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| Date: | 05 26 1947 |
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| Description: | Duck pond at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum, a favorite spot for Madison children where mallard ducks live year around. |
| Date: | 05 26 1947 |
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| Description: | The stone council circle in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum. It was built by noted landscape architect and bereaved father, Jens Jensen, as a... |
| Date: | 05 26 1947 |
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| Description: | A nook in the lilac garden in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum where 130 different varieties bloom. |
| Date: | 1961 |
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| Description: | 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... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | 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 fail... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | University of Wisconsin-Madison entrance to Arboretum. Two stone walls flank the road. Two informational signs, including the speed limit, are past the e... |
| Date: | 12 1935 |
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| Description: | Plan for the Michael B. Olbrich Memorial Entrance to the Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum and Wild Life Refuge. |
| Date: | 1960 |
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| Description: | University of Wisconsin-Madison fire lane surrounded by trees and brush. |
| Date: | 1953 |
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| Description: | Disney film crew in UW-Madison Arboretum's Curtis Prairie filming a prescribed burn. |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| 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. |
| Date: | 05 1938 |
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| Description: | Map of the University of Wisconsin-Madison arboretum and wild life refuge. Roads are labelled, left to right: "Nakoma Road," "Monroe St.," "Manitou Way," "... |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | This map shows local streets, section lines, Nakoma Country Club, part of Lake Forest, and part of Lake Wingra. The map includes a legend showing areas of ... |
| Date: | 05 28 1964 |
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| Description: | Sunlight spotlights a prairie tract where more than 100 members of the Friends of the University of Wisconsin Arboretum picnicked and toured the area in gr... |
| Date: | 03 08 1954 |
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| Description: | Brush fire in the University of Wisconsin Arboretum. |
| Date: | 01 16 1959 |
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| Description: | Several people looking at a topographical model of Bascom Woods and Muir Knoll by the surrounding buildings between Elizabeth Waters Hall, the Carillon Tow... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | A row of trucks are parked in a lot with trees in the background. The caption identifies the trucks as belonging to CCC 2670, the Madison-based 2670th Comp... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | View of several cabins in winter. A path has been cut through snow to the camp. This is Camp Madison, the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp located at... |
| Date: | 05 16 1958 |
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| Description: | Dan Rupnow sniffing the lilac blossoms in the University of Wisconsin Arboretum. |
| Date: | 1957 |
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| Description: | Blood Root flowers blossoming alongside a rotting log in the University of Wisconsin Arboretum. |
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