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Boathouse and Boats

Date: 1900
Description: View of the Draper Hall boathouse on Lac La Belle with a row of boats in front of the building. Two men stand on the pier.
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"The Dancing Annie" Wanigan

Date: 1900
Description: Group of people on a wanigan, the "Dancing Annie," used by Chippewa Lumber and Supply Company near Eagle Rapids. A wanigan is a floating office and supply ...
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Punch Table, Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Co. Outing

Date: 08 26 1906
Description: Exterior view of the punch table at a company picnic under trees. A man stands in the foreground looking at the camera while holding a knife, and the woman...
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Gymnastics at Boys Busy Life Camp, Lake Keesus

Date: 1915
Description: Boys demonstrate acrobatic skills on the grounds of their summer camp.
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People Playing Croquet Next to an Automobile

Date: 1916
Description: A group of a man, two women and two children playing croquet next to an automobile and a gazebo in a park.
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Silver Ribbons

Date: 1950
Description: Elevated view of parallel tracks in a railroad yard, with a locomotive pulling a boxcar. A man is standing near the boxcar. On the right are buildings, and...
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Summer Sport

Date: 1952
Description: Close-up of a small sailboat on Pine Lake. The reflections of the sun from the water make an interesting pattern on the sails.
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On a Goat Farm

Date: 05 10 1953
Description: Two goats on a goat farm are standing near two milk cans next to the side of a building.
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Poles and Patterns

Date: 01 23 1955
Description: Shadows of ski poles making a pattern on freshly fallen snow.
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March of Power

Date: 1956
Description: A line of high-voltage towers march across fields of oats and barley into the distance.
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Tulip Time

Date: 05 1956
Description: Tulips blooming in a garden.
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Feeding the Thresher

Date: 1959
Description: Paul Lembcke and his son Roy threshing grain on their farm at harvest time.
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St. John's Military Academy

Date: 1960
Description: The clock tower at St. John's Military Academy, framed by snow-covered branches.
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Stone Bank Presbyterian Church

Date: 03 1962
Description: The Stone Bank Presbyterian Church reflected in standing water in springtime. Trees are in the background.
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Bloodroot

Date: 05 1963
Description: Bloodroot flowers blooming in a bed of last year's leaves.
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Wintry Solitude

Date: 12 1969
Description: Trees and the shoreline are reflected in the partially frozen Root River.
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Timber Construction Marks

Date: 10 15 1971
Description: Original timber construction marks on the first historic structure to be reconstructed at Old World Wisconsin, a Wisconsin Historical Society site.
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Grave of the Unknown

Date: 1975
Description: A veteran places a flower on the grave of an unknown soldier.
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First Snow

Date: 1975
Description: View through snow-covered cattails after a winter snowfall towards a house on the left, and a barn and a silo on the right.
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Tourists

Date: 07 1976
Description: Rear view of a group of tourists at Old World Wisconsin viewing a barn and other farm buildings.

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