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Fishing On Breakwater

Date: 1910
Description: Long row of men in suits and hats fishing on the breakwater.
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Luncheon on Wilson's Island

Date: 1910
Description: Two women and a man sitting on the shore of Lake Superior, resting against a tree stump and boulders. One woman is reading, with a picnic basket at her sid...
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Three People on Beach

Date: 1918
Description: C.A. Hull, an unidentified person, and Mason L. Thompson on an Apostle Island beach for a picnic.
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Four Men Seated on Shoreline of Bay

Date: 11 07 1909
Description: Four men seated on rocky shoreline of a lake in front of D.S. Crandall's house. Left to right: E.A. Corneille, D.S. Crandall, Harry E. Dankoler, and Joe Le...
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Group on Europe Bay Beach

Date: 1915
Description: A group of children and adults enjoy a sunny day at the beach. Those identified include Mrs. Ferdinand (Clothilde Schmidt) Hotz, on left with hat and light...
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Outdoor Photography

Date: 1970
Description: Photographer Fritz Albert wading through a stream in order to take a picture of congressional candidate David R. Obey meeting with a group of students near...
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Ontonagon River

Date: 1900
Description: View from rocky shoreline across river towards a man standing on rocks and holding a stick in front of a rock face on the opposite shoreline. There are lar...
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Man Standing by a Sawmill

Date: 1900
Description: Man standing in front of a sawmill waterway. In the background on the opposite shoreline are the sawmill buildings.
Book or Pamphlet

Champion Catalog Cover

Date: 1900
Description: Catalog cover features an illustration of two children, a boy and a girl, sitting on a shoreline with a bowl of bubbles. The boy is holding up a dripping b...
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At Laura Lake

Date: 11 16 1949
Description: Three men, Mackie, Breuer, and Harrington, are standing in front of Laura Lake. The far shoreline is in the far background. Laura Lake was surveyed by the ...
Book or Pamphlet

Old Settlers' Club Banquet Menu

Date: 02 22 1902
Description: Front cover and menu page of the annual banquet of the Old Settlers' Club of Milwaukee County. On the cover is an oval tipped-in portrait of club president...
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Korn Brothers

Date: 1910
Description: Three men (Korn brothers), all wearing hats, and two of them in suits, hold a bamboo pole holding stringers of fish between them. They are standing on a do...
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Fishermen on Wolf River

Date: 1910
Description: Two men stand on a flat boat on Wolf River. They hold stringers of fish suspended from a wooden pole between them. Behind them is what may be a gas pump on...
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Boat Ride

Date: 1908
Description: View from shoreline towards a large group of men and women posing on the shore, and on boat moored to the shore of a lake. Location identified as a 1908 bo...
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Krueger Family on the Quarry Pond

Date: 1908
Description: Members of the Krueger family sitting in a boat at the shoreline about to launch into the quarry pond. Sarah Krueger is sitting in the end of the boat, whi...
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Men Ice Skating on Lake Monona

Date: 1897
Description: Men ice skating on Lake Monona, with two young boys. Other skaters are behind them, and the far shoreline is in the background.
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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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Lake Shore Porter's Park

Date: 1890
Description: Stereograph view along shoreline of Geneva Lake at Porter's Park. A man sits in a canoe at the rocky shoreline while a woman sits and reads on a rustic ben...
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Sailing on Geneva Lake

Date: 1945
Description: Alma Schmidt Petersen controls the sheets on a small sailboat. Her husband, William F. Petersen, sits aft. The child between them is unidentified. The sail...
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The Arthur Kaye

Date: 1898
Description: View across water towards men and women in fine clothes posing on the deck of the steamer Arthur Kaye, which is docked at a pier on Geneva Lake. Nam...

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