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View Of A Lake With Fishermen and A Sailboat

Date: 1937
Description: Several people stand and fish off of a pier while a boy sits in a sailboat and another stands on shore. Trees and power lines are visible in the background...
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Row Boats at Devil's Lake

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Description: A man and two women stand on a dock at Devil's Lake while a couple rows in a canoe on the water. Other rowboats are docked nearby and a covered rowboat na...
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Pier at Bible Institute

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Description: Rear view of the Bible Institute on Green Lake. Two men are sitting in a boat docked at a pier. Behind them are stairs leading to the rear entrance of the ...
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City View

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Description: View of a residential area of Fish Creek, looking out over Fish Creek Harbor.
Print

Winter Morning at Sister Bay

Date: 1949
Description: Holiday card of the Sister Bay lakeshore. Three figures are on the shore. Two boathouses, a covered boat, a pier, and two upright boats are in the backgrou...
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West Side Cove on Beaver Lake

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Description: View of a family boating in the west side cove on Beaver Lake.
Postcard

Pier Landing, From Tourist Campsite, Devil's Lake State Park

Date: 1917
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...
Postcard

Summer White House on the Brule

Date: 1926
Description: Black and white postcard view of Cedar Island Lodge, located on the Brule River, owned by Henry Clay Pierce, businessman and financier. It was dubbed the S...
Photograph

Elevated Town View

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Description: Elevated view of a town located along a hilly shoreline.
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City View

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Description: View of the city's shoreline from across the bay. A boat can be seen along the nearest shore and mountains rise behind the city buildings in the distance.
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City View, Sitka, Alaska

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Description: View from across the harbor showing the pier and mountains in the background.
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Town View

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Description: Elevated view of the town from across the bay. Mountains rise behind the city's shoreline buildings.
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Town and Glacier View

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Description: View of the city and glacier as seen from Port Valdez. A pier leads to the city's shore.
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Town View

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Description: Elevated view of the town and harbor with mountains across the water. Text on photograph reads, "One of the interesting old towns."
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Wharf and Waterfront

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Description: Men and women stand on the pier at the wharf and waterfront. Buildings are visible in the distance.
Print

Chequamegon Hotel Letterhead

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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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North Bay

Date: 1942
Description: A sailboat is moored to a wooden pier at North Bay. There is an old wooden building in the background across a marsh area.
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Cabin on the Shore

Date: 1926
Description: View of rustic cabin with a large stone chimney standing by the shore. There is another house or boathouse in the far background near the remains of a pier...
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New Guinea Coast

Date: 1942
Description: View over water towards the New Guinea coast from a boat. A larger boat is on the right and several smaller craft in the center. A pier is on the shoreline...
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Mendota Shoreline with University of Wisconsin-Madison Boathouse

Date: 1896
Description: View from sloped lawn of the Lake Mendota shoreline, with the Olin boathouse in the foreground, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison boathouse on the ri...

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