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Aerial View of Lake Mendota Shoreline

Date: 1956
Description: Aerial view looking northeast from a point over the east end of Middleton, showing the west end of Lake Mendota (right mid-ground). Fox Bluff juts into the...
Photograph

St. Croix River

Date: 1910
Description: St. Croix River from Hudson.
Drawing

Farwell's Madison Mills

Date: 1853
Description: Farwell's Mill on the Yahara River at Lake Mendota.
Postcard

Sherman Avenue Bridge and Lock

Date: 1910
Description: View of the Sherman Bridge and Lock and surrounding area on the Yahara River. Caption reads: "Sherman Avenue Bridge and Locks, Yahara River, Madison, Wis."
Postcard

Steensland Bridge

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Description: Double postcard view of the Steensland Bridge, over the Yahara River at East Washington Avenue. Caption reads: "The Steensland Bridge, South End of Tenney ...
Postcard

Tenney Park Lagoon

Date: 1909
Description: View of the lagoon at Tenney Park, surrounded by trees, with a bridge in the distance. Caption reads: "Lagoon and Bridge, Tenney Park, Madison, Wis."
Postcard

Bridge in Tenney Park

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Description: View of a bridge in Tenney Park surrounded by shrubs and trees. Caption reads: "Bridge in Tenney Park, Madison, Wis."
Postcard

Lagoon in Tenney Park

Date: 1905
Description: View of the lagoon and surrounding wooded area in Tenney Park. Caption reads: "Lagoon in Tenney Park, Madison, Wis."
Postcard

Bridge and Lagoon in Tenney Park

Date: 1907
Description: Bridge and Lagoon in Tenney Park. Caption reads: "Bridge and Lagoon, Tenney Park, Madison, Wisconsin."
Photograph

The Yahara River

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view looking down the Yahara River. In the foreground a canoe is tied to a small dock, and in the background is a bridge.
Photograph

Yahara River Lock

Date: 
Description: Elevated view of the Yahara River lock.
Photograph

Mill on Yahara River

Date: 1890
Description: View towards the mill on the Yahara River at the outlet of Lake Mendota. The mill was built in 1850 by Governor Farwell. A man is standing on the bridge wi...
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Lock on The Yahara River

Date: 1939
Description: Several men pass through the locks at the Lake Mendota entrance to the Yahara River.
Photograph

Tenney Park Locks

Date: 1906
Description: A boat full of men and women is entering the lock on the Yahara River at Tenney Park.
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Cows Drinking in Yahara River

Date: 1897
Description: Yahara River at the Steensland Bridge. A man stands on the bank.

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