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Frisbee Catch

Date: 07 20 1988
Description: Young men clamor to catch a Frisbee during a beach game.
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Tommy Thompson Riding a Motorcycle

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Description: Wisconsin Governor Tommy G. Thompson waves from a Harley Davidson motorcycle as he rides on John Nolen Drive. Lake Monona and the Wisconsin State Capitol b...
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Amphibious Motion Picture Service Delivery To Campo Fiesta

Date: 1950
Description: A man, possibly Benton C. Black, delivering films to Campo Fiesta at Trout Lake. The delivery is being made in a Seabee seaplane by the Amphibious Motion P...
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103 - Various Scenes from Joy Camps

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Description: Page from Joy Camps photo album displaying six photographs. The one on the upper left shows three campers sitting in a rowboat along the shoreline sketchin...
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Sue Ann Hackett with Friends

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Description: Page from Sue Ann Hackett Blue Album displaying several photographs. Includes dock on lake, with distant shoreline, Sue Ann with a friend and her mother, o...
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Man and Woman with Scout II XLC and Tent

Date: 1976
Description: A man and a woman are standing in the grass near a small body of water and a white colored Scout II XLC. Near the parked vehicle is a red tent and a chair ...
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Sailing on Geneva Lake

Date: 09 03 1916
Description: Ernst Schmidt (1893-1977) and Jean Happich sail the boat "Illiola." Schmidt was a grandson of Chicago brewer Conrad Seipp, who established Black Point Esta...
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Ernst and Catherine

Date: 09 01 1946
Description: View from front of motorboat of Ernst Schmidt (driving) and Catherine Schuelke enjoying an outing on Geneva Lake.
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Sailing School

Date: 08 08 1941
Description: View across water of women and children sitting on the deck of the Sailing School Ship on Lake Geneva. Herb Taylor, partly obscured on the afterdeck, was t...
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On the Pier at Black Point

Date: 08 01 1954
Description: Ernst C. Schmidt and Mary Helen Anderson stand on a pier and pose next to the Black Point launch "Nepenthe."
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At Kilby Lake

Date: 1910
Description: Six women and girls are reflected in the water as they model their swimming costumes on the beach. Another woman observes from behind. The caption reads: ...
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Statue of Liberty 02

Date: 1978
Description: Close-up of a man gazing at the Statue of Liberty installation on a frozen and snow-covered Lake Mendota. The sculpture was constructed by the Pail and Sho...
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Summer Weed Cleaning of Monona Bay

Date: 06 16 2015
Description: View from pier towards a young woman wearing sunglasses operating an aquatic weed harvester, moving in close to the pier and the rocky shoreline. Trees and...
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Relaxing on a Pier

Date: 1967
Description: A young boy is lying on his back with one leg crossed over his knee on a concrete pier on a lake. A fishing net and a tackle box is next to him, and a fish...
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On a Motor Boat

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Description: Elevated view of two young men and two young women sitting in a motorboat. The driver is wearing a shirt, and the two women and the other man are wearing b...
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Catching Trout

Date: 1967
Description: Close-up of a man leaning over the side of a boat and using a small net to scoop up a trout he has caught on the line of his fly rod.
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Hikers

Date: 1939
Description: A young man wearing a cap and sunglasses is posing standing with his right hand resting on a rock formation. He is holding a Kodak Brownie No. 2A box camer...
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Canoeing

Date: 1940
Description: View across water towards six women, three in each of two canoes, are smiling as they paddle near a shoreline in the background. There are buoys farther ou...
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Sail Boat Rescue on Lake Mendota

Date: 06 13 1954
Description: Captain Harvey Black, in aviator sunglasses at the helm, skippers the rescue boat, "Isabel III," speeding towards a stranded sail boater on Lake Mendota. T...
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Lifeguard Helps Open Madison Beaches for Summer

Date: 06 15 1957
Description: Lifeguard Nancy Thomsen (5524 Lake Mendota Drive) warns a youngster not to go into deep water at the Tenney Park beach on the official opening day for the ...

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