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| Date: | 05 26 1931 |
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| Description: | University of Wisconsin-Madison crew team holding their long oars, with coxswain on a pier on Lake Mendota. |
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| Description: | View from shoreline of a crew rowing a Pabst Shell on Lake Mendota near the University of Wisconsin-Madison boathouse, with two men in a canoe and people s... |
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| Description: | Six members of the Dorwin family water ski behind a motorboat. |
| Date: | 10 07 1934 |
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| Description: | James Jacco, Red Cliff Chippewa, and William Webster, Odanah Chippewa, competing in a lacrosse game. |
| Date: | 04 10 1948 |
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| Description: | The University of Wisconsin varsity crew on Lake Mendota in its new pressed plywood racing shell, the Mendota, which was christened just before this... |
| Date: | 04 10 1948 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin's new racing shell, the Mendota, receives the champagne bottle from sponsor Mrs. Harry (Mary) Stuhldreher in the christening ceremony on t... |
| Date: | 06 14 1948 |
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| Description: | Elevated view from the roof of the Edgewater Hotel of the California varsity crew shown defeating the Wisconsin varsity crew. |
| Date: | 06 14 1948 |
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| Description: | The California varsity crew is shown defeating the Wisconsin varsity crew. The finish judge and boat are shown in the upper right. The elevated view was ta... |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | View towards shoreline from Lake Mendota of University of Wisconsin-Madison varsity men's rowing crew. People are watching from the boathouse in the backgr... |
| Date: | 02 02 1949 |
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| Description: | Four ski "jumpers" are posed on a hill with Lake Mendota behind them. They are, from left to right: Allen Bushnell, Wally Alcumbrac, Bill Bradley, and Don ... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of the Elizabeth Waters women's dormitory on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. In the upper right corner is Camp Randall. A long pier... |
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| Description: | A group of people wearing swimming suits toss a beach ball on the sand at Beaver Brook. There are several swimmers, a dock, and several boats in the backgr... |
| Date: | 12 27 1953 |
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| Description: | Pat Gibson, a University of Wisconsin student, wins the National Senior Women's Speed Skating Title for the second successive year. |
| Date: | 04 21 1954 |
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| Description: | Eight rowers and a coxswain of the University of Wisconsin varsity crew sitting with their oars resting on the water's surface awaiting a start command. |
| Date: | 04 21 1954 |
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| Description: | Four rowers and a coxswain posing in their boat. All five students were named Smith. Left to right, their first names are Jim, Irv, Dick, Foster, and Stan. |
| Date: | 06 12 1954 |
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| Description: | A man in the foreground is looking out over Lake Mendota as the University of Wisconsin varsity crew beats the California Golden Bears by 10 feet in a late... |
| Date: | 05 25 1956 |
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| Description: | Skipper Pete Barrett of Madison and crew member Ruth Hibbard of Birmingham, Michigan, sail their boat on Lake Mendota. They are one of two University of Wi... |
| Date: | 06 15 1956 |
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| Description: | Action shot of the University of Wisconsin vs. Stanford varsity crew race on Lake Mendota. Stanford's crew, in the foreground, pulls across the finish line... |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | Map reads: "Now You Can Visualize Madison". Includes indexes, with points marked 1-98 and a key. Text and illustrations on verso include hotels and seasona... |
| Date: | 07 31 1962 |
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| Description: | Three experienced sky divers, Miles Micya and Mel Gall of the Air Force, and Bob Falconer (Falkener), a U.W. student, jumped into Lake Mendota from an airp... |
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