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Summer Cottages
May 16, 1908
View across water of the summer cottages on Maple Bluff.
Governor's Island
May 16, 1908
View across water of Governor's Island. There is a far shoreline in the background on the left.
Maple Bluff
May 16, 1908
A view from the west of Maple Bluff. Part of the roof of a cottage can be seen above the bluff.
Women's Pier Lake Mendota
1926
View of Picnic Point across University Bay on Lake Mendota. There is a willow tree in the foreground. People are in a canoe out on the water.
Boats on Lake Mendota
1908
Watercolor painting of a canoe and sailboat on Lake Mendota. In the background is the city skyline on the far shoreline.
Fox Bluff Cottage
The Stanley Hanks cottage at Fox Bluff on the shore of Lake Mendota. There is a fence around the property, and a boat is pulled up on the shoreline.