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Rustic Bridge
1902
View of a rustic bridge over a ravine on Lake Mendota Drive in Shorewood Hills. Judge A.G Zimmerman is posing in his first automobile, also one of Madison's first cars.
Ravine Bridge
1902
Rustic bridge over a ravine on Lake Mendota Drive in Shorewood Hills.
Albert G. Zimmerman with Horsless Carriage on Rustic Bridge
circa 1900-1909
View looking towards A.G. Zimmerman driving a horseless carriage, or early automobile over a rustic bridge. The bridge has board flooring and railings made of bent saplings. Albert is wearing a sui...
Rustic Bridge
Elevated view of a bridge. Trees are in the foreground, with Lake Mendota and the far shoreline in the distance. Original caption reads: "Rustic Bridge on Raymer Drive (Mendota Drive)."
Madison's First Car
1902
Mr. and Mrs. Albert G. Zimmerman in their locomobile steamer in 1902. Zimmerman purchased the car in 1901 and claimed it was the first permanent automobile in the capital city. "Prof. Wood had one...
Scene Along Lake Mendota
1902
Scene along “Willow Drive,” later known as "University Drive," on the shore of Lake Mendota, showing the neo-Gothic carved bridge. View from shoreline of two men standing on the bridge, with one ma...
