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Woman Horseback Riding

Date: 1896
Description: Mrs. Elsie Stevens poses on a path by a lake while riding a horse. Possibly on the University of Wisconsin-Madison drive (present-day Lakeshore path).
Photograph

Women and Child at the Edge of Lake Mendota

Date: 1894
Description: Elevated view of three women and a young girl standing at the edge of a small cliff on the shores of Lake Mendota. Various shrubs and small trees grow on t...
Postcard

Scene at Vilas Park

Date: 1915
Description: Early souvenir postcard showing people strolling around the grounds of the recently-opened Vilas Park Zoo (Henry Vilas Zoo). Caption reads: "A Visit to the...
Postcard

Old Indian Trail Marker, Top of Blue Mounds

Date: 
Description: Photographic postcard of an old Indian trail marker, a twisted tree, as seen on top of Blue Mounds. Text below reads: "'Old Indian Trail Marker' Top of Blu...
Photograph

Lovers' Lane

Date: 
Description: View down dirt path through a wooded area. Beyond the trees are houses and buildings.
Photograph

Girl Scouts Play Day

Date: 05 15 1954
Description: Two campers working on a trail during the seventh and eighth grade Girl Scouts play day at the Black Hawk Council's Camp Brandenburg. Lois Lischeske of Mad...
Map or Atlas

University of Wisconsin, Arboretum : Guide Map

Date: 1970
Description: Map features a legend of roads, trails, points of interest, buildings, and types of vegetation. To the right are "ARBORETUM REGULATIONS" regarding hours, p...
Photograph

Catholic Church

Date: 1924
Description: Side view of the Catholic Church from the bottom of a low hill. Two more buildings are on the left and right behind the church. Bare trees are in the lawn ...
Photograph

Lover's Lane

Date: 
Description: A path along railroad tracks on the left and a river on the right. Tall bushes are along the river. Trees and a fence are to the left lining the railroad t...
Photograph

Footbridge Over Lagoon at Tenney Park

Date: 1900
Description: View from path of a footbridge over the lagoon in Tenney Park. A man is walking along the path on the right. Trees are along the shoreline.
Photograph

Snow Study of Main Hall

Date: 03 30 1900
Description: Winter scene looking towards Main Hall (Bascom Hall), obscured by trees, on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Original caption reads: "Snow study...
Photograph

Quarry Drive

Date: 03 20 1986
Description: View of Quarry Drive, a sunken path lined with trees, near Mendota Heights. Branches and stones obstruct the pathway.
Photograph

University of Wisconsin Grounds

Date: 
Description: View down tree-lined path on the University of Wisconsin grounds.
Photograph

Path Through the Woods

Date: 
Description: Original caption reads, "The path through the Woods-U.W." A sunken dirt path is lined with tree and brush.
Painting

University Bay Drive

Date: 
Description: Oil painting of a double row of willow trees on University Bay Drive. A trail winds between them. Boulders line the shore of Lake Mendota on the left. A tu...
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

Into the Woods

Date: 12 2013
Description: View down a snowy path through trees, which is lined on one side by a small wire fence on wood posts.
Photograph

The Tunnel

Date: 05 2014
Description: Silhouette of a person riding a bicycle through a pedestrian tunnel under East Johnson Street near the Yahara River and Tenney Park. Above the entrance to ...
Postcard

Yahara Parkway

Date: 
Description: Elevated view over flowering trees of the Yahara Parkway. The Yahara River is on the left and a path runs along it on the right. Caption reads: "Yahara Pa...
Postcard

The Yahara River Between Lake Mendota and Lake Monona

Date: 
Description: Elevated view from shoreline of the Yahara River, with a path running along the shoreline on the left, and a bridge in the distance. Boats are docked near ...

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