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Princess III in Action
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Caption on front reads: "Princess III in Action". A view across the lake towards the Princess III on Lake Monona with the Fauerbach Brewery in the background. Two people are on the iceboat, and it is tipped towards the right with one of the blades up in the air. The iceboat was owned by the Fauerbachs.
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Renegade III Iceboat with Skipper
February 22, 1953
Renegade III Class E iceboat with skipper and iceboat designer Elmer Millenbach in the cockpit. Other iceboats and the north shore of Lake Monona, including the Fauerbach Brewery, are in the backg...
Iceboats on Lake
View across ice towards the crews of ice yachts standing near their iceboats. There are seventeen or eighteen iceboats, and their are numbers on the sails.
Gaff Rigged, Madison Style Iceboat
View across ice towards two people in an iceboat on Lake Mendota.
Hearst Trophy Iceboat Race
January 20, 1950
Iceboats line up on Lake Monona for the Hearst Trophy Iceboat Race. Shown are Madison iceboats "Fritz" and "Mary B," and Oshkosh iceboats "Penguin" and "Flying Dutchman."
Iceboating
March 1916
Kurt Ruedebusch and Joe Mills pose in Ernst Schmidt's iceboat on frozen Lake Mendota. Ernst Schmidt was an undergraduate student at the University of Wisconsin at the time.
Hearst Trophy Iceboat Race
January 20, 1950
Two iceboat racers from Oshkosh, Chuck Nevitt and Jimmy Payton, standing by their iceboat during the Hearst Trophy Race on Lake Monona.
