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The Wisconsin Historical Society offers an ever-growing digital collection. Digitized materials reflect the full range of items in the collections including photographs, letters, newsletters, films, posters, architectural drawings, menus, and ephemera.
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Fox Bluff Farm and Barn
Fox Bluff farm on the shore of Lake Mendota, owned by Stanley Hanks. On the left is a windmill, and a number of outbuildings are near the barn.
Fox Bluff Cottage
View up sloping lawn towards the Stanley Hanks cottage at Fox Bluff with a fence in the background. The cottage has a screen porch along one side and a rough stone foundation.
The Steamboat "Mendota" on Lake Mendota
View across water towards the steamboat "Mendota" reflected in the water of Lake Mendota with at least nine people on board. The far shoreline is in the background.
C.B. Chapman Swimming Across Lake Mendota
August 1925
View across water towards C.B. Chapman swimming across the lake to Picnic Point. Behind him is a group of people in a boat, the "Cardinal," watching C.B. swimming. In the background is the far shor...
Yahara River Spillway at Lake Mendota
View across pond towards three boys standing on the board walkway of the spillway at Lake Mendota and the Yahara River. In the background is the far shoreline.
Lake Mendota Shoreline
1895
View along Lake Mendota shoreline, west from Park Street on the University of Wisconsin campus. On the left are rowboats on the shoreline near boathouses. Further down are large houses, probably fr...
