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| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Boats and people at the Bayfield dock on Labor Day 1912. Boats include Thelma; Lusitania; which later became a U.S. Mail boat; Captain Angus'... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | The sternwheel excursion boat, J.S., at a landing at Cassville. People with umbrellas wait on shore. Inscribed Souvenir J.S. The J.S.... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | The sternwheel excursion, Red Wing, with the excursion barge, Mae, at a landing. Caption reads: "Saint Paul, Minn. Steamboat Landing." |
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| Description: | The sternwheel excursion J.S., loading an excursion party below dock. Horse and cart in foreground. Caption reads: "Steamer J.S. Loading Excursion P... |
| Date: | 06 1914 |
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| Description: | The Aerodome, invented by Samuel Langley, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, as reconstructed by Glenn Curtiss at Hammondsport. |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Calbraith Perry Rodgers, with a cigar characteristically clenched in his jaw, was the first man to fly across the United States. He undertook this flight i... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | View of a group of people in a large model launch with an American flag. Caption reads: "On Mendota Lake near University of Wisconsin-Madison Boat House." |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Monona Lake Assembly, The Casino. This structure, including the ice house and provision space, designed by Conover and Porter and built for $1700.00 in Jun... |
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| Description: | Colorized view depicting the Wisconsin Central Railroad bridge at Stevens Point, with several men standing on top of the bridge painting the structure. Cap... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | View of Alma across the Mississippi River, with a man in a rowboat in the foreground. Caption reads: "Alma, Wisconsin, from the Mississippi." |
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| Description: | Chief Whirling Thunder, standing at the front of an excursion boat named "Black Hawk," which appears to be near the Wisconsin Dells. Caption reads: "Chief ... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Camp Stella looking south toward the Bayfield County shoreline from an Apostle Island. |
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| Description: | Scenic view of two women standing along a railing on a sidewalk above a stone wall viewing the way to the river. Caption reads: "Lawe Street Hill to Fox Ri... |
| Date: | 03 16 1919 |
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| Description: | View showing the flood conditions on city streets from the 1919 Flood on the Trempealeau River. Four men are surveying the damage. Caption reads: "Highwate... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View of the Narrows Bridge, with a group of people on the left sitting and standing in a boat. The far shoreline is tree covered. Caption reads: "The Narro... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Cumberland with Beaver Dam Lake in the background. In the foreground is a street, and across the street is a church, a water tower and dwe... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View across water towards cabins on the shore of Delavan Lake, with three women standing near the base of a pier. Caption reads: "Log Cabin, Delavan Lake, ... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Florence from across Fisher Lake, with several people standing below on the shoreline. Caption reads: "Florence, Wis. from across Fisher L... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | A group of three people are sitting at the fountain, and another group of three people are in the background behind the fountain. Caption reads: "Fountain ... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | View from shoreline of a steamboat landing on Lake Geneva. A group of women are gathered on the shore in the foreground. Caption reads: "Steamboat Landing,... |
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