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| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | This was the first boat & sled-type wind sled built on Madeline Island. Built by Elmer Nelson for Howard Russell between 1950-1951. Had a 9-cylinder R-680-... |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | View of woman smiling and wearing a bathing suit while sitting in the back of a motorboat. She is steering the outboard motor on a lake. Behind her is the ... |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Wheeler Hall at Northland College, during winter. A group of people are on a bridge over the Bay City Creek, surrounded by trees, in the foreground. Wheele... |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | View from rocky shoreline of the launching of the "Monona-Mobile" (pontoon car) onto Lake Monona. The boat launch is on the left. "11248" is painted on the... |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | View across water towards the "Monona-Mobile" (pontoon car) on Lake Monona, close to a pier on the left where a man is standing and watching. Buildings on ... |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | A group of men are standing on the pontoons of the "Monona-Mobile" (pontoon car) which is near a pier on the left. The Wisconsin State Capitol is in the fa... |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Unidentified man wearing a suit and a bow tie is standing on a pontoon of the "Monona-Mobile" (pontoon car) and holding the tow rope. Across the lake is th... |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | View across water of three men relaxing on the pontoons of the "Monona-Mobile." Two men are sitting in the front seat of the car. John "Commodore" Heggesta... |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | View from pier towards two men sitting in the front seat of the "Monona-Mobile," a pontoon boat powered by an automobile. The knee of a man is in the right... |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | A motorboat on Lake Neshonoc is speeding toward the public landing, where there is a car parked and a small group of people has gathered. A man in a swimmi... |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Industries along the Milwaukee River, one of which is the Schlitz Brewery. |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Young girl at the beach writing her name in the sand. |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Elevated view towards a woman posing on a spit of land jutting into a lake, seen through birch trees in the spring. Caption reads: "Spring comes suddenly t... |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Docked sailboats at dusk. There are silhouettes of people standing on the pier in the distance. |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Elevated view from shoreline towards two men motoring out onto the Menomonee River in the spring. |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Wind Point Lighthouse surrounded by outbuildings and framed by trees. Lake Michigan is in the distance. |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Text on reverse reads: "Sturgeon Bay Drawbridge Spanning, Sturgeon Bay Canal, Sturgeon Bay, Wis." Traffic is backed up as a ship passes through the span of... |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Greetings from Tomahawk, Wisconsin." A aerial view showing the city and Lake Mohawksin on the Wisconsin River. |
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