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Distant View of Mazomanie

Date: 1874
Description: Distant view of the town from a hill with houses, garden plots, businesses and churches.
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Cochrane

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Description: Elevated view of Cochrane and the surrounding landscape. There are houses, railroad tracks, distant fields, a pond and some irrigation canals. Caption read...
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Downtown Fish Creek

Date: 1905
Description: View across field and fence downhill towards the town of Fish Creek and the bay. Caption reads: "Greetings from Fish Creek, Wis."
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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.
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Yellowstone Lake

Date: 1957
Description: Aerial view of Yellowstone Lake and surrounding countryside.
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Elevated View of Town and Lake Pepin

Date: 1905
Description: Elevated view of Stockholm and Lake Pepin. Caption reads: "Stockholm, Wis."
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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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View from Bluff Near Crystal Lake

Date: 1925
Description: View from bluff of Crystal Lake and surrounding rolling hills. There is a dairy farm in the foreground at the bottom of the bluff. Cows are grazing in fiel...
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Lake Marion from School Section Bluff

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Description: Elevated view of Lake Marion, and the railroad tracks that run along it on the left. A train belching smoke is coming up the tracks. A road runs along the ...
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University of Wisconsin-Madison

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

Date: 1895
Description: Elevated view from bluffs, looking north-east toward Lake City, Minnesota and Lake Pepin of the Mississippi River.
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General View of Hillsboro

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Description: Elevated view of the town of Hillsboro and Field Veterans Memorial Lake. There are buildings, houses, hills, and trees. The Hillsboro Mill is on the right ...
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Elevated View of Madison in Eagle Heights

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of Madison through trees. Lake Mendota, buildings of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, including the Washburn Observatory are along the sh...
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Fox Bluff Farm and Barn

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Description: Fox Bluff farm on the shore of Lake Mendota, owned by Stanley Hanks. On the left is a windmill, and a number of outbuildings are near the barn.
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Landscape with Hills and Mound Near Lake

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Description: Elevated view from a hill of a lake or river surrounded by fields and hills. The water is either marshy, or has been flooded, as trees and plants are growi...
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University Heights

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

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Description: View from University Heights looking south across open fields towards barns and fences. (written on envelope: Camp Randall, Old Dane Country Fair Grounds)....
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University Heights Looking Towards Madison

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Description: View from University Heights looking south across hills and open fields towards barns and fences. There is a series of long barns and a long fence on the r...
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Lake Kegonsa — Across Dewey Bay from West Shore

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Description: View down hill towards the west shore of Lake Kegonsa. A small white house is next to the lake. Caption on front reads: "Lake Kegonsa — Across Dewey Bay fr...
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Lake Waubesa

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Description: View of Lake Waubesa from a hill. A farm is in the distance on the left. The Yahara River is in the foreground. Handwritten caption reads: "Lake Waubesa."

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