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Spring Basin

Date: 11 26 1972
Description: Dry spring basin (Merrill Springs) at the end of Spring Court off Lake Mendota Drive.
Postcard

Silurian Spring

Date: 1914
Description: View of people at Silurian Spring, located in Waukesha Springs Park. Caption reads: "Silurian Spring, Waukesha, Wis."
Postcard

Hygeia Spring

Date: 1910
Description: View of Hygeia Spring. Caption reads: "Hygeia Spring, Waukesha, Wis."
Postcard

Arcadian Spring Pavilion

Date: 1905
Description: View of the pavilion at Arcadian Spring. Caption reads: "Arcadian Spring, Waukesha, Wis."
Postcard

Bethesda Spring

Date: 1905
Description: View of the Bethesda Spring. Caption reads: "Bethesda Spring, Waukesha, Wis."
Photograph

Saratoga Springs Grotto

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Description: Elevated view of a man and young girl relaxing at a natural-spring grotto park. The spring feeds a fountain set into a paved and sunken courtyard with an a...
Print

At The Spring

Date: 1863
Description: "At the Spring," a woodcut illustration from McElroy's "Andersonville: Story of Southern Prisons."
Photograph

Hut at Washington Springs

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Description: A set of stone stairs leads to a small soldiers' hut inhabited during the American Revolution. This view of the hut in a wooded area shows a door, a window...
Photograph

Sulpho-Saline Spring Pavilion

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Description: View of the Sulpho-Saline Spring Pavilion, built in 1917 according to the plans of George Kessler and architect Henry F. Hoit. A woman sits on a bench outs...
Photograph

The Excelsior Saline Water Company Office

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Description: Exterior of an office at the Excelsior Saline Water Company. Two United States flags mark the doorway, and benches line the exterior walls. On the front ...
Photograph

Roscoe Malone in the Old Spring House

Date: 02 25 1954
Description: Roscoe Malone kneels at the spring in the basement at his house, The Old Spring House at 5042 Lake Mendota Drive. In the middle of the basement floor is a ...
Map or Atlas

Indian Legend Map of Lake Mendota

Date: 1941
Description: Hand-drawn, watercolor and ink, map of Lake Mendota. Locations and many small figures appear around the shore with explanations referring to Indian legends...
Map or Atlas

Maps of the Blue Mounds: Area of East Blue Mound Showing Land Ownership

Date: 1864
Description: This map shows locations of quarries, sink holes, creeks, springs, rivers, houses, forts, and roads.
Postcard

Clysmic Spring

Date: 1909
Description: Text on front reads: "Clysmic Spring, Waukesha, Wis." The spring is shown inside a pavilion and surrounded by benches, chairs, flowers and bottles. Between...
Postcard

Bethesda Mineral Spring

Date: 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "Bethesda Mineral Spring, Waukesha, Wis." A group of people in the pavilion at Bethesda Mineral Spring. An American flag is flying at ...
Postcard

Arcadian Spring

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Arcadian Spring, Waukesha, Wis." Two people are seated at a "healing mineral spring" with a pavilion and springhouse. The Arcadian Mi...
Postcard

Bethesda Spring

Date: 06 16 1909
Description: Text on front reads: "Bethesda Spring, Waukesha, Wis." Bethesda Spring is located inside an ornate pavilion surrounded by trees. The Terrace Hotel can be s...
Postcard

Winnebago Indians at Bethesda Park

Date: 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "Winnebago Indians at Bethesda Park, Waukesha, Wis." A group of Ho-Chunk pose at Bethesda Park as a crowd of tourists looks on. There ...

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