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Aerial View of the Isthmus

Date: 1908
Description: A panoramic aerial view of the Isthmus taken from a kite. Lake Mendota is to the right in the background with Picnic Point jutting into the lake. The photo...
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Picnic Point through the Willows

Date: 1926
Description: View through willow trees on Picnic Point across University Bay of Lake Mendota on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
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Home on Picnic Point

Date: 1888
Description: View of shoreline along Picnic Point on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus showing the home of Professor William Daniels, head of the Chemistry Dep...
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Picnic Point from University Hall

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Description: Elevated view of Lake Mendota and Picnic Point from the roof of University Hall (now Bascom Hall) on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
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Group at Picnic Point

Date: 1877
Description: A group, probably at Picnic Point on Lake Mendota in Madison, posed under the trees. Picnic baskets are behind them. Mrs. Bashford is the person in Mrs. ...
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Aerial View of Willow Beach

Date: 1924
Description: Aerial view of Madison's Willow Beach towards the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, downtown Madison, and Lake Monona.
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Picnic Point from Observatory Hill

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Description: A cyanotype of Picnic Point seen from Observatory Hill.
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Picnic Point from Observatory Hill

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Description: Picnic Point viewed from Observatory Hill on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
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Picnic Point on Lake Mendota

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Description: Cyanotype image of a view looking towards the end of Picnic Point.
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Winter on Picnic Point

Date: 1915
Description: Picnic Point from Observatory Hill in winter.
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Picnic Point from University Drive

Date: 1887
Description: Picnic Point from University Drive.
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Picnic Point from University Drive

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Description: Picnic Point from University drive, currently known as Observatory Hill. There are orchards in the foreground.
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Picnic Point

Date: 1900
Description: View down hill with flowers and trees in "the daisy field" on the Lake Mendota shoreline between Raymer’s Cove and Wally Bauman Woods in the current Lakesh...
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Picnic Point on Lake Mendota

Date: 1888
Description: View of Picnic Point stretching out into Lake Mendota on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
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Picnic Point on Lake Mendota

Date: 1888
Description: View of Picnic Point on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The peninsula juts into Lake Mendota. The far shoreline can be seen in the distance.
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Picnic Point

Date: 11 24 1898
Description: Elevated view from the top of Main Hall (later Bascom Hall) of Picnic Point on Lake Mendota from the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
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Picnic Point

Date: 1935
Description: View through trees of Lake Mendota and Picnic Point from the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
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Tripp Hall and Adams Hall

Date: 1930
Description: View from hill of Tripp Hall and Adams Hall on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Lake Mendota and Picnic Point are in the background.
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University of Wisconsin - University Bay

Date: 04 1896
Description: View from Chi Psi porch on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Picnic Point is stretching towards the right in the far background. There appears to...
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University Drive along Lake Mendota

Date: 1916
Description: University Drive along Lake Mendota. Picnic Point can be seen across the lake. Caption reads: "University Drive."

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