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South Park Street Interchange

Date: 1956
Description: Aerial view of the South Park Street interchange.
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Piper Brothers Farm

Date: 03 04 1932
Description: Piper Brothers farm scene, 4718 Odana Road near Midvale.
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Accident Scene on Highway 51

Date: 10 20 1931
Description: Accident scene on Highway 51, rural area. Caption at bottom reads: "High #51 — Looking West — Northwest — October 20, 1931 2:00 P.M."
Photograph

Wrecked Ford

Date: 06 30 1931
Description: Wrecked Ford upside down on Fair Oaks Avenue.
Photograph

Homemade Mosquito Duster

Date: 07 27 1944
Description: City of Madison staff demonstrating homemade liquid mosquito sprayer designed by Dr. Bernhard "Dommie" Domogalla, city biochemist. Left to right: LeRoy Joh...
Photograph

Lake Wingra

Date: 1910
Description: Aerial view looking toward Lake Wingra. In the foreground is the Yawkey-Crowley Lumber Yard. The company built it's warehouse at 1542 Monroe Street between...
Photograph

Madison Countryside

Date: 
Description: View from the western countryside towards Lake Wingra, looking east. In the foreground is a dirt road and fence.
Photograph

Kapec Orchards

Date: 1958
Description: Aerial view of Kapec Orchards on Verona Road between McKee and Nesbitt Roads.
Photograph

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Date: 
Description: Slightly elevated view over fields of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, showing Bascom Hall, the Observatory, and King Hall from University Heights. Lak...
Photograph

Aerial View of Hoyt Park

Date: 1955
Description: Aerial view, looking west from over Hoyt Park toward Midvale Boulevard.
Photograph

Girl Standing on Linden Drive

Date: 05 1900
Description: A young girl, Kathleen Carlyle, standing on Linden Drive located on the University of Wisconsin campus. She is wearing a dress and a bonnet, and is standin...
Photograph

University of Wisconsin Linden Drive

Date: 1900
Description: View down Linden Drive on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Original caption reads, "Linden Drive in the spring time." Trees line both side of th...
Historical Object

Paul Vanderbilt Pairing 63

Date: 
Description: You came to know that book by its covered distance,
well remembered by the measure
of the trudging barefoot mile
Photograph

University Heights

Date: 
Description: Slightly elevated view over fields of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, showing, from right, Bascom Hall, the Observatory, and King Hall (1525 Observato...
Photograph

Willow Drive

Date: 1982
Description: Large specimens of Salix alba line Willow Drive on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Some of the trees date from the 1890s, and many have ...
Photograph

Cottage Grove Rd. at Acewood Blvd.

Date: 1960
Description: Aerial view of rural landscape with suburban construction in foreground. Cottage Grove Road is at left with the newly constructed Acewood Boulevard crossin...
Photograph

Haystacks in Field

Date: 
Description: View from roadside, with a tree in the foreground, towards a field with haystacks, and farm buildings in the distance among trees.
Photograph

Driving to the Farm

Date: 
Description: View from road, with the front of an automobile on the right, towards a farm. Cows and pigs are in a pasture, and two silos are next to the barn.
Postcard

Madison, Wis. and the Four Lakes Region

Date: 1928
Description: Birds-eye view showing Lake Mendota, Lake Monona, Lake Wingra, Lake Waubesa and Lake Kegonsa. Shows the growth of Madison from the Isthmus along the southe...
Postcard

Madison

Date: 1979
Description: Text on reverse reads: "Madison, Wisconsin photographed on infrared film at an altitude of 22 miles from a NASA research aircraft. Red = vegetation Blue ...

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