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Aerial View of Pennco Airport

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Description: Aerial view of Pennco Field (Royal Airport), the shoreline of Lake Monona, and the surrounding countryside near the city limits.
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Lake Katrina at Camp Brandenburg

Date: 07 23 1945
Description: Scenic view of Lake Katrina at Girl Scout Camp Brandenburg near Springfield Corners. Several girl scouts are below in the distance on a pier, and in the sh...
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Oil Painting of Farm Scene

Date: 05 1947
Description: Oil painting of a rural scene showing silos, farm buildings, cows and fields. Taken for Brock Engraving company.
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John Bell DAR Chapter Members

Date: 06 12 1947
Description: Outdoor portrait of three members of the John Bell Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Chapter. They are (from left to right), Edna Pike and Mildred...
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Picnic Point from Observatory Hill

Date: 06 17 1947
Description: Picnic Point from Observatory Hill on the campus of University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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Veterans Adminstration Hospital

Date: 10 10 1947
Description: Aerial view of the Wisconsin Memorial Hospital run by the Veterans Administration on the north shore of Lake Mendota on the grounds of the Mendota State Ho...
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Aerial Photograph of Brush Fires

Date: 04 21 1948
Description: Aerial photograph of two brush fires on the north side of Lake Mendota. Taken over the west side of Madison looking northwest across Lake Mendota.
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Aerial Photograph of West Madison

Date: 04 21 1948
Description: Aerial photograph of the west side of Madison and the western edge of Lake Mendota. Taken over the west side of Madison looking northwest toward Middleton.
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New Belt Line

Date: 09 26 1949
Description: A car drives down the western portion of the newly opened Madison belt line. The view is looking northwest in the region of Gilbert road (also Whitney Way)...
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Sunset Point

Date: 09 30 1949
Description: Mrs. Scott McGlasson, nee Shirley-Mae Riker, sitting on a stone wall at Sunset Point. She lives in Pomona, California, and is visiting her family in Madiso...
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Snow Scene in Vilas Park

Date: 01 12 1952
Description: A scene in Vilas Park showing frost covered trees and a lone vehicle.
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Donald Rock Wayside Park Dedication

Date: 06 27 1954
Description: Two people walk near a large rock formation in a wooded area with a picnic table in the foreground. The occasion was the opening of a new wayside park loca...
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Kapec Apple Orchard

Date: 08 09 1957
Description: View of the Martin P. Kapec apple orchard along Verona Road in Fitchburg.

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