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Lake Mendota Shoreline

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Description: Attorney Albert G. Zimmerman (with cigar) and an unidentified man, enjoying the Lake Mendota breezes while seated on a rustic bench behind Zimmerman's lake...
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La Follette Gathering

Date: 1907
Description: A gathering of La Follette family and friends at Maple Bluff Farm. From the left they are Senator Robert M. La Follette, Sr.; Gilbert and Netha Roe; Rober...
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Views on Ethelwyn Farm

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Description: Ethelwyn Farm (The Teachers' Country Club), on Lake Monona.
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Henry Vilas Park

Date: 1918
Description: Henry Vilas Park, with two bridges and Lake Wingra in the background.
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University Student Campers

Date: 1885
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison students and chaperons during a camping trip at Livesy Springs on the north shore of Lake Mendota. On the left side stands ...
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German-American Wurst Roast

Date: 1913
Description: The Benedict Goldenberger family enjoying a wurst roast in the Madison vicinity. Ben Goldenberger is the leftmost standing man, he was a cooper and vinegar...
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Neighborhood House Hosteling Scrapbook: The Gang

Date: 1946
Description: Group of girls in jackets, sitting or kneeling, perhaps illuminated by a campfire; some are holding cups. This image is from a hosteling scrapbook kept by ...
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Tansy Camp Fire Girls Album: Camp 1930

Date: 1930
Description: Page from the Tansy Camp Fire Girls album kept by Neighborhood House, with groups of girls posing at the end of a pier, in front of tents, on the remains o...
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Iceboats on Lake

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Description: View across ice towards the crews of ice yachts standing near their iceboats. There are seventeen or eighteen iceboats, and their are numbers on the sails.
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Men and Boats

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Description: Several men relaxing on the grass at the edge of a lake. There are boats pulled up on the shore near them. The man standing on the far right with his hand ...

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