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On Mendota Lake near Varsity Boat House

Date: 1915
Description: View of a group of people in a large model launch with an American flag. Caption reads: "On Mendota Lake near University of Wisconsin-Madison Boat House."
Postcard

Lake Mendota Sunset

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Description: Sunset over Lake Mendota. A rocky shoreline is in the foreground. Caption reads: "Sunset on Lake Mendota, Madison, Wis."
Postcard

Profile Rock

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Description: View of Profile Rock at Farwell Point on Lake Mendota. Caption reads: "Profile Rock, Lake Mendota, Madison, Wis."
Postcard

View from Lake Monona

Date: 1905
Description: View from shoreline looking towards the city of Madison from across Lake Monona. Several people are in a rowboat on the lake. Caption reads: "Madison, Wis....
Postcard

Madison View from Across Lake Monona

Date: 1905
Description: View of Madison from across Lake Monona. A boat is moored near trees at the shoreline of the lake in the foreground. Caption reads: "Madison, Wis. Glimpse ...
Drawing

View of Madison

Date: 1890
Description: Drawing depicting a distant view across water towards the city of Madison.
Drawing

Waterfront on the Grounds of Benjamin Walker Castle

Date: 1863
Description: View of the shoreline on the Walker Castle grounds. Two men are boating while a young boy fishes from the shore.
Postcard

University of Wisconsin-Madison Boathouse and Red Gym

Date: 1906
Description: View towards shoreline from Lake Mendota of University of Wisconsin-Madison varsity men's rowing crew. People are watching from the boathouse in the backgr...
Postcard

University of Wisconsin-Madison Boathouse

Date: 1930
Description: Boathouse on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The Armory (Red Gym or Old Red) is behind the boathouse. In the left corner, a rowing ream is on t...
Photograph

Picnic Point from University of Wisconsin-Madison

Date: 1900
Description: Picnic Point from shoreline of Lake Mendota at the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. There is a university building on the hill on the left, and a pi...
Photograph

Sailboat on Lake Mendota

Date: 1936
Description: View from shoreline of a sailboat on Lake Mendota.
Print

Madison Mobile Homes Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of Madison Mobile Homes, with a three-quarter view of a mobile home parked in a clearing near a wooded area on a shoreline, with the slogan "Liv...
Map or Atlas

Hydrographic Map of Lake Wingra at Madison, Wisconsin

Date: 1948
Description: This 1948 map shows contour and spot depths in Lake Wingra in Madison, Wisconsin. The shore outline is based on a 1940 aerial photograph.
Map or Atlas

Fuller's Woods Map

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Description: A decorative map of Fuller's Woods development along the Lake Mendota shoreline. Includes numbered lots and building line setbacks with decorative features...
Map or Atlas

Sanborn Map Detail of Langdon Street

Date: 1908
Description: A detail of a Madison Sanborn map that includes the University of Wisconsin Boat House, UW Gymnasium & Armory (The Red Gym), fraternity houses, and the YMC...
Map or Atlas

Plat Showing Olbrich Purchase

Date: 1923
Description: Map showing the parcel of land on the shore of Lake Monona acquired by the City of Madison for a park (today known as Olbrich Park).
Map or Atlas

Lake Mendota Shoreline Map

Date: 1942
Description: Detail of a Madison Sanborn Map showing the Lake Mendota shoreline. The area shown is between the Blackhawk Country Club and Eagle Heights Woods.
Book or Pamphlet

Steam Yacht Advertisement

Date: 1890
Description: Advertisement for The Steam Yacht "Mendota." At the top is an engraving of the steam yacht under way loaded with passengers, and below is text. Some of the...
Postcard

The Bridge, Tenney Park

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Description: A view from the shoreline through trees of the lagoon at Tenney Park towards an arched bridge. Caption reads: "The Bridge, Tenney Park, Madison, Wis."
Book or Pamphlet

Brittingham Bay Panorama

Date: 1914
Description: Panoramic view of Brittingham Bay taken from the north west shore of Brittingham Park. The boathouse is on the left. On the right the railroad tracks cross...

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