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Boathouses on Lake Monona

Date: 04 24 1931
Description: Boathouses on Lake Monona looking southeast from E. Wilson Street across CNW railroad tracks. View of Wirka Boat Line, E. Wilson Street at S. Hancock Stree...
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Mirror Lake Dam

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Description: View upriver towards dam. Buildings on shoreline at left. Sign on roof reads: "Mirror Lake Boats."
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Steamboat "Alexander Mitchell" and Passengers

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Description: Steamboat Alexander Mitchell with passengers posed standing. Chairs are piled on shore at right. Edge of steamboat Dell Queen at left. Bridge...
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Steamboat "Alexander Mitchell"

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Description: View from shoreline of the steamboat Alexander Mitchell and passengers.
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East Wilson Street Scene

Date: 01 08 1946
Description: East Wilson Street scene at the center of South Hancock Street looking South down South Hancock Street across East Wilson Street, taken at site of Reynolds...
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South Hancock Street Scene

Date: 01 08 1946
Description: South Hancock Street scene looking South down unpaved South Hancock Street at the corner of East Wilson Street, taken at site of Reynolds Bus accident. Bus...
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Donald Krueger in Burned Motorboat

Date: 07 20 1934
Description: Canoers paddle by to observe Don Krueger standing in the bow of the burned-out "Baby Gar Wood" speedboat after six University of Wisconsin women students w...
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Gill's Rock

Date: 09 1947
Description: Slightly elevated view of people waiting for the ferry at the Gill's Rock landing in Door County. Caption reads: "Scene at Gill's Rock Landing, Door County...
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Lake Mendota in Winter

Date: 12 20 1961
Description: Elevated view from hill over boathouse of frozen Lake Mendota during the wintertime. Taken from the Wisconsin Center building.
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Workers' Unity House Boathouse

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Description: View toward shoreline with a covered pier and a pavilion on the end on the left. To the right of the pier are men and women in rowboats. A sign on a tree i...
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Ditch Plain Life Saving Station Building

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Description: A view of the station and an outbuilding. A man stands in front of the building. Caption reads: "Ditch Plain Life Saving Station, Montauk, L.I., N.Y."
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Group of People on Rocky Shorline of River

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Description: View from shoreline of two women posed on logs on rocky shoreline by the river. Four or five young boys sit on the rocks on the left. There is a railroad b...
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Steam Yacht Decorated with Flags and Pennants

Date: 1885
Description: Small steam yacht decorated with pennants on Lake Geneva. A small group is at the front of the yacht. Shoreline with boathouses and dwellings can be seen i...
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Lake Geneva

Date: 1895
Description: View from boat towards the waterfront at Lake Geneva with the Whiting House Hotel on the left and the pier extending to the right. A large sidewheel steamb...
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Alexander Mitchell

Date: 09 03 1882
Description: Elevated view of the steamboat Alexander Mitchell and the back of a second unidentified steamboat at a dock. Captain Dave and most of the passengers...
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Alexander Mitchell

Date: 09 04 1882
Description: Elevated view of the steamboat Alexander Mitchell at a dock. Captain Dave and most of the passengers on the lower level are posing standing. There i...
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Sandy Beach Resort on Geneva Lake

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Description: View from shoreline of Sandy Beach Resort. The building near the pier on the left has a sign on the roof for the resort. Along the shoreline are buildings,...
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Wharf at Fish Creek

Date: 1935
Description: View from shoreline towards fishing boats of various sizes, and sailboats docked at the wharf at Fish Creek. Two persons are carrying gear toward the pier....
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Before the Race

Date: 05 1936
Description: Three racing shells are resting on the ramp of the Yale boathouse on the Housatonic River. Men have gathered around two of three power boats moored at the ...
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Forest Lodge Boathouse

Date: 1997
Description: View of a two-story vertical-log structure surrounded by a lower deck and an upper deck with a pipe railing. There are ten double-hung windows, two wood do...

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