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Counterbalance on a Sailboat

Date: 1959
Description: Two boys on the class-C scow sailboat "Bobalong III," with one boy balancing off the side while standing with one leg on the bilge keel.
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Memorial Union Terrace

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Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison Memorial Union Terrace, with tables and chairs, looking out over Lake Mendota. There is a pier and a sailboat on the water.
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Sailing

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Description: Three sailboats on Lake Winnebago, U50 (Eskimo), U7 and J7. Crew members are on the boats. The water is choppy and the sky is cloudy. In the background are...
Photograph

Marinette Harbor

Date: 1945
Description: Harbor in Marinette at sunset. Boats are docked at the sides of a canal. Smoke pours from smokestacks of a facility in the distance.
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Gates Ravine

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Description: View out of Gates Ravine (Glen Eyrie). One man is reclining on the beach at right, and a second man is standing on a sailboat.
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Four Boys in a Boat #377

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Description: Ashley Bennett and three friends in a homemade sailboat. This was captioned: "Going to Join the Navy."
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Sailboat in Harbor

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Description: Several people are standing aboard a sailboat sailing in the harbor. A small boat is tied to the back of the sailboat.
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Boat at Dock

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Description: View from shoreline towards boats at a dock in the Fox Lake Area. A man and woman are standing in a sailboat, another man is standing on the dock, and a an...
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Sailboats in Fox Lake Area

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Description: Fox Lake Area. View down pier towards sailboats docked, and people standing at the end of the dock.
Map or Atlas

University of Wisconsin Historical Decorative Map

Date: 1949
Description: Color bird's-eye map of the University of Wisconsin-Madison as it was midcentury, with two co-eds, several photographs of campus landmarks around edges, an...
Drawing

Lakeside House

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Description: Illustration of the Lakeside House.
Print

Haas House in Calumet Harbor

Date: 1847
Description: Carl de Haas house from across a river.
Photograph

Fish Creek

Date: 08 11 1950
Description: Aerial view of Eagle Harbor.
Postcard

Boating Scene

Date: 1909
Description: View of a boating scene off of the shore of Marinette and Menominee. Two boys are walking on the pier on the left, and a crowd of people are gathered at th...
Photograph

Milwaukee Yacht Club

Date: 08 01 1914
Description: Milwaukee Yacht Club, located at the foot of E. Layfayette Street on Lake Michigan. Numerous sailboats are in the harbor, and individuals are on the pier.
Photograph

Mendota Yacht Club Winners

Date: 06 10 1947
Description: George P. Steinmetz, Sr., and his son, George Steinmetz, Jr., 2134 Fox Avenue, shown with the Donegal Trophy for winning the Mendota Yacht Club Memorial Da...
Photograph

Mendota Yacht Club Members

Date: 08 09 1947
Description: Mendota Yacht Club members taking down the sail from their boat, "The Freckles," on the pier behind the James Payton house, 409 N. Blair Street. Left to ri...
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Mendota Yacht Club Members

Date: 08 09 1947
Description: Mendota Yacht Club members, sitting on the pier behind the James Payton house, 409 N. Blair Street. Left to right: Ann Dre Schlimgen, James Payton, Parnee...
Photograph

Mendota Yacht Club Members

Date: 08 09 1947
Description: A few of the children of Mendota Yacht Club members, seated on the terrace at the James Payton house, 409 N. Blair Street. Left to right: Mark Nesbit, Jimm...
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Gene Wheeler and His Sailboat

Date: 06 05 1948
Description: Gene Wheeler, right, on his class C sailboat High Sea II, with his crew member David Frederickson.

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