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Fish Creek

Date: 08 11 1950
Description: Aerial view of Eagle Harbor.
Postcard

Downtown Fish Creek

Date: 1905
Description: View across field and fence downhill towards the town of Fish Creek and the bay. Caption reads: "Greetings from Fish Creek, Wis."
Postcard

Lake Geneva

Date: 1905
Description: View from shoreline of a steamboat landing on Lake Geneva. A group of women are gathered on the shore in the foreground. Caption reads: "Steamboat Landing,...
Photograph

Aerial View of the Mendota Shoreline

Date: 1956
Description: Aerial view looking east along Madison's Lake Mendota shoreline. The large building under construction at center is Carroll Hall, a University of Wisconsin...
Painting

Gill's Rock

Date: 1938
Description: Boat and dock.
Photograph

Ferryboat Landing

Date: 1929
Description: Ferryboat landing, with the boats providing service between Gills Rock and Washington Island.
Postcard

Bay View Beach

Date: 1905
Description: View across water towards Bay View Beach, with several boats in the foreground, and buildings behind them. Caption reads: "Bay View Beach, Green Bay, Wis."
Photograph

Fort Howard and Soldiers in a Boat

Date: 1851
Description: View of five soldiers rowing in a boat, beside a dock, with another soldier standing on the dock. The fort is in the background, complete with the fortifie...
Drawing

Fort Howard

Date: 1851
Description: Several men rowing in a boat near Fort Howard that has an American Flag, barracks, and various related military buildings enclosed behind a wall.
Postcard

Old Light House at Long Tail Point

Date: 1910
Description: Caption reads: "Old Light House at Long Tail Point, Green Bay, Wis." Built in 1859. A marshy area is in the foreground, and a long pier leads to the new li...
Photograph

Tank Cottage

Date: 1908
Description: View of the Tank cottage on its original site on the west side of the Fox River. The cottage was built in 1776 by Joseph Roi, a fur trader, who lived in it...
Postcard

Chautauqua Grounds on Lake Monona

Date: 1915
Description: Colorized view. Caption reads: "Chautauqua Grounds, Lake Monona, Madison in Distance."
Photograph

Che-ne-qua Hotel

Date: 1907
Description: Elevated view of the Che-ne-qua Hotel on Pine Lake.
Photograph

Boat in Harbor

Date: 
Description: "Conrad Starke" (possibly a tugboat) cruising on the water near a bridge in an industrial area. The waterway is probably connected to Lake Michigan. Three ...
Photograph

Monona Lakeside

Date: 
Description: Stereograph of a Lake Monona pier with sailboats and a steamboat.
Photograph

Gifford's Home on East Lake

Date: 
Description: People on the shore of East Lake (now called Lake Tahkodah) by the Gifford residence, with tipis in the distance.
Postcard

Brittingham Park Bath House

Date: 1910
Description: View across water towards the bath house. Caption reads: "Bath House, Brittingham Park, Madison, Wis."
Photograph

Swim Meet at B.B. Clarke Beach

Date: 06 06 1944
Description: Onlookers on slope of B.B. Clarke Beach looking out to the lake to watch a swim meet.
Photograph

Couple on Pier with Water Skis

Date: 07 12 1955
Description: A man and woman sitting on a pier on a lake putting on water skis. A boat is next to the pier.
Photograph

University of Wisconsin Crew

Date: 05 25 1948
Description: Group portrait of the University of Wisconsin eight-man crew standing on the crew pier on Lake Mendota holding their oars.

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