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Photograph

Outdoor Science at Black Earth Creek

Date: 07 18 1955
Description: Five teen boys stand ankle deep in Black Earth Creek (west of Cross Plains) while working together to build a conversion dam in the creek bed. The boys are...
Photograph

Outdoor Science at Black Earth Creek

Date: 07 18 1955
Description: Two teen boys and an adult stand in ankle deep Black Earth Creek (west of Cross Plains) while working together to build a "V" shaped conversion dam, pointi...
Photograph

Outdoor Science at Black Earth Creek

Date: 07 18 1955
Description: Three teen boys work together to build up the side of the creek to stop the flowing water from washing the soil away on an edge of Black Earth Creek west o...
Map or Atlas

Plat Showing Olbrich Purchase

Date: 1923
Description: Map showing the parcel of land on the shore of Lake Monona acquired by the City of Madison for a park (today known as Olbrich Park).
Photograph

Small Stream Through Willows

Date: 10 20 1963
Description: Small stream through willow tree. In the background are tree-covered hills.
Photograph

Tree in the Valley

Date: 06 25 1964
Description: Single tree in the valley meadow below Stewart park. A small loop of a stream is to the right of the tree. A wooded hill is in the background.
Photograph

Stream Gauging Station at Yahara River

Date: 03 1965
Description: Keith Brigham is shown checking the U.S. Geological Survey stream gauging station located at the Yahara river locks on Lake Waubesa near McFarland.
Painting

Cascade of Water

Date: 
Description: Watercolor painting of a cascade of water over boulders in a stream. Trees and foliage are growing on both sides.

The scene may be Madison Creek, west of...

Photograph

A Path in the Woods

Date: 08 2013
Description: View across rocks in a stream towards a board pathway that vanishes into the distance. Oak savanna in late summer.
Photograph

Waiting for Opening Day Catch

Date: 
Description: Composite photograph of one forming the background that shows a man with a pipe in his mouth, fishing at the edge of an inlet of a lake and stream, and of ...
Photograph

Bridge Over Creek

Date: 1940
Description: View from snowy shoreline towards a bridge over Wingra Creek, between Lake Wingra and Lake Monona, in Vilas Park. The road over the bridge leads into the U...
Photograph

Fishing in the Mill Stream

Date: 1935
Description: Elevated view of a man standing on a bank on the right, and two boys standing on a log on the left, are fishing in the mill stream below an old mill. Two b...
Postcard

Bridge St. Bridge — Looking S.W.

Date: 
Description: View across fence towards a pasture with cows. A stream is running through the pasture, and in the background behind a fence are buildings and a church amo...
Photograph

Black Earth Creek

Date: 1949
Description: Black Earth Creek in the winter, with the banks covered with snow. Large trees are leaning over the creek on the right bank. In the background are a fence,...
Photograph

First Fishing

Date: 1951
Description: First fishing near Vilas Park on Murphy's Creek (now known as Wingra Creek.) Many people are set up to fish on both sides of the tree-lined banks.
Photograph

Creek in the Snow

Date: 11 1958
Description: Black Earth Creek with November Snow. The water meanders and a large tree grows on the bank.
Photograph

The Thaw

Date: 01 1963
Description: Dried grass is caught in a barb wire fence that is leaning over near a small creek. Snow is on the ground.

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