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| Date: | 09 08 1916 |
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| Description: | Sisters Alma, in dark glasses, and Tessa (Clara Theresa) Schmidt aboard the "Water Witch" at the pier at Black Point. Both women are wearing long white dre... |
| Date: | 08 1916 |
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| Description: | Albert Fridolin Madlener (1868-1947) poses on the small sailboat "Water Witch" at the pier at Black Point. He is wearing a cap, summer slacks, a long-sleev... |
| Date: | 08 1925 |
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| Description: | The start of the Class "C" race of the Inland Lake Yachting Association Regatta at Lake Geneva. Ernst Schmidt wrote in a description of this photograph, "5... |
| Date: | 08 1925 |
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| Description: | The Senta II, right, leads the Deltox, of Oshkosh, in one of the races at the Inland Lake Yachting Association Regatta at Lake Geneva. Both b... |
| Date: | 07 15 1922 |
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| Description: | A description of this photograph written by Ernst Schmidt reads, "The Black Point Pier on Saturday, July 15, 1922, just before the start of a class "C" rac... |
| Date: | 09 1928 |
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| Description: | A view looking down the boat track at the Lake Geneva Yacht Club, with the clubhouse on the right and the lake in the background. There are several sailboa... |
| Date: | 08 1916 |
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| Description: | Class A sailboats race in the Inland Lake Yachting Association Regatta on Lake Winnebago just before a storm breaks. There are threatening clouds overhead. |
| Date: | 08 1916 |
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| Description: | A description of this photograph written by Ernst Schmidt reads: "The 'Senta' with the anchor out shortly after the storm had hit. I am on the after deck —... |
| Date: | 08 1916 |
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| Description: | Bystanders watch as men bail out a sailboat and others assess the damage to their craft after a storm hit during the Inland Lake Yachting Association Regat... |
| Date: | 08 16 1928 |
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| Description: | A rear view of the clubhouse of the Lake Geneva Yacht Club. Formerly the Cook house, the building was remodeled in 1927 to accommodate the club. The buildi... |
| Date: | 06 27 |
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| Description: | Lucien "Louie" Hanks, brother of Stanley Hanks (born June 27, 1868), smoking a pipe while on a sailboat. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1... |
| Date: | 08 15 1931 |
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| Description: | An automobile with a trailer in tow is parked at a Cities Service gas station. The trailer is carrying the racing yacht "Black Point III" to Neenah, Wiscon... |
| Date: | 02 11 1930 |
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| Description: | View of the Black Point boathouses taken from the frozen ice of Geneva Lake. Blocks of cut ice are in the foreground. A description of the photograph writt... |
| Date: | 08 18 1931 |
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| Description: | View across water towards sailboats with their crews reflected in the still waters of Lake Winnebago, before the start of a race at the Inland Lake Yachtin... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | A group of men and women standing on a dock watching sailboats cast off. The tree covered shoreline is visible in the distance. |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Elevated view across water towards an unidentified man standing on the deck of the steamship "Arrow," owned by Shelton Sturges. It is docked at a pier near... |
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| Description: | View across water towards four men wearing suits and hats sitting in a sailboat. |
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| Description: | View across water towards a man working to turn a sail canoe, rolled over onto its left side, upright. The canoe has two sails, is dark-colored, and has a ... |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | View across water towards the "Solid Comfort" on Lake Mendota. A man is standing on the cabin roof at the front; with a man and woman standing below him. O... |
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| Description: | View across water towards two boats close together on a lake. There are six men in the boat in front, one man with a pipe in his mouth, and two men in the ... |
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