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| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | A panoramic aerial view of the Isthmus taken from a kite. Lake Mendota is to the right in the background with Picnic Point jutting into the lake. The photo... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Photo opportunity day at the Glenn Curtiss School of Aviation on North Island in San Diego Harbor. The man in the lower left corner is thought to be Glenn ... |
| Date: | 05 09 1908 |
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| Description: | Kite aerial panoramic photograph of the central business district. In the distance is Lake Mendota. The fire damaged Wisconsin State Capitol is in the cent... |
| Date: | 11 02 1930 |
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| Description: | View of the State Office Building, 1 W. Wilson Street, under construction, from Lake Monona. The photographer's shadow and railroad tracks are in the foreg... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Three storefronts on a dirt road. A man, said to be Charles Grimm, is driving a horse and buggy. The building in the center is Feiker's photo studio. Near ... |
| Date: | 05 1970 |
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| Description: | The front page of "The Gaylord Nelson Newsletter" announcing Earth Day 1970, with the headline: "Mass Movement Begins." |
| Date: | 1953 |
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| Description: | Disney film crew in UW-Madison Arboretum's Curtis Prairie filming a prescribed burn. |
| Date: | 1963 |
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| Description: | A candid portrait of Paul Vanderbilt in the field with his large format camera set up. He is standing next to a State Historical Society of Wisconsin vehic... |
| Date: | 1973 |
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| Description: | "The Twin Towers of Lower Manhattan stand majestic as a tour boat goes by." |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | "Jayne Blodgett - Conover Model." A photographer with a 4x5 press camera is shooting from the opposite direction. |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | View down middle of street towards central business section. On the left is a building with a belfry. Cars and businesses line both sides of the street, pe... |
| Date: | 1975 |
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| Description: | This bird’s-eye-view map is a series of photographs compiled to show local streets and buildings. |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Kite aerial panoramic photograph of the central business district. In the distance is Lake Mendota. The fire damaged Wisconsin State Capitol is in the cent... |
| Date: | 08 10 1957 |
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| Description: | Unidentified man taking a picture of the Lotus Bed on Lake Mendota. The bed of large, floating white blossoms are at the peak of their bloom. |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | With legs extended, Lowell Hoxie is sitting up high in a tree, supported on two branches as if he were in a hammock. Below is a young man, sitting on the g... |
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