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| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | View from water of boats docked near houses on Jones Island. To the right two flags are strung up flagpoles near a building with a covered porch, perhaps a... |
| Date: | 07 1899 |
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| Description: | A boat leaving Milwaukee Harbor between two breakwaters, steaming into Milwaukee Bay and onward out into Lake Michigan. |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | A large sailing ship docked in Milwaukee Harbor. |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | View of two lakeside cottage, which have docks and porches that overlook the lake. Caption reads: "Birch Walk, Kelly Lake, Wis." |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | View toward three cottages along the tree-lined shore of Kelly Lake at Underwood Point. Small docks with boats are along the shoreline. A wooden bench with... |
| Date: | 07 30 1865 |
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| Description: | An exterior view across water of Robert Stephenson & Company Mill, which was a steam mill. |
| Date: | 1877 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of a very large number of judges standing crowded at the very small end of a pier in Devil's Lake. The occasion is the Grand Regatta held June ... |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of a lake scene in Madison, probably looking south on Lake Monona at a boat race in progress. From the series "The Beauties of the City of Madi... |
| Date: | 1869 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of the Axtell House building, with a storefront next to it advertising "Clothing Hats Caps Sailors Outfits". A bridge is on the left and a man... |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | Women and children, who are members of the Monona Lake Assembly, relax beneath the trees at the Monona Lake Assembly grounds. There are tents and small bui... |
| Date: | 1891 |
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| Description: | Color illustration of the grounds and buildings of the 1893 World's Fair or Columbian Exposition. |
| Date: | 1857 |
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| Description: | This map of Sheboygan Harbor shows the river mouth and harbor, piers, wharfs, piles of old destroyed bridge wharfs, streets, and the lake shore from survey... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | The "J.C. Ames," a Lake Michigan car ferry, probably in the South Chicago harbor. There is a railroad bridge visible in the background. |
| Date: | 1897 |
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| Description: | View from shoreline of replicas of the Niña, Pinta and Santa Maria docked in a harbor among many boats. |
| Date: | 1836 |
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| Description: | A detailed map of the mouth of the Kewaunee River, showing the geological composition of the Lake Michigan shoreline and the various water depths in the ar... |
| Date: | 1874 |
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| Description: | Engraved view of downtown Racine seen from Lake Michigan. Several vessels are entering the harbor, and a pier with a beacon is on the right. |
| Date: | 1836 |
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| Description: | A hand-drawn map of the mouth of the Manitowoc River at Lake Michigan, showing depth of the water by contour lines. The included inset map shows the region... |
| Date: | 1836 |
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| Description: | This 1836 map consists chiefly of a detailed map of the the mouth of the Sheboygan River. An inset map of the region and cross section diagrams of the pier... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | View from the shore of Kenosha's North Pier and lighthouse. Waves are breaking on the shore of Lake Michigan. |
| Date: | 1871 |
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| Description: | Engraved view of Kenosha harbor. A group of men fish from a pier in the foreground while several boats float through the harbor. A tug is pulling a large s... |
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