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University of Wisconsin Historical Decorative Map

Date: 1949
Description: Color bird's-eye map of the University of Wisconsin-Madison as it was midcentury, with two co-eds, several photographs of campus landmarks around edges, an...
Drawing

Lakeside House

Date: 
Description: Illustration of the Lakeside House.
Photograph

Kenneth T. White Family in their Sailboat

Date: 07 12 1955
Description: Jane and Kenneth White and their daughters, Sue (left), Kay, and Barbara, and the family dog, Perky, sailing in their lightning class sailboat on Lake Mend...
Photograph

Milwaukee Yacht Club

Date: 08 01 1914
Description: Milwaukee Yacht Club, located at the foot of E. Layfayette Street on Lake Michigan. Numerous sailboats are in the harbor, and individuals are on the pier.
Photograph

Mendota Yacht Club Members

Date: 08 09 1947
Description: Mendota Yacht Club members taking down the sail from their boat, "The Freckles," on the pier behind the James Payton house, 409 N. Blair Street. Left to ri...
Postcard

Racine Harbor

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Racine, Wis. in 1850." Artist's rendering of the view of the harbor with sailing ships, sailboats, rowboats and canoes. The Main Stre...
Photograph

Inland Lakes Regatta on Lake Mendota

Date: 07 05 1950
Description: Members of the social committee for the Inland Lakes Regatta prepare the decorations at the Maple Bluff Country Club for some of the parties to be held dur...
Photograph

Sailing on Barnegat Bay

Date: 
Description: View across water toward people on a small sailboat on Barnegat Bay, and boathouses and buildings on the far shoreline.
Print

Merry Christmas

Date: 1944
Description: Holiday card with a nautical theme. An open porthole is centered inside a border made of rope with knots in the corners. An anchor is tied to the rope end....
Photograph

U.W. Hoofers Sail on Lake Monona

Date: 04 04 1959
Description: U.W. sailors jump gun. These members of the University of Wisconsin Hoofers Club got tired of looking at ice-locked Lake Mendota and hauled their boats to ...
Photograph

Ephraim Pier

Date: 07 25 1960
Description: Ephraim pier in Eagle Harbor. The pier is made of timbers. A dock and boathouse are on the right. Bare masts rise above the boats. The shoreline and trees ...
Photograph

The Black Point

Date: 1908
Description: View across water towards the Black Point sailing on Geneva Lake. Yerkes Observatory is in the far background.
Photograph

Boat Track

Date: 09 1928
Description: A view looking down the boat track at the Lake Geneva Yacht Club, with the clubhouse on the right and the lake in the background. There are several sailboa...
Photograph

Clubhouse

Date: 08 16 1928
Description: A rear view of the clubhouse of the Lake Geneva Yacht Club. Formerly the Cook house, the building was remodeled in 1927 to accommodate the club. The buildi...
Photograph

Boathouses at Black Point

Date: 02 11 1930
Description: View of the Black Point boathouses taken from the frozen ice of Geneva Lake. Blocks of cut ice are in the foreground. A description of the photograph writt...
Photograph

The "Arrow"

Date: 1880
Description: Elevated view across water towards an unidentified man standing on the deck of the steamship "Arrow," owned by Shelton Sturges. It is docked at a pier near...
Postcard

South Shore, Delavan Lake

Date: 1951
Description: View across water towards boathouses and piers along the shoreline at Delavan Lake. There are sailboats in the lake. Caption reads: "South Shore, Delavan L...
Photograph

Tonyawatha Spring Hotel

Date: 08 30 1884
Description: View along shoreline towards Tonyawatha House. A man or woman is in a rowboat in the foreground, and a large group of people are on a pier near five or six...
Postcard

Busy Pier Scene

Date: 
Description: View of the marina, with several docked sailboats. The tree-lined shoreline is in the background. Caption reads: "Busy Pier Scene, Fish Creek, Wis."
Photograph

Sail Boat Rescue on Lake Mendota

Date: 06 13 1954
Description: View across water towards the U.W. Lifesaving Services rescue boat, "Isabel III," with Captain Harvey Black at the helm speeding to assist a distressed boa...

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