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Forest Hill Cemetery Dike Damage

Date: 05 21 1933
Description: Two men examine a break in the dike and the wash out damage at Forest Hill Cemetery, Section 22. The house in the background is located at 454 Virginia Ter...
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Forest Hill Cemetery Dike Damage

Date: 05 21 1933
Description: View of Forest Hill Cemetery behind 440 Virginia Terrace, showing damage to dike.
Photograph

Flooded Langdon Street

Date: 05 19 1933
Description: View of Langdon Street during flood from rain. A man is standing ankle deep in water.
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Children Playing in Flooded Street

Date: 06 14 1944
Description: Children in swimming suits playing in a miniature lake created by heavy rains in the area of Fox and Prospect Avenues.
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Trailer Camp Flood

Date: 02 27 1948
Description: Flood at the University of Wisconsin-Madison East Hill Trailer Camp, located at 451 North Midvale Boulevard, south of University Avenue. Shown are several ...
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Trailer Camp Flood

Date: 02 27 1947
Description: Flood at the University of Wisconsin-Madison East Hill Trailer Camp, located at 451 North Midvale Boulevard, south of University Avenue. Looking west, sho...
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University Avenue Flooding

Date: 03 05 1950
Description: Flooding along University Avenue at Shorewood Boulevard in front of Frenchy's restaurant, 3302 University Avenue.
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University Avenue Flooding

Date: 03 05 1950
Description: Flooding along University Avenue at Shorewood Boulevard. Businesses in the photograph include Frenchy's Restaurant, 3302 University Avenue, and the Walter ...
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High Water Damage Along Lake Mendota

Date: 04 27 1950
Description: View of damage to the breakwater behind the home of Dr. J.G. Frisch, 1653 Sherman Avenue, caused by high water and waves driven by strong winds.
Photograph

Flooded Farm Field

Date: 07 04 1960
Description: Landscape view of a flooded field at sunrise.
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After the Storm Passes

Date: 1946
Description: Storm over Picnic Point from the willows.
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Madison Flood in Subdivision

Date: 07 03 1954
Description: View of the flooded yard of Mr. and Mrs. Willard Stormer at 829 Burbank Place in the Garden Homes subdivision of Madison.
Historical Object

Paul Vanderbilt Pairing 144

Date: 
Description: A house laced straight into the wiry sore of righteousness,
squared off and lonely,
tingling at the sound of ice,
the libertine who drowned.

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