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Whaleback Steamer "Christopher Columbus"

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Description: The screw passenger excursion vessel, "Christopher Columbus," being towed into the Milwaukee harbor past a breakwater. Milwaukee North Pier Inner Light in ...
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Old Light House at Long Tail Point

Date: 1910
Description: Caption reads: "Old Light House at Long Tail Point, Green Bay, Wis." Built in 1859. A marshy area is in the foreground, and a long pier leads to the new li...
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Boat Landing at Yosts Park

Date: 1908
Description: View towards people standing on the shoreline near a boat landing at Yosts Park. A man and a dog are standing on the pier, and a group of people are in a b...
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Yacht Club

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Description: View across water towards the Yacht Club on the shoreline of Lake Winnebago. There is a widow's walk on the roof. A boat is near the pier on the right. Cap...
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Bechstein's Bathing Establishment

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Description: Color postcard of a bathing place on the water. A hill is behind the building, and there are a signs for a swimming school and the Wm. Bechstein Co. Severa...
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Lake Park and Drive

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Description: Elevated view with the lake on the right, with a number of boats near the shoreline. There is a long winding road through the park, including bridges, a fo...
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Shoreline of Lake Mendota

Date: 1900
Description: View from Lake Mendota of buildings on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The boathouse, Armory (later the Red Gym or Old Red), and Science Hall c...
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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...
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Light House at Entrance to Harbor

Date: 1910
Description: Hand-colored postcard view of a pier and lighthouse at the entrance to Milwaukee's harbor. Two people sail in a small boat to the right of the lighthouse, ...
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View on Cranberry Lake at Everett's Resort

Date: 1910
Description: View across water towards lakeside cabins among birch trees at the resort on Catfish Lake, east of Eagle River off of STH 70. There is a pier in the foregr...
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View of the Rosenheimer Resort, at Large Cedar Lake

Date: 1908
Description: Hand-colored view of Rosenheimer Resort from across Big Cedar Lake. The resort has a large main building with a wrap-around porch, and there is a dock and ...
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South Shore, Delavan Lake

Date: 1951
Description: View across water towards boathouses and piers along the shoreline at Delavan Lake. There are sailboats in the lake. Caption reads: "South Shore, Delavan L...
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Dance Pavilion at Everett's Resort

Date: 1934
Description: View through trees toward the dance pavilion at Everett's Resort on the shoreline of a lake. Boats are lying on a dock near the shoreline. Caption reads: "...
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Gottfried's, Elkhart Lake

Date: 1907
Description: Colorized elevated view of a large lakeside hotel inspired by castles on the Rhine. A small excursion boat is passing the dock and boathouse. Caption reads...
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Aeroplane View of Lake Geneva

Date: 1929
Description: Aerial view of Lake Geneva (town) next to Lake Geneva (lake). Caption reads: "Aeroplane View of Lake Geneva, Wis."
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Lighthouse and Pier

Date: 1916
Description: Tinted postcard of the lighthouse and a light tower at the end of a pier. A small boat with two passengers is on the water. This would be the Racine North ...
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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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On Mendota Lake near Varsity Boat House

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Description: View across water towards people in an excursion boat on Lake Mendota heading towards a pier. The Varsity Boat House is in the background on the left shore...
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Landing at Esther Beach

Date: 1916
Description: View of the dock at Esther Beach, Lake Monona. People are sitting in boats moored along the pier near the shoreline. Caption reads: "Landing at Esther Beac...
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Messengers Shore

Date: 06 18 1911
Description: Text on front reads: "Messengers Shore, Devils [sic] Lake, Wis." Cottages and piers on the rocky shore of Devil's Lake. Tree-covered bluffs rise behind the...

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