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Christmas Tree on Bascom Hill

Date: 1960
Description: Elevated view looking east from Lincoln Terrace on Bascom Hill on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The Lincoln Monument is in the foreground and...
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First Three Buildings on the University of Wisconsin-Madison Campus

Date: 1865
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison campus showing the first three buildings on campus, South Hall (left), University Hall [Bascom Hall] (center), and North Ha...
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Middleton Railroad Crossing

Date: 1873
Description: Elevated view of several men, some of whom may be railroad workers, posing in front of a Minnesota and St. Paul wood-burning engine at a train crossing. Th...
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Farm and Rural Homestead

Date: 1890
Description: Bucolic scene in Wisconsin illustrates agricultural prosperity after the depression.
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Church in Cassville

Date: 1930
Description: Winter scene overlooking town, showing Baptist church in background.
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University Heights

Date: 1898
Description: University Heights from the Chemistry Building on University Avenue. View includes the University of Wisconsin-Madison football field, on the former site o...
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Brisbane House

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Description: William Henry Brisbane house. The house was built between 1868 and 1869 from locally quarried stone for Dr. Brisbane, a physician and Baptist minister. He ...
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Brisbane House

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Description: William Henry Brisbane house. The house was built between 1868 and 1869 from locally quarried stone for Dr. Brisbane, a physician and Baptist minister. He ...
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Camp Randall Field

Date: 1906
Description: Elevated view of Camp Randall Field from the top of Bascom Hall, with University Heights in the background. A crowd is in the stands at the stadium, and a ...
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Houses and Water Tower

Date: 1940
Description: Elevated view over trees of village. In the background is a water tower on a hill with trees.
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Boyhood Home of Hamlin Garland

Date: 1937
Description: Boyhood home of Hamlin Garland.
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Sunset from Lake Monona

Date: 1881
Description: Sunset from Lake Monona.
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Maypole Dancers on Bascom Hill

Date: 1916
Description: Maypole dancers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on Bascom Hill (Main Hill). In the foreground is the Lincoln Monument. In the distance is the Wiscon...
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Mission and Mission Dock

Date: 1920
Description: View from the water of the Mission, dock, Mission cottages, and Congregational Church on Madeline Island.
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Camp Stella

Date: 1915
Description: House, "Camp Stella," a.k.a. "Sevona Memorial Cottage," on Sand Island. The structure was orignally built by Sam S. Fifield, ex-Lieutenant Governor of Wisc...
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Mission Inn

Date: 1920
Description: View across lawn of the Mission Inn on Madeline Island, with a shoreline on the left.
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Church Cottage at Mission Inn

Date: 1913
Description: View across lawn of the Church Cottage and Congregational Church on Madeline Island.
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Congregational Church

Date: 1913
Description: Congregational Church and the Church Cottage located on the Mission grounds at La Pointe.
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Cedar Cottage

Date: 1915
Description: Porch on house known as Cedar Cottage, located near Grant's Point on southern Madeline Island.
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Village of La Pointe

Date: 1910
Description: Looking down La Pointe's main street on Madeline Island. A man is walking on the board sidewalk on the left, and another person is driving a horse-drawn ve...

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