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International Skeeter Association Regatta

Date: 01 13 1961
Description: Ice boats on lake Monona during the International Skeeter Association regatta.
Postcard

Princess III in Action

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Description: Caption on front reads: "Princess III in Action". A view across the lake towards the Princess III on Lake Monona with the Fauerbach Brewery in the b...
Postcard

Winter Skyline from across Lake Monona

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Description: A winter's scene of ice boats on Lake Monona, with the Madison skyline featuring Monona Terrace and the Wisconsin State Capitol in the distance.
Photograph

Thunder Jet Ice Boat

Date: 01 23 1955
Description: The ice boat, "Thunder Jet," on a frozen Lake Monona. One of the two men aboard is probably the pilot, Bill "Curley" Perrigo, sitting at the helm or by the...
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Iceboating

Date: 1907
Description: Herbert Paul Brumder reclining in the cockpit of an iceboat on Pine Lake. He is holding the main sheet in his right hand, and controlling the rudder with h...
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Ice Boating

Date: 1932
Description: Two unidentified men sail their ice boat across the frozen surface of Pine Lake. A light snow covers much of the ice.
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Lake Mendota Inlet

Date: 1950
Description: A partially frozen inlet from the lake. The view may be from Spring Harbor Park. Docks and piers line the shores. A rowboat partially covered in snow is up...
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Ice Boating

Date: 1906
Description: Two unidentified men posing with an iceboat on Pine Lake. The man sitting on the left is wearing goggles. "Reliance" is stenciled on the fore portion of th...
Photograph

Ice Boating

Date: 1906
Description: A man is bending forward near the mast of an iceboat as another man, wearing goggles, is standing to the left. There is a second iceboat on the right. A sm...
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Gaff Rigged, Madison Style Iceboat

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Description: View across ice towards two people in an iceboat on Lake Mendota.
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Iceboats on Lake

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Description: View across ice towards the crews of ice yachts standing near their iceboats. There are seventeen or eighteen iceboats, and their are numbers on the sails.
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Iceboating

Date: 03 1916
Description: Kurt Ruedebusch and Joe Mills pose in Ernst Schmidt's iceboat on frozen Lake Mendota. Ernst Schmidt was an undergraduate student at the University of Wisco...
Photograph

Iceboating

Date: 1961
Description: Three men dressed in winter clothing stand in front of an iceboat. Two additional images show four other men standing in front of iceboats.
Photograph

Iceboats on Lake Mendota

Date: 1896
Description: A gathering of iceboats and their captains on Lake Mendota.
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Iceboats

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Description: Iceboats at Williams Bay on Lake Geneva.
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Dutton and Wheeler's Iceboat

Date: 03 08 1896
Description: Three men stand near a large iceboat owned by Dutton and Wheeler on Lake Mendota.
Map or Atlas

Lakes of Madison Water-Ways Guide

Date: 1968
Description: Shows potential fishing areas by species and season, as well as sand and rock bars, weed beds, public facilities, points of interest, and selected business...
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Hearst Trophy Challenge Iceboat Race

Date: 01 31 1953
Description: The "May-Bid" iceboat of Oshkosh is shown just after it capsized during the Hearst Trophy challenge series on Lake Monona. Boats from the Madison Four Lake...
Photograph

Ice Fishing on Green Bay

Date: 1918
Description: Two men holding large fish pose near an ice fishing shanty off of Fish Creek. Another man stands behind them. There is man on an iceboat in the left backgr...
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Northwestern Ice Yachting Association Ice Regatta

Date: 01 18 1952
Description: Close-up of five-year-old William (Spike) Boston in his iceboat on Lake Monona. He was the youngest skipper at the Northwestern Yachting Association ice re...

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