Photographer/Creator

Chet Smolski, Rhode Island College

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Date

9-1964

Description

The Yahara River is a tributary of the Rock River that connects all of the lakes around which Madison was built. This photograph shows a section of the stream that passes Tenney Park, a public park named for the local lawyer, Daniel K. Tenney, who purchased the land in 1899. The lake at the bottom of the photo is Lake Menton and at the top is Lake Monona, both of which are connect by the Yahara River.

Notes

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahara_River (accessed 14 June 2012)

http://wikimapia.org/4781016/Tenney-Park (accessed 14 June 2012)

Rights

This object from the Chester E. Smolski photographic slides and publications, housed by the Rhode Island College Special Collections, and any of its digital surrogates are the intellectual property of Rhode Island College. This digital object is protected by copyright and/or related rights. The digital material presented here is licensed with a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. This content can be used, shared, or adapted for educational and scholarly purposes. For permissions to use this item please contact digitalcommons@ric.edu. All uses must include appropriate attribution.

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Recommended Citation

Chester E. Smolski photographic slides and publications, MSS-0041, Special Collections, James P. Adams Library, Rhode Island College.

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Keywords

Yahara River; Madison; Tenney Park; tributaries; waterfront; aerial;

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