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Early Power Boat Used for Fishing

Date: 1900
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...
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Dwight D. Eisenhower

Date: 07 1946
Description: Dwight D. Eisenhower, fishing with his brothers on Wisconsin Lake, proudly exhibit Muskies and one Northern Pike.
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New Science Hall, Chemical Laboratory & Machine Shop

Date: 1887
Description: Engraving of an elevated view of Science Hall, Chemical Laboratory and Machine Shop on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
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Mail Delivery at the Dock

Date: 1921
Description: A woman and her dog meet the mail carrier in his delivery boat at the end of a pier on the west shore of Fox Lake.
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Filling In Brittingham Park

Date: 1907
Description: A steam-powered dredge anchored in Monona Bay is filling in Brittingham Park.
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Angle Worm Station

Date: 1873
Description: View from the foot of Carroll Street with the Angle Worm Station at Barnes boat landing on Lake Monona. Shows the Scutt II taken from the first succ...
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Capitol View of Pinckney Street

Date: 1873
Description: Elevated view of South Pinckney Street from the Wisconsin State Capitol, with East Washington Avenue to the left and Lake Monona on the distant right. The ...
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Pinckney Street

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Description: View of Pinckney Street, about 1860, from the roof of the Fairchild Block at the corner of East Main and South Pinckney looking northwest toward Lake Mendo...
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Pinckney Street

Date: 1870
Description: View overlooking Pinckney Street on the Square with the American Hotel in the background.
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East Main and Webster Streets

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Description: Elevated view of the second block of East Main Street showing the intersection of East Main and Webster streets. Businesses include the Argus Office and th...
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Cabin at St. Mary's Lake

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Description: Norris' flat at Upper St. Mary's Lake, with men standing in front of the cabin.
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Men at St. Mary's Lake

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Description: Men on horse back, possibly near the Red Eagle Mountain at St. Mary's Lake.
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Wisconsin State Fish Hatchery

Date: 1925
Description: Wisconsin State Fish Hatchery near Lake Nagawicka.
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Wisconsin State Fish Hatchery

Date: 1928
Description: Administrative building of the State Fish Hatchery.
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Murrow and Son by Boat

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Description: Edward R. Murrow with a young boy, (possibly his son Casey), several unidentified men and a game warden next to a lake in northern Wisconsin with their boa...
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Lake Mendota Skin-Divers

Date: 07 12 1955
Description: Lake Mendota skin-divers, Dick Charmley and Gary Davies, shown with fish that they have harpooned. Dick is the son of Mr. and Mrs. C.C. Charmley, 20 Paget ...
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Pontoon Airplane

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Description: Two men standing on a pontoon airplane with their dog and a line of ducks they successfully hunted.
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Kenneth T. White Family in their Sailboat

Date: 07 12 1955
Description: Jane and Kenneth White and their daughters, Sue (left), Kay, and Barbara, and the family dog, Perky, sailing in their lightning class sailboat on Lake Mend...
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Lake Mendota Pier

Date: 08 01 1976
Description: A pier with high posts in Lake Mendota off Maple Bluff.
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Kenneth T. White Family

Date: 07 12 1955
Description: Jane and Kenneth White and their daughters, Sue, Kay, and Barbara, and the family dog, Perky, in their lightning class sailboat on Lake Mendota.

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