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View From Southeast Shore of Lake Monona

Date: 1875
Description: View from Southeast shore of Lake Monona across a cornfield, perhaps on the farm of Thomas Williamson.
Photograph

Picnic Point from Farms

Date: 03 24 1913
Description: Picnic Point from the University Farm fields, now known as Observatory Hill.
Photograph

Turville Point, Lake Monona, Aerial View

Date: 1930
Description: Aerial view of Turville Point and Turville farm, Lake Monona.
Print

Views on Ethelwyn Farm

Date: 
Description: Ethelwyn Farm (The Teachers' Country Club), on Lake Monona.
Photograph

Wisconsin Avenue

Date: 1887
Description: Elevated view of Wisconsin Avenue from the Wisconsin State Capitol building. Mansions and churches are along the road, and Lake Mendota and Picnic Point ar...
Photograph

Aerial View of University of Wisconsin-Madison

Date: 1956
Description: Aerial view over University Avenue of the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, including University farm in the upper middle. The shoreline of Lake Mend...
Photograph

Aerial View of Eagle Heights

Date: 1958
Description: Aerial View of Eagle Heights Apartments, built especially for married students' housing, under construction on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. ...
Photograph

Eagle Heights and Woods

Date: 07 15 1958
Description: Aerial view of Eagle Heights Farm, Eagle Heights Woods and part of Lake Mendota. Sites labeled on the image are Eagle Heights, Tent Colony, Apartment Site,...
Photograph

University Bay

Date: 1900
Description: View downhill through pastures towards the northwest looking across Lake Mendota's University Bay with Picnic Point in the background.
Map or Atlas

Experimental Farm and College Grounds Belonging to the University of Wisconsin

Date: 1871
Description: This map shows buildings, roads, the railroad, an orchard, and swamp land. Relief shown by hachures. The map includes an index of buildings in the upper ri...
Photograph

Cattle Near Water

Date: 
Description: Cattle walk at the edge of a pond at Baywood Farm. There are buildings in the background among the trees.
Map or Atlas

University of Wisconsin Map of University Grounds : and Other Property Owned by the University

Date: 1913
Description: This photocopy map shows plots with owners' names, land use both commercial and agricultural, and lot outlines on University land. Lake Mendota is labeled ...
Photograph

Reclaimed Marsh Land on a University of Wisconsin Farm

Date: 06 30 1895
Description: A man is standing in the right foreground near a tall plant, perhaps corn. In the center is a square-shaped pond with high banks. A man is in the backgroun...

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