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Albert Madlener

Date: 08 1916
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...
Photograph

Class "C" Boat Race

Date: 08 1925
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...
Photograph

On a Free Run

Date: 08 1925
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...
Photograph

Pier at Black Point

Date: 07 15 1922
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...
Photograph

Class "E" Race

Date: 08 1933
Description: The skipper and crew sail their "E" class boat in a race at the 1933 Inland Lake Yachting Association Regatta on Lake Mendota. Lake View Sanatorium is on t...
Photograph

Storm on Lake Winnebago

Date: 08 1916
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.
Photograph

After the Storm

Date: 08 1916
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 —...
Photograph

After the Storm

Date: 08 1916
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...
Photograph

Clubhouse

Date: 08 16 1928
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...
Photograph

Loading the Boat

Date: 08 1928
Description: Men use a derrick to lift a racing yacht from its trailer, obscured by the derrick's winch, onto the car on the tracks leading to Geneva Lake. The boat was...
Photograph

Boathouses at Black Point

Date: 02 11 1930
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...
Photograph

Sailboats

Date: 08 18 1931
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...
Postcard

Group on Dock Watching Sailboats

Date: 1900
Description: A group of men and women standing on a dock watching sailboats cast off. The tree covered shoreline is visible in the distance.
Book or Pamphlet

Swan Dive

Date: 1905
Description: Halftone print of two divers in mid-air as other young men watch from the pier at the Y.M.C.A. camp on Geneva Lake. A sailboat is moored to the pier, which...
Photograph

At the Dock

Date: 08 1932
Description: Crews work on their boats at the dock of the Lake Geneva Yacht Club after one of the races of the 1932 Inland Lake Yachting Association Regatta. The tent f...
Photograph

Sailing School

Date: 08 08 1941
Description: View across water of women and children sitting on the deck of the Sailing School Ship on Lake Geneva. Herb Taylor, partly obscured on the afterdeck, was t...
Photograph

Sailing Competition on Lake Mendota

Date: 09 01 1965
Description: Two sailboats on the rough waters of Lake Mendota in the national Finn class sailing championship. Pete Barrett of Costa Mesa, California, formerly of Madi...
Postcard

Yachting, Cedar Lake, near West Bend

Date: 1909
Description: Hand-colored view across water of three, two-person sailboats on Cedar Lake. On the far shoreline are buildings at the top of a hill. Caption reads: "Yacht...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Summer Outings Wisconsin Michigan

Date: 1921
Description: This map shows in red the NorthWestern Railway Line routes running from Chicago, Illinois to northern Wisconsin and Michigan. The map includes cities and t...
Postcard

South Shore, Delavan Lake

Date: 1951
Description: View across water towards boathouses and piers along the shoreline at Delavan Lake. There are sailboats in the lake. Caption reads: "South Shore, Delavan L...

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