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| 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. |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Watercolor painting of a canoe and sailboat on Lake Mendota. In the background is the city skyline on the far shoreline. |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Watercolor painting of boats and sailboats on Lake Mendota, looking towards Maple Bluff, perhaps from Governor's Island or Rocky Roost. |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | Watercolor painting of a sailboat on Lake Mendota. |
| Date: | 1986 |
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| Description: | Imaginative pen-and-ink drawing that appeared in the Capital Times on May 3, 1986 with Sid's caption: "Before fish, all men are created equal. Fish,... |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | Hand-colored photographic postcard of a house-lined street leading down to a lake. Flowers, bushes and trees are planted along the curb. Caption reads: "Li... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View across lake towards a line of sailboats at the dock of the Yacht Club. People are standing on the pier, and on the boathouse. |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | Elevated view across water towards small sailboats with two-man crews in Lake Michigan. A tree-lined shoreline is on the far right. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | View of sailboats on Lake Winnebago in the moonlight. Caption reads: "Moonlight Sailing on Lake Winnebago, Fond du Lac, Wis." |
| 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. |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | A woman getting ready to putt on the green at the Peninsula State Park Golf Course. A man stands on the left watching, and parked behind him is a golf cart... |
| Date: | 10 1978 |
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| Description: | View from shoreline towards motorboats and sailboats docked in a marina. In the distance are buildings on a hill among trees. |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | Sailboats are docked along a pier in a marina, along with some motorboats. Men are walking along the docks, and prepping their ships to sail. |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | View across water towards sailboats docked in the Pioneer Marina. A tree-lined shoreline is in the distance. |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | Three people are putting up the sails on their sailboat in the Pioneer Marina. |
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