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| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Star Lake, Arbor Vitae Township, with the railroad tracks of Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway on right and lake on the left. |
| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | Jean Nicolet (1598-1642) was the first European to see Wisconsin and was a prominent French explorer who, for many years, lived among the Indians of Quebec... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Log driving crew for the Chippewa Lumber & Boom Company. Crew members are in the process of breaking a jam at the Big Eddy. One of the men is carrying a yo... |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | Picnic on the shores of Basswood Island, Apostle Islands. Those picnicking include Harriet Webb, C.A. Hull, H.W. Rodgers, Mrs. J. Austin, Elizabeth Baker, ... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | The Cassville Ferry with three cars and passengers, crossing the Mississippi River from Cassville to Turkey River, Iowa. |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | John Roach, director of the state beverage and cigarette tax division, using a sledge hammer to smash illegal slot machines. |
| Date: | 1941 |
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| Description: | Two bathing suit-clad women demonstrating their Evinrude motorboat on a Wisconsin lake. |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | President Calvin Coolidge fishing at Cedar Island Lodge, rustic lodge of Henry C. Pierce, 35 miles from Superior, Wisconsin, on the Brule River. This lodge... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Steamboat on Long Lake owned by Lorenzo Newman of Chippewa Falls. It is anchored at Newman Peninsula on Long Lake near a wet boathouse. The boat was operat... |
| Date: | 1959 |
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| Description: | Two boys on the class-C scow sailboat "Bobalong III," with one boy balancing off the side while standing with one leg on the bilge keel. |
| Date: | 10 07 1977 |
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| Description: | Man and woman napping on the rocks with their hats down over their eyes as they fish for salmon. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Log driving crew on river in five bateaux. In the background on the left is a bridge. |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | The Yahara River from Williamson Street with Lake Monona in the background. House & Barn pictured is located at 601 Riverside Drive. |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | Painted scene of an Indian guide paddling, Jacques Marquette, a Jesuit missionary standing, and Louis Joliet, a fur trader paddling in a canoe exploring th... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Woman standing on soldier's rock on Madeline Island. |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | View from water of fishing dock and structure alongside; log buildings in background on shore. Possibly on shoreline of one of the Apostle Islands or on Ch... |
| Date: | 05 1954 |
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| Description: | Windsled used to transport passengers and goods between Madeline Island and Bayfield. This image was in Ross' book, "La Pointe: Village Outpost". |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Two men and two boys standing on ice in front of a windsled. All four are holding lake trout. |
| Date: | 1946 |
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| Description: | Windsled "Hurricane Hazel" on Chequamegon. One man is sitting in the windsled, Another man is standing on the ice. |
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