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Bicyclist on the Rustic Bridge
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Elevated view of a bicyclist dressed in light-colored clothes biking over the Shorewood Hills rustic bridge. Another bicycle is parked against the railing on the right. This is the Shorewood Hills rustic bridge, a picturesque highlight of Lake Mendota Drive. The Park and Pleasure Drive created the drive a decade earlier for scenic excursions in horse-drawn vehicles. To prevent trouble with the horses, early autos and carriages used the pleasure drive on different days.
circa 1900-1909
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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...
Ravine Bridge
1902
Rustic bridge over a ravine on Lake Mendota Drive in Shorewood Hills.
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...
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.
Rustic Bridge and Pleasure Drive
1913
Colorized postcard of a wooden bridge over the Brule River flowing through the forest. A person is on the far side of the bridge. Caption reads: "Brule River State Park, Wisconsin. Rustic Bridge an...
Rustic Bridge
1905
The rustic bridge on Lake Mendota Drive, over a ravine in Shorewood Hills. The sign on the left reads: "$5 FINE, For riding or driving over this bridge faster than a walk."
