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Drawing

Lakeside House

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Description: Illustration of the Lakeside House.
Photograph

Lake Mendota Sailboat

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Description: Dr. Reginald Jackson, Sr., and his son Reginald Jr., in the family sailboat. Because the family's cottage was located near Picnic Point, the photograph wa...
Photograph

Lucien M. Hanks on a Sailboat

Date: 06 27
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...
Photograph

Sailboat "Halcyon"

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Description: View across water towards four men wearing suits and hats sitting in a sailboat.
Photograph

Overturned Sail Canoe

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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 ...
Photograph

"Solid Comfort" Sailboat

Date: 1885
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...
Photograph

Two Boats on the Water

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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 ...
Photograph

Two Men in a Sailboat

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Description: View across water towards two men in a small sailboat with large sails.
Photograph

Steam Paddle Boat with Sailboats

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Description: View across water towards women on a steam paddle boat on the left, and four sailboats near them on the right.
Photograph

"Solid Comfort" Sailboat

Date: 05 30 1885
Description: The sailboat "Solid Comfort" in full sail, near the shoreline. There are four men standing on top of the cabin. Deckhands are at both ends of the boat. The...
Photograph

Iceboats on Lake

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Description: View across ice towards the crews of ice yachts standing near their iceboats. There are seventeen or eighteen iceboats, and their are numbers on the sails.

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