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Yerkes Observatory

Date: 1935
Description: Elevated exterior view of Yerkes Observatory. Geneva Lake is in the background, left. Roads and sidewalks cross the sweeping, well tended lawns. The desi...
Map or Atlas

Map of the Route of the Military Road from Fort Crawford to Fort Howard Via Fort Winnebago

Date: 1936
Description: This map is red and black ink on tracing cloth and is oriented with north to the upper left. This hand-drawn map shows a central portion of the military ro...
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Lake Mendota Shoreline

Date: 1926
Description: Lake Mendota, including Fraternity Row and east side shoreline, taken from the lake path on University Bay Drive.
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Aerial View of Bascom Hill

Date: 1923
Description: Aerial view of the Wisconsin Historical Society, Science Hall, and Bascom Hall on Bascom Hill on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Lake Mendota i...
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Linden Drive

Date: 1922
Description: View of tree-lined Linden Drive includes parked motorcycles and automobiles on the University of Wisconsin campus.
Postcard

Road and Houses

Date: 1918
Description: View of a road and houses. Caption reads: "Big Bend, Wis."
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Lake Mendota Drive

Date: 1903
Description: Lake Mendota Drive.
Photograph

View of Prairie Farm

Date: 1910
Description: View of an unpaved street in Prairie Farm, lined on the left with multiple buildings, including three churches. Along the right side of the road is a dirt ...
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Northeast Area of University of Wisconsin Campus

Date: 1907
Description: Elevated view looking northeast from the chimney of the Power Plant on University Avenue. The Chemistry Building is in the foreground, and Bascom Hall and ...
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Men's Dormitories

Date: 08 17 1927
Description: Elevated view of dormitories on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Adams, Van Hise and Tripp Halls with Lake Mendota in the background. Picnic Poi...
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University of Wisconsin-Madison

Date: 1907
Description: Elevated view looking northeast from the chimney of the Power Plant on University Avenue. The Chemistry Building is in the foreground, and Bascom Hall and ...
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University of Wisconsin

Date: 1909
Description: Elevated view over University Avenue towards the northeast of Bascom Hall and Lake Mendota on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The Chemistry Bui...
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Bessie Tift College

Date: 1925
Description: Cars parked in the circular drive on the campus grounds at Bessie Tift College. The tree dotted lawn extends in all directions.
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Camp Travis

Date: 1918
Description: A man stands in front of a Holt Caterpillar tractor at Camp Travis, named in 1917. The tractor pulls a train of wagons on a dirt path. Several men work in ...
Photograph

Bessie Tift College

Date: 1920
Description: A view of the Carithers Memorial Gate at the entrance to the Bessie Tift College campus, consisting of four brick pillars with globe lamps on top flanking ...
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Midland Trail

Date: 1930
Description: View down Midland Trail. Automobiles are parked on either side of the street outside an Amoco Station and other stores and dwellings.
Photograph

Scenic View

Date: 1914
Description: View down path along rough road towards a building labeled "No. 4". The De Soto Depot, railroad tracks, a boxcar, and the Mississippi River are below on th...
Map or Atlas

Drummond Recreation Area : 200 Lakes with Fish, 52 Miles of Trout Streams

Date: 1968
Description: The map shows fire towers, public camp grounds, roads, snow mobile & riding trails, trout lakes, foot trails, railroads, and National Forest boundaries.
Map or Atlas

Elroy-Sparta and "400" State Park Trails and Omaha Trail

Date: 1994
Description: This brochure consists of a series of 16 maps of the Elroy-Sparta State Trail and the 400 State Trail, as well as the Omaha Trail between Sparta and Camp D...
Map or Atlas

Glacial Drumlin State Park Trail and New Berlin Trail

Date: 1994
Description: This brochure presents a series of 16 maps of the Glacial Drumlin Trail and the New Berlin Trail. The Glacial Drumlin Trail consists of 53 miles of bike tr...

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