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| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | Picnic on the shores of Basswood Island, Apostle Islands. Those picnicking include Harriet Webb, C.A. Hull, H.W. Rodgers, Mrs. J. Austin, Elizabeth Baker, ... |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Couple canoeing under partly cloudy skies with sun dappling the water on Rainbow Lake, Chain O' Lakes. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Woman with children grilling hot dogs and wieners at the beach. |
| Date: | 1961 |
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| Description: | Advertising photograph of a fisherman posing with fish in hand on a beach in front of an International Scout pickup. |
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| Description: | Attorney Albert G. Zimmerman (with cigar) and an unidentified man, enjoying the Lake Mendota breezes while seated on a rustic bench behind Zimmerman's lake... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Group of people on an Apostle Island log-strewn beach. Outing included Johnie Webb, Mrs. Webb, Herbert Turman and Herbert Rogers. |
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| Description: | View along shoreline of group of men and boys fishing from rocks under a bridge, while others watch from above. Houses are in the far background on a hill.... |
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| Description: | View from shoreline of three steam-powered passenger boats approaching a dock with a flag on it. |
| Date: | 09 25 1937 |
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| Description: | Governor Philip La Follette (Wisconsin) and Governor Henry Horner (Illinois) enjoy a laugh in the boat during a fishing trip. |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | A man diving off a pier into the Mississippi River. Another man is swimming in the water, while other men and boys are standing on the floating pier. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Margery Bish sitting on the wooden stairs at Irvine Park. Two men are standing further back on the tree-lined path. Irvine Park was established in 1906 on ... |
| Date: | 06 1927 |
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| Description: | A boy sits in a boat on a pier, with his fishing pole and a dog (Max) at his side. In the background is the far shoreline. |
| Date: | 06 1927 |
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| Description: | A boy in bare feet and overalls fishes off a pier at Fox Lake. The lake and far shoreline are in the background. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Sigurd F. Olson (April 4, 1899 - January 13, 1982) was an American author, environmentalist, and advocate for the protection of wilderness. This photograph... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | A group of men, women, and children pose on a bluff above Lake Flora Dell. In the background are several cottages surrounded by trees near the shoreline of... |
| Date: | 07 1940 |
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| Description: | The bathing beach and bath house at Copper Falls State Park. Two swimmers are sitting and standing on a dock with a platform. |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | Men, women, and children swimming, playing, and relaxing at the beach at Devil's Lake State Park. Two long docks extend into the water and the scene is rep... |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | A girl climbing over the rocks at Devil's Lake State Park against a scenic view of the lake and surrounding areas. |
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