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Pond at the Old Place

Date: 2001
Description: Landscape view of the pond at the Old Place on the Quinney farm.
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A Path in the Woods

Date: 08 2013
Description: View across rocks in a stream towards a board pathway that vanishes into the distance. Oak savanna in late summer.
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Skyline Across Monona Bay

Date: 08 2013
Description: View from shoreline of natural plants and trees towards the Madison skyline from across Monona Bay. A line of high-rise buildings frame the Wisconsin State...
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Lake Geneva

Date: 08 2013
Description: View down pier towards yacht named "Louise" tied up to a post. The yacht is used to take tourists around the lake.
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At Water's Edge

Date: 09 2013
Description: View from shoreline of a lake. In the foreground is the trunk and branches of a fallen tree resting low in the rocks and grasses. In the distance is the fa...
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At the Movies

Date: 10 2013
Description: The movie "Vertigo" playing on a big screen in a darkened movie theater. The scene captured by the camera is of a woman walking along a the edge of the bay...
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As Autumn Comes

Date: 10 2013
Description: Canadian geese floating near the shore on a lake. In the distance a fisherman is standing on a small boat reeling in his line.
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Ferry Bluff

Date: 11 2013
Description: View down a small dirt path lined with grasses and trees along Ferry Bluff State Natural Area. To the left is Honey Creek leading to the Wisconsin River.
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Mansion on the Hill

Date: 12 2013
Description: Three-quarter view of the Thorp house on Mansion Hill. The house is constructed of locally quarried sandstone and designed in the Italianate style. Snow is...
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Ice Fishing

Date: 01 2014
Description: View from shoreline on a sunny day of snow-covered, frozen Monona Bay. People in the distance are standing or sitting near ice fishing holes and ice fishin...
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Ice Skating at Tenney Park

Date: 02 2014
Description: Two young men are playing hockey on the lagoon at Tenney Park. Snow is on the ground and the small foot bridge is in the background.
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Rock River at Koshkonong

Date: 03 2014
Description: View looking down slope towards ice floes drifting down the Rock River. The steel frame of a dock protrudes from the shoreline on the left, which has a cov...
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Eagle in the Tree

Date: 03 2014
Description: View of a tree standing on the bank of the Wisconsin River, framed by the snow and tree-covered hills of the opposite bank. An eagle is sitting in the midd...
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The Flowing Yahara

Date: 03 2014
Description: View looking down at the bank of the Yahara River. The sun is being reflected in the water near the snow covered stones on the shoreline.
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Exploration at Lake Mendota

Date: 03 2014
Description: View along shoreline towards a tree on Lake Mendota. The limbs of the tree have grown close along the ground and out over the lake. The snow has melted rev...
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Holy Wisdom

Date: 04 2014
Description: View down sidewalk towards the Holy Wisdom Monastery. In the distance is Lake Mendota, which is just beyond a field of tall grass and trees. The building h...
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A Bridge in May

Date: 05 2014
Description: View across water towards the weathered footbridge spanning the Tenney Park lagoon near Marston Avenue. The word "Marston" is carved into the side of the b...
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The Tunnel

Date: 05 2014
Description: Silhouette of a person riding a bicycle through a pedestrian tunnel under East Johnson Street near the Yahara River and Tenney Park. Above the entrance to ...
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In the Pasture at the Farm

Date: 05 2014
Description: View across field towards two young cows grazing on a hilly pasture. There is a bur oak in the distance at the bottom of the pasture, and beyond is a pond.
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On the Railroad Trestle

Date: 06 2014
Description: View through chain-link fence towards the railroad trestle that spans the Wisconsin River, worn with age, and split apart in the middle. There is a padlock...

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