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048 - Girls and Camp Counselors in Canoes

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Description: Large group portrait of campers and counselors sitting in a row of fourteen Joy Camps canoes, side-by-side in a lake. A raft floats in the water behind the...
Photograph

049 - Young Women in Rowboat on Lake

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Description: View across water of five young women in a rowboat near the shoreline.
Historical Object

091 - Four Scenes from Joy Camps Waterfront

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Description: Page from Joy Camps photo album displaying four photographs. At the top left is a birch bark canoe on a covered stand with paddles on racks. At upper right...
Historical Object

093 - Joy Camps Water Activities

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Description: Page from Joy Camps photo album displaying five photographs. On the left is a Snipe setting sail with a camper and Miss Camp aboard. The top middle photogr...
Photograph

142 - Swimming Class at Joy Camps

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Description: Water scene, with many campers in swimsuits lined up on a dock, some standing, some sitting. A number of campers are also in the water, wearing swim caps. ...
Photograph

145 - Rowboat with Camp Counselor and Camper

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Description: Close-up of a camp counselor and young camper in a rowboat on the water. They are looking at each other and smiling. Both are wearing white shirts and dark...
Photograph

Alexander, Jennie, and Edgar in a Rowboat

Date: 1906
Description: Alexander, Jennie, and Edgar Krueger in a rowboat on the quarry pond. The remnants of the old kiln stand on the hill above the pond.
Postcard

Bridge at Foot of Mirror Lake

Date: 1910
Description: View across water towards wooden buildings on the left and right, and a bridge over the foot of Mirror Lake. There is a woman in a rowboat on the lake in t...
Postcard

The Devil's Pulpit, Mirror Lake

Date: 1910
Description: View across water towards a rock formation, "The Devil's Pulpit", on the shore of Mirror Lake. There is a man in a rowboat near the formation. Caption read...
Photograph

University of Wisconsin Varsity Crew Races Wayne (Michigan) State and Junior Varsity Crews

Date: 05 06 1961
Description: The U.W. varsity crew racing against the Wayne State (Michigan) and U.W. junior varsity crews on Lake Mendota.
Photograph

U.W. Varsity Crew Workout

Date: 04 26 1961
Description: The University of Wisconsin varsity crew preparing to launch its shell on Lake Mendota for a workout. Visible (L-R) are Don Erbach and Phil Monk.
Photograph

U.W. Crew Members Build Snowman

Date: 01 17 1964
Description: Members of the U.W. crew build a snowman prior to their departure with their coach, Norm Sonju, for a rowing event in Winter Park, Florida. Shown (L-R) are...
Photograph

Wisconsin Crew Paddling Down the Yahara

Date: 03 28 1964
Description: The University of Wisconsin crew is rowing down the Yahara River on a practice run, the four oarsmen stirring the water as they go.
Photograph

Two-Oared Sculling

Date: 1890
Description: Slightly elevated view across water towards the starting line of a two-oared scull race on Geneva Lake. At the front of the line a judge wearing a dark jac...
Painting

Boats on Lake Mendota

Date: 1905
Description: Watercolor painting of boats and sailboats on Lake Mendota, looking towards Maple Bluff, perhaps from Governor's Island or Rocky Roost.
Photograph

Sailboats on Lake Monona

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Description: View across water towards two men in a rowboat who are looking out at sailboats on Lake Monona. In the background is the far shoreline.
Photograph

James Peterson in Rowboat

Date: 1914
Description: View from grassy shoreline looking down at James Peterson, as a young boy, sitting in a rowboat looking over his shoulder back towards the shoreline. He is...
Photograph

Young Karl Fauerbach

Date: 1921
Description: College student Karl Fauerbach is shown rowing for the University of Wisconsin-Madison crew team.
Postcard

Regatta Day

Date: 1908
Description: View across water from shoreline towards a crowd of people gathered on the main dock. Boats are in the water near the dock, and one person is rowing a boat...
Photograph

Camping Ground at Fish Lake

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Description: View along shoreline towards three boys sitting in a rowboat, and another boy sitting on the shore. A number of empty rowboats are pulled up on the shore b...

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