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| Date: | 1852 |
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| Description: | An illustration of a storm encountered by a delegation of Indians on their way to Washington, D.C. |
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| Description: | A large wave is breaking against the side of the Milwaukee breakwater lighthouse. There is a ship on the left, in the distance beyond the jetty. |
| Date: | 04 27 1950 |
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| Description: | View of damage to the breakwater behind the home of Dr. J.G. Frisch, 1653 Sherman Avenue, caused by high water and waves driven by strong winds. |
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| Description: | A woodcut of "The Carondelet, leading Logan's supply fleet, running the blockade at Vicksburg." |
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| Description: | Letterhead proof for the International Litho Artists and Engravers Insurance and Protective Association of the United States and Canada, of Milwaukee, Wisc... |
| Date: | 09 1984 |
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| Description: | "Rain and hail, with sun suddenly breaking through the overcast, were the right conditions for an unusual photograph." |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | A view along the Mississippi River shoreline after a storm. The water is high and there are damaged boats and debris scattered around. In the background me... |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | A man walks through debris along a metal railing at Cottonwood Villa after an ice storm. The lake, with houses and trees along the shoreline are in the bac... |
| Date: | 1868 |
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| Description: | This map of the state of Wisconsin was created in 1868 and later used by Increase Lapham to trace an outbreak of tornadoes going across the state in May of... |
| Date: | 1868 |
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| Description: | This map is one of the earliest weather maps of the United States, which traced an 1859 storm across the continent. Manuscript annotations in red ink show ... |
| Date: | 06 19 1958 |
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| Description: | View over water towards storm damage in Cornucopia Harbor. West slip. There is a pile of wood along the shoreline in the foreground, with a boat moored jus... |
| Date: | 08 1916 |
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| Description: | Class A sailboats race in the Inland Lake Yachting Association Regatta on Lake Winnebago just before a storm breaks. There are threatening clouds overhead. |
| Date: | 08 1916 |
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| Description: | A description of this photograph written by Ernst Schmidt reads: "The 'Senta' with the anchor out shortly after the storm had hit. I am on the after deck —... |
| Date: | 08 1916 |
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| Description: | Bystanders watch as men bail out a sailboat and others assess the damage to their craft after a storm hit during the Inland Lake Yachting Association Regat... |
| Date: | 07 25 1952 |
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| Description: | The caption accompanying this photograph describes the scene: "Ernst C. Schmidt raising the storm warning flag at the dock of the Lake Geneva Yacht Club on... |
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| Description: | Waves from a stormy Lake Mendota crashing onto a chair at the Memorial Union Terrace. |
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| Description: | Letterhead of an eagle sitting on a rock. The American flag is on the right, and the first Confederate flag, which is tattered and being struck by lightnin... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | British poster with an illustration of a sailor holding a telescope under his left arm while standing on a the deck of a ship looking out at stormy seas to... |
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