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View From Southeast Shore of Lake Monona

Date: 1875
Description: View from Southeast shore of Lake Monona across a cornfield, perhaps on the farm of Thomas Williamson.
Photograph

Pond and Farmstead

Date: 1878
Description: View from above, of a pond and a farmstead. A man is in a boat on the water and another man is in a wagon on shore near a fence. In the background are so...
Painting

Ludemann's Farm near Milwaukee

Date: 1856
Description: The Ludemann's [also spelled Lueddemann] farm had been cultivated since the early 1850s by Mr. Ludemann, "a very pleasant Saxon with his very pleasant wife...
Photograph

Carcajou Kayaks at Dock

Date: 1920
Description: View of pasture land, with a bit of the Lake Koshkonong in the foreground, a wooden dock that is little more than planks, and several kayaks docked.
Photograph

Lake Koshkonong

Date: 1920
Description: View of farm buildings in the background on the top of a hill, with the shore of the lake in the foreground.
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Picnic Point from Farms

Date: 03 24 1913
Description: Picnic Point from the University Farm fields, now known as Observatory Hill.
Photograph

Turville Point, Lake Monona, Aerial View

Date: 1930
Description: Aerial view of Turville Point and Turville farm, Lake Monona.
Print

Views on Ethelwyn Farm

Date: 
Description: Ethelwyn Farm (The Teachers' Country Club), on Lake Monona.
Postcard

Tall-tale Postcard: Fishing with Turtle

Date: 1919
Description: Photomontage of a fisherman in a rowboat catching a giant turtle. The male companion of the fisherman has fallen in and lost his hat amidst the excitement....
Photograph

Aerial View of Lakeshore

Date: 05 08 1946
Description: Aerial view of rural lake shoreline showing farm and settlements.
Photograph

Car on Dirt Road

Date: 
Description: Near Lake Minocqua. View of rear of car driving on narrow dirt road lined with trees along lake which is on the right. A barn and silo are on the shoreline...
Photograph

Wisconsin Avenue

Date: 1887
Description: Elevated view of Wisconsin Avenue from the Wisconsin State Capitol building. Mansions and churches are along the road, and Lake Mendota and Picnic Point ar...
Photograph

Group of People in Farmyard

Date: 1917
Description: A group of people under a tree in a farmyard, with possibly a lake in the background. Two women, with heavy netting on their hats, hold luggage. A toddler ...
Photograph

Aerial View of University of Wisconsin-Madison

Date: 1956
Description: Aerial view over University Avenue of the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, including University farm in the upper middle. The shoreline of Lake Mend...
Photograph

Aerial View of Eagle Heights

Date: 1958
Description: Aerial View of Eagle Heights Apartments, built especially for married students' housing, under construction on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. ...
Photograph

J.A. Coon with Super C and Cultivator

Date: 1952
Description: View across field towards J.A. Coon with a McCormick Farmall Super C tractor and a C-254 cultivator. There is a pond or lake in the background. The origina...
Photograph

Side View of Super C with C-254 Cultivator

Date: 1952
Description: View towards a man using a McCormick Farmall Super C tractor with a C-254 cultivator to work in a field. There is a pond or lake in the background. The ori...
Drawing

Birds-Eye Drawing of "Folly Farm"

Date: 
Description: A pen drawing, in the style of a birds-eye map, of Frank and Delia King's estate Folly Farm in Kissimee, Florida.
Photograph

Three Men on the Lake Dock

Date: 
Description: A view of three men, one sitting and two standing, on a lake dock. In the background on the far shoreline are cattle grazing. Foothills are in the backgrou...
Photograph

Elevated View of Avoca

Date: 1909
Description: An elevated view of a town in the Wisconsin River Valley. Fields surround the town, and low hills are in the far background.

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