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The Thistle by a Landing

Date: 1900
Description: The sternwheel excursion, Thistle, by a landing. Passengers wait on shore. Previously named J.H. Crawford. The Thistle ran between Oshkosh and Omro, WI vi...
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The Thistle on the Fox River

Date: 1905
Description: The sternwheel excursion, Thistle on the Fox River, Wisconsin. Previously named J.H. Crawford.
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The "Vernie Mac" at Taylor Falls

Date: 1900
Description: A fire fighter's excursion on the "Vernie Mac" at a landing near Taylor Falls on the St. Croix River between Minnesota and Wisconsin. Excursion barge is a...
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Fox River and Atlas Paper Company

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Description: View of paper mill on the river.
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Willow Walk

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Description: Cyanotype image of a woman in a rowboat on the shore of the University Willow Walk, near picnic point.
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Man and Boat

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Description: A man stands next to a rowboat on the rocky lake shore.
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Second Point, Madison, Wisconsin

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Description: An aerial view of Second Point on Lake Mendota.
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Headquarters of the 32nd American Division

Date: 11 13 1942
Description: Headquarters of the 32nd American Division, on the beach at Pongani, northeast New Guinea.
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Aldo Leopold as a Young Man

Date: 1904
Description: Aldo Leopold standing in a boat with a group of young people. He is wearing pants, a shirt and a bow tie. Buildings can be seen on the shoreline in the bac...
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Raft of Lumber

Date: 1887
Description: A raft of lumber which has been floated down the Wisconsin River to be broken up and sold. Two men are standing on the raft, each near lumber stacked on a ...
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Ernst Schmidt

Date: 07 03 1916
Description: Ernst Conrad Schmidt (1893-1977) skips the "Water Witch" off the shore of Geneva Lake near Black Point Estate. There is a larger boat in the background nea...
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Ernst and Catherine

Date: 09 01 1946
Description: View from front of motorboat of Ernst Schmidt (driving) and Catherine Schuelke enjoying an outing on Geneva Lake.
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Making Chowder

Date: 08 1940
Description: Joe Norton, left, and his son Bud are tending a large pan of fish chowder cooking over the coals of a campfire on the shore of Green Lake. In the backgrou...
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Point Beach State Forest

Date: 1939
Description: An unidentified man is standing on a boulder on the beach looking out at Lake Michigan.
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Ready for the Summer Rain

Date: 1936
Description: A man and a woman, probably Eleanor Holt DeWitt and Donald Soule DeWitt, are standing together, wearing rain ponchos and wide-brimmed hats. Trees and Archi...
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Homemade Sailboat

Date: 1936
Description: Two boys are sailing a homemade boat on Archibald Lake. Forested lands are in the background.
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The Dive

Date: 08 1922
Description: The person in midair, possibly David Rumsey, is diving from a height of 21 feet into Lake Michigamme. The log boathouse and American flag are in the foregr...
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Three Women

Date: 08 23 1922
Description: Three women are striking a theatrical pose on the pier. They are probably members of the Holt, Rumsey, and/or Stroh families. The wooden flagpole is on the...
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Couple on the Pier

Date: 08 23 1922
Description: A man and woman are striking a theatrical pose on the pier. Lake Michigamme is in the background.

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