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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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 ...
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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.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Park at Night

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

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

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