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On Watch

Date: 09 1958
Description: Silhouette of a guard patrolling while wearing a helmet and carrying a bayonet.
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Soldiers on Lake Mendota Shore

Date: 1876
Description: Three men on shoreline of Lake Mendota, one wearing a military uniform like those worn during the 1876 Centennial Celebrations in Madison. The location app...
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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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Dynamiting Spillway to Highlander Lake

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Description: Detonated dynamite effecting the spillway to Highlander Lake.
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Duck Hunting

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Description: A duck hunter at the edge of a rocky shoreline, probably Sigurd Olson.
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Sig Olson and Sons

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Description: Sigurd Olson with his sons, Robert and Sig Jr., after a duck hunt.
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Hunters Posing with Dead Deer

Date: 1910
Description: Two hunters pose in a wooded area. Their kill, two deer, hang upside down from a wooden beam supported by branches of trees. The deer have what appear to b...
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Petersen Boys on the Pier

Date: 1928
Description: Conrad, resting his feet in a baby carriage, and Edward, center, sit on a bench on the pier at Black Point; their younger brother William stands at right. ...
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Duck Hunting

Date: 10 10 1936
Description: As described on the negative envelope, an unidentified man is standing in his boat, "Shooting at a flock of mallards at Lake Partridge near Fremont on the ...
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Town on Lake Caldonazzo

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Description: Guarding the embankment of Caldonazzo on the Tirolian battlefront.
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On Guard on Lake Garda

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Description: Keeping a close watch on the Gardasee (Lake Garda). There are obstacles on the water make to make it impossible to climb over the embankment.
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Lake Garda

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Description: Keeping a close watch on the Gardasee (Lake Garda).
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On Guard on Lake Duerer

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Description: Even the calm surface of the Duerersee (Lake Duerer) must be watched steadily to ensure that there are no enemy surprises from this area.
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Three Young Men and the Islander Steam Launch

Date: 1904
Description: Three young men are standing on the pier at Island Lodge on Archibald Lake. The Islander steam launch is tied to the pier with a rope. Holding a gun...
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A Shooting Lesson

Date: 08 1905
Description: Grandfather I.P. Rumsey is teaching grandson Alfred Holt how to shoot a gun on the shore of Archibald Lake. Jeannette Holt and the Stroh girls are watching...
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Lesson in Shooting

Date: 08 1905
Description: Harriet Stroh is taking a shooting lesson from her grandfather Captain I.P. Rumsey, a Civil War veteran. Alfred Holt is standing in front of his grandfathe...

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