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Sail Boat Rescue on Lake Mendota

Date: 06 13 1954
Description: Boat rescue crew member, James Crary, is dashing down the pier from the U.W. Lifesaving Services facility to board the rescue boat," Isabel III," to help a...
Photograph

Sail Boat Rescue on Lake Mendota

Date: 06 13 1954
Description: Captain Harvey Black, in aviator sunglasses at the helm, skippers the rescue boat, "Isabel III," speeding towards a stranded sail boater on Lake Mendota. T...
Photograph

Military Pilot Preparing for Flight

Date: 05 22 1957
Description: Air Guard Lt. Dan Torphy preparing for a training flight from Truax Field by putting on a Mae West life preserver over his flight suit. He is being helped ...
Postcard

Life Saving Crew Entering Boat

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Life Saving Crew Entering Boat, Two Rivers, Wis." A group of men launching a large rowboat into Lake Michigan. In the background is a...

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