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| Date: | 1940 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | Men and women sitting in two hammocks. The people pictured are Julia Murray Ormsby, Fred Werner, and R. Effie (Ettie) Meinhold. |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | University of Wisconsin-Madison Memorial Union Terrace with Lake Mendota and sailboats in the background. |
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| Description: | View from water of Alma Reinhardt Taylor and her three children (from left) Frederick, Donna, and Ellen outside a cabin nestled among trees along a lake. F... |
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| Description: | View from lake towards Fred, Donna and Ellen Taylor standing on a pier. A cabin is on the shoreline in the background, nestled in trees. |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | A woman playfully spins another woman (probably her daughter) in a yard in front of a house. There is a lake in the background. |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | Mary Brandel sits at a picnic table with another woman. Mary is holding a ukulele and there is a cottage and lake in the background. |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | Mary Brandel is smiling and running in the yard. There is a cottage and lake in the background. |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Several women and one man wade in Lake Flora Dell. Delia Drew King is second from left, in a white straw hat. A hand-drawn caption beneath the photograph r... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | A group of men, women, and children pose on a bluff above Lake Flora Dell. In the background are several cottages surrounded by trees near the shoreline of... |
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| Description: | View from lake of the buildings of the Sunflower Cottage Resort. People are canoeing and boating in the lake in front of the resort, and a few people are s... |
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| Description: | Group of three men in comical poses sitting with four women on a bench in wooded area with a lake behind them. |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | A group of men, women, and children pose for a photograph as they relax in the woods around a large hammock. In the background is a shoreline. |
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| Description: | Elevated view of two couples walking on a trail. A lake is is the background, along with log cabins. A canoe with three people is in the background. |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | Women and children, who are members of the Monona Lake Assembly, relax beneath the trees at the Monona Lake Assembly grounds. There are tents and small bui... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | View of resort cottages near a lake. A group of vacationers are sitting on the lawn and porch. A birdhouse on a tall post is among trees on the right. Hill... |
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| Description: | A camp counselor, seated in an Adirondack chair, wearing a white shirt, dark shorts, and saddle shoes, reads to four young campers who are gathered around ... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the flagstone terrace. People sit at tables in the sunburst chairs. There are shadows of the empty chairs on the terrace as well as the s... |
| Date: | 1982 |
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| Description: | Men and women sitting or standing on a sandy beach. A small child is standing on the shoreline in the water. A small group of people is sitting on a grassy... |
| Date: | 01 02 1979 |
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| Description: | A young man is enjoying an Old Milwaukee beer while sitting in a broken armchair on frozen Lake Mendota. |
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