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Date: | 1896 |
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Description: | A gathering of iceboats and their captains on Lake Mendota. |
Date: | 11 20 1959 |
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Description: | Frazzle ice (snow floating in water) on the Mississippi River near Alma. |
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Description: | Lawrence Martin and Will Hotchkiss fishing off a pier early in the morning. |
Date: | 1960 |
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Description: | Man and boy in silhouette ice fishing on Lake Winnebago. |
Date: | 1856 |
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Description: | Painting by S.M. Brookes of the Wisconsin Heights Battlefield. |
Date: | 1856 |
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Description: | This landscape painting by Samuel Marsden Brookes and Thomas H. Stevenson depicts a broad view of the confluence of Bad Axe and Mississippi Rivers; site of... |
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Description: | Three sailboats on Lake Winnebago, U50 (Eskimo), U7 and J7. Crew members are on the boats. The water is choppy and the sky is cloudy. In the background are... |
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. |
Date: | 1955 |
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Description: | This was the first boat & sled-type wind sled built on Madeline Island. Built by Elmer Nelson for Howard Russell between 1950-1951. Had a 9-cylinder R-680-... |
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. |
Date: | 1953 |
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Description: | This was the first boat & sled-type windsled built on Madeline Island. Built by Elmer Nelson for Howard Russell between 1950-1951. Had a 9-cylinder R-680-E... |
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Description: | Enclosed wooden box windsled mounted on three skis, sitting on lake ice near the shore. |
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Description: | Man driving windsled on frozen Lake Superior. The windsled is an open boat fitted with an engine and rudder. |
Date: | 12 1948 |
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Description: | Two men docking a ferry boat at La Pointe in December. Ferry service closed two days after this photograph was taken. |
Date: | 04 1949 |
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Description: | Two men standing on dock watching the "Penguine" and the "Apostle Island" breaking the ice around the La Pointe dock. |
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