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| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Long row of men in suits and hats fishing on the breakwater. |
| Date: | 1892 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye view of the Columbian Exposition pavilions from the vantage point of Lake Michigan. Included is an inset of the Union Passenger Station (now Uni... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | View across water towards Bay View Beach, with several boats in the foreground, and buildings behind them. Caption reads: "Bay View Beach, Green Bay, Wis." |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View across water towards the bath house. Caption reads: "Bath House, Brittingham Park, Madison, Wis." |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | View towards people standing on the shoreline near a boat landing at Yosts Park. A man and a dog are standing on the pier, and a group of people are in a b... |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | Cover of a Wisconsin tourism pamphlet for the 1932 season. |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | View of a boating scene off of the shore of Marinette and Menominee. Two boys are walking on the pier on the left, and a crowd of people are gathered at th... |
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| Description: | Color postcard of a bathing place on the water. A hill is behind the building, and there are a signs for a swimming school and the Wm. Bechstein Co. Severa... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Elevated view from bridge looking over at a hill leading down to bath houses and fenced-in swimming areas for beginners. Establishment of Wm. Bechstein. Ca... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Boathouse on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The Armory (Red Gym or Old Red) is behind the boathouse. In the left corner, a rowing ream is on t... |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | A view of the Dells of the Wisconsin River, with two people walking down a long dock/walkway leading to a boat. |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of people in a park along the shoreline waiting for the White Bass run. |
| Date: | 07 07 1928 |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard of the bathing beach near the tourist camping site in Devil's Lake State Park. A diving tower is on the right with a woman diving from t... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard of the pier landing as seen from the tourist camp site in Devil's Lake State Park. People are strolling on the dock, a boat is docked, w... |
| Date: | 1965 |
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| Description: | Color postcard of the bathing beach at Devil's Lake State Park with a view of the East Bluff. The lake, bluffs and sky are in the background. Many visitor... |
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| Description: | Black and white postcard of the boat landing in front of Cliff House, a resort hotel, in Devil's Lake State Park. Two men show off their catch of seven fis... |
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| Description: | Scene at Brighton Beach. View of the lake and shoreline from what appears to be a wooden walkway across the water. A man is rowing a rowboat nearby. Boats... |
| Date: | 1891 |
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| Description: | Color illustration of the grounds and buildings of the 1893 World's Fair or Columbian Exposition. |
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| Description: | Letterhead of the Chequamegon Hotel of Ashland, on Lake Superior, with a three-quarter view of the hotel, as seen from the waterfront, set into a cartouche... |
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