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| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Boats and people at the Bayfield dock on Labor Day 1912. Boats include Thelma; Lusitania; which later became a U.S. Mail boat; Captain Angus'... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | The sidewheel packet, Quincy, tied up at the levee. Bridge in background. Later named J.S. Caption reads: "Steamer Quincy at Levee, La... |
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| Description: | The stern view of the sidewheel packet, Quincy, on the Mississippi River. Later named J.S. |
| Date: | 06 1914 |
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| Description: | The Aerodome, invented by Samuel Langley, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, as reconstructed by Glenn Curtiss at Hammondsport. |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | View of a group of people in a large model launch with an American flag. Caption reads: "On Mendota Lake near University of Wisconsin-Madison Boat House." |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Monona Lake Assembly, The Casino. This structure, including the ice house and provision space, designed by Conover and Porter and built for $1700.00 in Jun... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | View of Alma across the Mississippi River, with a man in a rowboat in the foreground. Caption reads: "Alma, Wisconsin, from the Mississippi." |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View of the Narrows Bridge, with a group of people on the left sitting and standing in a boat. The far shoreline is tree covered. Caption reads: "The Narro... |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Aerial bridge and harbor, with a large boat passing underneath. A lamppost and a beacon are along the walkway towards the bridge on the left. Caption reads... |
| Date: | 11 10 1905 |
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| Description: | A group of people are in a motorboat, named "Quo Vadis,, in the lake in front of St. Joseph's orphan asylum. Caption reads: "St. Joseph's Orphan Asylum, Gr... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View across water towards the club house. Boats are along the shoreline. Caption reads: "Chicago Club House on Lake Court O'Reilles, Near Hayward, Wis." |
| Date: | 1967 |
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| Description: | Fishing nets drying along the shore of Lake Michigan. |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Marathon Paper Mills from across the river. Caption reads: "Scene at the Marathon Paper Mills, Wausau, Wis." |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | View from the top of a railroad car on railroad tracks along the Mississippi River shoreline. Ships are along the shoreline on the right, and railroad trac... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View of Lover's Leap, with a group of people posing on the rocks and sailboats in the background. Caption reads: "Lover's Leap, Sturgeon Bay, Wis." |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View of the coast guard station from the water with multiple sailors lined up near the shore. Caption reads: "Coast Guard Station, Sturgeon Bay, Door Count... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | View towards a bridge, with children in a boat in the left foreground, and two other people in a boat in the center. Caption reads: "The Old Bridge, Stough... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | View of a boating scene off of the shore of Marinette and Menominee. Two boys are walking on the pier on the left, and a crowd of people are gathered at th... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | View across water toward buildings on the right, with men standing on a platform at the shoreline in front of a large building. Three more smaller building... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | View of the State Fish Hatchery with a boat in the foreground. Caption reads: "View at State Fish Hatchery Spooner, Wis." |
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