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| Date: | 06 12 1899 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of rescuers and onlookers standing among the wreckage in the wake of a cyclone. Bare trees, horses, houses, and a church steeple are in the bac... |
| Date: | 01 12 1952 |
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| Description: | Carol Jean Brown, the six-year-old daughter of Donald and Eugenia Brown, 2917 Monroe Street, fell through the ice on the Lake Wingra lagoon near Arbor Driv... |
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| Description: | A general view of two members of the U.S. Life-saving Crew in a boat, during capsize drill. Camp facilities are on the left riverbank in a wooded area. Cap... |
| Date: | 04 18 1897 |
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| Description: | Schooner Charles N. Ryan wrecked in a storm north of Ludington, Michigan on April 18, 1897. Possibly a photograph of the crew being rescued by the L... |
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| Description: | Page from Joy Camps photo album displaying three photographs. Two of the photographs show campers and counselors working in resuscitation classes along the... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of group of men posing with Atlantic GO Patrol vehicles. Includes four Scouts, two helicopters, and a police vehicle. |
| Date: | 06 13 1954 |
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| Description: | Robert Risser, Jr., of 3806 Hammersley Road, on duty watching for boaters in distress on Lake Mendota from the U.W. Lifesaving Services lookout. He is usin... |
| Date: | 06 13 1954 |
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| Description: | Boat rescue crew member, James Crary, is dashing down the pier from the U.W. Lifesaving Services facility to board the rescue boat," Isabel III," to help a... |
| Date: | 06 13 1954 |
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| Description: | View across water towards the U.W. Lifesaving Services rescue boat, "Isabel III," with Captain Harvey Black at the helm speeding to assist a distressed boa... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Life Saving Crew Entering Boat, Two Rivers, Wis." A group of men launching a large rowboat into Lake Michigan. In the background is a... |
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