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Mendota Yacht Club Winners

Date: 06 10 1947
Description: George P. Steinmetz, Sr., and his son, George Steinmetz, Jr., 2134 Fox Avenue, shown with the Donegal Trophy for winning the Mendota Yacht Club Memorial Da...
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Iceboat Skippers

Date: 01 16 1949
Description: Group portrait of three iceboat skippers, all members of the Four Lakes Ice Yacht Club. Pictured on frozen Lake Monona from left to right are: Martin Rayno...
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University of Wisconsin Winter Carnival Ski Jumpers

Date: 02 02 1949
Description: Four ski "jumpers" are posed on a hill with Lake Mendota behind them. They are, from left to right: Allen Bushnell, Wally Alcumbrac, Bill Bradley, and Don ...
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Four Lakes Yacht Club

Date: 07 26 1953
Description: 18 members of the more than 100 member Four Lakes Yacht Club are pictured at a club gathering.
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Red Cross Workers Relaxing

Date: 1945
Description: Leota Kelly, directer of the Pacific Athletic Club, division of the Red Cross, and colleagues, at the site of the new Red Cross Club in Tinian near a cliff...
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Polar Bear Club

Date: 01 01 1997
Description: "Polar Bear Club of Port Washington."
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Polar Bear Club

Date: 01 01 1997
Description: "Polar Bear Club of Port Washington."
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Mendota Yacht Club Plans 58th Annual Inland Lake Yachting Association Regatta

Date: 08 1960
Description: Members of the Mendota Yacht Club plan social arrangements for the 58th annual Inland Lake Yachting Association regatta on Lake Mendota. Social Committee m...
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Race Judges

Date: 08 1925
Description: The judges for the 1925 Inland Lake Yachting Association Regatta held at Lake Geneva are shown aboard Commodore Colonel William Nelson Pelouze's steamer "F...
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Regatta Judges

Date: 1930
Description: Four well-dressed gentlemen stand on a pier. A description of the photograph written by Ernst Schmidt reads: "This picture was undoubtedly taken at the 193...
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Class "E" Race

Date: 08 1933
Description: The skipper and crew sail their "E" class boat in a race at the 1933 Inland Lake Yachting Association Regatta on Lake Mendota. Lake View Sanatorium is on t...
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After the Storm

Date: 08 1916
Description: Bystanders watch as men bail out a sailboat and others assess the damage to their craft after a storm hit during the Inland Lake Yachting Association Regat...
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Class E Boats

Date: 08 1927
Description: Crew members are on their boats as they are towed into the harbor at Neenah after competing in the Inland Lake Yachting Association Regatta. Two other boat...
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Loading the Boat

Date: 08 1928
Description: Men use a derrick to lift a racing yacht from its trailer, obscured by the derrick's winch, onto the car on the tracks leading to Geneva Lake. The boat was...
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At the Dock

Date: 08 1932
Description: Crews work on their boats at the dock of the Lake Geneva Yacht Club after one of the races of the 1932 Inland Lake Yachting Association Regatta. The tent f...
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Fred Lewis

Date: 08 27 1961
Description: A man playing bagpipes on the deck of a boat. Caption reads: "When the big sailboat fleet docks at a Lake Michigan port after a race, startled salts...

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