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Salt Ship at Wharf

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Description: View of schooner and other boats at the wharf. The town can be seen in the distance. Text on photograph reads: "Salt Ship At Wharf." and "The Albertype Co....
Photograph

Lugger (Picayune) Landing

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Description: Lugger (Picayune) Landing with sailboats and fishing boats. Boats and ships are in the background. Caption reads: "Lugger [Picayue] Landing."
Drawing

Kendall Residence

Date: 1872
Description: Drawing of and elevated view across water towards the Kendall residence, home of George L. Storer, a businessman in Madison. Three people are in a rowboat,...
Photograph

Public Landing with Bridge

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Description: Elevated view over the Ohio River of a boat landing with a bridge in the background.
Postcard

Lover's Leap

Date: 1910
Description: View of Lover's Leap, with a group of people posing on the rocks and sailboats in the background. Caption reads: "Lover's Leap, Sturgeon Bay, Wis."
Postcard

Boating Scene

Date: 1909
Description: View of a boating scene off of the shore of Marinette and Menominee. Two boys are walking on the pier on the left, and a crowd of people are gathered at th...
Photograph

Sawmill near Lake Winnebago

Date: 1871
Description: Stereograph of a sawmill area and Lake Winnebago in the foreground. The square building with the "cupola" was the Revere House. A manuscript notation, very...
Photograph

Carl Schurz Monument

Date: 1915
Description: Advertisement with the Carl Schurz monument. Caption reads: "Castle-Pierce Printing Company, Aug. 1915", and at bottom: "Oshkosh, Wisconsin". Text on right...
Photograph

Chicago River near McCormick Works

Date: 1910
Description: Chicago River near International Harvester's McCormick Works (factory). A sailboat, water tower, railroad cars and many industrial buildings line the shore...
Photograph

Steamboat on Lake

Date: 1900
Description: Steamboat approaching pier on unidentified lake.
Photograph

Bird's-Eye View of Milwaukee

Date: 1854
Description: Bird's-eye illustration of Milwaukee.
Photograph

South Shore Beach

Date: 07 31 1921
Description: Crowds of individuals along South Shore Beach in the Bay View neighborhood. Some individuals are swimming while others are sitting on the grass and sand. ...
Photograph

Apostle Island Picnic

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Description: Group having a picnic on the shore of an Apostle Island. There is a large sailboat behind the group.
Photograph

"Skater" and "Perhaps" at Mission Dock

Date: 1910
Description: Ferry boat "Skater" and sailboat "Perhaps" near the Mission Dock. A group of people are waiting on the dock for the "Skater" to arrive. There is a boy carr...
Print

Fort Armstong

Date: 1829
Description: Hand-colored lithograph of Fort Armstrong, based on a drawing by Henry Lewis. Includes boats on the Mississippi River.
Print

Tonyawatha Spring Hotel Grounds

Date: 1889
Description: From a map published by Angell and Hastreither, the drawing depicts the Tonyawatha Spring Hotel grounds on Lake Monona. The hotel, located in Blooming Grov...
Photograph

Bascom Hill and Surrounding Campus Area

Date: 1967
Description: A detail from a larger lithograph depicting the entire city of Madison. This detail illustrates the University of Wisconsin campus buildings circa 1885.
Print

Madison View

Date: 1900
Description: A view of the city of Madison circa 1900 that was used as a letterhead.
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...
Print

Fox River and Oshkosh

Date: 1856
Description: View along bridge of paddle boats and ships in the harbor, pedestrians, and the town in the background on the other side of the river.

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