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Robert and Judy La Follette

Date: 11 08 1934
Description: Robert La Follette, 8, holding large wooden boat, and Judy La Follette, 5, holding a doll. They are the children of Governor-elect Phillip La Follette and ...
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La Follette Family Pleasure Cruise

Date: 1907
Description: The La Follette Family in a boat, probably on Lake Mendota, with Gilbert Roe, La Follette's law partner, and his wife. Senator Robert M. La Follette, Sr.,...
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Kaeser Family Boating on Lake Mendota

Date: 07 12 1955
Description: George and Jean Kaeser family in their boat on Lake Mendota with their daughters Virginia Kaeser (left), and Suzy Kaeser (right).
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Mother and Young Children in Lake Mendota

Date: 07 12 1955
Description: Bette Sonneland and her children, Kim (age 3) and Kristin (9 months), enjoying Lake Mendota in a rubber boat near the home of Bette's parents, Dr. and Mrs....
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Lake Mendota Sailboat

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Description: Dr. Reginald Jackson, Sr., and his son Reginald Jr., in the family sailboat. Because the family's cottage was located near Picnic Point, the photograph wa...
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Inland Lakes Regatta on Lake Mendota

Date: 08 05 1950
Description: Morgan E. Manchester, Maple Bluff, commodore of the Mendota Yacht Club and general chairman of the Inland Lakes Regatta, posing with his son aboard the fam...
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Water Skiing Feiler Family

Date: 07 03 1953
Description: Ed Feiler sits at the wheel of his Falls Flyer "Fireball" boat on Monona Bay.
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Water Skiing Feiler Family

Date: 07 03 1953
Description: Ed Feiler towing his five youngsters on water skis across Monona Bay.
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Water Skiing Feiler Family

Date: 07 03 1953
Description: The five Feiler youngsters are towed on their water skis behind the boat driven by their father, Ed, on Monona Bay.
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Water Skiing Feiler Family

Date: 07 03 1953
Description: The five Feiler youngsters are posing on a dock with the tailor-made water skis that the family makes during the winter months. Left to right are John, 16;...
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Lamp's Nieces at Rocky Roost

Date: 1905
Description: View across water towards Robert Lamp's cottage, Rocky Roost, which was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Lamp's four nieces are posed on the balcony, on the...
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Caroline Turner with Children

Date: 1896
Description: Caroline Mae Sherwood Turner, wife of Frederick Jackson Turner, with their children Dorothy Kinsley Turner, Jackson Allen Turner, and Mae Sherwood Turner a...
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Grandfathers Spend Time with Grandchildren

Date: 06 10 1958
Description: Grandfather Henry Reynolds, Route 1, Waunakee, spends time "sailing" with his grandchildren Janet (4 1/2) and Jeffrey (2) on Lake Mendota. Their parents a...
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Brotherly Love

Date: 01 1977
Description: A boy is blowing warm air on his little brother's hands to warm them up. They are standing on ice at James Madison Park. In the background are boats pulled...

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