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Aerial View of Building Demolition

Date: 1956
Description: Aerial view of lower University of Wisconsin-Madison campus with demolition of buildings on both sides of the Armory-Gymnasium to make space for future pla...
Postcard

Solomon Log Cabin Replica

Date: 1955
Description: View toward the front entrance of the cabin with a stone chimney on the right.
Photograph

Girl Scouts at Camp Greenwood on Picnic Point

Date: 07 06 1950
Description: Girl Scouts carry water up a hill to their camp site at Camp Greenwood, a day camp at Picnic Point for Intermediate Girl Scouts between the ages of 10 and ...
Photograph

Girl Scouts Play Day

Date: 05 15 1954
Description: Two campers working on a trail during the seventh and eighth grade Girl Scouts play day at the Black Hawk Council's Camp Brandenburg. Lois Lischeske of Mad...
Map or Atlas

Land of Lakes, Northern Wisconsin

Date: 1952
Description: This map shows roads, foot and canoe trails, railroads, resorts, lookout towers, camps, national and state forests, Indian reservation, and types of fish i...
Postcard

Alfred L. Boerner Botanical Garden

Date: 1958
Description: Irises along a path in Whitnall Park. Text on reverse reads: "Over 400 varieties of iris grow in the perennial borders. Thousands of blooms can be seen ...
Photograph

Fall Scene in Northern Wisconsin

Date: 1950
Description: Sunshine brightens autumn oak and maple leaves along a narrow road identified as Razorback Trail. There are also birch and evergreen trees in the woods.
Photograph

Summer School Camp

Date: 1955
Description: View down worn path towards several tents pitched on platforms along a slope. The caption on the back reads: "Tents for summer school students in the Eagle...
Photograph

TD-24 — Lumbering

Date: 1950
Description: View towards man using a TD-24 to load logs onto a truck. Mountains are in the background. Subject: "TD-24 — Lumbering." Where Taken: "Pac." Information wi...
Photograph

TD-24 — Lumbering

Date: 1950
Description: View down trail towards a man using a TD-24. Mountains are in the background. Subject: "TD-24 — Lumbering." Where Taken: "Pac." Information with photograph...
Photograph

Park at Night

Date: 1950
Description: A snowy walking trail in a park, through the trees, in the snow by moonlight.
Photograph

Snowy Sentinels

Date: 1955
Description: A path in Brown Deer Park after a snow storm. Fresh snow is covering the ground and trees.
Photograph

Quiet Lane

Date: 1956
Description: Snow scene of a lane line on each side with timber fences, possibly a bridge. Trees are overhead and in the distance.
Photograph

Enchanted Lane

Date: 1957
Description: Sun and shadow dapple a snowy scene in Brown Deer Park. A trail is bordered by two timber fences. Trees and shrubs are heavily covered with snow.
Photograph

Autumn Hush

Date: 1956
Description: A walking trail in a ravine through the woods.
Photograph

Flower and Vegetable Gardens

Date: 1954
Description: Tall flowers, possibly delphiniums and hollyhocks, grow between a stone wall and a grass path. A vegetable garden grows on the other side of the path, and ...
Postcard

Murmuring Waters Resort

Date: 07 04 1951
Description: Text on front reads: "Cabin No. 3, Murmuring Waters Resort - Sayner, Wis." A clapboard cabin in the woods with a screened porch, with a path leading to the...

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