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| Date: | 1879 |
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| Description: | Norwegian Sunday School Picnic at Mendota steamboat landing. Small lake steamer "Mendota" could reach speeds of up to 18 mph. The barge "Uncle Sam" was 75f... |
| Date: | 1894 |
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| Description: | Man in a rowboat on Lake Monona with a view of the city in the background. |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Back of painting reads: "Madison in June 1837 after photo taken by E.E. Bailey" and "Peck's cabin by Dengel." The Eben Peck cabin was the first house built... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Two men pose on a boat docked at the Askew Steamboat Landing on Lake Monona off South Carroll Street. The old Governor Harvey residence is in the backgroun... |
| Date: | 06 1837 |
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| Description: | Lithograph based on a painting by Mrs. E.E. Bailey showing the Peck cabin, the first house in Madison. In addition to the cabin, the lithograph includes a ... |
| Date: | 04 24 1899 |
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| Description: | Partial view of a boathouse at the foot of North Carroll Street, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and built for the city of Madison. The University of Wiscon... |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | View along shoreline of University of Wisconsin-Madison buildings across Lake Mendota from Carroll Street. The Armory (Red Gym or Old Red), a boathouse, an... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Looking south from the capitol dome of the Wisconsin State Capitol, the view is of West Main Street bound by South Hamilton Street and Monona Avenue (now M... |
| Date: | 03 09 1878 |
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| Description: | Illustration by N.A. Greenback of ice-skaters and iceboats featuring the new Poughkeepsie design of pivoting runners. A key at the bottom of the image iden... |
| Date: | 1873 |
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| Description: | View down railroad tracks at Angle Worm Station alongside Lake Monona. The station's unusual name originated from a speech given by Captain Frank Barnes ev... |
| Date: | 1876 |
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| Description: | Three men on shoreline of Lake Mendota, one wearing a military uniform like those worn during the 1876 Centennial Celebrations in Madison. The location app... |
| Date: | 1875 |
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| Description: | A large group of well-dressed people are standing aboard three small steamboats on Lake Monona. The boat in the foreground is a barge with a sternwheel. Th... |
| Date: | 05 17 1870 |
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| Description: | A large group, mainly men, are gathered behind the "Lake City Cornet Band" who are in uniform near a lake shore, possibly Lake Monona. The card was marked ... |
| Date: | 1858 |
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| Description: | Hölzlhuber's first extensive excursion in Wisconsin was a walking tour from Madison to Prairie du Sac along the Wisconsin River. He lost his way along Lake... |
| Date: | 1887 |
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| Description: | Picnic Point from University Drive. |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | View across water towards the Lake Mendota shoreline from the foot of Frances Street. |
| Date: | 1877 |
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| Description: | Photograph of a painting of the exterior of the Eben Peck cabin by Mrs. E.E. Bailey. The location of this original painting is unknown. |
| Date: | 1874 |
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| Description: | View across Lake Mendota toward Bascom Hall from 2-16 Langdon Street. |
| Date: | 1874 |
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| Description: | View towards Lake Monona (David Atwood House in foreground, Monona Avenue and Doty Street). |
| Date: | 1874 |
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| Description: | View of the University of Wisconsin-Madison from the Wisconsin State Capitol. |
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