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Rocky Roost

Date: 1915
Description: Rocky Roost, west of Governor's Island in Lake Mendota. The structure was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for his childhood friend Robert Lamp. The home's ...
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Aerial View of Lake Mendota Shoreline

Date: 1956
Description: Aerial view looking northeast from a point over the east end of Middleton, showing the west end of Lake Mendota (right mid-ground). Fox Bluff juts into the...
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Governor's Island

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Description: Governor's Island from Farwell's Point.
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Governor's Island, Aerial View

Date: 1935
Description: Aerial view of Governor's Island in Lake Mendota as well as the area surrounding the Mendota Mental Health Hospital.
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Rocky Roost

Date: 05 24 1896
Description: Rocky Roost, a cottage designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for his friend Robert Lamp. Located west of Governor's Island in Lake Mendota.
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Rocky Roost

Date: 1915
Description: Rocky Roost, a vacation home west of Governor's Island, in Lake Mendota. Frank Lloyd Wright served as the architect in the remodeling (in 1901 and 1903) of...
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Rocky Roost

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Description: View across Lake Mendota of Rocky Roost, also known as the Lamp Cottage, located west of Governor's Island.
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Rocky Roost

Date: 1905
Description: Rocky Roost, the Lamp family cottage, located west of Governor's Island in Lake Mendota, decorated for a party. Shown from the left are Matilda Lamp Lueder...
Postcard

Rocky Roost

Date: 1913
Description: Rocky Roost, a cottage, which was located west of Governor's Island in Lake Mendota. The cottage was designed and built in 1893 (according to Taliesin Asso...
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Rocky Roost

Date: 1915
Description: Rocky Roost, located west of Governor's Island, Lake Mendota. Robert Lamp, in 1902, had his friend Frank Lloyd Wright design a cottage to be called "Rocky ...
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Vilas Park Island Tree Planting

Date: 05 13 1950
Description: More than 150 Madison high school pupils recruited through the Madison Youth Council helped plant trees and shrubs on the Vilas Park island.
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Vilas Park Island Clean Up Campaign

Date: 05 13 1950
Description: Three teenage girls are carrying shovels on their shoulders while crossing a wooden foot bridge. More than 150 Madison high school pupils recruited throug...
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Aerial View of Governor's Island

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Description: An aerial view of Governor's Island. A cutout of an arrow has been added.
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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.
Map or Atlas

The Township of Westport

Date: 1899
Description: A plat map of the township of Westport.
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Maple Bluff Garden Club Flower Show

Date: 06 12 1960
Description: A Hawaiian garden is featured in the Maple Bluff Garden Club's flower show. Dorothy Gerhardt and Janet Roth are shown in the exhibit's "little grass shack....
Manuscript

Johnson & Melaas Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of Johnson & Melaas, merchant tailors and cloth dealers, "Buyers of wool and Wisconsin leaf tobacco," with an engraving of a waterfront view of ...
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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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Rocky Roost

Date: 01 07 1894
Description: Winter view of early buildings on Rocky Roost, which was west of Governor's Island. There is snow on the roofs, on the rocks and on the shore of Lake Mendo...
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Vilas Zoo Monkeys

Date: 07 06 1955
Description: Monkeys on monkey island at the Vilas Park Zoo. The monkeys are on loan from the University of Wisconsin during the summer and returned in the winter to be...

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