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Postcard

Grand View From Top of Blue Mounds

Date: 
Description: Photographic postcard of the view towards Madison from the top of Blue Mounds. Handwritten on the card is "State Capitol, 25 miles" with an arrow. Text bel...
Postcard

Entrance to the Cave of the Mounds

Date: 1947
Description: Colorized postcard of the entrance to the Cave of the Mounds. A curved sign sits on two square stone pillars. The sign reads "Welcome, Cave of the Mounds, ...
Postcard

Oak Grove Parking Area at the Cave of the Mounds

Date: 
Description: Postcard of the entrance to the Cave of the Mounds. A curved sign sits on two square stone pillars. The sign reads: "Welcome, Cave of the Mounds, Drive In....
Photograph

Duplex Houses

Date: 1961
Description: Scene with duplex houses and clouds at sunset.
Photograph

Capitol City

Date: 
Description: View across Lake Monona towards downtown Madison.
Photograph

Small Domed Hill

Date: 05 24 1961
Description: View of small domed hill on Highway 19, surrounded by fields.
Painting

Befriend Nature

Date: 1910
Description: Watercolor design for a conservation poster made by a Wisconsin high school student as part of a competition. The poster has an image of trees in silhouett...
Photograph

Grace is Everywhere

Date: 10 2013
Description: Stratocumulus clouds forming in the sky. A few tree tops are in the lower left and right corners.
Photograph

The Sun Will Shine Today

Date: 11 2013
Description: Silhouettes of evergreen trees, and trees almost bare of their leaves against a sky with clouds. The sun is shining through clouds, branches and power line...
Photograph

Lake Monona in Winter

Date: 
Description: Steam coming off Lake Monona.
Photograph

The Snow Bank

Date: 02 2014
Description: View down a large snow bank along Mineral Point Road. There are trees in the distance.
Photograph

The Isthmus

Date: 1919
Description: Aerial view looking north over Lake Monona towards the Wisconsin State Capitol on the isthmus. Lake Mendota is in the background.
Photograph

Sunset from Willow Drive

Date: 
Description: View between trees from Willow Drive of the sun setting over Lake Mendota.
Photograph

Blue Mound State Park

Date: 09 07 2014
Description: View from the top of a hill looking out to a valley, with clouds in the blue sky. Trees are framing the view, and in the foreground, a woman, the photograp...
Photograph

Clouds at Home

Date: 09 02 2014
Description: View looking up towards a bright blue sky and large white clouds through a window. The tops of trees frame the left side and lower edge.
Photograph

At the Bottom of Odana Road

Date: 10 07 2014
Description: View looking up at the sky through the trees, and a utility pole in the center.
Postcard

Moonlight On Lake Mendota, Foot of Park Street

Date: 
Description: Night view of Lake Mendota with moonlight reflected in the water. There is a building and a pavilion in the foreground. Caption reads: "Moonlight On Lake M...
Photograph

Squaw Bay

Date: 10 1962
Description: View from shoreline towards a rowboat is pulled up onto the shore of Squaw Bay on Lake Monona. Trees are in the foreground. The sky is overcast and the wat...
Photograph

Boy Playing on Tree Swing

Date: 1979
Description: Silhouette of a young boy playing on a tree swing on a hill.
Photograph

Stormy Descent

Date: 1977
Description: A skydiver is parachuting to the ground while the sun is shining from behind threatening storm clouds.

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