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Beach Toss

Date: 08 12 1984
Description: A bikini-clad woman snaps a self-portrait with a long cable release attached to a camera as she is tossed into the air by a group of men on the beach. Othe...
Photograph

Summer Fun

Date: 08 10 1964
Description: A rubber raft serves as the launching point for diving and other water play on a hot summer day.
Photograph

Frisbee Catch

Date: 07 20 1988
Description: Young men clamor to catch a Frisbee during a beach game.
Photograph

Civil Rights Group Meeting near Highlander Lake

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Description: Civil rights group meeting in field at Highlander Lake. Fifth from the left, Charlotte Meacham, American Friends Service Committee, former Highlander stud...
Photograph

University of Wisconsin-Madison Memorial Union Terrace

Date: 05 30 1973
Description: Memorial Union in the rain. Lake Mendota is visible on the left. In the foreground is the terrace area with trees and brightly colored chairs and tables. P...
Photograph

Friends of Hebrew University at Picnic

Date: 08 21 1967
Description: About 80 Israeli students and members of the Milwaukee chapter of American Friends of Hebrew University attended a picnic Sunday at the Beaver Lake home of...
Map or Atlas

Partie occidentale du Canada ou de la Nouvelle France : ou sont les Nations des Ilinois, de Tracy, les Iroquois, et plusieurs autres peuples; avec la Louisiane nouvellement decouverte etc.

Date: 1688
Description: This map includes vignettes of Amerindian life with text describing geography, culture, and exploration activity, written in French. The Great Lakes, river...
Print

Blatz Waukesha Water, Label

Date: 1924
Description: Label submitted to the state of Wisconsin for trademark registration. "Blatz Waukesha Water, Bottled at the Springs, Waukesha WI, A natural spring water, s...
Map or Atlas

Menominee Place Names Map

Date: 2013
Description: Map is the most extensive endeavor to date to accurately locate and document both prehistoric place names and natural features of the Menominee language wi...
Map or Atlas

Sanborn Map Detail of Langdon Street Area

Date: 1941
Description: A detail of a Sanborn map showing areas at Langdon and Henry Streets, including Lake Lawn Place.
Poster

"Cris et chuchotements" (Cries and Whispers) Film Poster

Date: 1973
Description: French film poster for the Swedish film, "Viskningar och rop." Photographic image of four women walking through a park under trees, with a lake in the back...
Map or Atlas

Lake Mendota Shoreline Map

Date: 1942
Description: Detail of a Madison Sanborn Map showing the Lake Mendota shoreline. The area shown is between the Blackhawk Country Club and Eagle Heights Woods.
Photograph

Farmall Tractor on John Nolen Drive

Date: 2010
Description: A man drives a tractor on John Nolen Drive along Lake Mendota with the Wisconsin State Capitol in the distance. He is on his was to a Red Power venue held ...
Photograph

"Gallant Lady" Still

Date: 
Description: The cast and crew of the film "Gallant Lady" preparing to shoot a scene on a lake. The motion picture camera and crew are on a raft on the left, and are sh...
Photograph

"Gallant Lady" Still

Date: 
Description: The director and four other men sitting and standing on a raft holding the motion picture camera while shooting the film "Gallant Lady." There are two came...
Photograph

"The Great Dictator" Publicity Still

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Description: Charlie Chaplin, dressed in a German ethnic costume, standing on a pier on a lake with crew members during the filming of "The Great Dictator."
Postcard

Vi Teeples and her Eden Point, by Lake Arbutus

Date: 1986
Description: Painting of a woman standing on a beach and holding a spear point in her hand. In the sand near her is a spear, several arrowheads, and a bag. She is weari...
Photograph

Preparing to Film a Scene from "The African Queen"

Date: 1951
Description: Assorted members of a film crew by a lake, during the making of the 1951 film "The African Queen." Two men are standing in the center of the image, holding...
Photograph

Filming a Scene for "The African Queen"

Date: 1951
Description: Film crew gathered during the production of the 1951 film "The African Queen." Three men are pushing a platform on tracks towards a lake. The platform has ...
Photograph

Scene from "The North Star"

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Description: Elevated view of assorted cast and crew on a village set of the 1943 film "The North Star." Cinematographer James Wong Howe, in the lower right corner near...

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