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Women in Motorboat

Date: 1941
Description: Two bathing suit-clad women demonstrating their Evinrude motorboat on a Wisconsin lake.
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Calvin Coolidge Fishing

Date: 1928
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...
Painting

Marquette and Joliet

Date: 1921
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...
Photograph

Shore View of Mission Dock

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of La Pointe and the shoreline from the Old Mission dock. Two boys and two men stand along the shoreline. The white building with the dark ro...
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Ink Stand and Sugar Bowl

Date: 10 1889
Description: South side of Ink Stand and Sugar Bowl. Hattie and John Bennett in the boat; Nellie Bennett seated beneath the tree.
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Opposite Steamboat Rock

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Description: Two men near shoreline in a canoe opposite Steamboat Rock.
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White River Bridges

Date: 1910
Description: View from shoreline of a railroad train crossing a bridge over the famous White River near Ashland. In the foreground is an open automobile crossing the ri...
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Children with Rowboat

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Description: Group of children playing in a rowboat in a Mississippi River inlet. Alma, Wisconsin is in the background on the opposite shoreline.
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Log Running on the Chippewa River

Date: 1904
Description: Logs floating down the river beneath the bridge on the Chippewa River. On the far shoreline are billboards. One advertises for "J.R. Sharp Hardware." Men a...
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Native Americans Launch a New Canoe

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Description: Two Indians are launching a new canoe, possibly on Flambeau Lake.
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Bad River

Date: 1880
Description: Man in canoe close to shoreline with a bridge in the background.
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Village of the Kalispel

Date: 1910
Description: The original caption reads: "The Kalispel, who now number about a hundred, are scattered along the eastern side of the Pend d'Oreille river in eastern Wash...
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Mrs. Kern and Jessie Rowing Duck-Hunting Boats on Lake

Date: 1900
Description: Mrs. Kern and Jessie rowing boats on unidentified lake. The far shoreline can be seen in the background.
Print

Cottage Inn

Date: 1835
Description: Two-story home with sloping roof. One man is whipping a team of eight cattle while another man drives the plow behind them. To the left stands a man near a...
Postcard

Lake Park Shoreline

Date: 1910
Description: Path along Lake Michigan beach. Below are people walking along the shoreline. Further down the path is a small group of people. Pilings are in the water in...
Photograph

Lake Weed Cutter

Date: 08 12 1948
Description: W.J. Rendall, Earl. E. Wheeler, and George C. Hockney operating a small weed cutter in Lake Mendota off the shore of Maple Bluff. Mr. Hockney is the manufa...
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Mrs. Theodore Statz and Daughter Cindy in Yard

Date: 09 18 1948
Description: Mrs. Theodore Statz and her 6-month old daughter Cindy in the yard of their basement apartment at 425 West Wilson Street. They are soon to be evicted becau...
Photograph

Brownie Day Camp

Date: 06 28 1949
Description: Four girls wading in Lake Mendota. They were attending the Brownie Day Camp at Burrows Park. Left to right: Marilyn Dvorak, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred...
Photograph

P&H 5-Ton Monorail Hoist Loading Lumber onto Barge

Date: 1913
Description: Pawling & Harnischfeger 5-ton monorail hoist with a lumber handling unit, possibly in Pensacola, Florida. The monorail track extends over the dock to permi...
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International 2444 Tractor with No. 110 Balanced Head Mower

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Description: Color photograph of a man driving an International 2444 tractor with a No. 110 Balanced Head Mower. The tractor is mowing near the shoreline of a pond or ...

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