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New Orleans Composite

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Description: Composite of views showing the French market, sugar refinery and sugar sheds, fishing boats, steamer unloading bananas, and picking and cutting sugar cane ...
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Public Landing with Bridge

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Description: Elevated view over the Ohio River of a boat landing with a bridge in the background.
Postcard

Lover's Leap

Date: 1910
Description: View of Lover's Leap, with a group of people posing on the rocks and sailboats in the background. Caption reads: "Lover's Leap, Sturgeon Bay, Wis."
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Sawmill near Lake Winnebago

Date: 1871
Description: Stereograph of a sawmill area and Lake Winnebago in the foreground. The square building with the "cupola" was the Revere House. A manuscript notation, very...
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Carl Schurz Monument

Date: 1915
Description: Advertisement with the Carl Schurz monument. Caption reads: "Castle-Pierce Printing Company, Aug. 1915", and at bottom: "Oshkosh, Wisconsin". Text on right...
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Chicago River near McCormick Works

Date: 1910
Description: Chicago River near International Harvester's McCormick Works (factory). A sailboat, water tower, railroad cars and many industrial buildings line the shore...
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Steamboat on Lake

Date: 1900
Description: Steamboat approaching pier on unidentified lake.
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Apostle Island Picnic

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Description: Group having a picnic on the shore of an Apostle Island. There is a large sailboat behind the group.
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"Skater" and "Perhaps" at Mission Dock

Date: 1910
Description: Ferry boat "Skater" and sailboat "Perhaps" near the Mission Dock. A group of people are waiting on the dock for the "Skater" to arrive. There is a boy carr...
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Bascom Hill and Surrounding Campus Area

Date: 1967
Description: A detail from a larger lithograph depicting the entire city of Madison. This detail illustrates the University of Wisconsin campus buildings circa 1885.
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Lake Mendota Sailboat

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Description: Dr. Reginald Jackson, Sr., and his son Reginald Jr., in the family sailboat. Because the family's cottage was located near Picnic Point, the photograph wa...
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Sailboat near Shoreline

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Description: A group of people on a sailboat sailing towards a group of people who are waving from a concrete embankment.
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Houseboats on the Shore

Date: 05 10 1894
Description: View from river of three men in a sailboat near the shoreline. Behind them are houseboats up on blocks on the shore of the Ohio River, with other buildings...
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Club Boat

Date: 06 04 1894
Description: Several men ride aboard a club boat, which has a sail.
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University of Wisconsin Rowing Crew Race

Date: 06 18 1949
Description: Varsity University of Wisconsin crew race against the University of Washington crew on Lake Mendota.
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Tractor and Trailer at Docks

Date: 08 17 1926
Description: A man pulls a "reliance" semi-trailer with a McCormick-Deering 10-20 tractor near a docked ship in San Diego.
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Four Men Sailing

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Description: Four men sailing a small boat on a lake, with a shoreline in the background.
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Beach on Lake Michigan

Date: 1939
Description: A beach on Lake Michigan near the Milwaukee Yacht Club. Men, women, and children relax on the beach. In the background many boats are on the water.
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Five Men Sailing on Lake

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Description: View from water of five men are sailing a small boat on a lake. There is another smaller boat on the right, and a shoreline in the background.
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Madison City Swim Meet

Date: 08 07 1949
Description: One of the features of the annual city swimming meet held at B.B. Clarke Beach was the water ballet put on by these girls: left to right, Sharon Thompson, ...

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