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Labor Day at Bayfield

Date: 1912
Description: Boats and people at the Bayfield dock on Labor Day 1912. Boats include Thelma; Lusitania; which later became a U.S. Mail boat; Captain Angus'...
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Curtiss Hydroaeroplane

Date: 1912
Description: A Curtiss hydroaeroplane tied down prior to a test flight over San Diego Bay. Two unidentified pilots rest on the dock in the shade of its wing.
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U.S. Army Boatyards

Date: 1912
Description: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (St. Paul District) boatyards.
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Crawfish River

Date: 1912
Description: View looking down the Crawfish River, with a large building with a three-story balcony on the right. A man and a boy are in a boat docked at the steps to t...
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Marinette Fisheries

Date: 1912
Description: View across water toward buildings on the right, with men standing on a platform at the shoreline in front of a large building. Three more smaller building...
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International Harvester Canal

Date: 1912
Description: Three men in a covered boat on an International Harvester logging(?) canal surrounded by trees on either side.
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International Harvester Sawmill

Date: 1912
Description: Buildings and boats on water at or near an International Harvester logging camp or sawmill. A man is standing on a crane on the right side of the image, an...
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Jones Island

Date: 1912
Description: A fishing settlement. Small buildings and boats line a bay, with sand and a piece of driftwood in the foreground.
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Jones Island

Date: 1912
Description: A fishing settlement. Two piers at the shoreline with a sandy beach, one with a ramp next to it. There are several buildings in the background. Two tugbo...
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Grounded Sailboat

Date: 1912
Description: The photographer's daughters, from left, Helen, Alice, Margaret and son Ferdinand Leonard at the wheel, pose on a two-masted boat, the Martha G., wh...
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Boating

Date: 1912
Description: A launch with men standing on the deck passes close to rocky bluffs as seagulls fly overhead.
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The Maunesha — Scene on Crawfish River

Date: 1912
Description: Elevated view of the river with trees on the left. On the right, two young boys are fishing from a rowboat in the river near a landing at the back of a thr...
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Picnickers on Presque Isle

Date: 1912
Description: Picnic party on the rocks along the shore, among the Apostle Islands in Lake Superior.
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Posing on the Cooks Tent

Date: 1912
Description: View looking down from riverbank of four businessmen and the log driving cook posing on the cooks tent barge during the log drive.
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Hattie Taylor and Others on Shoreline near "Kate E. Howard"

Date: 1912
Description: Hattie Taylor and her neighbors on the icy shoreline of Lake Michigan near the row boat "Kate E. Howard."
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Wood's Bridge

Date: 1912
Description: View from shoreline toward a bridge over the Rock River. A boat with three men is passing underneath the bridge. Caption reads: "'Wood's' Bridge South of H...
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Private Yachts, at Lake Geneva Docks

Date: 1912
Description: View from shoreline towards yachts moored at two long docks. Caption reads: "Private Yachts, at Lake Geneva Docks, Lake Geneva, Wis."
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The Oasis

Date: 1912
Description: View from water towards a shoreline and a log cabin in the woods by a lake. Rowboats and a small pier are at the shoreline. Caption reads: "The Oasis, Merc...
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Lake House

Date: 1912
Description: Text on front reads: "Lake House, Twin Lakes, Wis." A group of people are gathered on the lawn at the shore of the lake. Two seated people hold a pennant t...

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