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| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view of a log cabin in the woods. Caption reads: "Log Cabin, Dixie Lodge, Balsam Lake, Wis." |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | View across lawn towards a large shelter at Bernard's Park filled with people. Other people relax at picnic tables in under trees in the foreground. |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Unidentified ground-level view of three men laying in the grass relaxing by the shore of a lake. |
| Date: | 1903 |
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| Description: | Family group enjoying themselves on the lawn in Tenney Park. |
| Date: | 08 06 1911 |
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| Description: | A postcard sent by C.L. (Neal) Harrington to his sister Alice Harrington in Hurley, Wisconsin. A young man is standing near a fence on the right, and behin... |
| Date: | 06 16 1953 |
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| Description: | View of a crowd of people, mostly in swimsuits, at what might be Vilas Beach on Lake Wingra. There is a concession stand in a building in the background. A... |
| 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. |
| Date: | 08 31 1979 |
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| Description: | A young couple enjoys each other's company among others on a beautiful day at Library Mall on the campus of UW-Madison. |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | View of the Highland Hotel's lakeside lawn. Several park benches are among the trees on the lawn. In the background at the shoreline is a boathouse with a ... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | View across water towards one of The Gang reclining in a canoe on the water. His hat is pulled over his eyes and a fishing pole is propped up in the front ... |
| Date: | 1980 |
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| Description: | Tall, spreading elms line the sidewalks leading up the mall to Bascom Hall on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Van Vleck Hall is to the left. St... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | View up hill towards two adults and two children outside of a log building, surrounded by trees. Caption reads: "Sheldon, Wis. 1930s. Log sauna on Matt Joh... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Soldiers relaxing and eating around a man cooking over an outdoor fire. |
| Date: | 06 04 1957 |
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| Description: | Two cub scouts, pleasantly exhausted, relaxing on the grass during a Cub Scout pack picnic at Hoyt park. |
| Date: | 07 07 1957 |
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| Description: | A partially hidden woman lounges in the sun on a flight of exterior steps of the Wisconsin State Capitol building. Only her legs and skirt are visible. |
| Date: | 07 07 1957 |
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| Description: | Man wearing a brimmed hat slumped alone on a metal park bench in the shade on South Pickney Street on Capitol Square. He has a cigarette or cigar between h... |
| Date: | 09 28 1957 |
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| Description: | Two fishermen reflected in Monona Bay while standing on a dock. One man is wearing a hat and leaning on a long fishing pole, and the other man is standing... |
| Date: | 05 18 1959 |
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| Description: | As part of the "Outdoor Living Day" event, sponsored by the Madison Chamber of Commerce, model Marlyn Sachtjen reclines on an inflated beach mattress in th... |
| Date: | 06 01 1959 |
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| Description: | Kenneth Svee lying on top of a picnic table with a dog beside him in the backyard of a home. |
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