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Billboard at Bascom Hill

Date: 1909
Description: A billboard displays events at the foot of Bascom Hill from the bottom east side on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Bascom Hall with dome (form...
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Upper Campus from Library

Date: 1900
Description: The view of Bascom Hill and upper campus of the University of Wisconsin Madison seen from the roof of the Wisconsin Historical Society.
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Maple Bluff

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Description: Lake Mendota near Maple Bluff with an old stone boat landing.
Postcard

Profile Rock

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Description: View of Profile Rock at Farwell Point on Lake Mendota. Caption reads: "Profile Rock, Lake Mendota, Madison, Wis."
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Maple Bluff

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Description: Several men and boys sail in a canoe near a foliage covered rock outcropping. The boat is decorated with two flags, an American flag and one reading "JULIA...
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Picnic Grounds at Spring, Blue Mounds

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Description: Photographic postcard of picnic grounds at a spring in Blue Mounds State Park. The spring is running out of a brick catch basin on the right. A woman weari...
Postcard

Northwest View of Blue Mounds

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Description: Photographic postcard of the northwest view of Blue Mounds. Text below in a white box reads "N.W. View of Blue Mounds, Wis. Elevation 1760 ft."
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E.L. Burwell Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of E.L. Burrell, mill and factory sale agent in Madison, Wisconsin, with a center halftone image of Wisconsin Dells with a drawn-in group of men...
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Summer Cottages

Date: 05 16 1908
Description: View across water of the summer cottages on Maple Bluff.
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Maple Bluff

Date: 05 16 1908
Description: A view from the west of Maple Bluff. Part of the roof of a cottage can be seen above the bluff.
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Governor's Island

Date: 05 16 1908
Description: View across water of Governor's Island. There is a far shoreline in the background on the left.
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Governor's Island

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Description: View across water towards Governor's Island and its exposed cliff at the shoreline with trees and plants growing on top. Governor’s Island, formerly part o...
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Phoebie Point on the Wisconsin River

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Description: View across water towards a bluff along the Wisconsin River. Caption reads: "Phoebie Point on the Wisconsin River, Hillside, Wis."
Manuscript

Third Hostel Trip, Our Big Moments

Date: 07 01 1940
Description: Page of the log book of bike hostel trips taken by participants in the Neighborhood House summer program for girls, with four images from the trip and hand...

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