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Lake Terraces

Date: 1850
Description: Elevated view of the Lake Superior shoreline, with terraces leading to the beach. A canoe is on the shoreline.
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Island of St. Ignace

Date: 1850
Description: Pastoral scene depicting a small bay on the Island of St. Ignace in Lake Superior with canoes on the rocky beach, two men conversing on a blanket in the fo...
Drawing

Madison from University Hill

Date: 1852
Description: Pencil drawing of Madison landscape as seen from University Hill. The main street in the center is State Street, and the building with Greek columns in the...
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Lower Campus Development

Date: 1908
Description: Drawing of lower campus development of the University of Wisconsin Madison campus, designed by Arthur Peabody. Left to right along Lake Street are the Mus...
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General Design for Men's Dormitory Group

Date: 1908
Description: Design of the Architectural Commission of 1908 for future constructional development, elevation of men's dormitory group on the University of Wisconsin cam...
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General Design for Campus

Date: 1908
Description: General design for future construction development of the University of Madison campus with the general view of the campus by the Architectural commission.
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Lakeside House

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Description: Illustration of the Lakeside House.
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Lakefront Lanscape

Date: 08 1852
Description: Pencil drawing of a lake shoreline. A few trees frame the arc of the shore and steamboats are visible along the distant shore.
Drawing

Milwaukee Harbor

Date: 08 1852
Description: Pencil drawing of Milwaukee Harbor with large sailboats on the water. In the minimalist depiction the sandy shoreline with short plant growth sweeps aroun...
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Farwell's Madison Mills

Date: 1853
Description: Farwell's Mill on the Yahara River at Lake Mendota.
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Rock Lake

Date: 1890
Description: A sketch of Rock Lake, or Tyranena Lake.
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Kendall Residence

Date: 1872
Description: Drawing of and elevated view across water towards the Kendall residence, home of George L. Storer, a businessman in Madison. Three people are in a rowboat,...
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View of Madison

Date: 1890
Description: Drawing depicting a distant view across water towards the city of Madison.
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Benjamin Walker Castle

Date: 1863
Description: A view overlooking the grounds towards the Benjamin Walker Castle, 1862-1893 in the 900 block of East Gorham Street, and its surrounding property. A man is...
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Spirits on Devil's Lake

Date: 1852
Description: Devil's Lake from shore flanked by steep tree-covered hillsides. A small solitary rowboat floats near the distant shore.
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First Lake Dane County

Date: 1852
Description: Pencil drawing of trees around the shore of a lake from across a field.
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Hayward Indian Boarding School

Date: 1900
Description: Perspective drawing of the buildings at the Hayward Indian School. There is a man in a boat in the right foreground and an empty boat in the left foregroun...
Drawing

MacAndrews Residence Drawing

Date: 1956
Description: Pencil on vellum drawing showing an interior perspective of the living room/balcony space and an exterior perspective of the residence designed and drawn b...
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Big-Foot's Village and Lake

Date: 1856
Description: Lithographic view of a man in a canoe on Big-Foot's Lake (modern day Lake Geneva) with a small settlement on a bluff overlooking the lake. A group of birds...
Drawing

A Summer Memory

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Description: Drawing of a fisherman standing on one leg and holding with an outstretched arm a fish on a string in one hand, and a bottle of alcohol in his left hand. H...

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