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Distillation Device

Date: 1950
Description: A man sets up a cone-shaped instrument designed to distill fresh water from salt water as he leans out of a small motor boat on the water.
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Pine River

Date: 1945
Description: View of a footbridge over the Pine River. Boats are laying in the grass in the foreground.
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Wisconsin Idea Theater Group

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Description: Members of the Wisconsin Idea Theater Group in costume, one man posing dressed as a fisherman, a woman as a bathing beauty, and another person as a giant f...
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Young Couple in a Speedboat

Date: 1956
Description: Young couple riding in a hydroplane speedboat.
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Lake Mendota and East Gorham Street

Date: 1968
Description: Aerial view looking southwest, with Lake Mendota at right and East Gorham Street running from the bottom left corner. Lincoln School is in the foreground, ...
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Petenwell Dam Dedication

Date: 1948
Description: Groups of people are on four or five boats traveling on the Wisconsin River, with a shoreline behind them on the left. In the distance is the opposite shor...

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