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Filter: Subject of Boats and boating
Filter: Year of 1800-1899
| Date: | 1877 |
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| Description: | "The Grand Regatta, at Devil's Lake, June 21st & 22nd, 1877." A crowd sits on the ground about to commence lunch at Devil's Lake. |
| Date: | 1857 |
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| Description: | A distant, elevated view of the city of Milwaukee and its shoreline. During the hot summer months, Hölzlhuber, took excursions on the water, many times bri... |
| Date: | 1858 |
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| Description: | "One of the most interesting expeditions which I have ever made in my life was a trip on a hand-car," Hölzlhuber wrote. Julius Movius, the General Agent fo... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | In April of 1860 Hölzlhuber took the railway from Milwaukee to Lake Horicon to visit the small town that was developing on its shore. Since the settlers we... |
| Date: | 1856 |
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| Description: | The Tuisco left Bremerhaven May 6, 1856. Hölzlhuber called this the "quickest three masted immigration boat," holding 335 passengers. Though in the ... |
| Date: | 07 04 1885 |
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| Description: | The boat "The Solid Comfort" owned by M.C. Clarke and others. |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | People on a boat dock watch a boat landing as part of the Ojibwa-Pillager Battle at Sugar Point on Bear Island. |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | People on a boat dock watch a boat landing as part of the Ojibwa-Pillager Battle at Sugar Point on Bear Island. |
| Date: | 1858 |
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| Description: | Lithograph view of river with a riverboat on the river, and a family on a hill above the river. There is a wagon or cart on the road below the hill. |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | Studio portrait of a man, woman, and child sitting in a rowboat in front of a painted backdrop. Probably Mr. and Mrs. Charles Van Schaick and their son, Sh... |
| Date: | 08 1852 |
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| Description: | Pencil drawing of Milwaukee Harbor with large sailboats on the water. In the minimalist depiction the sandy shoreline with short plant growth sweeps aroun... |
| Date: | 1876 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Fort Howard taken from Elmore and Kelly's Elevator with the dam and river. A tugboat is in the river above the dam. Caption reads: "View o... |
| Date: | 1851 |
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| Description: | View of five soldiers rowing in a boat, beside a dock, with another soldier standing on the dock. The fort is in the background, complete with the fortifie... |
| Date: | 1851 |
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| Description: | Several men rowing in a boat near Fort Howard that has an American Flag, barracks, and various related military buildings enclosed behind a wall. |
| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Green Bay harbor and docks. |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | The schooner "S.M. Stephenson" was built in Manitowoc in 1880, weighing 511 gross tons. Its owner was A. Bigelow. |
| Date: | 1889 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Washington Street and the Fox River and buildings nearby. |
| Date: | 1876 |
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| Description: | View looking southeast over river from Elmore and Kelly's Elevator. |
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