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| Description: | Children riding the carousel (merry-go-round) at Henry Vilas Zoo (Vilas Park Zoo), donated by the citizens of the Madison area. A stone bridge is in the ba... |
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| Description: | View from a stone bridge towards Vilas Park, with children riding the carousel (merry-go-round) and a kiddie train adjacent to the lagoon. |
| Date: | 05 08 1933 |
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| Description: | Timber wolf cubs eating from a dish at the Henry Vilas Zoo (Vilas Park Zoo). |
| Date: | 1953 |
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| Description: | Three-quarter view from front left of an International R-110 Station Wagon parked on a lawn. In the background is a group of people enjoying a picnic. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Six girls sit on a stone wall beside Mammoth Spring in Prentice Park. |
| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | View down road towards the Fond du Lac lighthouse, built in 1933. There are cumulus clouds in the sky, and pine trees are lining the shore. |
| Date: | 05 26 1947 |
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| Description: | The stone council circle in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum. It was built by noted landscape architect and bereaved father, Jens Jensen, as a... |
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| Description: | A two-tiered fountain with a sculpture and an expansive stone-lined pool in a tree-filled park. A drinking fountain is on the side of the pool in the foreg... |
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| Description: | Elevated view across road towards Grove-Putnam Park. A short, stone wall separates automobiles parked on the road near the park. People are sitting at picn... |
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| Description: | View of the fireplace at Hermit's Rest, a structure built in 1914 at Grand Canyon National Park. |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Brule River in northern Wisconsin, flowing between a road and landscaped stone wall under a bridge and pedestrian walkway. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | The inter-urban street car terminal station shelter at Irvine Park. A heavy snowfall covers the landscape. A stone wall gateway with lampposts and decorati... |
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| Description: | View of the entrance to Kathawood Park, featuring two stone fences on either side of a rural road in a residential area. E.W. Cobb, Stationer. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View down tree-lined "lovers' lane" on a hill along a stone wall and rock outcroppings in Irvine Park. Caption reads: "Lovers' Lane, Irvine Park, Chippewa ... |
| Date: | 10 20 1961 |
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| Description: | Several men and women patients from Mendota State Hospital are watching the bears at the Vilas Park Zoo. A volunteer took them for the outing in her person... |
| Date: | 06 2014 |
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| Description: | View of a woman sitting on one of three benches at the Sunset Point Overlook in Hoyt Park. In the background three cars are parked facing the stone wall of... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | The photographer's wife, Margaret Bouer Brumder, is sitting on a low stone wall at an overlook in Yosemite National Park, with the granite formation El Cap... |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Fireman's Park, Sun Prairie, Wis." The entrance to a park with stone walls, sidewalks and trees. A Cadillac is parked in the street a... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Billings Park, Superior, Wis." A city park on the St. Louis River, a freshwater estuary. Small islands with several bridges are surro... |
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