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Drawing

Milwaukee River

Date: 1873
Description: Newspaper reproduction of an etching of the Milwaukee River.
Map or Atlas

Father Hennepin's Map of the Upper Lakes

Date: 1697
Description: Father Hennepin's map in French of the upper lakes.
Photograph

The "Christopher Columbus" Underway

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Description: The screw passenger excursion vessel, "Christopher Columbus" underway on the Great Lakes. Decks are filled with passengers. The "Christopher Columbus" was ...
Photograph

Excursion steamer Christopher Columbus leaving Chicago

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Description: The screw passenger excursion vessel, "Christopher Columbus," leaving Chicago. Skyline of Chicago is in background with one building with sign reading Armo...
Photograph

Mission Dock

Date: 1910
Description: A group of people gather on Mission dock as the steamboat "Skater" approaches. A boy is walking down the dock carrying a box on his shoulder.
Photograph

Machinery on a Pier

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Description: Machinery, probably a pump, situated on a pier.
Map or Atlas

Dane County Map

Date: 1861
Description: Drawn the first year of the Civil War, this colored 1861 map of Dane County shows its towns, cities and lakes. It includes insets of the wards of Madison a...
Photograph

The Ashland and Passengers

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Description: The tugboat Ashland with several passengers visible on deck.
Photograph

Canoeing on Rainbow Lake

Date: 1945
Description: Couple canoeing under partly cloudy skies with sun dappling the water on Rainbow Lake, Chain O' Lakes.
Photograph

Boating on the Lake

Date: 1937
Description: Woman at the tiller of a motorboat with tree-lined shore in the background. She is wearing a captain's hat at a jaunty angle and a sailor middy blouse.
Photograph

Motorboating

Date: 1955
Description: View of woman smiling and wearing a bathing suit while sitting in the back of a motorboat. She is steering the outboard motor on a lake. Behind her is the ...
Photograph

Swimming Race at Camp Wakanda

Date: 1923
Description: Boys line up on pier for swimming race at Camp Wakanda.
Photograph

Playing in Canoes on a Lake

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Description: Two women try to knock each other off of their canoes while standing and swinging brooms at each other.
Photograph

Two Boys at Tenney Park

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Description: Two boys lying on the grass asleep in Tenney Park near the lagoon with a hat on the ground between them. The Sherman Avenue bridge and the Hausmann Brewery...
Photograph

Couples Boating

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Description: Elevated view of a group of two couples boating.
Photograph

Woman in Boat

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Description: An Evinrude boat motor advertisement with woman posing in boat.
Photograph

Carrie-Craft Catamaran Houseboat

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Description: A Carrie-Craft catamaran houseboat on lift at the Carrie-Craft factory.
Photograph

Two Women Motorboating

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Description: Two women motorboating and waving to the photographer.
Photograph

Young Boys in Boat

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Description: Two boys, probably brothers, using a small boat with outboard motor.
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Black Earth Looking from the Northwest

Date: 1876
Description: Bird's-eye view of Black Earth.

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