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Mission Inn

Date: 1920
Description: View across lawn of the Mission Inn on Madeline Island, with a shoreline on the left.
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Girl Scouts at Camp Indianola

Date: 10 10 1941
Description: Eight Girl Scouts are standing on and near a tree at the edge of Lake Mendota, with the Madison skyline in the background at Camp Indianola.
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Ceylon Building on Lake Geneva

Date: 1893
Description: The Ceylon Building and its pier as seen from Lake Geneva. Originally built for the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, the building was later purchas...
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Whiting House

Date: 1880
Description: Stereograph view of the Whiting House with its large harbor and boats. Whiting House is a four-story wood frame Second Empire style hotel standing on the l...
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Northeast Area of University of Wisconsin Campus

Date: 1907
Description: Elevated view looking northeast from the chimney of the Power Plant on University Avenue. The Chemistry Building is in the foreground, and Bascom Hall and ...
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Mrs. Theodore Statz and Daughter Cindy in Yard

Date: 09 18 1948
Description: Mrs. Theodore Statz and her 6-month old daughter Cindy in the yard of their basement apartment at 425 West Wilson Street. They are soon to be evicted becau...
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"Sunnybank"

Date: 1870
Description: Two men are in the foreground on a shoreline, one standing in a boat. In the background on the other shoreline are adults and children sitting in the gras...
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University of Wisconsin-Madison

Date: 1907
Description: Elevated view looking northeast from the chimney of the Power Plant on University Avenue. The Chemistry Building is in the foreground, and Bascom Hall and ...
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University of Wisconsin-Chemical Laboratory

Date: 1900
Description: Panoramic view of campus looking southwest from Lake Mendota on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The Chemical Laboratory is in the center and Sc...
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Mrs. Brandel and Two Women

Date: 06 1927
Description: Mrs. Brandel (center) with two other women posing on and near a tree stump on a lawn. There is a building and water in the background.
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International 2444 Tractor with No. 110 Balanced Head Mower

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Description: Color photograph of a man driving an International 2444 tractor with a No. 110 Balanced Head Mower. The tractor is mowing near the shoreline of a pond or ...
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Frank and Lillian Drew's Cottage on Lake Flora Dell

Date: 1911
Description: View of Frank and Lillian Drew's cottage on Lake Flora Dell. Their daughter, Delia Drew King, is on the steps. "Home Again" is written along the right side...
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Kraftwood from the Lake

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Description: View of Kraftwood, the Kraft family summer home, seen from Enterprise Lake. (Formerly Lake Mach-Kin-O-Siew.)
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Jack Frost Lodge

Date: 1935
Description: View from lawn down hill looking through trees towards a pavilion, with a weathervane on the roof, on the shore of Round Lake. The far shoreline is in the ...
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Fox River Canal

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Description: View of the side of a barge owned by the Pluswood company on the Fox River Canal. The boat is seen through the trees on the lawn of the Charles A. Grignon ...
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Summer Homes on Madeline Island

Date: 1938
Description: Large vacation homes in La Pointe, Madeline Island. Bayfield is in the background on the far shore of Lake Superior.
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H.L. Gary Summer Home

Date: 1940
Description: Lakeside view from pier of large two-story house and grounds on Madeline Island.
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Frank Woods Summer Home

Date: 1937
Description: Elevated view of a woman standing on lawn of the Woods mansion on Nebraska Row. Bayfield is visible on the opposite mainland shore of Lake Superior.
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Shore at Walhall Estate

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Description: View from the terrace at the Walhall Estate. The shoreline can be seen past a stone fence and the lawn.
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Attic Angel Home and Garden Tour

Date: 06 28 1954
Description: Trees on the shoreline of Lake Mendota, part of the lawn belonging to the Maple Bluff home of H. Stanley and Mary Johnson at 17 Cambridge Court. Their home...

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