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| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Summertime view of people at tables on University of Wisconsin-Madison Memorial Union terrace, looking out to canoes and sailboats on the lake. In the back... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a canoe on the St. Croix River with wooded areas on both sides within the Interstate State Park. Established in 1900, Interstate Park was... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | This map shows a canoe route from Madison to Milwaukee, with total mileage of 237 miles. Includes proposed 1837 route of Milwaukee-Rock River Canal approv... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | This map shows a canoe route between Madison and Milwaukee. Includes text and an inset map of the route from Milwaukee to Madison. Shows the area around We... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view across water towards two waterfront cottages, shaded by birch and other trees. There is a wooden canoe pulled up to the shore on... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | View across water towards six women, three in each of two canoes, are smiling as they paddle near a shoreline in the background. There are buoys farther ou... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | River guide Bev Dennis is poling a canoe upstream through "The Falls" of the upper Bois Brule River. There is an armchair style seat in the front of the ca... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | An unidentified man and woman are paddling their canoe against the current in the fast running Flambeau River. A small stand of leafless trees and blackene... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view of young men and boys paddling canoes toward the shore of Boulder Lake. A canoe on the left bears the YMCA insignia. Other yout... |
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