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Frank Lloyd Wright Boathouse

Date: 1900
Description: A Lake Mendota boathouse, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and built at the foot of North Carroll Street in 1893.
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Che-ne-qua Hotel

Date: 1907
Description: Elevated view of the Che-ne-qua Hotel on Pine Lake.
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Frank Lloyd Wright Boathouse

Date: 1920
Description: Exterior view from the lake of the Madison City Boathouse at the foot of North Carroll Street on Lake Mendota. It was an early design of Frank Lloyd Wright...
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Coast Guard Station

Date: 1900
Description: View of the coast guard station from the water with multiple sailors lined up near the shore. Caption reads: "Coast Guard Station, Sturgeon Bay, Door Count...
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Old Boat Yards

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Description: Old boat yards, with numerous steamboats, and buildings on the shoreline. Caption reads: "Old Boat Yards, La Crosse, Wis."
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Racine Harbor

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Racine, Wis. in 1850." Artist's rendering of the view of the harbor with sailing ships, sailboats, rowboats and canoes. The Main Stre...
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Coast Guard Station

Date: 1927
Description: View from the water of the Plum Island U.S. Coast Guard station. There is a tower in the background. Long piers extend into the lake.
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Baileys Harbor

Date: 1915
Description: The Baileys Harbor Coast Guard Life Saving Station viewed from between a fishing boat and a pier warehouse. The station's pier extends into the harbor and ...
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Baileys Harbor Coast Guard Station

Date: 1915
Description: Winter view of the Coast Guard Life Saving Station at Baileys Harbor. Snow has drifted on the shore, where a small boat rests.
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Reiten Boat Yard

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Description: Photographic postcard view from water of a marina. Sailboats and motorboats are docked. More boats are stored up on the shoreline. Trees and buildings are ...
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Gills Rock

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Description: View across water towards an excursion boat docked at Gills Rock. A few people are gathered at the landing.
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East View of Dartford Bay

Date: 1960
Description: View from shoreline towards a marina in Green Lake.
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River View from Town Bridge

Date: 1911
Description: View across a still river with buildings reflected in it. Boathouses are along the shore. Caption reads: "River View from Town Bridge, Jefferson, Wis."
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Sister Bay, near Sturgeon Bay

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Description: Color postcard view towards the shoreline, with a pier and three boats moored to it. On the far right is a portion of what may be a boathouse. There are bu...
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Mississippi's Edge

Date: 1950
Description: A boathouse, boat and pier on the frozen shoreline of the Mississippi River. More buildings appear in the background, a snow covered tree on the left and a...
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Two Women Outdoors at Trout Lake Boathouse

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Description: Two women are sitting on the ground outdoors, wearing bathing suits. The woman on the right is wearing a bathing cap. A large log building in the backgroun...
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Racine Harbor

Date: 1850
Description: Text on front reads: "Racine, Wisconsin in 1850." Artist's rendering of the view of the harbor with sailing ships, sailboats, rowboats and canoes. The Main...
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Little Sister and Sister Bays

Date: 07 29 1946
Description: Text on front reads: "Little Sister and Sister Bays, Sister Bay, Wis." A view from a hill of the shoreline of Green Bay, Lake Michigan.
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Sister Bay

Date: 1915
Description: Caption reads: "Sister Bay, near Sturgeon Bay, Wis." and "In Door County 'Cherryland,' the Nation's Largest Cherry Producer." Sister Bay from a rocky beach...
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Kickapoo River Scene

Date: 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "Kickapoo River Scene, Wauzeka, Wis." Elevated view of the shore of the Kickapoo River, with boats, piers and boathouses. A man in a r...

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