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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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Kenneth T. White Family in their Sailboat

Date: 07 12 1955
Description: Jane and Kenneth White and their daughters, Sue (left), Kay, and Barbara, and the family dog, Perky, sailing in their lightning class sailboat on Lake Mend...
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Kenneth T. White Family

Date: 07 12 1955
Description: Jane and Kenneth White and their daughters, Sue, Kay, and Barbara, and the family dog, Perky, in their lightning class sailboat on Lake Mendota.
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...
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Memorial Union Terrace

Date: 1952
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison Memorial Union Terrace with Lake Mendota and sailboats in the background.
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YMCA Camp Wakanda Campers

Date: 06 25 1945
Description: A counselor, Marty Steiner, is shown with three campers: Richard Pope, Michael Donagan and Robert Winslow, in a sailboat at YMCA Camp Wakanda on Lake Mendo...
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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.
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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...
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Camp Wakanda

Date: 07 22 1947
Description: Sailing instructor at YMCA Camp Wakanda Harry Stuhldreher Jr. is shown steering a sail boat on Lake Mendota with (L to R) Timothy Rice, Dick Lower, and Ran...
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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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Lake Mendota Yacht Club Youth Program

Date: 06 09 1948
Description: Two of Madison's most enthusiastic young sailors are Ann Hastings, left, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold W. Hastings, 3326 Lake Mendota Drive, and Rosamond...
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University of Wisconsin-Madison Intercollegiate Regatta

Date: 05 17 1948
Description: Phyllis Wentorf, West Bend, at left, and Pat Andrews, Madison, center--both members of the Hoofers Sailing Club--are pictured with Rudy Haase, Milwaukee, a...
Postcard

Racine Harbor

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Racine, Wis. in 1850." Artist's rendering of the view of the harbor with sailing ships, sailboats, rowboats and canoes. The Main Stre...
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Inland Lakes Regatta on Lake Mendota

Date: 08 05 1950
Description: The Class C sailboat "Wahoo II," owned by Stewart Manchester with Pete Stebbins as crew, pictured on Lake Mendota. They will be vying for the championship ...
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Inland Lakes Regatta on Lake Mendota

Date: 07 05 1950
Description: Members of the social committee for the Inland Lakes Regatta prepare the decorations at the Maple Bluff Country Club for some of the parties to be held dur...
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Inland Lakes Regatta on Lake Mendota

Date: 07 05 1950
Description: Two Madison teenagers, Judith Rendall and Gina Johnson, standing on board Judy's Class C sailboat "Nite-Hawk."
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Inland Lakes Regatta on Lake Mendota

Date: 08 05 1950
Description: Morgan E. Manchester, Maple Bluff, commodore of the Mendota Yacht Club and general chairman of the Inland Lakes Regatta, posing with his son aboard the fam...
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Inland Lakes Regatta on Lake Mendota

Date: 08 05 1950
Description: View across water towards two Madison boats that will participate in the Inland Lakes Regatta to be held on Lake Mendota. At the left is "Coro," owned by C...
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Inland Lakes Regatta on Lake Mendota

Date: 08 05 1950
Description: One of the Mendota Yacht Club entries in the Inland Lakes Regatta on Lake Mendota this year is "Another Ketch-Up," skippered by Perry Neff.
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Inland Lakes Yachting Association Regatta

Date: 08 21 1950
Description: Class E fleet sailboats get underway in the first official test of the preliminary races of the 49th Annual Regatta of the Inland Lakes Yachting Associati...

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