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| Date: | 1879 |
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| Description: | Norwegian Sunday School Picnic at Mendota steamboat landing. Small lake steamer "Mendota" could reach speeds of up to 18 mph. The barge "Uncle Sam" was 75f... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Summertime view of people at tables on University of Wisconsin-Madison Memorial Union terrace, looking out to canoes and sailboats on the lake. In the back... |
| Date: | 1894 |
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| Description: | Man in a rowboat on Lake Monona with a view of the city in the background. |
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| Description: | The Eben Peck cabin was the first house built in Madison. |
| Date: | 1855 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye view of Madison. "Taken from the Water Cure, South Side of Lake Monona, 1855." |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Edward A. Birge and Chancey Juday with plankton trap in Lake Mendota. From album of photographs relating to the research in limnology conducted at Trout La... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Two men pose on a boat docked at the Askew Steamboat Landing on Lake Monona off South Carroll Street. The old Governor Harvey residence is in the backgroun... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | A view of the Yahara River below Williamson Street. |
| Date: | 04 24 1931 |
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| Description: | Boathouses on Lake Monona looking southeast from E. Wilson Street across CNW railroad tracks. View of Wirka Boat Line, E. Wilson Street at S. Hancock Stree... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | View of the Wisconsin State Capitol from across Lake Monona with a tree, pier and boat in the foreground. |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Monona Lake Assembly, The Casino. This structure, including the ice house and provision space, designed by Conover and Porter and built for $1700.00 in Jun... |
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| Description: | View from shoreline towards the Steensland Bridge with a boat and passengers passing beneath. Caption reads: "Steensland Bridge, Madison, Wis." |
| Date: | 07 20 1934 |
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| Description: | Canoers paddle by to observe Don Krueger standing in the bow of the burned-out "Baby Gar Wood" speedboat after six University of Wisconsin women students w... |
| Date: | 11 14 1931 |
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| Description: | University of Wisconsin coeds sitting in a boat surrounded by sand bags in front of Ann Emery Hall, 265 Langdon Street, an independent women's dormitory. I... |
| Date: | 06 29 1931 |
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| Description: | Chanticleer Orchestra, the "Piffles" Jaeger Band with instruments, on lake passenger boat. Band members and guests are: Left to right: Ruth Bourrette, Mrs.... |
| Date: | 06 18 1931 |
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| Description: | View from shoreline looking down towards bathers at the Willows Beach, standing on a pier and swimming in the lake. |
| Date: | 05 23 1931 |
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| Description: | Madison Motor Car Co. — Tracy Boat Co. Dodge boat, mounted on the back of a truck, with 5 passengers and a sign advertising "Young Sinners." In front of St... |
| Date: | 05 05 1931 |
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| Description: | View across Lake Mendota towards Picnic Point, framed by a willow tree, and a rowboat pulled up on the shoreline. |
| Date: | 09 28 1929 |
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| Description: | Texaco racing boats on display at a service station, at 632 University Avenue. Next door on the right is the Wheeler Conservatory of Music at 626 Universit... |
| Date: | 10 09 1928 |
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| Description: | Lake Mendota from the back of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity house, 16 Langdon Street, with a view of the fraternity's pier, and University of Wisconsin bu... |
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