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| Date: | 1902 |
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| Description: | This map is watercolor and pen on paper and relief shown by contours. The map reads: "Contour interval 10 feet." Shown on the map are geological features a... |
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| Description: | On the map it shows the turkey buzzards circling overhead to tell us who we are and what the odds. Don't count; a promise is no more than just a s... |
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| Description: | View across water towards Governor's Island and its exposed cliff at the shoreline with trees and plants growing on top. Governor’s Island, formerly part o... |
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| Description: | Watercolor painting of a sailing ship on a sea or ocean. A large rock formation is on the left. |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Watercolor painting of boats and sailboats on Lake Mendota, looking towards Maple Bluff, perhaps from Governor's Island or Rocky Roost. |
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| Description: | Watercolor painting of a cascade of water over boulders in a stream. Trees and foliage are growing on both sides. The scene may be Madison Creek, west of... |
| Date: | 11 2013 |
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| Description: | Trees lining a dirt road covered in a light layer of snow in the Driftless Area. A rock outcropping is on the far left. |
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| Description: | View across water towards a bluff along the Wisconsin River. Caption reads: "Phoebie Point on the Wisconsin River, Hillside, Wis." |
| Date: | 05 18 2015 |
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| Description: | View of a young woman standing with her left hand resting on a rock outcropping, and her right hand in her jacket pocket. Trees are growing on the hill ris... |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | A girl is standing high up among a group of stalagmites in the Cave of the Mounds. Another girl is leaning against a railing on the left. |
| Date: | 1963 |
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| Description: | View uphill towards a rocky outcropping on a hilltop near Mount Horeb, with storm clouds gathering in the sky. Fence posts are partway up the hill, and a f... |
| Date: | 08 1934 |
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| Description: | Rear view of three young men sailing an E-Scow sailboat numbered U 65 in a regatta on Lake Mendota. "NAN TUCK" is painted on the stern of the boat. Maple B... |
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| Description: | View of a large interior cave room. There is a wooden bridge and a lighting fixture. Caption reads: "Hall of Travertine, a single room 350 feet long with t... |
| Date: | 1941 |
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| Description: | Arthur Pond, wearing knickers, heavy stockings, a coat and hat is standing admiring the walls in the Cave of the Mounds. On the reverse of the photograph i... |
| Date: | 1941 |
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| Description: | The typed caption on the reverse of this photograph explains: "On the bridge above the underground lake in Cave of the Mounds at Blue Mounds, Wis., Arthur ... |
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| Description: | View across water towards a small boat named "Julia" at Maple Bluff (Lake Mendota) with six people in it. Caption reads: "Maple Bluff, Madison, Wis." |
| Date: | 05 13 1961 |
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| Description: | View of several trees growing behind a rocky outcropping. In the background on the left is a farmhouse and farm buildings, and a tower for what may be a wi... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Totem Pole Room at the Cave of the Mounds. Caption on back of print reads: "The Totem Pole Room is popular with visitors because of the rich coloring and r... |
| Date: | 07 01 1940 |
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| Description: | Page of the log book of bike hostel trips taken by participants in the Neighborhood House summer program for girls, with four images from the trip and hand... |
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