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Bathers at the Willows Beach

Date: 06 18 1931
Description: View from shoreline looking down towards bathers at the Willows Beach, standing on a pier and swimming in the lake.
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Dodge Boat Advertising "Young Sinners"

Date: 05 23 1931
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...
Photograph

Picnic Point

Date: 05 05 1931
Description: View across Lake Mendota towards Picnic Point, framed by a willow tree, and a rowboat pulled up on the shoreline.
Photograph

Texaco Racing Boat

Date: 09 28 1929
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...
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Lake Mendota

Date: 10 09 1928
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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Inland Lakes Boat Works Boat Storage

Date: 10 03 1946
Description: Ten row boats in storage inside a building at Inland Lakes Boat Works, 1501 Monroe Street.
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Inland Lakes Boat Works Workshop

Date: 10 03 1946
Description: Inland Lakes Boat Works basement workshop at the Stadium Garage, located at 1501 Monroe Street. The view includes three men and one woman constructing boat...
Map or Atlas

University of Wisconsin Historical Decorative Map

Date: 1949
Description: Color bird's-eye map of the University of Wisconsin-Madison as it was midcentury, with two co-eds, several photographs of campus landmarks around edges, an...
Drawing

General Design for Men's Dormitory Group

Date: 1908
Description: Design of the Architectural Commission of 1908 for future constructional development, elevation of men's dormitory group on the University of Wisconsin cam...
Drawing

Lakeside House

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Description: Illustration of the Lakeside House.
Photograph

The Beauties of Madison and Surroundings

Date: 1876
Description: A stereograph of rowing, sailing and fishing on Lake Monona in Madison. The back of this yellow carded stereograph reads "The Beauties of Madison and Surro...
Photograph

Boat Race on Lake Monona

Date: 1870
Description: Stereograph of a lake scene in Madison, probably looking south on Lake Monona at a boat race in progress. From the series "The Beauties of the City of Madi...
Photograph

Willow Walk

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Description: Cyanotype image of a woman in a rowboat on the shore of the University Willow Walk, near picnic point.
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Man at the Yahara River Dam

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Description: A man stands, with a rowboat in the background, at the mouth of the Yahara river on the dam at Lake Mendota.
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Wisconsin State Capitol from Lake Mendota

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Description: Wisconsin Capital from the shores of Lake Mendota, with two steamboats crossing the lake.
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Monona Lakeside

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Description: Stereograph of a Lake Monona pier with sailboats and a steamboat.
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Steamboat on Lake Monona

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Description: Steamboat on Lake Monona, with the Wisconsin State Capitol and several churches in the background.
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Man and Boat

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Description: A man stands next to a rowboat on the rocky lake shore.
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Honey Queen with University of Wisconsin-Madison Crew

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Description: Wisconsin Honey Queen Deanna Kocker standing next to the crew team, who have jars of honey, at their first outing of the year on Lake Mendota, during Honey...
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Swim Meet at B.B. Clarke Beach

Date: 06 06 1944
Description: Onlookers on slope of B.B. Clarke Beach looking out to the lake to watch a swim meet.

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