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Lake Mendota Inlet

Date: 1950
Description: A partially frozen inlet from the lake. The view may be from Spring Harbor Park. Docks and piers line the shores. A rowboat partially covered in snow is up...
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Wisconsin Resort

Date: 1950
Description: Aerial view of Northernaire Resort, on Deer Lake. The resort is in the foreground. Many lakes, surrounded by trees, are in the background, including Big St...
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Anticipation

Date: 1950
Description: Two young boys observing as an older man is tightening a bolt on the tiller of a sailboat. Tools and other objects are hanging on the wall behind them.
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Bleak November

Date: 1950
Description: View from shoreline towards two men in a canoe near Birch Point on Little Elkhart Lake. The day is overcast. Around the point is another man in a boat, and...
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Memorial Park

Date: 1949
Description: A line of trees against a dramatic sky of clouds.
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First Fishing

Date: 1951
Description: First fishing near Vilas Park on Murphy's Creek (now known as Wingra Creek.) Many people are set up to fish on both sides of the tree-lined banks.
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Swimmin' Hole

Date: 1950
Description: A group of children swimming below a cascade on a river. The area is surrounded by trees.
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Park at Night

Date: 1950
Description: A snowy walking trail in a park, through the trees, in the snow by moonlight.
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Virgin Forest

Date: 1950
Description: A man snowshoeing in an old growth forest.
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Oil Refinery

Date: 09 1951
Description: An oil refinery at night illuminated by overhead lights.
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Threatening Skies

Date: 08 1951
Description: Threatening skies loom over boats, piers and boathouses in Eagle harbor.
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Wind and Trees

Date: 1950
Description: Birch and pine trees on a snow covered hillside in the spring. The location is on Lake Michigan near the Michigan border.
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Mississippi's Edge

Date: 1950
Description: A boathouse, boat and pier on the frozen shoreline of the Mississippi River. More buildings appear in the background, a snow covered tree on the left and a...
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Touch Football

Date: 09 1950
Description: Students playing a game of touch football on a dirt field at Norbert College. One team is wearing shirts with "Inmates" printed on the front, other shirts ...
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Photo Finish

Date: 1950
Description: Two sailboats racing on Lake Michigan.
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Wisconsin Winter

Date: 1950
Description: Trees and snow, with buildings behind trees in the background. In the far background are hills or bluffs with rocky outcroppings.
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He's Got One

Date: 1950
Description: A group of people are fishing on a shoreline of rocks and logs. One man with a bamboo fishing pole is pulling a fish from the water.
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Mirror Lake

Date: 1950
Description: Mirror Lake, below the dam at Timme Mill. Trees and foliage cover the banks and overhang the water. The one lane high reverse metal truss bridge, commonly ...
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The Net Mender

Date: 07 1951
Description: A man repairing fishing nets wound on large reels at a fishery.
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Summer's End

Date: 1950
Description: Tree-lined view from shoreline looking down at a lake scene of two adults and two children in a rowboat. Lily pads are floating on the surface of the lake ...

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