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Filter: Year of 1900-1999
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View of boaters and crowds at Monona Park. Caption reads: "Monona Park." |
| Date: | 1934 |
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| Description: | A fisherman is reclining in his boat at sunset as many fish swim in the lake. He is drinking beer out of a tap attached to a barrel floating in the water. ... |
| Date: | 11 17 1909 |
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| Description: | A riverboat travels down a narrow canal. Storefronts, sidewalks and telephone poles line either side of the canal. Caption reads: "St. Clair Up-to-Date." ... |
| Date: | 08 05 1922 |
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| Description: | Two fishermen on a lake catch a giant fish. Both of the fishermen are wearing hats and one is smoking a pipe. A dock and the tip of a boat are in the foreg... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Photomontage of a fisherman in a rowboat catching a giant turtle. The male companion of the fisherman has fallen in and lost his hat amidst the excitement.... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Photomontage of three fishermen in a rowboat, seen from behind, trying to reel in giant fish. A shadowy forest is visible on the opposite side of the river... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Photomontage of a man pulling a giant fish into his rowboat. As the text box in the lower left corner--which reads "Swallowed The Pole and All"--suggests,... |
| Date: | 1941 |
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| Description: | Two rowboats docked in a river surrounded by trees, following a recent snowfall. |
| Date: | 04 11 1946 |
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| Description: | Hoover Boat Line display booth at the Southern Wisconsin Sports Show in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Field House. |
| Date: | 04 11 1945 |
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| Description: | Kessenich Marine and Sporting Goods display at the Southern Wisconsin Sports Show in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Field House. |
| Date: | 04 11 1946 |
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| Description: | Bernie Larson shown operating an electric boat hoist, manufactured by Gordon Engineering, Madison, at the Madison Marine Service booth, at the Southern Wis... |
| Date: | 04 18 1946 |
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| Description: | Autofyrstop Fire Extinguisher and Alarm System display at the Southern Wisconsin Sports Show in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Field House. |
| Date: | 07 03 1946 |
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| Description: | View from B.B. Clarke beach of swimmers on a raft in Lake Monona ready to start a swimming race with people in the foreground watching from the shore. Race... |
| Date: | 10 10 1946 |
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| Description: | Joseph L. "Roundy" Coughlin, sports writer for the "Wisconsin State Journal," and two other men in a Larson Falls Flyer motorboat on a lake. |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Lacking other equipment on the beach, native canoes were pressed into service to transfer equipment to larger boats. |
| Date: | 08 08 1914 |
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| Description: | A photographer is standing near a camera on the bank of the Chicago River. He likely works for International Harvester Company and appears to be photograph... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Chicago River near International Harvester's McCormick Works (factory). A sailboat, water tower, railroad cars and many industrial buildings line the shore... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Four-panel Panoramic view of La Crosse. Indentifiable businesses in view include: J. Hogan Wholesale Grocer, T.H. Spence Drug Co., Union Refrigerator Trans... |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | Boats and ships in a canal surrounding International Harvester's Neuss Works in Germany. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Photomontage of two men in a rowboat, one of whom is attempting to spear a giant fish with a forked spear, while the other is drinking out of a jug labeled... |
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