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Chippewa Family Moving

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Description: A Chippewa (Ojibwa) family moving their disassembled wagon and grindstone from one village to another on two canoes somewhere in northern Wisconsin. This i...
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Apostle Islands Sea Kayaking

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Description: A family kayaks in front of rock walls at the Apostle Islands.
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Men Having a Picnic

Date: 06 1927
Description: Edward J. Rickers with UW nightwatchman "Gramps," on a Lake Mendota outing. They are seated on the grass together with a picnic lunch and a campfire. There...
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Sig Olson and Sons

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Description: Sigurd Olson with his sons, Robert and Sig Jr., after a duck hunt.
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Cormican's Cabins

Date: 1938
Description: View from road of a man, woman and boy sitting in the entry way of a cabin, with another cabin, a canoe, and an automobile on the right. A sign says "Clam ...
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Rock River

Date: 1977
Description: "Joan Glaab and her son, of Brownsville, start on a boating trek down the Rock River."
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Rock River

Date: 1977
Description: "Joan Glaab and her son, of Brownsville, start on a boating trip down the Rock River."
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Chippewa Family in Canoe

Date: 1910
Description: View across water towards an Ojibwe couple paddling a birch bark canoe with their five children seated in the center. The family is dressed in western styl...
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Brule Portage Trail

Date: 1967
Description: A family of three are portaging their canoe through the brush and trees on the Brule Portage Trail.
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Family Canoeing on Trout Lake

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Description: View across water towards a family of three canoeing on Trout Lake.
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Canoeing on Trout Lake

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Description: View from shoreline through trees towards a family canoeing on Trout Lake.
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Canoeing on the Brule River

Date: 1967
Description: View from shoreline of a family canoeing down the Brule River.
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Family Canoeing on the Kickapoo River

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Description: A family canoeing along the Kickapoo River. The mother and father are paddling the canoe carrying three young children sitting in the middle.
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Brule River

Date: 1967
Description: A family of three are canoeing down the Brule River. Bushes and tall grass are along the shoreline, and trees are in the background.
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Canoeing on Archibald Lake

Date: 08 1925
Description: Wearing a hat, Madeleine Wood Holt is smiling, sitting next to Helen Wood, on the floor of the canoe in Archibald Lake. With his back to the camera, Alfred...
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Lucy Rumsey Holt Canoeing with Grandson Peter DeWitt

Date: 1929
Description: Lucy Rumsey Holt is paddling the canoe on Archibald Lake with grandson Peter DeWitt in her lap. There is a forested shoreline in the background. Caption re...
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Summer Sanctuary

Date: 1959
Description: Paddlers in a canoe on their way down the Namekagon river. The shoreline on the left is tree-covered.
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Quiet Reflections

Date: 05 1968
Description: Elevated view from riverbank of a family enjoying a canoe ride on the Wisconsin River, in Tower Hill State Park. The trees are thick on both shorelines.
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Indian Canoe

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Indian Canoe" and "Greetings from Tomah, Wis." On reverse: "Camp of berry-pickers, man, wife, and children. Camp site on a beautiful ...

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