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View from Lake Monona

Date: 1945
Description: View of the Wisconsin State Capitol from across Lake Monona with a tree, pier and boat in the foreground.
Photograph

St. Croix River

Date: 
Description: Wanigans tied to the banks of the St. Croix River among floating logs.
Photograph

Curtiss Hydroaeroplane

Date: 1912
Description: A Curtiss hydroaeroplane tied down prior to a test flight over San Diego Bay. Two unidentified pilots rest on the dock in the shade of its wing.
Postcard

Curtiss with Langley's Aerodrome

Date: 06 1914
Description: The Aerodome, invented by Samuel Langley, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, as reconstructed by Glenn Curtiss at Hammondsport.
Postcard

On Mendota Lake near Varsity Boat House

Date: 1915
Description: View of a group of people in a large model launch with an American flag. Caption reads: "On Mendota Lake near University of Wisconsin-Madison Boat House."
Postcard

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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Dr. Birge on Trout Lake

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Description: Dr. Edward Ashael Birge paddling on a raft in Trout Lake. In 1875 Dr. Birge first came to teach natural history at the University of Wisconsin, and remaine...
Photograph

Jesse Brabazon Over the Mississippi

Date: 11 1912
Description: Jesse Brabazon, pioneer aviator from Delavan, flying over the Mississippi River in a Wright Model B airplane. "It was quite a sight to fly over the Mississ...
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of the City of Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin

Date: 1874
Description: Bird's-eye map of Chippewa Falls.
Photograph

Reuben Gold Thwaites Rowing the "Pilgrim"

Date: 05 09 1894
Description: Reuben Gold Thwaites rowing the skiff the "Pilgrim" on the Ohio River.
Photograph

Boats at Menasha Locks

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Description: People on recreational boats waiting for the Menasha Locks to open into the Fox River.
Print

Wisconsin Dells Advertisement

Date: 1928
Description: "The Dells," a brochure issued by the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul and Pacific Railroad to advertise the Wisconsin Dells, a destination only five hours fr...
Drawing

Lakeside House

Date: 
Description: Illustration of the Lakeside House.
Photograph

Mission Landing

Date: 1910
Description: Steamboat "Skater" and two sailboats at end of the mission dock on Madeline Island.
Postcard

River View of Alma

Date: 1905
Description: River view of Alma. Caption reads: "Alma, Wis."
Photograph

Boat on River near Alma

Date: 1908
Description: Caption reads: "Scene of Town and Boat Up River, Alma, Wis." View across river towards Alma on the opposite shoreline, and a river boat on the Mississippi ...
Photograph

Ojibwa-Pillager Battle Boat Landing

Date: 1898
Description: People on a boat dock watch a boat landing as part of the Ojibwa-Pillager Battle at Sugar Point on Bear Island.
Photograph

Ojibwa-Pillager Battle Boat Landing

Date: 1898
Description: People on a boat dock watch a boat landing as part of the Ojibwa-Pillager Battle at Sugar Point on Bear Island.
Postcard

Rock River

Date: 1905
Description: Elevated view of the Rock River. Caption reads: "Rock River, N.W. Ry. Bridge, and glimpse of Beloit, Wis."
Print

Haas House in Calumet Harbor

Date: 1847
Description: Carl de Haas house from across a river.

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