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Up the Wolf River for Votes for Women

Date: 1912
Description: Suffragists sitting aboard the Mary E. at dockside on the Wolf River. The boat sports a banner reading: "Votes for Women."
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Fox River Bridge

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of the Fox River Bridge. The building in the foreground has a sign that reads: "Chicago & Northwestern Railway. Freight Station." Caption rea...
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Boarding an Excursion Boat

Date: 1910
Description: Passengers board the excursion boat "Crescent No. 1" as others look on from bridges. There is a large building in the background on the left, and a long, w...
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The "Okoboji"

Date: 1910
Description: A view of the double-decked excursion boat docked at a pier. The boat has many passengers on board, and other people are standing on the pier. Caption read...
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Steamships Arriving at Fox's Dock

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of three steamships arriving at Fox's Dock, an island in Lake Erie. People are waiting on the docks. A smaller ship is in the dock area as we...
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Tourists Arriving on a Steamship

Date: 1910
Description: View of tourists arriving on steamship. Many passengers are on the ship and the dock.
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Curtiss Biplane Over Harbor

Date: 07 04 1911
Description: View of a Curtiss biplane flying over the harbor. The steamship "Three States" are in the center, and several similar ships are in the distance, including ...
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Excursion Boats

Date: 1910
Description: View from the wooded banks of a lake toward excursion boats in the water at the shoreline. Men pose near the boats and American flags decorate the foregrou...
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Hartford Cottage on the Mississippi River

Date: 1910
Description: A small cottage in a wooded setting. There is a small boat with a man on the shoreline. There is a steep bluff on the far shoreline. A Frank Feiker 'Souven...
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Small Motor Cruiser on the Mississippi River

Date: 1910
Description: The cruiser is tied-up on the beach shore.
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Car Ferry on Shoreline

Date: 1915
Description: View from shoreline of ferry carrying three automobiles on the Mississippi River. An excursion boat is in the water nearby, and buildings are on the far sh...
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North Side Landing, Mirror Lake

Date: 1910
Description: View across water towards the North Side Landing. There is a covered tour boat at the edge of the lake and passengers on board. At the shoreline is a cabin...
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Kirkland Landing, Devils [sic] Lake

Date: 1910
Description: View from shoreline of boats, including an excursion boat, on the shoreline and along both sides of a pier. There are three men on the pier at Kirkland Lan...
Postcard

At the Dock

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of the Eagle River dock, with excursion boats and a tug boat alongside two long piers in the foreground, and a steel frame bridge in the back...
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Steges Home Resort

Date: 1918
Description: Hand-colored elevated view of Steges Home Resort, including the main building, pavilion and boat house on the shoreline. Caption reads: "Steges Home Resort...
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Private Yachts, at Lake Geneva Docks

Date: 1912
Description: View from shoreline towards yachts moored at two long docks. Caption reads: "Private Yachts, at Lake Geneva Docks, Lake Geneva, Wis."
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University Boat Landing, Lake Mendota

Date: 1910
Description: View from shoreline towards the Steamer "Wisconsin" docked at the pier of the University boat landing on Lake Mendota.
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View from Green's Store, Lake Kegonsa

Date: 08 13 1915
Description: Text on front reads: "View from Green's Store, Lake Kegonsa." The shore of Lake Kegonsa, looking over the lake. There are piers, a boathouse, an excursion ...
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At The Head of The Narrows

Date: 08 22 1912
Description: Text on front reads: "At The Head of The Narrows, Dells of The Wisconsin River." A channel of the Wisconsin River that is 52 feet wide and 100 feet deep. T...

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