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Two Men in Lake
1910
Two men in swimming suits shake hands while standing in thigh deep water.
Iceboats
1900
Forest Middleton poses with his sled as his father, William, works with an iceboat behind him on frozen Lake Monona. There are other iceboats and boathouses along the shore.
Forest Middleton at Desk
1910
Forest Middleton, wearing a visor and moccassins, sits at a roll top desk. He holds an open book and is smoking a pipe. There are two oil lamps on the desk.
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
The lake steamer "Alice" approaches the Madison dock on Lake Monona. Two boys wearing caps stand at the end of the pier. At the time of this photograph, the Askew Brothers operated the "Alice" and...
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...
