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Boat Landing, Cliff House, Devil's Lake

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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...
Photograph

Boat on Europe Lake

Date: 1923
Description: David Kincaid hauls a row boat onto shore with a rope. Kincaid was the caretaker of the Hotz Europe Lake estate.
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 7-11

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Description: I had to know the point to which the path was tracked
and when the definition would cease to be my own
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 62-69

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Description: The arrangements

Somebody takes care of it:
planning the details, announcements,
transportation,
setting the tone,
fitting all the likel...
Photograph

Dock in Sturgeon Bay

Date: 1895
Description: Seven men, standing informally, some wearing “yachting caps”, on a dock, presumably in Sturgeon Bay, Wis.
Photograph

William Turvill in Rowboat Carrying Farm Produce

Date: 1897
Description: View over water towards William Turvill, rowing a boat loaded with farm produce in wooden crates and baskets. There is a tree-lined shoreline in the backgr...
Photograph

Wet Man

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Description: Portrait of a man standing on a pier near a lake.
Photograph

Boating

Date: 1911
Description: Frank B. Fargo, standing on the shore and posing in front of the small launch "Ruth" on Rock Lake. An unidentified man, possibly Charles Millard, is standi...
Photograph

George Holt Paddling a Boat on Archibald Lake

Date: 1898
Description: View across the water towards George Holt paddling a clinker-built duck boat on Archibald Lake. Caption reads: "At sea."
Photograph

Pine Lake Bathhouse

Date: 1893
Description: A small bathhouse is standing among trees on the shore of Pine Lake on George Brumder's property. There is ornate fretwork in the gable ends. A sign on the...

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