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| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Summertime view of people at tables on University of Wisconsin-Madison Memorial Union terrace, looking out to canoes and sailboats on the lake. In the back... |
| Date: | 07 20 1934 |
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| Description: | Canoers paddle by to observe Don Krueger standing in the bow of the burned-out "Baby Gar Wood" speedboat after six University of Wisconsin women students w... |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | View of Picnic Point across University Bay on Lake Mendota. There is a willow tree in the foreground. People are in a canoe out on the water. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Elevated view looking down the Yahara River. In the foreground a canoe is tied to a small dock, and in the background is a bridge. |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | University of Wisconsin-Madison students play on a canoe in Lake Mendota near the campus. |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | View from Lake Mendota of house at 630 N. Lake Street. Robert C. Spencer, architect. |
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| Description: | Group of people standing near a car with a trailer carrying canoes at Vilas Park. There are people standing on a bridge over water in the background. |
| Date: | 06 29 1949 |
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| Description: | A truckload of canoes in front of Madison Marine Service, 2102 Atwood Avenue, with eight employees standing in front. In the background is the Ben Franklin... |
| Date: | 06 1927 |
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| Description: | Edward J. Rickers with UW nightwatchman "Gramps," on a Lake Mendota outing. They are seated on the grass together with a picnic lunch and a campfire. There... |
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| Description: | View from shoreline of four individuals in a canoe on Lake Mendota, framed with branches from a tree on the left side of the image. |
| Date: | 08 03 1953 |
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| Description: | A scene at YMCA's day camp at Camp Wakanda, located on a shore of Lake Mendota. Counselor Rick Dettloff, standing on a pier, steadies a canoe for Jerry Han... |
| Date: | 07 12 1954 |
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| Description: | The East Washington Avenue bridge was chosen as the point where a simulated atom bomb struck Madison during a civil defense test, unbeknownst to four canoe... |
| Date: | 06 26 1940 |
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| Description: | Page from the Neighborhood House log book of bike hosteling trips sponsored by the settlement house, with images of girls on their bikes and resting on a d... |
| Date: | 06 21 1959 |
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| Description: | Representatives of the Black Hawk Council of Girl Scouts practice a Native American paddle drill in preparation for a trip to the Round-Up in Colorado. Lef... |
| Date: | 05 16 1908 |
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| Description: | View from the water (probably Lake Mendota) of summer cottages at Blackhawk. There is a pavilion at the shoreline. There are two people canoeing near the s... |
| Date: | 1982 |
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| Description: | View across a lawn towards the back of a house. The lawn slopes down to the left towards a tree-lined shore, with a bench and a pier. In the background is ... |
| Date: | 1894 |
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| Description: | Outdoor group portrait of Western Canoe Association members lounging in front of their tent camp. They are all wearing caps or hats. Near the center of the... |
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| Description: | View across water towards Lew Porter, a Madison architect, in a sailing canoe with two sails. |
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| Description: | View towards a shoreline where a man is facing away while urinating on a tree along a riverbank. Buildings are on the opposite side of the river and canoes... |
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