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Book or Pamphlet

Missionary in Canoe

Date: 1941
Description: Woodcut illustration of a missionary priest wearing a robe standing in the fore of a canoe as it comes ashore paddled by a person in the aft. An Indian on ...
Photograph

YMCA Camp Wakanda

Date: 08 03 1953
Description: A scene at YMCA's day camp at Camp Wakanda, located on a shore of Lake Mendota. Counselor Rick Dettloff, standing on a pier, steadies a canoe for Jerry Han...
Photograph

Birch Bark Canoe, Chain of Lakes, Wis.

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Description: One man sits in the bow and one man stands on shore holding the stern of a birch bark canoe at the edge of a lake. They may be Indians. The man in the cano...
Photograph

Big Eau Claire Lake from Taylor's Cabins

Date: 1937
Description: Canoes and lawn chairs at the shore of Upper Eau Claire Lake. Caption reads: "Big Eau Claire Lake From Taylors Cabins, Drummond, Wis."
Photograph

Gifford's on East Lake

Date: 1936
Description: View from water of people sitting in a canoe next to a boat dock where more people are standing. A boathouse is on shore and a cottage is up a slight hill ...
Photograph

Gifford's Resort

Date: 1936
Description: View from water of people sitting in a canoe on the shore of East Lake next to a dock on which people are standing and a flag is waving. On shore there is ...
Postcard

View of Alma, Wis.

Date: 1908
Description: Photographic postcard view over the Mississippi River showing of the town of Alma. Bluffs are behind the town. In the foreground, two men wearing hats are ...
Photograph

Canoeing in the City Park

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Description: View toward two people in a canoe in the city park. A woman reclines in the front while holding an umbrella, and a man in the back holds an oar.
Postcard

Greetings — Woodley's Country

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Description: Color photographic postcard of three people navigating a red canoe through yellow water lilies in Woodley's Dam near Highway 8 and 46, north of Amery. Capt...
Map or Atlas

Northern Wisconsin Lakes

Date: 1925
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...
Photograph

Patrol in a Canoe in the Rain

Date: 1942
Description: A patrol from the 14th Infantry canoeing in the rain in Panama. Three men in fatigues holding sub-machine guns are sitting in a canoe.
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

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 ...
Photograph

South Shore

Date: 
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

Ojibway Museum

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Description: Canoes and wooden boats under a shelter at the Ojibway Museum. Other buildings, probably cottages, are visible in the background.
Photograph

Bomb Simulation at East Washington Avenue Bridge

Date: 07 12 1954
Description: The East Washington Avenue bridge was chosen as the point where a simulated atom bomb struck Madison during a civil defense test, unbeknownst to four canoe...
Photograph

Lake Samoset

Date: 1935
Description: Two people canoeing near the shoreline of Lake Samoset.
Map or Atlas

Flambeau River State Forest

Date: 1958
Description: Includes images of Flambeau River State Forest and a description of, canoeing and recreational activities in, and general park and forest information about...
Photograph

W.A. Dennis Point Cottage

Date: 1932
Description: View across water of four people in a canoe on Cable Lake, with the W.A. Dennis Point Cottage and pine trees visible on the opposite shoreline.

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