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State Fish Hatchery

Date: 1935
Description: View of the State Fish Hatchery with a boat in the foreground. Caption reads: "View at State Fish Hatchery Spooner, Wis."
Photograph

H.H. Bennett in Boat

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Description: Henry Hamilton Bennett poling his boat close along a rock formation in the Wisconsin Dells.
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Rowboat and River Guide

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Description: A river guide (possibly Clarence C. Bennett) holding an oar while posing next to his rowboat on shore.
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Docks at Jones Island

Date: 10 28 1938
Description: Docks and shanties at Jones Island, with smokestacks and cranes in the background.
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Wisconsin River Shoreline

Date: 1880
Description: Elevated view of the Wisconsin River shoreline, showing lumber rafts "tied up over Sunday."
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Alpha Phi Sorority Girls in a Boat

Date: 04 28 1944
Description: Six sorority girls in a row boat, at the Alpha Phi party on the University of Wisconsin campus.
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Pine River

Date: 1945
Description: View of a footbridge over the Pine River. Boats are laying in the grass in the foreground.
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Elevated View of Town

Date: 1905
Description: Caption reads: Panoramic View of Minocqua, Wis." A railroad bridge is in the foreground.
Photograph

Swimming Safety

Date: 06 14 1944
Description: Lifeguard Tom Langlois in a rowboat is issuing a warning to James Bergman who is swimming outside the ropes that delineate the safe swimming area.
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Mendota Yacht Club

Date: 1913
Description: Mendota Yacht Club, later the site of James Madison Park. A mast with flags is standing outside of the club near the water.
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Mendota Yacht Club

Date: 1915
Description: Mendota Yacht Club, later the site of James Madison Park.
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Girls at Camp Maria Olbrich

Date: 07 06 1944
Description: Five girls in a row boat on Lake Mendota at the YWCA's Camp Maria Olbrich. Seated left to right: Volala Still, Jane Botham, Doris Elliott, Gloria Trader, a...
Photograph

Men Fishing on Fox River

Date: 1960
Description: Slightly elevated view across water towards men fishing from a boat below the dam on the Fox River. Two other men are standing on the right shoreline near ...
Photograph

Horlick's Mill and Dam

Date: 1906
Description: View of Horlick's mill and dam, also known as "Ye Old Mill."
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Boat in Harbor

Date: 1919
Description: View of the harbor.
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Merrimac Ferry

Date: 1925
Description: Car ferry on the Wisconsin River at Merrimac. A ferry has operated at this site since the 1840's. In 1924 the privately owned ferry was replaced by this wo...
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Swimming at Warner Beach

Date: 08 02 1944
Description: Helen Durr diving from the launch, with Ardith Cauble (Gauble?) observing her.
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Warehouse

Date: 1932
Description: View of multiple old warehouses on the levee. Boats are pulled up on the slope in the foreground.
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Elevated View of Town

Date: 1909
Description: Elevated view of town. A person is in the right foreground. Caption reads: "A Glimpse(?) of Port Washington, Wis."
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People at Shoreline of Harbor

Date: 1907
Description: View towards the shoreline of the harbor. A man, woman and child are standing at the shoreline on the left. Across the water is a boat along the opposite s...

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