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| Description: | A group of children and adults at a wading pool in a park. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Boys playing on makeshift diving board on the shore of Lake Monona at Brittingham Park. |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of the Milwaukee County Zoo grounds nearing its completion. |
| Date: | 05 15 1954 |
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| Description: | Zookeepers releasing rhesus monkeys to the island that serves as their summer home at the Washington park zoo (later replaced by the Milwaukee County Zoo). |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye map of Ashland, viewed from Lake Superior, with insets of Prentice Park and Fishery. Population 16,000. Increase in Ten Years, 11,000. |
| Date: | 08 24 1945 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Wisconsin State Capitol from the roof of the Loraine Hotel. |
| Date: | 03 03 1957 |
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| Description: | A view of Olin Terrace. The terrace and fountain were built in 1934 by CWA and FERA workers. It was designed by Frank Riley, Madison architect, in the Ital... |
| Date: | 06 16 1928 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Wisconsin State Capitol from the roof of the Loraine Hotel. In the background is Lake Mendota on the left, and on the right is Lake Mo... |
| Date: | 10 07 1930 |
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| Description: | View of the Wisconsin State Capitol across Lake Monona from Olin Park. |
| Date: | 06 21 1957 |
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| Description: | View along shoreline of crowded Bradford beach. |
| Date: | 09 22 1962 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of trees and pool of water near the Wisconsin River in Pauquette Park. |
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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: | 1906 |
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| Description: | View of Madison from Lake Monona with the Wisconsin State Capitol building in the background. This view of Brittingham Park shows a part of the park shortl... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | A steam-powered dredge anchored in Monona Bay is filling in Brittingham Park. |
| Date: | 1902 |
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| Description: | Two women and a man pose atop Gibraltar Rock in Richmond Memorial Park, which was dedicated by Jens Jensen and the Wisconsin Friends in 1927 in order to co... |
| Date: | 1882 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye map of Lake Geneva, looking southwest, with insets of points of interest. |
| Date: | 2007 |
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| Description: | This map of Cedarbug is a bird's-eye map with 8 inset views and an index. The map is a print out of the original map dated 1892 held at the Cedarburg Cultu... |
| Date: | 1891 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye view of Eau Claire. |
| Date: | 05 26 1945 |
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| Description: | Outdoor group portrait of Boy Scouts, Troop #4 from South Side Men's Club, at Four Lakes Council Camporee in Olin Park. |
| Date: | 04 18 1935 |
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| Description: | Miss Pyre standing next to a Ford V-8 coupe near a bridge at Tenney Park. A building with a tower is in the background, perhaps the Hausmann Brewing Compan... |
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