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Counterbalance on a Sailboat

Date: 1959
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.
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YMCA Camp Wakanda Campers

Date: 06 25 1945
Description: A counselor, Marty Steiner, is shown with three campers: Richard Pope, Michael Donagan and Robert Winslow, in a sailboat at YMCA Camp Wakanda on Lake Mendo...
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Milwaukee Yacht Club

Date: 08 01 1914
Description: Milwaukee Yacht Club, located at the foot of E. Layfayette Street on Lake Michigan. Numerous sailboats are in the harbor, and individuals are on the pier.
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Camp Wakanda

Date: 07 22 1947
Description: Sailing instructor at YMCA Camp Wakanda Harry Stuhldreher Jr. is shown steering a sail boat on Lake Mendota with (L to R) Timothy Rice, Dick Lower, and Ran...
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Mendota Yacht Club Members

Date: 08 09 1947
Description: A few of the children of Mendota Yacht Club members, seated on the terrace at the James Payton house, 409 N. Blair Street. Left to right: Mark Nesbit, Jimm...
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Gene Wheeler and His Sailboat

Date: 06 05 1948
Description: Gene Wheeler, right, on his class C sailboat High Sea II, with his crew member David Frederickson.
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Inland Lakes Yachting Association Regatta

Date: 08 24 1950
Description: "Jay-Flight" (H-6), the C Class sailboat owned by John and Jerry Frautschi, sons of Mr. amd Mrs. Walter (Dorothy) Frautschi of 31 Paget Road, made the best...
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Inland Lakes Yachting Association Regatta

Date: 08 24 1950
Description: "The Albatross IV," a sailboat owned by Terry Lentz of Pewaukee, is shown with its crew during one of the races of the 49th Annual Regatta of the Inland La...
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Mendota Yacht Club

Date: 08 04 1951
Description: Four youth, members of the Mendota Yacht Club, in a sailboat on Lake Mendota. The sailboat is being towed by another boat. Other sailboats can be seen in t...
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Mendota Yacht Club Winners of Class X Races

Date: 09 06 1958
Description: Young skippers who carried off all trophies awarded the past season for X fleet competition in the Mendota Yacht Club. Front row left to right: Mary Mayer ...
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We Saw You . . . at Yacht Club Event

Date: 09 14 1959
Description: The Mendota Yacht Club holds its annual Commodore's dinner-dance at the Maple Bluff Country Club. Shown (L-R) are: (standing) John Beck, Mr. and Mrs. Phili...
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045 - Joy Camps Boat Fleet

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Description: View from shoreline from pier of campers in boats on the water. Rowing crews and kayaks are in the foreground. Original caption notes that this image offer...
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056 - Sailboat on Lake

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Description: View from shoreline of sailboat on a lake, with several campers in the boat (mostly blocked from view by larger sail). The far shoreline is in the backgrou...
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058 - Three Sailboats, with Campers, on Lake

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Description: Exterior view of several campers handling three sailboats on a lake. Reflection of the sails are captured on the surface of water. The far shoreline is in ...
Historical Object

057 - Page from Joy Camps Album Displaying Boats

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Description: Page from Joy Camps photo album displaying two photographs with caption. The larger photograph shows two of the camp's Skip-Jack boats, each with a camper ...
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093 - Joy Camps Water Activities

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Description: Page from Joy Camps photo album displaying five photographs. On the left is a Snipe setting sail with a camper and Miss Camp aboard. The top middle photogr...
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Final Standings for the Mendota Yacht Club Announced

Date: 07 23 1955
Description: Portrait of Jim Maloney, winner of the C Class division of the Mendota Yacht Club Saturday Pre-Season Series sailing races.
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Final Standings for the Mendota Yacht Club Announced

Date: 07 23 1955
Description: Portrait of Dick Ela, winner of the Mendota Yacht Club Sunday Pre-Season Series sailing races.
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Joy Camps Newspaper Publicity

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Description: Page from Sue Ann Hackett Scrapbook displaying a newspaper clipping with photograph and caption; Sue Ann Hackett and friend Virginia Brown are pictured her...
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Loading the Boat

Date: 08 1928
Description: Men use a derrick to lift a racing yacht from its trailer, obscured by the derrick's winch, onto the car on the tracks leading to Geneva Lake. The boat was...

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