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| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | University Drive along Lake Mendota. Picnic Point can be seen across the lake. Caption reads: "University Drive." |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | View from the tower of the Congregational Church towards Lake Mendota and the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Picnic Point is in the center backgro... |
| Date: | 06 10 1954 |
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| Description: | Members of the University of Wisconsin male crew row on Lake Mendota. Picnic Point is in the background. |
| Date: | 07 1899 |
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| Description: | Elevated view from hill of Picnic Point, located on the south shore of Lake Mendota. |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Campers on Picnic Point. Tents are set up along the shore, under the trees. A few campers are in front of their tents. A canoe is barely visible on the rig... |
| Date: | 02 14 2015 |
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| Description: | View of a corner of the Limnology Center on the shoreline of Lake Mendota. The building overhang is shading a walkway along the shore. A memorial stone and... |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | Air view of the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus looking north to Lake Mendota. Picnic Point, currently part of the Lakeshore Nature Preserve, and Ca... |
| Date: | 1980 |
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| Description: | Aerial shot directly over Picnic Point. Boats are in the lake. Text on reverse reads: "Picnic Point — A peninsula of the University of Wisconsin campus jut... |
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| Description: | View of Picnic Point from Observatory Hill on the University of Wisconsin campus. Autumn color is in the trees. |
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| Description: | A sepia-toned photographic postcard of Picnic Point as seen from Observatory Drive. The lake is frozen and snow is on the ground. |
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| Description: | Sepia-toned photographic postcard view looking out towards the Picnic Point Peninsula jutting out into Lake Mendota. A walking path is on the left Caption ... |
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| Description: | Hand-colored view of a small beach surrounded by boulders. Caption reads: "Beach at Picnic Point, Madison, Wis." |
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| Description: | View of Picnic Point and Lake Mendota from over the men's residence hall at the University of Wisconsin. |
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