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Painting

Yahara River

Date: 1906
Description: Watercolor painting of the Yahara River at Lake Monona.
Painting

Yahara River and Wetlands

Date: 1906
Description: Watercolor painting of the Yahara River at Lake Monona, with trees in the background and wetlands in the foreground.
Painting

Yahara River

Date: 1906
Description: Watercolor painting of the Yahara River, with large trees on the shoreline.

Note: '05 & '06 were the years when Tenney Park and the Yahara River Parkway ...

Map or Atlas

Map of Dane County and Madison, Wisconsin Showing the Four Lakes

Date: 1921
Description: This map, oriented with north to the upper right, shows roads, railroads, and points of interest. Lake Mendota, Wingra, Monona, Waubesa, Mud, Hook, Island,...
Map or Atlas

Madison Public Schools, Survey of Present Buildings and Sites

Date: 1925
Description: This map oriented with north to the upper right and shows 14 overlapping school districts. From left to right the schools include: Randall, Longfellow, Fra...
Map or Atlas

Madison Public Schools, Survey of Present Buildings and Sites

Date: 1925
Description: This map oriented with north to the upper right shows 12 school districts of new proposed schools and existing schools. From left to right existing schools...
Photograph

Yahara River

Date: 03 27 1937
Description: View across water towards a well-dressed man and woman posing in front of a car while another man takes their photograph. A woman and young girl are lookin...
Photograph

Winter Scene

Date: 01 20 1954
Description: Winter scene along the Yahara river near the East Johnson Street bridge at Thornton Avenue. Ice is coating the tree limbs, and steam is rising from the wat...
Photograph

Yahara River in Winter

Date: 01 26 1954
Description: Winter scene of the Yahara River lined with trees coated in hoarfrost as seen from Sherman Avenue Bridge at Tenney Park. A snow-covered pier is jutting out...
Photograph

Boys Fishing During Spring Break

Date: 04 19 1954
Description: Milwaukee boys, John and David Malec, in Madison to visit their grandmother, Mrs. Louis Malec at 1134 E. Gorham Street. John is fishing on the Yahara River...
Photograph

Tenney Park Locks Activity

Date: 07 04 1954
Description: Locktender Earl Wood swinging open the heavy lock gate for a speedboat operator passing through the lock on the Yahara River at Tenney Park. A sign above t...
Photograph

Tenney Park Locks Activity

Date: 07 04 1954
Description: Boaters and fishermen on the Yahara River moving into Lake Mendota just after the water reached exit level at the Tenney Park lock.
Map or Atlas

Map of Springfield Township

Date: 1931
Description: A plat map of Springfield, Wisconsin.
Postcard

The Cascades, Tenney Park

Date: 1911
Description: Cascades of the Yahara River at Tenney Park. Caption reads: "The Cascades, Tenney Park, Madison, Wis."
Postcard

Steensland Bridge

Date: 1920
Description: View from shoreline towards the Steensland Bridge crossing the Yahara River at Tenney Park. There are people in a boat just under the bridge. Caption reads...
Postcard

Madison, Wis. and the Four Lakes Region

Date: 1908
Description: Bird's-eye view showing Lake Mendota, Lake Monona, Lake Waubesa, Lake Wingra and Lake Kegonsa. Madison has only the isthmus developed, and there are settle...
Postcard

Madison, Wis. and the Four Lakes Region

Date: 1928
Description: Birds-eye view showing Lake Mendota, Lake Monona, Lake Wingra, Lake Waubesa and Lake Kegonsa. Shows the growth of Madison from the Isthmus along the southe...
Postcard

Tenney Park

Date: 1911
Description: View from shoreline across river towards an industrial building near the Yahara River. A bridge is behind trees and bushes on the right. Caption reads: "Te...
Photograph

We Saw You . . . Launching a Raft

Date: 07 16 1958
Description: Three boys prepare to launch their home-made raft on Murphy's (Wingra) Creek. The boys are Mike Webster, 709 Emerson Street; Jerry DuBois, 213 W. Lakeside ...
Photograph

We Saw You . . . Launching a Raft

Date: 07 16 1958
Description: Three boys wave as they ride their home-made raft down Murphy's (Wingra) Creek. The boys are Mike Webster, 709 Emerson Street; Jerry DeBois, 213 W. Lakesid...

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