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Merrill Springs

Date: 1910
Description: University of Wisconsin summer session students gather at Merrill Springs on Lake Mendota.
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Group at Bethesda Spring

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Description: Group assembled at Bethesda Mineral Spring.
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Lawrence University

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Description: Elevated view over the Fox River towards Lawrence University on the far shoreline in the autumn.
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Spring on Lake Mendota

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Description: View of a large spring on Lake Mendota, to the west of the University of Wisconsin. A man crouches at the stone wall surrounding the spring, and a small bu...
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Spring Basin

Date: 11 26 1972
Description: Dry spring basin (Merrill Springs) at the end of Spring Court off Lake Mendota Drive.
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Token Creek Springs

Date: 06 29 1954
Description: Two gushers of water show the volume of springs that form the headwaters of Token Creek, ten miles from Madison.
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Glenn's Mineral Spring

Date: 1877
Description: Stereograph view of Glenn's mineral spring.
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Palmyra Spring

Date: 1925
Description: Palmyra Spring, called variously "Blue Spring" and "Aurelian Spring."
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Dripping Springs on Grant River

Date: 1900
Description: View from ice-covered river of Dripping Springs along shoreline in winter.
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View of Tonyawatha House

Date: 1885
Description: View along shoreline towards Tonyawatha House and several outbuildings on Lake Monona. There is a long dock extending into the lake from a boathouse on the...
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Glenn's Mineral Spring

Date: 1877
Description: Stereograph view of Glenn's mineral spring with a group of people gathered around it.
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Composite Views of Resort

Date: 1900
Description: Composite of several views of the Palmyra Springs Resort and vicinity. Caption reads: "Views at Palmyra Springs, Palmyra, Wis."
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Spring Near River Pine Sanitarium

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Description: View of a spring on the way to River Pine Sanitarium, which opened in 1906.
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People in Mineral Springs Pavilion

Date: 1875
Description: "Mineral spring pavilion with visitors taking the waters." Well-dressed men, women and children are posed in a gazebo built over the Iodo-Magnesian Springs...
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Roscoe Malone in the Old Spring House

Date: 02 25 1954
Description: Roscoe Malone kneels at the spring in the basement at his house, The Old Spring House at 5042 Lake Mendota Drive. In the middle of the basement floor is a ...
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Prentice Park, Mammoth Spring

Date: 1930
Description: Six girls sit on a stone wall beside Mammoth Spring in Prentice Park.
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Woman at Spring

Date: 1925
Description: An unidentified woman stands beside a stone spring house at a spring between Mt. Horeb and Black Earth.
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Spring in Mitchell's Glen

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Description: Two men stand near a geological formation in Mitchell's Glen, formerly owned by S. D. Mitchell.
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Marquette's Well

Date: 1889
Description: Cross in a field marking the area of "Marquette's well."
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Blue Spring

Date: 07 02 1925
Description: Charles E. Brown (pointing) and A.O. Barton, both of Madison, stand on a boardwalk at Blue Spring. The spring feeds the lake of the same name.

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