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Methodist Episcopal Church

Date: 1950
Description: View looking up at the Methodist Episcopal church over tree covered formations on the banks of Arkansaw Creek.
Photograph

Wheeler Hall

Date: 1955
Description: Wheeler Hall at Northland College, during winter. A group of people are on a bridge over the Bay City Creek, surrounded by trees, in the foreground. Wheele...
Photograph

Montgomery Street Bridge

Date: 06 02 1943
Description: View from shoreline of bridge and stream.
Photograph

Debris Under Water Street Bridge

Date: 06 02 1943
Description: Behind the drugstore, looking downstream. The water under the bridge is full of construction debris.
Photograph

America's First Water Works

Date: 
Description: Exterior photograph of the first water works in America, consisting of a stone cottage next to a stream.
Photograph

New Railroad Bridge

Date: 
Description: View from shoreline of two men standing on a newly constructed railroad bridge over a stream.
Photograph

Mill Race at Tenney Park

Date: 1910
Description: The mill race as it flows from Lake Mendota into Tenney Park.
Print

Madison Mobile Homes Letterhead

Date: 
Description: Letterhead of Madison Mobile Homes, with a three-quarter view of a mobile home parked in a clearing near a wooded area on a shoreline, with the slogan "Liv...
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

Snowshoeing-Trout Lake

Date: 1948
Description: Slightly elevated view of two men snowshoeing along a flowing stream near Trout Lake.
Photograph

Frosted Landscape

Date: 12 11 1953
Description: Snow scene of a concrete bridge with three arches, over a creek, in Silver Creek Park. The creek is mostly frozen and surrounded by snow covered trees.
Photograph

Snow Mantle

Date: 1961
Description: A narrow stream running under trees. The trees and banks are covered with fresh snow.
Photograph

Holstein Cattle

Date: 1945
Description: Elevated view across water towards Holstein cattle in a pasture. Caption from calendar: "A Holstein dairy herd — Polk county. Wisconsin's fame as America's...
Postcard

Meandering Stream

Date: 1945
Description: Text on front reads: "Meandering Stream Near Richland Center, Wis." Elevated view of a stream, probably the Pine River or a tributary, winding through a va...
Postcard

Hyde's Mill

Date: 1988
Description: Text on front, at the foot: "Wisconsin." The color image of Hyde's Mill has an overlay of a map of the southwest corner of Wisconsin inside a red frame. Th...
Postcard

Man on Bridge Over Spillway

Date: 1920
Description: A man is walking across a narrow suspension bridge over a spillway or dam. A typewritten note on the reverse reads: "Honey Creek, West of Sauk City, Many S...
Postcard

The Old Swimming Hole

Date: 1912
Description: Text on front reads: "The Old Swimming Hole, Whitewater, Wis." A swimming area in a river, with a bridge in the background, surrounded by trees.
Postcard

Plum Creek

Date: 08 22 1920
Description: Text on front reads: "Plum Creek, near Jack Pine Lodge, Sayner, Wis." View of a creek with brush covered shores, and trees in the distance.
Postcard

Greetings from Silver Cliff

Date: 1950
Description: Text on front reads: "Greetings from Silver Cliff." On reverse it reads: "Snowbound Creek." A creek runs through snow covered woods, and a bridge is in the...
Postcard

Spring Bank

Date: 06 28 1917
Description: Text on front reads: "Spring Bank, Near Tomah." Three women and a man stand on a wooden suspension bridge over a pond on Sparta Creek. One woman is holding...

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