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Out of Boat Cave

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Description: Two men navigating their canoe through caves at the Wisconsin Dells.
Photograph

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...
Photograph

Trout Fishing on Brule River

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Description: View from shoreline towards eight men trout fishing on the Brule River.
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...
Painting

Eben and Roseline Peck Cabin

Date: 1893
Description: Back of painting reads: "Madison in June 1837 after photo taken by E.E. Bailey" and "Peck's cabin by Dengel." The Eben Peck cabin was the first house built...
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Eben and Roseline Peck Cabin

Date: 06 1837
Description: Lithograph based on a painting by Mrs. E.E. Bailey showing the Peck cabin, the first house in Madison. In addition to the cabin, the lithograph includes a ...
Print

Travelers on Lake Superior

Date: 1850
Description: Travelers in a rowing canoe on Lake Superior.
Photograph

High Rock

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Description: North face of High Rock. Two women are sitting on the sandy beach, one child is playing along the shoreline near a rowboat and canoe pulled up on the sandy...
Photograph

Devil's Football near the Deep Fill #219

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Description: Devil's Football, near the Deep Fill. Man and two women in canoe.
Photograph

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.
Photograph

Opposite Steamboat Rock

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Description: Two men near shoreline in a canoe opposite Steamboat Rock.
Photograph

Robinson's Landing

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Description: Up the river along the shoreline, opposite from Robinson's Landing. There is a man in a canoe in the river near the shoreline. Two women are on the protrud...
Photograph

Commander Gatti Arrives in the Congo

Date: 1938
Description: Elevated view of men unloading trucks and equipment from a ship shortly after arrival in the African Congo. The equipment was used by Commander Atillio Gat...
Photograph

Eben and Roseline Peck Cabin

Date: 1877
Description: Photograph of a painting of the exterior of the Eben Peck cabin by Mrs. E.E. Bailey. The location of this original painting is unknown.
Photograph

Bad River

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

Two Boys in Canoe

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Description: Two boys sit in a canoe. One boy rows with oars and the other sits in the bow.
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Mary Brandel in Canoe

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Description: Mary Brandel paddles a canoe (or kayak) on Fox Lake. She is wearing a bathing suit and hat.
Photograph

Lone Rock

Date: 1910
Description: View across Wisconsin River of men and women in canoes at the base of Lone Rock at the Dells.
Photograph

Boat from Lone Rock Cave

Date: 1910
Description: A man paddles a canoe with four women passengers, as seen from inside Lone Rock Cave at the Dells. The far shoreline can be seen in the background.
Photograph

Ho-Chunk Man Paddling Canoe

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Description: Ho-Chunk man in a canoe on a river holding up an oar. Just out of frame on the left is a woman, who is perhaps holding a child.

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