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Launch Boat at Eagle Point

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Description: Elevated view of the doctor in a launch boat at Eagle Point. Two women are sitting in the front of the boat.
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Cliff House on Devil's Lake

Date: 1874
Description: View west from the Cliff House at Devil's Lake.
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Docked Boat

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Description: A boat at dock, possibly from a trip taken by William A. Jones and others.
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Morgan Club House

Date: 1920
Description: The Morgan Club House on the river. A long, narrow excursion boat is moored on the dock in front of the club.
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Fox River

Date: 1907
Description: View towards the front of the excursion boat "Thistle" loaded with riders on the Fox River. Two people are standing on the right above the pilings near a b...
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Group on Tour Boat

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Description: A tour boat with many passengers is traveling down a river. Two boys are sitting on the roof with suitcases and other baggage, and two men wearing hats are...
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Group of People in Two Boats

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Description: Two boats next to each other on an unidentified body of water. One boat has a roof similar to that of a tour boat. Sitting in the front boat is a family wi...
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Group of People with "Intrepid"

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Description: A boat named "Intrepid" near a small pier. Three people (two men and a woman), are on the boat, and five people (four men and a boy), are standing on the w...
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People on Pier with Boats

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Description: Three boats next to a pier. The one on the end of the pier is the Intrepid, the one in the foreground, in which three people are sitting, is the ...
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Group of People with "Yankee Boy"

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Description: Elevated view from hill of men and women disembarking from the "Yankee Boy" boat on what appears to be a lake pier, with rowboats on the near shoreline, an...
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Intrepid

Date: 1905
Description: View across water towards a group of people on a pier with the boat Intrepid. One child is holding a rope connected to the boat, which is being driv...
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"Intrepid" and another Boat

Date: 1905
Description: Men, women, and children aboard two boats positioned side by side in an unidentified body of water. The canopied boat in back is the "Intrepid". A man and ...
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The Skori Excursion Boat

Date: 03 31 1949
Description: A large steel boat rests on a custom-built trailer pulled by a truck. The boat is named "Skori" and is 18 tons in weight; 60 feet long; 12 feet wide and h...
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Wisconsin Dells With Excursion Boat

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Description: Elevated panoramic view of the Wisconsin River shoreline in the Wisconsin Dells. There is an excursion boat, The Dell Queen, visible in the lower le...
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The Miss Helen

Date: 1930
Description: The skipper guides the motor launch Miss Helen on the Wisconsin River in the Dells.
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Boat Interior

Date: 1925
Description: The interior of an enclosed tourist motor launch, possibly the Seagull. Coach type seats line the sides. A glimpse of water and shoreline is visable...
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The "Okoboji"

Date: 1910
Description: A view of the double-decked excursion boat docked at a pier. The boat has many passengers on board, and other people are standing on the pier. Caption read...
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Excursion Boats

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Description: Elevated view from shoreline of a group of excursion boats meeting at the pier.
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Chautauqua Park

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Description: View down pier, with people standing at the end, and two sailboats in the water, with the one on the left manned by two men. There is an excursion boat doc...
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Steamboat "St. Paul"

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Description: View of the steamboat "St. Paul" in the Mississippi River near Sabula. Signs painted on the ship read: "St. Louis Dubuque, St. Paul Streckfus Steamers Sain...

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