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Yahara River

Date: 1908
Description: The Yahara River from Williamson Street with Lake Monona in the background. House & Barn pictured is located at 601 Riverside Drive.
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Yahara River below Williamson Street

Date: 1908
Description: A view of the Yahara River below Williamson Street.
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Crowd at Accident Scene

Date: 03 23 1934
Description: Crowd standing on the Thornton Avenue bank of the Yahara River at the Milwaukee Road railroad bridge looking at a car-train accident scene where Mrs. Clark...
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Crowd at Accident Scene

Date: 03 23 1934
Description: Crowd standing on the Thornton Avenue bank of the Yahara River at the Milwaukee Road railroad bridge looking at a car-train accident scene where Mrs. Clark...
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Aerial View of Tenney Park

Date: 1930
Description: Aerial view of Tenney Park, including the lagoon, residences surrounding the park, and the shoreline of Lake Mendota on bottom left.
Map or Atlas

East Side Madison Map

Date: 1911
Description: Map of the east side of Madison.
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Four Fishermen on the Westport Bridge

Date: 06 18 1945
Description: Four people fishing from the Westport bridge. Six people have lost their lives within the past eight weeks at this bridge.
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Dead Fish in the Yahara River

Date: 09 20 1949
Description: Two Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources employees removing dead fish from the Yahara River near the Johnson Street bridge. The fish were evidently ki...
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Panorama of Stoughton

Date: 05 01 1909
Description: A panoramic view of the city of Stoughton.
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Four Lakes Yacht Club

Date: 07 26 1953
Description: Boats of the Four Lakes Yacht Club at anchor in the Yahara River. There is a bridge in the background.
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Four Lakes Yacht Club

Date: 07 26 1953
Description: Four Lakes Yacht Club member Clair Puttkamer is shown with his boat on a hoist operated by the Four Lakes Yacht Club on the Yahara river. The hoist facilit...
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Four Lakes Yacht Club

Date: 07 26 1953
Description: The club house of the Four Lakes Yacht Club, situated along the Yahara River with boats tied up along the slips.
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Four Lakes Yacht Club

Date: 07 26 1953
Description: 18 members of the more than 100 member Four Lakes Yacht Club are pictured at a club gathering.
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Bomb Simulation at East Washington Avenue Bridge

Date: 07 12 1954
Description: The East Washington Avenue bridge was chosen as the point where a simulated atom bomb struck Madison during a civil defense test, unbeknownst to four canoe...
Map or Atlas

Map of the Town of Stoughton: Showing the Additions Made

Date: 1900
Description: This map shows the additions made in January 1855, as well as houses, streets, Catfish Creek, and the Milwaukee and Mississippi Rail Road and Depot. It als...
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Boys Fishing During Spring Break

Date: 04 19 1954
Description: Milwaukee boys, John and David Malec, in Madison to visit their grandmother, Mrs. Louis Malec at 1134 E. Gorham Street. John is fishing on the Yahara River...

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