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"Wisconsin" Docked at Washington Island

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Description: The screw ferry, "Wisconsin," docked at Washington Island. Twenty-one metal drums line the edge of the dock in the foreground. Original is in scrapbook on ...
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View from Lake Monona

Date: 1945
Description: View of the Wisconsin State Capitol from across Lake Monona with a tree, pier and boat in the foreground.
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Unloading Fishing Gear from International C-1 Wagon

Date: 02 08 1935
Description: Three men on a dock unloading gear from an International C-1 wood-paneled ("woody") station wagon for a fishing trip. One man is standing in a fishing boat...
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Boys and Diving Apparatus

Date: 07 13 1933
Description: Edgar Tullis, in the water wearing a diving helmet, is assisted by Jerry Randall and Lyell Tullis, standing on a pier.
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Snow Scene Agricultural Campus

Date: 03 27 1928
Description: Winter scene, looking west, of the snow-covered Agriculture Campus, with the Home Economics building at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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International Model K-1 station wagon

Date: 04 10 1941
Description: Young man opening the driver's door of an International Model K-1 station wagon ("woody") parked along a dock.
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Aeronca Airplane

Date: 06 1940
Description: Front view of Aeronca airplane on the way down Marine Railway.
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Aeronca Entering Water

Date: 06 1940
Description: Rear view of Aeronca airplane entering the water at the end of the Marine Railway.
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Returning Soldier

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Description: A returning soldier hugs a woman on the dock, who is probably his girlfriend or wife. A military (naval?) ship is visible in the background.
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Bill Toman and his Dog

Date: 12 17 1979
Description: Bill Toman playing with his dog, Little Niblet, on an icy walkway at Lake Mendota.
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Clipper Ships at Waterfront

Date: 09 21 1907
Description: View of clipper ships at waterfront at McCormick Works. Stacks of lumber are near the wharf on the right.
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Last Light

Date: 1955
Description: Docked sailboats at dusk. There are silhouettes of people standing on the pier in the distance.
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Sea Skeleton

Date: 1956
Description: A boat rack is silhouetted against the lake and a dramatic sky.
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Frosting

Date: 1956
Description: Snow is mounded on top of pilings on the edge of the Milwaukee River.
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Misty Morning

Date: 1956
Description: The Amelia-D is docked at a pier on Green Bay. The shoreline and clouds are in the background. A sailboat and motorboat are moored in the distance.
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Forgotten Pool

Date: 1956
Description: Pool at an old distillery in Hamilton. On the left are trees and shrubs. On the right is a stone building that is arched over the pool. Above the arch is a...
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Fisherman's Boardwalk

Date: 1960
Description: View of a crowd of people lined up fishing side by side on long pier. A railroad bridge, with a tanker car, is in the background.
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Boat Slip

Date: 1963
Description: Boats moored at a boat slip. In the foreground is a bench near a concrete wall over which rope is hanging in loops.
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Grab a Line

Date: 01 1963
Description: A man on a ship is tossing a coiled rope to two men below on the wharf. Ice encrusts the ship. Several other men are standing on the deck. Another ship and...
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Drying Fish Nets

Date: 1963
Description: Fish nets and floats drying while wound onto wooden reels. Clouds are in the sky in the background.

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