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Memorial Union Terrace

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Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison Memorial Union Terrace, with tables and chairs, looking out over Lake Mendota. There is a pier and a sailboat on the water.
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Marinette Harbor

Date: 1945
Description: Harbor in Marinette at sunset. Boats are docked at the sides of a canal. Smoke pours from smokestacks of a facility in the distance.
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Fish Creek

Date: 08 11 1950
Description: Aerial view of Eagle Harbor.
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Memorial Union Terrace

Date: 1952
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison Memorial Union Terrace with Lake Mendota and sailboats in the background.
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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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Mendota Yacht Club Members

Date: 08 09 1947
Description: Mendota Yacht Club members taking down the sail from their boat, "The Freckles," on the pier behind the James Payton house, 409 N. Blair Street. Left to ri...
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Bay, Shoreline, and Town

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Description: A bay with sailboats and other small craft, and a view of the shoreline and town beyond.
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Sailing on Barnegat Bay

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Description: View across water toward people on a small sailboat on Barnegat Bay, and boathouses and buildings on the far shoreline.
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Seaspur, Class E Sailboat

Date: 07 01 1952
Description: The Seaspur, a Class E sailboat, is shown under full sail on Lake Mendota. It was the winner in the 1952 Fourth of July Mendota Yacht Club Handicap race.
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Sailboat on Lake Mendota

Date: 1936
Description: View from shoreline of a sailboat on Lake Mendota.
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Mendota Yacht Club Hosts Inland Lake Yachting Association Regatta

Date: 07 31 1954
Description: The 53rd annual Inland Lake Yachting Association Regatta hosted by the Mendota Yacht Club is held in Madison on August 22, 1954. Pictured are Lucien Hanks,...
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U.W. Hoofers Sail on Lake Monona

Date: 04 04 1959
Description: U.W. sailors jump gun. These members of the University of Wisconsin Hoofers Club got tired of looking at ice-locked Lake Mendota and hauled their boats to ...
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Mendota Yacht Club Plans 58th Annual Inland Lake Yachting Association Regatta

Date: 08 1960
Description: Members of the Mendota Yacht Club plan social arrangements for the 58th annual Inland Lake Yachting Association regatta on Lake Mendota. Social Committee m...
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Ephraim Pier

Date: 07 25 1960
Description: Ephraim pier in Eagle Harbor. The pier is made of timbers. A dock and boathouse are on the right. Bare masts rise above the boats. The shoreline and trees ...
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Tonyawatha Spring Hotel

Date: 08 30 1884
Description: View along the Lake Monona shoreline towards the Tonyawatha Spring Hotel. A crowd of people are standing on the pier with several sailboats. On the shore i...
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Sail Boat Rescue on Lake Mendota

Date: 06 13 1954
Description: View across water towards the U.W. Lifesaving Services rescue boat, "Isabel III," with Captain Harvey Black at the helm speeding to assist a distressed boa...
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Shores of Geneva Lake

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Description: Stereograph view of the Whiting House with its large harbor and boats. Whiting House is a four-story wood frame Second Empire style hotel standing on the l...
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Threatening Skies

Date: 08 1951
Description: Threatening skies loom over boats, piers and boathouses in Eagle harbor.
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Aerial View of Madison

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Description: Aerial view looking south over Lake Mendota towards the isthmus and beyond. Sailboats and other boats are on the lake. The view is centered at Wisconsin Av...
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Mallory Club Sail Boat Races on Lake Mendota

Date: 09 12 1960
Description: The yachts Ivanhoe (L), skippered by Philip L. Peoples, and Wannaboy (R), skippered by H. John Sangmeister, race during the Mallory Cup on La...

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