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The "Arrow"

Date: 1880
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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Tonyawatha Spring Hotel

Date: 08 30 1884
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...
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Tonyawatha Spring Hotel

Date: 08 30 1884
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...
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An Ingenious Affair

Date: 1898
Description: A woman and a boy are sailing the boat named Islander on Archibald Lake. There is a raft in the foreground. Caption reads: "An Ingenious Affair."
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Sailing on Pine Lake

Date: 1895
Description: A young man with cap and light-colored tie is sitting in the stern of a sailboat with five young women. He has his arms around two of the women; two others...
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Racine Harbor

Date: 1850
Description: Text on front reads: "Racine, Wisconsin in 1850." Artist's rendering of the view of the harbor with sailing ships, sailboats, rowboats and canoes. The Main...

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