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Dwight D. Eisenhower

Date: 07 1946
Description: Dwight D. Eisenhower, fishing with his brothers on Wisconsin Lake, proudly exhibit Muskies and one Northern Pike.
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Carl H. Bernard

Date: 05 06 1948
Description: Carl H. Bernard, operator of the University Boathouse on Lake Mendota, standing on a pier. Carl is the grandson of Charles Bernard Sr., who started the Ber...
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"Gramps" Brandel

Date: 06 1927
Description: "Gramps" (E.W.) Brandel wearing a hat and eyeglasses, paddling with a big smile on his face.
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Inland Lakes Regatta on Lake Mendota

Date: 07 05 1950
Description: Two Madison teenagers, Judith Rendall and Gina Johnson, standing on board Judy's Class C sailboat "Nite-Hawk."
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Four Lakes Yacht Club

Date: 07 29 1953
Description: Six members of Madison's Four Lakes Yacht Club are shown in a boat. In the back row, left to right, are Tom McKee, Ralph Gregg, and Sherman Olson. In the f...
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Pheasant Inn on Mason Lake

Date: 
Description: Photographic postcard view across water towards the Pheasant Inn on Lake Mason. Buildings are along the shoreline behind large trees. Two people are in a r...
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Twin Towers

Date: 1973
Description: "The Twin Towers of Lower Manhattan stand majestic as a tour boat goes by."
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Men on Boat

Date: 1935
Description: View of six men sitting on rattan furniture on a covered boat deck. Three men are wearing hats, and one man is smoking a cigar. Off the bow of the boat an ...
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Two Men on Boat Deck

Date: 1935
Description: View of two men sitting in rattan chairs under a roof on the deck of a boat. They are both wearing dress shirts and ties. One man is wearing a hat, and the...
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 7-11

Date: 
Description: I had to know the point to which the path was tracked
and when the definition would cease to be my own
Photograph

Log Rolling Contest

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Description: View from water of a log rolling contest. One man is still upright and the other has fallen into the water. A boat is visible to the left and trees line th...
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 226-234

Date: 
Description: As a sporting proposition of gaiety infused with taxes
no modern culture could survive
without a touch of France
Photograph

Man and Boy with Fish

Date: 
Description: A man and boy stand on a landing in front of two boats with water and a far shoreline in the background. They are holding up their catch of fish.
Photograph

Young Couple in a Speedboat

Date: 1956
Description: Young couple riding in a hydroplane speedboat.
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Dock in Sturgeon Bay

Date: 1895
Description: Seven men, standing informally, some wearing “yachting caps”, on a dock, presumably in Sturgeon Bay, Wis.
Historical Object

115 - Younger Campers at Joy Camps

Date: 
Description: Page from Joy Camps photo album displaying four photographs of younger campers. In one photograph campers are standing on a dock near two boats. In two pho...
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David and Joan Obey

Date: 1988
Description: Congressman David Obey and his wife Joan on Martin Hanson's pontoon. He was a good friend of the Obeys and was inducted into the Wisconsin Conservation Hal...
Historical Object

Joy Camps Newspaper Publicity

Date: 
Description: Page from Sue Ann Hackett Scrapbook displaying a newspaper clipping with photograph and caption; Sue Ann Hackett and friend Virginia Brown are pictured her...
Photograph

The Pier at Black Point

Date: 1910
Description: View from shoreline of Dr. Otto Schmidt, second from left, standing on the pier at Black Point with other, unidentified, adults and children. A launch is t...
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Father Hoa on the Canal

Date: 1961
Description: Father Augustin Nguyen lac Hoa, the fighting priest, sits in a boat on the canal between Binh Hung and Tan Hung Tay. Father Hoa is in uniform and holds a r...

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