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East Wilson Street Scene

Date: 01 08 1946
Description: East Wilson Street scene at the center of South Hancock Street looking South down South Hancock Street across East Wilson Street, taken at site of Reynolds...
Photograph

South Hancock Street Scene

Date: 01 08 1946
Description: South Hancock Street scene looking South down unpaved South Hancock Street at the corner of East Wilson Street, taken at site of Reynolds Bus accident. Bus...
Photograph

Gill's Rock

Date: 09 1947
Description: Slightly elevated view of people waiting for the ferry at the Gill's Rock landing in Door County. Caption reads: "Scene at Gill's Rock Landing, Door County...
Photograph

Kenosha Harbor

Date: 1940
Description: A view across Kenosha harbor at the large Simmons Company factory building.
Photograph

Washington Island

Date: 1925
Description: Washington Island, including field and fence, with buildings, automobiles, and a large ship in the distance.
Photograph

Memorial Union

Date: 1929
Description: Terrace at the Memorial Union on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Pedestrians are walking along the shoreline of Lake Mendota. The University of...
Postcard

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...
Photograph

Lake Mendota in Winter

Date: 12 20 1961
Description: Elevated view from hill over boathouse of frozen Lake Mendota during the wintertime. Taken from the Wisconsin Center building.
Photograph

Aerial View of Wharf

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Description: Aerial view of a harbor with a wharf in the foreground, and buildings and boathouses along the shoreline.
Photograph

Wychmere Harbor

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Description: General view of Wychmere Harbor, filled with small boats. Houses can be seen on the shore.
Photograph

Locomobile

Date: 04 05 1931
Description: Automobile parked in front of the boathouse at Black Point. The description of the photograph written by Ernst Schmidt states, "A 1924 Loco which I just pu...
Postcard

"Carolina" Steamer

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Description: View across water towards the "Carolina" steamer docked at Ephraim. Many people are standing on the pier. Caption reads: "Ephraim-Wis."
Postcard

The Dock; Gills Rock

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Description: View of the excursion boat dock from the parking lot. Several automobiles and trucks are parked in the foreground. An excursion boat with tourists on board...
Postcard

Ferry Dock

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Description: View down road towards the ferry dock at Gills Rock. A ferry is unloading cars. A line of cars and a group of people are waiting to get on the ferry.
Book or Pamphlet

Brittingham Bay Panorama

Date: 1914
Description: Panoramic view of Brittingham Bay taken from the north west shore of Brittingham Park. The boathouse is on the left. On the right the railroad tracks cross...
Photograph

Sandy Beach Resort

Date: 1930
Description: Men, women and children in modest swimming suits enjoy splashing and playing in the water at Sandy Beach, a resort established by Gerhard Strauss in 1921. ...
Photograph

University Campus Shoreline Vista

Date: 07 11 1958
Description: A view of Lake Mendota from the end of Park street. F.O. Leiser, general chairman of the class of 1902 has raised the issue of maintaining the lakeshore be...
Postcard

Froelich's Sayner Lodge

Date: 1950
Description: Text on reverse reads: "Froelich's Sayner Lodge, Sayner, Wisconsin. AAA. One of Northern Wisconsin's fine American Plan Resorts * Your choice of accommodat...

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