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Picnic Point
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View down hill with flowers and trees in "the daisy field" on the Lake Mendota shoreline between Raymer’s Cove and Wally Bauman Woods in the current Lakeshore Nature Preserve. The high ground on the left is Eagle Heights, and the shoreline in the distance is Middleton.
1900
Brown, Charles N.
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Picnic Point from University of Wisconsin-Madison
1900
Picnic Point from shoreline of Lake Mendota at the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. There is a university building on the hill on the left, and a pier with a boat in the foreground.
Picnic Point on Lake Mendota
1888
View of Picnic Point on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The peninsula juts into Lake Mendota. The far shoreline can be seen in the distance.
View from Picnic Point
1900
View of the city from across Lake Mendota at Picnic Point. There is a tree on the shoreline on the left, and a person is in a boat near the shoreline in the center. University of Wisconsin building...
Picnic Point on Lake Mendota
1888
View of Picnic Point stretching out into Lake Mendota on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
Picnic Point
May 5, 1931
View across Lake Mendota towards Picnic Point, framed by a willow tree, and a rowboat pulled up on the shoreline.
Campers on Picnic Point
1905
Campers on Picnic Point. Tents are set up along the shore, under the trees. A few campers are in front of their tents. A canoe is barely visible on the right. Along the shoreline is rock rip-rap.
