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| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | Nine men arrive at Fort William by canoe. Fort William, also called Kaministiguia, was the Hudson's Bay fur trading post. Men are standing along the opposi... |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of men unloading lumber off a raft. A man at the left is loading lumber onto a horse-drawn wagon, while a man in an apron is holding the horses... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | View looking down the Crawfish River, with a large building with a three-story balcony on the right. A man and a boy are in a boat docked at the steps to t... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View of the coast guard station from the water with multiple sailors lined up near the shore. Caption reads: "Coast Guard Station, Sturgeon Bay, Door Count... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Man and dog standing near bridge. Buildings in background. There is a boat on the left on the water near the bridge. Caption reads: "Bridge, Okauchee, Wis.... |
| Date: | 07 19 1914 |
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| Description: | Individuals boating in the Kosciusko Park lagoon, with onlookers sitting on the bank. Caption on glass plate reads: "Boating, Kosciusko Park". |
| Date: | 08 01 1914 |
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| Description: | Milwaukee Yacht Club, located at the foot of E. Layfayette Street on Lake Michigan. Numerous sailboats are in the harbor, and individuals are on the pier. |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Six men of the fishing colony on the shorelines of the Mississippi River. Numerous boats, logs, and fishing nets are scattered across the beach. Caption on... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Racine, Wis. in 1850." Artist's rendering of the view of the harbor with sailing ships, sailboats, rowboats and canoes. The Main Stre... |
| Date: | 1897 |
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| Description: | Boats used for fighting fires are docked near a walkway. On the left the walkway is full of men, some gathered near the boats and a fire hose stretched out... |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | Pete Dyson sitting in a boat marked "Lottie." The boat had an International PD-40 power unit. |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a fisherman's shanty along the shoreline surrounded by rocks. At the shoreline is a man and numerous boats pulled ashore. Caption reads: "... |
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| Description: | Elevated view toward a small boat landing and pier area on the shore of Lake Michigan. Many men, women and children are on the pier, and a house is on a hi... |
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| Description: | Rear view of the Bible Institute on Green Lake. Two men are sitting in a boat docked at a pier. Behind them are stairs leading to the rear entrance of the ... |
| Date: | 07 26 1953 |
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| Description: | Four Lakes Yacht Club member Clair Puttkamer is shown with his boat on a hoist operated by the Four Lakes Yacht Club on the Yahara river. The hoist facilit... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Six Coastguardsmen pose with an officer on the shore at the Coast Guard Station at Baileys Harbor. The men are identified as (left to right) Reinhart Hicke... |
| Date: | 1871 |
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| Description: | Engraved view of Kenosha harbor. A group of men fish from a pier in the foreground while several boats float through the harbor. A tug is pulling a large s... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view of a group of people gathered at the shoreline of a lake. One group is launching a boat near the shore. Another group is in a sm... |
| Date: | 1892 |
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| Description: | Sixth page of calendar for November and December, 1892. Features two illustrations: the top one of a group of boys in a tug of war using twine from a roll ... |
| Date: | 10 1911 |
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| 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... |
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