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Wisconsin State Capitol from Olin Park

Date: 10 07 1930
Description: View of the Wisconsin State Capitol across Lake Monona from Olin Park.
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Ralph Hunn

Date: 04 18 1935
Description: Portrait of Ralph Hunn, coach of the University of Wisconsin-Madison crew standing on the shoreline of Lake Wingra. In the background the crew is rowing on...
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Acacia Fraternity Group Portrait

Date: 08 05 1931
Description: Acacia Fraternity group portrait, in street clothes, on the pier behind the fraternity house at 108 Langdon Street.
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Peacepipe Ceremony

Date: 06 20 1931
Description: Nine members of the junior and senior class at the University of Wisconsin are sitting in a semi-circle dressed as Native Americans. They are smoking the p...
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Bathers at the Willows Beach

Date: 06 18 1931
Description: View from shoreline looking down towards bathers at the Willows Beach, standing on a pier and swimming in the lake.
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Clouds over Lake Monona

Date: 06 04 1931
Description: Clouds over Lake Monona. Railroad tracks are in the foreground on the left. The far shoreline is in the distance.
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Picnic Point

Date: 05 05 1931
Description: View across Lake Mendota towards Picnic Point, framed by a willow tree, and a rowboat pulled up on the shoreline.
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Portrait of Harold Hansen

Date: 04 19 1931
Description: Portrait of Harold Hansen, sitting on a rock in Lake Mendota. He is holding a tree branch.
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Collapsed Ice House

Date: 09 17 1930
Description: View along shoreline towards a collapsed ice house.
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Collapsed Ice House

Date: 09 17 1930
Description: View of a collapsed ice house towards the shoreline looking north.
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Tank at Hydraulics Laboratory

Date: 03 05 1929
Description: Tank moving up the ramp at Hydraulics Laboratory, 660 N. Park Street, at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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Tanks at Hydraulics Laboratory

Date: 03 05 1929
Description: Tank at Hydraulics Laboratory, 660 N. Park Street, before moving up the ramp. Taken from below showing end of tank, at the University of Wisconsin.
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Tanks at Hydraulics Laboratory

Date: 03 05 1929
Description: New tank in place at Hydraulics Laboratory, 660 N. Park Street. Taken from below, at the University of Wisconsin.
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Lake Mendota

Date: 10 09 1928
Description: Lake Mendota from the back of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity house, 16 Langdon Street, with a view of the fraternity's pier, and University of Wisconsin bu...
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Madison Skyline

Date: 10 17 1928
Description: View of the skyline of Madison from across Lake Monona at the Kilowatt clubhouse 5311 Tonyawatha Trail.
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Outlet of Lake Mendota

Date: 10 13 1927
Description: Scenic view of outlet of Lake Mendota near Tenney Park and Yahara River.
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Outlet of Lake Mendota

Date: 10 15 1927
Description: Scenic view of outlet of Lake Mendota near Tenney Park and Yahara River.
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Lake Mendota Shoreline

Date: 1926
Description: Lake Mendota, including Fraternity Row and east side shoreline, taken from the lake path on University Bay Drive.
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Women's Pier Lake Mendota

Date: 1926
Description: View of Picnic Point across University Bay on Lake Mendota. There is a willow tree in the foreground. People are in a canoe out on the water.
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Men's Dormitories

Date: 06 30 1926
Description: View across Observatory Drive, looking down towards the Van Hise dormitories: Adams, Tripp, and Carson Gulley Commons. Picnic Point is in the distance on L...

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