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Boats at Menasha Locks

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Description: People on recreational boats waiting for the Menasha Locks to open into the Fox River.
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Riverside Park

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Description: Lithograph of Riverside Park depicting people, boats, horses and buggies, steamboats in and around body of water.
Postcard

Riverside Park

Date: 1920
Description: View across water towards an excursion boat moored at the shoreline of Riverside Park. There are houses beyond, and in the distance is a smokestack. Captio...
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Oshkosh from River

Date: 1890
Description: Elevated view of Oshkosh from across a river.
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Oshkosh Packing & Provision Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Oshkosh Packing & Provision Company, a meat packer and preserver, with an illustration of the company buildings on the waterfront, with w...
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Buckstaff-Edwards Co. Memohead

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Description: Memohead of the Buckstaff-Edwards Company of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, manufacturers of coffins and caskets and wholesale dealers in caskets and undertaking supp...
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On the Shore of Lake Winneconne

Date: 1910
Description: View along shoreline towards two young men and six young children posing on the rocky beach on Lake Winneconne. Four of the children sit in a kayak pulled ...
Photograph

On Lake Winneconne

Date: 1910
Description: A young woman sits in a small kayak-like boat on Lake Winneconne. A sail wrapped around a mast is laying in front of her on the gunwale. Wooden pilings are...
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Boat in Yard

Date: 1910
Description: Large boat on a stand in a boatyard. A man wearing a hat and suspenders stands on the right in the open doorway of a building. There is another building on...
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Hunting Group on Dock

Date: 1910
Description: Group of twelve men and one boy posing on a dock. A dog lays at the feet of the man in the center. Three of the men hold stringers of dead ducks. On the fa...
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Hunters on the Pond

Date: 1910
Description: View across water towards a group of seven men posing on a dock in front of a small hunting shack in the middle of a marsh. Ducks hang on stringers attache...
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Fishermen on Wolf River

Date: 1910
Description: Two men stand on a flat boat on Wolf River. They hold stringers of fish suspended from a wooden pole between them. Behind them is what may be a gas pump on...
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Storm on Lake Winnebago

Date: 08 1916
Description: Class A sailboats race in the Inland Lake Yachting Association Regatta on Lake Winnebago just before a storm breaks. There are threatening clouds overhead.
Photograph

After the Storm

Date: 08 1916
Description: A description of this photograph written by Ernst Schmidt reads: "The 'Senta' with the anchor out shortly after the storm had hit. I am on the after deck —...
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After the Storm

Date: 08 1916
Description: Bystanders watch as men bail out a sailboat and others assess the damage to their craft after a storm hit during the Inland Lake Yachting Association Regat...
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The Menasha

Date: 08 1927
Description: A description of this photograph provided by Ernst Schmidt reads: "The government river inspection boat with the 'Mystery' tied to her and the 'Bottoms Up'...
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Class E Boats

Date: 08 1927
Description: Crew members are on their boats as they are towed into the harbor at Neenah after competing in the Inland Lake Yachting Association Regatta. Two other boat...
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Sailboats

Date: 08 18 1931
Description: View across water towards sailboats with their crews reflected in the still waters of Lake Winnebago, before the start of a race at the Inland Lake Yachtin...

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