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| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Alma Schmidt Petersen controls the sheets on a small sailboat. Her husband, William F. Petersen, sits aft. The child between them is unidentified. The sail... |
| Date: | 04 15 1964 |
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| Description: | Spectators viewing different types of boats during the Madison Sports-Boat-Vacation show's opening night at the County Fairground. |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | William F. Petersen holds his son Conrad in the waters of Geneva Lake off the shore of Black Point. There are sailboats in the background. |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | The sailboat "Senta" competes in the Sheridan Prize Race at Geneva Lake. The "Senta" belonged to Dr. Otto L. Schmidt, who is the skipper here. He was an ow... |
| Date: | 08 1927 |
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| Description: | A description of this photograph provided by Ernst Schmidt reads: "The government river inspection boat with the 'Mystery' tied to her and the 'Bottoms Up'... |
| Date: | 08 1927 |
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| Description: | Crew members are on their boats as they are towed into the harbor at Neenah after competing in the Inland Lake Yachting Association Regatta. Two other boat... |
| Date: | 01 02 1928 |
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| Description: | John Nelson, background far right, and [?] Thompson pose next to the racing sailboat they are building for Ernst Schmidt. A portion of the planking has bee... |
| Date: | 08 1928 |
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| Description: | Members of the crew work on the bottom of a class C boat before the Inland Lake Yachting Association Regatta. The Lake Geneva Yacht Club clubhouse is in th... |
| Date: | 03 24 1928 |
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| Description: | The "Green Dragon" racing yacht, left and a dinghy under construction at John M. Nelson's workshop. |
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| Description: | View across water towards four men wearing suits and hats sitting in a sailboat. |
| Date: | 2015 |
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| Description: | Underwater view of algae and mussels covering the wood skeletal frame of the Advance, a schooner built in 1853 and sunk in 1885. Most of the frame i... |
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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... |
| 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: | A group of eleven men is posing outdoors in front of a two-story building. On the far left is a man working a large bellows, perhaps for blacksmithing. Mos... |
| Date: | 1875 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a deck of a schooner hauling lumber. Several workmen are loading or unloading the lumber. Industrial buildings, some displaying signs, are... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | View across water towards two of The Gang (possibly Carl and Bill) gliding on Rouge Lake in a canoe with a sail. The far shoreline is in the background. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Bill Marr, on the left, and Carl, on the right, paddling Bill's folding canoe known as The Tub. The vessel has a sail. |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | Fishing boats casting reflections on the calm waters of one of Japan's inland seas. |
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| Description: | Three people are sitting in a small wooden sailboat with a red sail. Trees are covering the shoreline in the background. |
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