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Monona Bay in Madison

Date: 1904
Description: Monona Bay from the railroad trestle looking southwest, close to where the railroad tracks cross North Shore Drive, (now Brittingham Park), with old houses...
Photograph

College of Agriculture Farm

Date: 1900
Description: Wetland, grassy pasture, ring fence are part of the College of Agriculture Farm on the University of Wisconsin Madison campus.
Photograph

Shacks along Lake Monona

Date: 1906
Description: Shacks at the foot of North Main Street along Lake Monona near what later became Brittingham Park.
Photograph

Foot of West Main Street

Date: 1906
Description: Area at the foot of West Main Street, which is now Brittingham Park. Weatherworn buildings are on the right.
Map or Atlas

Suggestive Plan for Madison, a Model City

Date: 1910
Description: Shows existing and proposed parks, railroads, and marshes in a color coded key. "Contour interval 20 feet." Lake Wingra, Lake Mendota, and Lake Monona are ...
Map or Atlas

Experimental Farm and College Grounds Belonging to the University of Wisconsin

Date: 1871
Description: This map shows buildings, roads, the railroad, an orchard, and swamp land. Relief shown by hachures. The map includes an index of buildings in the upper ri...
Map or Atlas

University of Wisconsin Arboretum & Wild Life Refuge at Madison, Wisconsin

Date: 1932
Description: This map shows local streets, section lines, Nakoma Country Club, part of Lake Forest, and part of Lake Wingra. The map includes a legend showing areas of ...
Photograph

Turvill Marsh

Date: 1899
Description: View over section of Turvill Marsh towards trees. On the far right in the background are what may be railroad tracks.
Painting

Man Hunting at Cherokee Marsh

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Description: Photograph of a watercolor painting of a hunter walking in tall grass among trees by the Johnson duck shack at old Cherokee Marsh.
Photograph

Reclaimed Marsh Land on a University of Wisconsin Farm

Date: 06 30 1895
Description: A man is standing in the right foreground near a tall plant, perhaps corn. In the center is a square-shaped pond with high banks. A man is in the backgroun...
Photograph

Painting of a Man Hunting in Cherokee Marsh

Date: 
Description: Photograph of a framed watercolor painting of a hunter walking in tall grass among trees by the Johnson duck shack at old Cherokee Marsh.
Photograph

View of Cherokee Marsh

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Description: View of Johnson duck shack at old Cherokee Marsh amidst trees and shrubs. The site was where plans for the Ducks Unlimited southern Wisconsin chapter were ...
Photograph

Shadow in the Sugar River

Date: 09 18 2014
Description: View from a bridge looking down at the shadow of the photographer on the surface of the Sugar River.
Photograph

Pathway to Gardner Marsh

Date: 10 10 2014
Description: View down a wooden boardwalk with a viewing platform at the end. The view through the trees reveals the preserved wetlands within the Arboretum, called Gar...
Postcard

Lake Waubesa

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Description: View of Lake Waubesa from a hill. A farm is in the distance on the left. The Yahara River is in the foreground. Handwritten caption reads: "Lake Waubesa."
Postcard

State Capitol as seen from Quiet Marsh

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Description: View of Madison from a marsh on the west end of the University of Wisconsin campus.
Photograph

Mendota Lotus Beds in Full Bloom

Date: 08 10 1957
Description: Unidentified man taking a picture of the Lotus Bed on Lake Mendota. The bed of large, floating white blossoms are at the peak of their bloom.
Postcard

Mouth, Yahara River at Waubesa

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Description: View down hill where grassy fields lead down to the Yahara River where it meets Lake Waubesa. Two children are walking through the grass on the left. Capti...

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