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Delta Upsilon

Date: 1908
Description: Fraternity house, 644 N Frances Street, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Lake Mendota is in the background.
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Lake Mendota

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Description: Elevated view from a hill framed by trees towards the University of Wisconsin on Lake Mendota. Bascom Hall is in the distance. In the foreground on the lef...
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Scene at Weigands Bay

Date: 1925
Description: View from shoreline towards cottage at Weigands Bay, Lake Wisconsin. A pier and several small boats are along the shore, with a man posed sitting in a rowb...
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Blackhawk Summer Homes

Date: 05 16 1908
Description: View from the water (probably Lake Mendota) of summer cottages at Blackhawk. There is a pavilion at the shoreline. There are two people canoeing near the s...
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Boat House at Eagle Knob Resort on Lake Owen

Date: 1932
Description: View along shoreline of wooden rowboats pulled up at the landing, and a boathouse with a second-story porch at the Eagle Knob Resort on Lake Owen. There is...
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Lucien Stanley Hanks Residence

Date: 11 11 1925
Description: This red brick Italianate residence located at 216 Langdon Street, was built in 1870 for Lucien Stanley Hanks, a prominent Madison banker and civic leader,...
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Delta Upsilon Fraternity

Date: 1915
Description: Exterior front view from Lake Mendota of the Delta Upsilon Fraternity House, located at 640 North Francis Street, erected in 1906. A group of people are o...
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View on the Lawn "The Highland"

Date: 1931
Description: View of the Highland Hotel's lakeside lawn. Several park benches are among the trees on the lawn. In the background at the shoreline is a boathouse with a ...
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Pheasant Inn on Mason Lake

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Description: Photographic postcard view across water towards the Pheasant Inn on Lake Mason. Buildings are along the shoreline behind large trees. Two people are in a r...
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941 Harvey Terrace

Date: 1914
Description: Rear view from shoreline of the first Madison home of Richard and Georgia Lloyd Jones, 941 Harvey Terrace, on the north shore of Lake Monona.
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Townsend House

Date: 1860
Description: Stereograph of Townsend House. Image includes people sitting on porch, grounds, boat dock.
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State Forest Buildings

Date: 04 1938
Description: An elevated view of a farmstead, including a house, barn, silo, and two small outbuildings. The house has a fieldstone wing with front gable and shutters o...
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Shores of Geneva Lake

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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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Belle Isle Residence

Date: 1930
Description: Residence in Belle Isle on Lake Monona in Squaw Bay, off Winnequah Road. The building is no longer standing.
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Birch Walk at Kelly Lake

Date: 1870
Description: View of two lakeside cottage, which have docks and porches that overlook the lake. Caption reads: "Birch Walk, Kelly Lake, Wis."
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Octagonal House

Date: 1877
Description: This building, on an entire block of Spaight and Brearly Streets with Lake Monona, was originally the governor's mansion for Leonard J. Farwell. The Farwel...
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Kelly Lake

Date: 1870
Description: Elevated view of cottages along Kelly Lake's shoreline. Some of the buildings are two-story structures. Trees stand between the cottages and line the lake'...
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Black Point Estate

Date: 05 1977
Description: A small boat is seen on the waters of Geneva Lake in this aerial view of Black Point Estate. The main house with its distinctive tower and porches is easil...
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Lodge at Trout Lake

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Description: View towards side of lodge, with Trout Lake in the background.
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Olson's Store at Crescent Park

Date: 08 1927
Description: A young boy sits on the dock in front of Olson's store in Crescent Park on Lake Waubesa. Small row boats are arrayed for rental.

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