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Indian Duck Hunting

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Description: Watercolor of Canadian Prairie Indian at lake's shore with gun in hand and a recently hunted duck on the ground. A dog is at his feet. On the far shoreline...
Photograph

Native Americans Launch a New Canoe

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Description: Two Indians are launching a new canoe, possibly on Flambeau Lake.
Photograph

Ho-Chunk Man Paddling Canoe

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Description: Ho-Chunk man in a canoe on a river holding up an oar. Just out of frame on the left is a woman, who is perhaps holding a child.
Photograph

J.C. Hubinger Residence

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Description: View across pond toward the J.C. Hubinger mansion. Two stag statues stand by the pond. J.C. Hubinger, a prominent Iowa businessman, opened a starch factory...
Photograph

Scene on Red Cedar River

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Description: A group of youth sits on a shoreline along the Red Cedar River while others swim and boat. A stone structure stands in the center of the river and foreste...
Photograph

Potato Lake - Campbell's Resort

Date: 1927
Description: Lake view from the shore. A man, son, and two dogs stand at the dock. A herd of swans bathe nearby.
Photograph

South Shore

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Description: View along shoreline of a man and two boys fishing on a wooden dock. A rowboat is pulled up on the shore. Two cars are parked near trees. In the far backgr...
Photograph

Looking up Mirror Lake from High Bridge

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Description: An elevated view of Mirror Lake from a deck truss bridge. On both sides of the lake are boathouses and tour boats. Steep cliffs lined with trees and plants...
Photograph

Ro-Mi-Hoco Park

Date: 1927
Description: View from the dock looking at a beached canoe and two housing structures at Ro-Mi-Moco Park.
Photograph

Men in the Backwoods

Date: 1930
Description: Men, either campers or fishermen, portaging a canoe through backwoods cut-over forest area.
Photograph

Elevated View of a Canoe

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Description: Elevated view of a man posing standing next to a canoe on sawhorses in a yard, showing the interior of the canoe, and two paddles lying inside. A young gir...
Drawing

Big-Foot's Village and Lake

Date: 1856
Description: Lithographic view of a man in a canoe on Big-Foot's Lake (modern day Lake Geneva) with a small settlement on a bluff overlooking the lake. A group of birds...
Photograph

Along the Lake Monona Shoreline

Date: 1982
Description: View across a lawn towards the back of a house. The lawn slopes down to the left towards a tree-lined shore, with a bench and a pier. In the background is ...
Postcard

Assembly Grounds

Date: 1914
Description: Hand-colored view towards shoreline of the Assembly Grounds along Delavan Lake. Row boats and canoes are pulled up on the shoreline. Caption reads: "Assemb...
Photograph

On of the Boys Posing with Canoes

Date: 1907
Description: One of the boys (probably Carl) posing next to two canoes at an Indian village below Pansy.
Photograph

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.
Photograph

Paddling

Date: 10 1938
Description: View across water towards two men in a canoe on the left, and a man and woman in a duckboat on the right paddling down the Clam River. Trees and shrubs cov...
Photograph

Mother and Son in Canoe

Date: 1920
Description: Margaret Bouer (Mrs. Herbert P.) Brumder sitting beside her son, Herbert E. Brumder in a canoe near the shore of Pine Lake. Herbert is eating an apple.

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