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Monona Bay Railroad Causeway
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Looking southwest along the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad causeway. Two boys fish from the bridge. The sign declares "Private Property. No Thoroughfare. Keep Off." The Chicago & North Western Railroad track is in the background.
1918
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Monona Bay Bathers
1918
People swimming and diving in Monona Bay near the Brittingham Park bath house. The railroad causeway is in the background.
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul West Madison Station
1918
The West Madison Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul railroad station, with train cars on the tracks. An automobile on West Washington Avenue crosses the tracks.
Monona Bay and Brittingham Park Boathouse
1918
View across water towards the boathouse in Brittingham Park on Monona Bay, taken from the railroad causeway.
Monona Bay
1918
A view across railroad tracks looking west along North Shore Drive with the Brittingham Park boathouse in the background. Monona Bay is to the left.
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul East Madison Railroad Station
1918
A view looking east along East Wilson Street with the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul East Madison railroad station, 501 East Wilson Street, on the right. Several pedestrians and automobiles are a...
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul West Madison Station
1918
West Madison Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul railroad station, 644 West Washington Avenue. There are pedestrians and parked automobiles near the station.
