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Bird's-Eye View of Milwaukee in 1853

Date: 1937
Description: Bird's-eye view of Milwaukee in 1853 details building features and city layout from southwest. Important buildings are numbered in a silhouette drawing bel...
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Beach on Lake Michigan

Date: 1939
Description: A beach on Lake Michigan near the Milwaukee Yacht Club. Men, women, and children relax on the beach. In the background many boats are on the water.
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Christmas Cove

Date: 1930
Description: A view of the town from across the lake.
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Shipwrecked Sailboat

Date: 1930
Description: The bow of a large shipwrecked boat, the E.M. Sawyer, tipped up on a rocky shore.
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A Rocky Coastline Toward The Sea

Date: 1937
Description: View looking from the rocky coastline toward a sailboat at sea.
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Sailboat on Lake Mendota

Date: 1936
Description: View from shoreline of a sailboat on Lake Mendota.
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Rush Street Bridge, Chicago

Date: 1930
Description: Color illustration of the Rush Street Bridge and Chicago River as it appeared in 1861. Includes the C.H. McCormick Reaper Works on the far side of the rive...
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Menu for Farewell Dinner on Board R.M.S. Volendam

Date: 01 22 1939
Description: Exterior and page from the interior of the menu for the farewell dinner aboard the R.M.S. Volendam, with party streamers and dinner guests in formal...
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Sailboats on Geneva Lake

Date: 1930
Description: A young man in the foreground, possibly Ernst Schmidt, stands looking out at sailboats on Geneva Lake. In the foreground on the left a woman is on a sailbo...
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Sail Boats on Eagle Bay

Date: 1936
Description: Elevated view across water towards small sailboats with two-man crews in Lake Michigan. A tree-lined shoreline is on the far right.
Postcard

Moonlight Sailing on Lake Winnebago

Date: 1930
Description: View of sailboats on Lake Winnebago in the moonlight. Caption reads: "Moonlight Sailing on Lake Winnebago, Fond du Lac, Wis."
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Boat on Trailer

Date: 1935
Description: A circa 1930 pickup truck pulling a trailer with a racing yacht is parked in a grassy, wooded area. "The North American Press" is printed on the truck's do...

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