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Early Power Boat Used for Fishing

Date: 1900
Description: Steamboat on Long Lake owned by Lorenzo Newman of Chippewa Falls. It is anchored at Newman Peninsula on Long Lake near a wet boathouse. The boat was operat...
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Steamboat "Alexander Mitchell"

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Description: Steamboat Alexander Mitchell and edge of second unidentified steamboat at shore, with passengers posed standing on the lower deck and sitting on the...
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Steamboat "Alexander Mitchell"

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Description: View from shoreline of passengers posed on steamboat Alexander Mitchell with a bridge and opposite shoreline in the background. One man leans on a h...
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Steamboat "Alexander Mitchell" and Passengers

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Description: Steamboat Alexander Mitchell with passengers posed standing. Chairs are piled on shore at right. Edge of steamboat Dell Queen at left. Bridge...
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Steamboat "Alexander Mitchell"

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Description: View from shoreline of the steamboat Alexander Mitchell and passengers.
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On Mendota Lake near Varsity Boat House

Date: 1915
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."
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Lake Mendota

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Description: Lake Mendota along the shore of the University of Wisconsin. A boathouse with a roofed pavilion above is on the right. In the foreground is a man rowing a ...
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Lake Mendota Shore

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Description: The Lake Mendota shoreline. A man is in a boat near the shoreline.
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Pewaukee Lake

Date: 09 04 1906
Description: Three boys on the shore of Pewaukee Lake. One boy is fishing, while the other two observe. A boat dock and boathouse are in the background.
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Boathouse for Devils Island Light Station

Date: 1913
Description: Boathouse, dock and boat at Devils Island Light Station. Bill Baker, Elsie Tough, and Captain Angus.
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Boats at Fishing Wharf

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Description: View from shoreline of boats docked at the fishing wharf. People are fishing from the pier, and a group of people are in a rowboat near a ferry. There are ...
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P&H 5-Ton Monorail Hoist Loading Lumber onto Barge

Date: 1913
Description: Pawling & Harnischfeger 5-ton monorail hoist with a lumber handling unit, possibly in Pensacola, Florida. The monorail track extends over the dock to permi...
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Skaters on Lake Mendota

Date: 1890
Description: View in winter from Lake Mendota of skaters near shoreline of the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Science Hall and the Chemical Laboratory building...
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Fisherman on Shore of Lake Monona

Date: 10 19 1950
Description: An unidentified man fishing along the shore of Lake Monona behind Fauerbach's Brewery, located at 651-3 Williamson Street. Four Lakes Boat Company, 425 Sou...
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Syl Fishing from Pier

Date: 08 10 1902
Description: View from shoreline of Syl wearing a short cape fishing from a small pier on a lake or river. A rowboat is tied to the dock. A small stretch of beach leads...
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Group in Boat on River

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Description: Mr. Hoose is rowing Syl, Ma, Mrs. Miller, Herbert, and Alice up river in a small rowboat. The women are wearing elaborate hats and there's a small boathous...
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Steamboats at Wharf

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Description: Elevated view of several steamboats docked at the wharf. Some of the boats are docked near a building bearing advertising reading: "Gardner's Furniture, Ca...
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Workers' Unity House Boathouse

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Description: View toward shoreline with a covered pier and a pavilion on the end on the left. To the right of the pier are men and women in rowboats. A sign on a tree i...
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Winter Morning at Sister Bay

Date: 1949
Description: Holiday card of the Sister Bay lakeshore. Three figures are on the shore. Two boathouses, a covered boat, a pier, and two upright boats are in the backgrou...
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Gifford's on East Lake

Date: 1936
Description: View from water of people sitting in a canoe next to a boat dock where more people are standing. A boathouse is on shore and a cottage is up a slight hill ...

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