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Girl Scouts at Camp Indianola

Date: 10 10 1941
Description: Eight Girl Scouts are standing on and near a tree at the edge of Lake Mendota, with the Madison skyline in the background at Camp Indianola.
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Lake Monona

Date: 03 01 1937
Description: View of frozen Lake Monona from the fifth floor window of the Cardinal Hotel. Shows the "Monona Community Assn. Inc./Lake Sports Promotion!" building, incl...
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Acacia Fraternity Group Portrait

Date: 08 05 1931
Description: Acacia Fraternity group portrait, in street clothes, on the pier behind the fraternity house at 108 Langdon Street.
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Lake Mendota

Date: 10 09 1928
Description: Lake Mendota from the back of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity house, 16 Langdon Street, with a view of the fraternity's pier, and University of Wisconsin bu...
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Madison Lakeshore from Lake Monona

Date: 12 18 1955
Description: Downtown Madison lakeshore taken from Lake Monona in a line with South Carroll Street. Includes State Office Building (2 wings only), 1 West Wilson Street,...
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Delta Upsilon Fraternity House

Date: 1917
Description: Brick house at 640 North Frances Street, erected in 1906 for the Delta Upsilon Fraternity.
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Lake Mendota Shore

Date: 1917
Description: A view of the shore, looking southeast from Lake Mendota. At left is the Thomas E. Brittingham residence and boathouse, 640 North Henry Street; center is ...
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124 Langdon Street

Date: 1924
Description: 124 Langdon Street, viewed from Lake Mendota. The house was designed by Madison architect Frank Riley and built in 1924 for the Kappa Sigma fraternity. T...
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Mendota Yacht Club

Date: 1913
Description: Mendota Yacht Club, later the site of James Madison Park. A mast with flags is standing outside of the club near the water.
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Mendota Yacht Club

Date: 1915
Description: Mendota Yacht Club, later the site of James Madison Park.
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Girl Scouts at Camp Brandenburg

Date: 07 23 1945
Description: Girls scouts boating on Lake Katrina at Camp Brandenburg near Springfield Corners. Pictured pushing the rowboat is Mary Lou Steinike. In the rowboat from l...
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Mt. Horeb Swimming Class

Date: 08 03 1945
Description: A Red Cross instructor with a children's swimming class at the Bluemounds swimming pool. The instructor is George Steiner, assistant principal at Madison W...
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Swimming Class at Tenney Park

Date: 07 29 1947
Description: Pictured at Tenney park are Sun Prairie children receiving swimming instruction from Mrs. Mildred Schwieten, standing in the water at the left, and Don Hei...
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Mendota Yacht Club Members

Date: 08 09 1947
Description: A few of the children of Mendota Yacht Club members, seated on the terrace at the James Payton house, 409 N. Blair Street. Left to right: Mark Nesbit, Jimm...
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Benefit Dance Committee

Date: 06 25 1948
Description: Posing outdoors on the shoreline of a lake are, left to right: Clem McCann, Thomas McGuire, Kathleen Kellogg and Robert Dunn, committee members of "The Ass...
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Brownie Day Camp

Date: 06 28 1949
Description: Two girls at Brownie Day Camp at Burrows Park. Standing near a boat on the shore of Lake Mendota is Shelia Sullivan, left, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.J. Su...
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Brownie Day Camp

Date: 06 28 1949
Description: Four girls wading in Lake Mendota. They were attending the Brownie Day Camp at Burrows Park. Left to right: Marilyn Dvorak, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred...
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Seaspur, Class E Sailboat

Date: 07 01 1952
Description: The Seaspur, a Class E sailboat, is shown under full sail on Lake Mendota. It was the winner in the 1952 Fourth of July Mendota Yacht Club Handicap race.
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Crew of Sailboat Seaspur

Date: 07 12 1952
Description: Outdoor group portrait of members of the crew of the sailboat Seaspur, winner of the Mendota Yacht Club's Fourth of July Handicap Race in 1952. Pict...
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Renegade III Iceboat with Skipper

Date: 02 22 1953
Description: Renegade III Class E iceboat with skipper and iceboat designer Elmer Millenbach in the cockpit. Other iceboats and the north shore of Lake Monona, includi...

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