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Madison from Lake Monona
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View of Madison from Lake Monona with the Wisconsin State Capitol building in the background. This view of Brittingham Park shows a part of the park shortly after if had been filled in by the sand dredge. The photograph was taken from the railroad trestle and looks north-easterly across the triangle-shaped part of the bay.
1906
Brown, Charles N.
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Filling In Brittingham Park
1907
A steam-powered dredge anchored in Monona Bay is filling in Brittingham Park.
Shacks along Lake Monona
1906
Shacks at the foot of North Main Street along Lake Monona near what later became Brittingham Park.
Brittingham Park
1900
Boys playing on makeshift diving board on the shore of Lake Monona at Brittingham Park.
Foot of West Main Street
1906
Area at the foot of West Main Street, which is now Brittingham Park. Weatherworn buildings are on the right.
Children at Brittingham Park
1905
Group of children playing with a makeshift diving board at Brittingham Bay swimming hole.
