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| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | President Calvin Coolidge fishing at Cedar Island Lodge, rustic lodge of Henry C. Pierce, 35 miles from Superior, Wisconsin, on the Brule River. This lodge... |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | Painted scene of an Indian guide paddling, Jacques Marquette, a Jesuit missionary standing, and Louis Joliet, a fur trader paddling in a canoe exploring th... |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | View of Picnic Point across University Bay on Lake Mendota. There is a willow tree in the foreground. People are in a canoe out on the water. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | View of pasture land, with a bit of the Lake Koshkonong in the foreground, a wooden dock that is little more than planks, and several kayaks docked. |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | View from Lake Mendota of house at 630 N. Lake Street. Robert C. Spencer, architect. |
| Date: | 06 1927 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | View across river of a large mill or factory complex, possibly the Island Woolen Mill. In front of the mill is a roofed boathouse, with a canoe hanging fro... |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | View from shoreline toward a woman in a canoe holding a parasol as an accompanying man paddles through the water near a wooded shore at Playland. Other row... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | View across water toward a crowd of people standing on both the upper and lower level floors of a boathouse overlooking the lake. On the water beside the s... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | This map shows state trunk highways, county trunk highways, railroads, canoe trails, lakes, and free public camp sites. The map on the reverse also shows a... |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | Lake view from the shore. A man, son, and two dogs stand at the dock. A herd of swans bathe nearby. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | View from on a dock looking at a man and two boys sitting on the rock of the shore. Boats are tied to the dock. |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | View from the dock looking at a beached canoe and two housing structures at Ro-Mi-Moco Park. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | A Native American dugout canoe rests on the shore of Europe Lake. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | A Native American dugout canoe resting on the shore of Europe Lake. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | A Native American dugout canoe resting on the shore of Europe Lake. |
| 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: | 1920 |
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| Description: | An unidentified man wearing waders and a cap is posing on a rocky shore holding up a large muskie. There is a wooden canoe in the shallow water behind him. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | A boy, probably Edward John Brumder, sitting in a canoe with a Boston terrier-type dog. In the background is a shoreline. |
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