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Map or Atlas

Park System of the City of Madison, Wisconsin

Date: 1909
Description: Streets, Lake Wingra, Lake Mendota, and Lake Monona are all labelled. Map reads: "The present park system of Madison comprises 150 acres of improved parks,...
Postcard

Madison Avenue, South Side

Date: 1905
Description: Caption reads: "South Side, Madison Ave. at Grantsburg, Wis." View across road towards pedestrians and horse-drawn wagons at the curb.
Drawing

The University Club

Date: 1905
Description: A drawing by State Architect, Arthur Peabody, depicting the proposed State Street facade of the University Club building.
Photograph

Tenney Park Locks

Date: 1906
Description: A boat full of men and women is entering the lock on the Yahara River at Tenney Park.
Photograph

The Wisconsin State Capitol Building

Date: 1904
Description: A view of the tree-lined walkway leading up to the entrance of the Capitol building.
Photograph

State Street with Street Railroad Tracks

Date: 1906
Description: State Street with torn up streetcar lines, looking east from Park Street.
Map or Atlas

General Plan of Brittingham Park, Madison, Wisconsin

Date: 1908
Description: The map reads: "Feb. 3, 1908." Oriented with north to the lower left. Lake Monona, Monona Bay, and Brittingham Park are labelled.
Photograph

University of Wisconsin — Agriculture Hall

Date: 06 30 1903
Description: Exterior view of Agriculture Hall soon after completion.
Map or Atlas

Replat of Blocks 225 & 239, City of Madison, Wis.

Date: 1905
Description: This blueprint map includes manuscript annotations in red showing land of Home Realty Co., Hon. Geo. B. Burrows, and A.O. Fox Industrial.
Photograph

Children at Brittingham Park

Date: 1905
Description: Group of children playing with a makeshift diving board at Brittingham Bay swimming hole.
Postcard

Park Hotel

Date: 1905
Description: View across Main Street towards the Park Hotel on a corner. A church is behind the hotel on the left. In the left foreground a man is entering a horse-draw...
Photograph

Wisconsin State Historical Library

Date: 1900
Description: Panoramic view of University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, with the Wisconsin State Historical Library, old Y.M.C.A., and Armory (Red Gym or Old Red). The b...
Postcard

Shoreline of Lake Mendota

Date: 1900
Description: View from Lake Mendota of buildings on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The boathouse, Armory (later the Red Gym or Old Red), and Science Hall c...
Photograph

Fred & Annie Brown House

Date: 1900
Description: Fred and Annie Brown's house, 121 East Gilman Street.
Drawing

Lower Campus Development

Date: 1908
Description: Drawing of lower campus development of the University of Wisconsin Madison campus, designed by Arthur Peabody. Left to right along Lake Street are the Mus...
Photograph

Hotel Ogden

Date: 1901
Description: Hotel Ogden on East Wilson Street. This may be a view of the back. People are standing on the second story porch.
Photograph

Wisconsin State Capitol Building

Date: 1904
Description: Elevated view of Wisconsin's Third Capitol building. A path in front of the building can be seen through the trees that surround the grounds.
Photograph

Swimmers

Date: 1905
Description: Four boys skinny dip in Lake Mendota.
Map or Atlas

Map of Turville Estate

Date: 1906
Description: Hand-drawn topographical map of the Turville Estate.
Map or Atlas

Map of the Water Works System of Madison, Wisconsin

Date: 1908
Description: Shows pipes of various sizes, hydrants, valves, and wells. "1907" -- Lower margin. Lake Wingra, Lake Monona, and Lake Mendota are labelled.

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