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| Date: | 05 16 1908 |
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| Description: | View from the water (probably Lake Mendota) of summer cottages at Blackhawk. There is a pavilion at the shoreline. There are two people canoeing near the s... |
| Date: | 07 04 1916 |
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| Description: | Catherine (Kate) Bartholomay (1899-1991) stands in dappled shade on the pier at Black Point. She is holding two oars as she prepares to get into a wooden c... |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | This map shows roads, foot and canoe trails, railroads, resorts, lookout towers, camps, national and state forests, Indian reservation, and types of fish i... |
| Date: | 1982 |
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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Watercolor painting of a canoe and sailboat on Lake Mendota. In the background is the city skyline on the far shoreline. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | This map shows a canoe route from Madison to Milwaukee, with total mileage of 237 miles. Includes proposed 1837 route of Milwaukee-Rock River Canal approv... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | This map shows a canoe route between Madison and Milwaukee. Includes text and an inset map of the route from Milwaukee to Madison. Shows the area around We... |
| Date: | 1987 |
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| Description: | Imaginative pen-and-ink drawing titled, "Fish Tales (The Truth is Irrelevant, A Lie Well Told Lives Forever)." Sid adds the following words to describe the... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | A lantern slide reproduction of a printed image of a Chippewa camp. Two dogs, center, are facing the camera. Two birch bark covered tipis are on the left; ... |
| Date: | 05 07 1988 |
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| Description: | Imaginative pen-and-ink drawing that appeared in the Capitol Times on May 7, 1988 with Sid's caption: "Fish history begins with hooks made of wood, ... |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | This map shows in red the NorthWestern Railway Line routes running from Chicago, Illinois to northern Wisconsin and Michigan. The map includes cities and t... |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | This map shows in red the NorthWestern Railway Line routes running from Chicago, Illinois to northern Wisconsin. The map includes cities and towns, lakes, ... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | View through trees towards Willow Point at Delavan Lake. Caption reads: "Willow Point, Delavan Lake, Wis." |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Campers on Picnic Point. Tents are set up along the shore, under the trees. A few campers are in front of their tents. A canoe is barely visible on the rig... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | View down shoreline towards the travelers pausing in their canoe journey to have lunch on the riverbank below Gordon Dam. |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | One of the boys (probably Carl) posing next to two canoes at an Indian village below Pansy. |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Bill Williams standing in front of a tree at the shoreline. There is a canoe next to him on the left, and paddles, bags and boxes are on the ground on the ... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Two men watching from the shore as Bill Marr shoots the Kettle Rapids in a canoe. The spectators are sitting on logs. |
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