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Mrs. Lathrop Pushing Wheelbarrow

Date: 1910
Description: Mrs. Lathrop, the town post mistress, pushing her wheelbarrow down a long wooden dock at La Pointe. She is on her way to haul merchandise for her store.
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La Belle House

Date: 1867
Description: A summer resort, situated on the banks of Fowler and La Belle Lakes, in the village of Oconomowoc, thirty miles from Milwaukee on the St. Paul R.R. Men sta...
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Group of People on Dock near Ferry

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Description: View across water towards a large ferry docked at the fishing wharf. A large group of people are standing on the pier, and passengers are standing at the r...
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Boathouses

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Description: View across water towards two boathouses. The one in the center is small with one door, and the other boathouse on the righthas five doors. To the left of ...
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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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Steam Yacht Decorated with Flags and Pennants

Date: 1885
Description: Small steam yacht decorated with pennants on Lake Geneva. A small group is at the front of the yacht. Shoreline with boathouses and dwellings can be seen i...
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Boathouse

Date: 1935
Description: View from end of pier towards three boys posing in the water of Geneva Lake in front of the boathouse at Black Point Estate. A woman observes from the narr...
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Inspecting a 15 Pound Muskellunge

Date: 1890
Description: A group of three men and two women are standing on a pier inspecting a 15 pound muskellunge. Long Lake is in the background. There is a boathouse at the en...
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Emma Schmidt

Date: 05 08 1938
Description: View across water towards Emma Seipp Schmidt walking along the shore path at the estate of Albert Madlener on Geneva Lake. There is stone riprap supporting...
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Howe's Boat House, Rock Lake

Date: 1910
Description: View down pier towards a boathouse on the shore, with groups of people sitting and standing on the platform in front. A group of people are in a rowboat ne...
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Children with Dog

Date: 1924
Description: A small, wet dog "sits up" at the command of Barbara Brumder as her brother Herbert E. (center) are looking on. Younger brother Philip George, left, is loo...
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Toy Boat

Date: 1925
Description: Herbert Edmund Brumder, wearing a bathing suit, is standing on a wooden pier holding a large toy sailboat. An unidentified woman is sitting on the steps of...
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Mary Livingston Griggs on Boathouse Second Story Deck

Date: 10 1960
Description: Mary Livingston Griggs, dressed in a black dress and coat and using a cane, is standing on the second story outside deck of the Forest Lodge Boathouse on L...

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