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Lake Monona Dock
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The lake steamer "Alice" approaches the Madison dock on Lake Monona. Two boys wearing caps stand at the end of the pier. At the time of this photograph, the Askew Brothers operated the "Alice" and three additional steamers: "Tonyawatha," "Winnequah," and "Monona A."
1905
Middleton Family
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Angle Worm Station, Lake Monona
circa 1920-1929
View from shoreline of four boats at the dock for Angle Worm Station: "Tonyawatha," "Lakeside," "Winnequah" and "Monona." People are posing on the boats. A note on the photograph reads: Named after...
Lake Monona Steamers
View from water towards shoreline of Lake Monona steamers "Tonyawatha" and "Winnequah" moored at the Angle Worm Station pier. There is a man standing in each steamer. On the right is a man in a row...
Lake Monona Dock
1905
Forest Middleton, right, and a companion sit on the retaining wall along the north shore of Lake Monona near the steamboat dock. Two boats and the boathouse are seen in the background. There are la...
Monona Lake Assembly at Olin Park
1890
View from pier of groups of people walking along a Lake Monona dock and on the walkway to the shore. On the right is an excursion boat with a United States flag. Sailboats and rowboats are along te...
Askew Steamboat Landing
1890
Two men pose on a boat docked at the Askew Steamboat Landing on Lake Monona off South Carroll Street. The old Governor Harvey residence is in the background on the far shoreline.
View of Tonyawatha House
1885
View along shoreline towards Tonyawatha House and several outbuildings on Lake Monona. There is a long dock extending into the lake from a boathouse on the shore. Tonyawatha House was built in 1879...
