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Lyman Schley's Cottage in Ruins

Date: 10 25 1930
Description: Elevated view from above of ruins, after a fire, of Lymon Schley's "Green Lantern" cottage, Morningside Heights.
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Madison Skyline

Date: 10 17 1928
Description: View of the skyline of Madison from across Lake Monona at the Kilowatt clubhouse 5311 Tonyawatha Trail.
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Harp & Kettle Cheese House Restaurant

Date: 09 05 1954
Description: Harp & Kettle Cheese House drive-in restaurant and store, 310 E. Broadway, includes two cars in the parking lot.
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Belle Isle Residence

Date: 1930
Description: Residence in Belle Isle on Lake Monona in Squaw Bay, off Winnequah Road. The building is no longer standing.
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Visitors Watch a Burial Mound Excavation

Date: 1935
Description: Members of the Wisconsin Outing Club watch the excavation of a burial mound at the Outlet group in 1935.
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Suburban Police Officers

Date: 10 13 1948
Description: Monona Marshal Rollin Boden, directing traffic.
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Roselawn Memorial Park Monument

Date: 10 08 1950
Description: Monument at Roselawn Memorial Park, 119-122 Monona Drive, inscribed with the Lord's Prayer.
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David & Florence Bade Residence

Date: 11 29 1951
Description: Exterior view of the David & Florence Bade residence at 5701 Winnequah Road in Frost Woods, Monona. The home is a rambling redwood bungalow they built them...
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Olson's Broadway Cities Service Station

Date: 11 18 1954
Description: Exterior view of a large service station with three groups of gasoline pumps in front, located at 2629 West Broadway in Monona. The building has a sales ro...
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Little League Baseball Players Leave for Milwaukee Braves-San Francisco Giants Game

Date: 08 13 1960
Description: More than 350 Little League baseball players are waiting in front of Monona Grove High School for the seven chartered buses which will take them to the Mil...
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Sign Language Class

Date: 11 15 1954
Description: Women in a neighborhood near Dean Avenue are studying sign language so that more deaf women can join their homemakers' club. Mrs. Robert Ilten is greeted i...
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Preliminary Plat of Lands Belonging to B. Stevens, L. Fairchild & Wayne Ramsey : Showing Proposed Division

Date: 1898
Description: This manuscript blueprint map covers property along Winnequah Road in area now part of Monona, Wisconsin. Lake Monona is labeled to the left and posts are ...
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New Monona Branch Post Office

Date: 02 01 1964
Description: Postmaster John Whitmore, left, chatting with Monona residents in the village's new post office in a remodeled building across from Monona Grove high schoo...
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Teens Work Summer Job at Monona Drive-In

Date: 05 23 1958
Description: James Fernan, 3522 Dennett Drive (left), and Harold Hemel, 738 Lansing Street (right) serving up root beer at a Monona drive-in.
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Artist Aaron Bohrod Shows Off New Studio

Date: 07 08 1960
Description: University of Wisconsin Artist-in-Residence Aaron Bohrod shows his new studio at his English Tudor style home at 4811 Tonyawatha Trail overlooking Lake Mon...
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Excavation in Circular Mound

Date: 11 1947
Description: A person is kneeling next to objects that have been unearthed. Caption reads: "Excavation in circular mound on R. J. Harker property, Frost Woods, Monona, ...
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Excavation in Circular Mound

Date: 11 01 1947
Description: View across an excavation toward men and women standing above and behind it. Men are in another excavated hole behind it. Caption reads: "Excavation in cir...

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