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Steamboat Rock — From Across the River #104

Date: 1903
Description: Two men canoeing at Steamboat Rock. Text at right: "Wanderings Among the Wonders and Beauties of Wisconsin Scenery."
Manuscript

Neighborhood House Bike Hosteling Scrapbook: Second Hostel Trip

Date: 06 26 1940
Description: Page from the Neighborhood House log book of bike hosteling trips sponsored by the settlement house, with images of girls on their bikes and resting on a d...
Photograph

Skylight Cave — in the Navy Yard #255

Date: 1903
Description: A silhouetted man on a boat in a cave. Text at right: "Wanderings Among the Wonders and Beauties of Wisconsin Scenery."
Photograph

Wisconsin River Bridge

Date: 1909
Description: A view from shoreline below a bridge that crosses the Wisconsin River. There are two signs on the upper level of the bridge. One is for weight limit and th...
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Lake Menomin

Date: 1932
Description: View from shoreline of three men in a canoe on Lake Menomin near a point of land.
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Small Vessels Carry Supplies

Date: 1943
Description: Small fishing vessels carried supplies for troops marching up the coast towards Buna, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). Here soldiers lower cases ...
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Girl Scouts Off to Round-Up in Colorado

Date: 06 21 1959
Description: Representatives of the Black Hawk Council of Girl Scouts practice a Native American paddle drill in preparation for a trip to the Round-Up in Colorado. Lef...
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Canoeing the Flambeau

Date: 1933
Description: An unidentified man canoes the rapids on the Flambeau River in the northern part of Rusk County, about 12 miles from Ladysmith.
Postcard

Picturesque Camp Site

Date: 1969
Description: Elevated view of a tent and canoe in the woods by a lake.
Photograph

Canoeing on Namekagon River

Date: 1935
Description: Two men in a canoe on the Namekagon River in northwestern Wisconsin.
Photograph

Two Men in a Canoe

Date: 1930
Description: View from shoreline of two men in a canoe running the Cedar Rapids on the Flambeau River.
Photograph

Men in the Backwoods

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

"Parted On Their Wedding Day" Article

Date: 05 27 1934
Description: A sensational newspaper article about a newlywed couple encountering a sea serpent which resembles the Loch Ness monster.
Drawing

Proposed Sports and Recreation Area, Wisconsin Pavilion

Date: 05 01 1964
Description: Architect's rendering of a sports and recreation exhibit area at the Wisconsin pavilion for the 1964 New York World's Fair. A man at right is shown fishing...
Postcard

"The Narrows" Trout Lake

Date: 08 05 1916
Description: View across water of The Narrows in Trout Lake. There are people in a canoe out on the lake. Caption reads: "'The Narrows' Trout Lake, Wood Cliff, Wis."
Photograph

On the Shore of Lake Winneconne

Date: 1910
Description: View along shoreline towards two young men and six young children posing on the rocky beach on Lake Winneconne. Four of the children sit in a kayak pulled ...
Photograph

International Scout Double Shot

Date: 1975
Description: Two images of the same International Scout with camping and canoeing images. One shows the Scout driving up a hill kicking up dirt, the other shows the sam...
Photograph

1911 Flood

Date: 10 1911
Description: View towards river with high water flooding over several buildings behind a group of people in the foreground. Identified as the flood of the Black River i...
Postcard

Pecatonica River

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view looking up the Pecatonica River. Caption reads: "Pecatonica River, Darlington, Wis."
Postcard

Scene on Pecatonica River

Date: 1910
Description: View of two women canoeing on the Pecatonica River. There are two more people in a boat in the background on the right. Caption reads: "Scene on Pecatonica...

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