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Yerkes Observatory

Date: 1935
Description: Elevated exterior view of Yerkes Observatory. Geneva Lake is in the background, left. Roads and sidewalks cross the sweeping, well tended lawns. The desi...
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Women in Motorboat

Date: 1941
Description: Two bathing suit-clad women demonstrating their Evinrude motorboat on a Wisconsin lake.
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Memorial Union Terrace

Date: 1940
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...
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Lucien Stanley Hanks Residence

Date: 11 11 1925
Description: This red brick Italianate residence located at 216 Langdon Street, was built in 1870 for Lucien Stanley Hanks, a prominent Madison banker and civic leader,...
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Shore View of Mission Dock

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of La Pointe and the shoreline from the Old Mission dock. Two boys and two men stand along the shoreline. The white building with the dark ro...
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Young Women at Devil's Lake

Date: 1905
Description: Six young women posed among the rocks at Devil's Lake.
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Canoeing on Rainbow Lake

Date: 1945
Description: Couple canoeing under partly cloudy skies with sun dappling the water on Rainbow Lake, Chain O' Lakes.
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Boating on the Lake

Date: 1937
Description: Woman at the tiller of a motorboat with tree-lined shore in the background. She is wearing a captain's hat at a jaunty angle and a sailor middy blouse.
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Swimming Race at Camp Wakanda

Date: 1923
Description: Boys line up on pier for swimming race at Camp Wakanda.
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View from Lake Monona

Date: 1945
Description: View of the Wisconsin State Capitol from across Lake Monona with a tree, pier and boat in the foreground.
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E.A. Birge Reading an Anemometer

Date: 1912
Description: Dr. E.A. Birge in his element, reading an anemometer of the weather data station on Green Lake.
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Wisconsin Friends of Our Native Landscape, 1969

Date: 1969
Description: Cover for the 1969 Wisconsin Friends of Our Native Landscape program. Depicted is a tree with white blossoms, yellow flowers, and a pathway leading up to a...
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Wisconsin Friends of Our Native Landscape, 1960

Date: 1960
Description: Cover for the 1960 Wisconsin Friends of Our Native Landscape program. Depicted are some vibrant purple flowers, with a lake in the background. The Wisconsi...
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Wisconsin Friends of Our Native Landscape, 1948

Date: 1948
Description: Cover for the 1948 Wisconsin Friends of Our Native Landscape program. Depicted is a sketch of a tree, a fence, and a small town by a lake. The Wisconsin Fr...
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Wisconsin Friends of Our Native Landscape, 1956

Date: 1956
Description: Cover for the 1956 Wisconsin Friends of Our Native Landscape program. Depicted are some white flowers with green leaves, a lake, and some birds flying in t...
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Aerial View of University of Wisconsin-Madison Campus

Date: 1926
Description: Originally titled 'Recent Aeroplane View of University Campus', the view of the Wisconsin Historical Society, the Red Gym, Science Hall and Bascom Hall wit...
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Air View of University of Wisconsin Campus

Date: 1946
Description: Aerial view of the University of Wisconsin campus with Lake Mendota on the right.
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Aerial View of Camp Randall Stadium and Field House

Date: 1948
Description: Aerial view of Camp Randall Stadium and Field House looking north on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus with Lake Mendota in the background.
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University Heights

Date: 1906
Description: View of University Heights, showing a number of university buildings on the agricultural campus, including a windmill. Lake Mendota is in the far backgroun...
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University Campus

Date: 1947
Description: Aerial of University of Wisconsin-Madison campus with Camp Randall in the lower right corner and Lake Mendota, looking northeast to Maple Bluff.

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