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Pumping Station for Lake Forest at Arboretum
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University of Wisconsin-Madison. The Arboretum station was built when the site was a proposed site for a model city called Lake Forest, a scheme which failed in 1921.
1950
Capital Times (Madison, Wis.)
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University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum Fire Lane
1960
University of Wisconsin-Madison fire lane surrounded by trees and brush.
Lake Forest Community Plan
1917
The Lake Forest community plan, a model community that was planned for the site where the University of Wisconsin Arboretum now stands.
Lake Monona
1959
Elevated view of dirt parking lot between a road and the lake. Steam is rising from the lake, and the far shoreline can be seen in the distance.
Aerial View of Universitiy of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum
1930
Aerial view of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum including a portion of Lake Wingra and surrounding residential neighborhoods.
Shorewood Fire Fighters
1930
Members of Shorewood Fire Fighters standing in front of fire engine posing outdoors near a lake.
Aerial View of Arboretum and Isthmus
1961
View over beltline of University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum along Lake Wingra. Lake Mendota is on upper left, and Lake Monona is on the right, with the downtown on the isthmus in between.
