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Winter Iceboat on Lake Monona
1918
Richard "Dick" Lloyd Jones and his mother, Georgia Lloyd Jones, look at an iceboat on frozen Lake Monona. Houses along the north shore are in the background.
University of Wisconsin-Madison Boathouse
1898
View from frozen Lake Mendota of boathouse on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The Armory (Red Gym or Old Red) is behind the boathouse. Two iceboats with sails are parked on the ice in ...
University Bay
1900
View downhill through pastures towards the northwest looking across Lake Mendota's University Bay with Picnic Point in the background.
Lake Monona Dock
1905
Forest Middleton, right, and a companion sit on the retaining wall along the north shore of Lake Monona near the steamboat dock. Two boats and the boathouse are seen in the background. There are la...
Aero-Sled Iceboat on Lake Monona
A man dressed in winter clothes is standing behind an Aero-Sled iceboat, which has a motor and a propeller on the back. The boat is near the Lake Monona shoreline. In the background is the Jackson ...
Iceboat
1953
Jim Lunder and another man dressed in heavy winter clothing sit on the iceboat "Fritz" on frozen Lake Monona (?).
