 1928
Description: This map shows county boundaries, cities, rivers, lakes, roads and points of interest. Included are portions of Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, and Michigan. La...
Map or Atlas

Official Road Map, Wisconsin

Date: 1928
Description: This map shows roads, cities, lakes, rivers, points of interest and county boundaries. Through routes are outlined in red. Includes an index to cities and ...
Map or Atlas

Wisconsin Map Folder

Date: 1928
Description: This map shows U.S., state, county highways, cities, county boundaries, lakes, rivers, and points of interest. At the top of the map it shows the Upper Mic...

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