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| 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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| Description: | View across water towards Lew Porter, a Madison architect, in a sailing canoe with two sails. |
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| Description: | View across water towards two men in a small sailboat with large sails. |
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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. |
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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. |
| Date: | 05 30 1885 |
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| 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... |
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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. |
| Date: | 08 30 1884 |
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| Description: | View along shoreline towards Tonyawatha House. A man or woman is in a rowboat in the foreground, and a large group of people are on a pier near five or six... |
| Date: | 08 30 1884 |
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| Description: | View along the Lake Monona shoreline towards the Tonyawatha Spring Hotel. A crowd of people are standing on the pier with several sailboats. On the shore i... |
| Date: | 08 1934 |
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| Description: | Rear view of three young men sailing an E-Scow sailboat numbered U 65 in a regatta on Lake Mendota. "NAN TUCK" is painted on the stern of the boat. Maple B... |
| Date: | 06 13 1954 |
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| Description: | Robert Risser, Jr., of 3806 Hammersley Road, on duty watching for boaters in distress on Lake Mendota from the U.W. Lifesaving Services lookout. He is usin... |
| Date: | 06 13 1954 |
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| Description: | View across water towards the U.W. Lifesaving Services rescue boat, "Isabel III," with Captain Harvey Black at the helm speeding to assist a distressed boa... |
| Date: | 06 13 1954 |
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| Description: | Captain Harvey Black, in aviator sunglasses at the helm, skippers the rescue boat, "Isabel III," speeding towards a stranded sail boater on Lake Mendota. T... |
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| Description: | View of the Terrace at Memorial Union with students and other people sitting around tables in colorful Terrace chairs. Sailboats are out on the lake. |
| Date: | 09 12 1960 |
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| Description: | The yachts Ivanhoe (L), skippered by Philip L. Peoples, and Wannaboy (R), skippered by H. John Sangmeister, race during the Mallory Cup on La... |
| Date: | 09 12 1960 |
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| Description: | The yacht Confusion, skippered by Harry C. (Bud) Melges, Jr., Lake Geneva, and his crew, races during the Mallory Cup on Lake Mendota. |
| Date: | 09 12 1960 |
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| Description: | Crews of five yachts maneuver against the wind at the start of the opening race for the Mallory Cup on Lake Mendota. The number 6 boat, named Confusion<... |
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| Description: | This map of Madison is also a brochure of activities for vacationers in the area. Includes indexes and some points of interest shown pictorially. |
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