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| Date: | 07 04 1960 |
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| Description: | The 4th of July is celebrated in Madison with a water ski show on Lake Monona. |
| Date: | 06 27 1964 |
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| Description: | Nine sailboats gather on Lake Mendota searching for wind during the Mendota Yacht Club's racing series. Bill Mattison, Class C; Jim Henkel, Class C; and Jo... |
| Date: | 10 05 1907 |
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| Description: | An early motor boat, named "Alamo," possibly on Lake Winneconne. Three men are in the passenger compartment. Buildings and trees are visible on the far sho... |
| Date: | 1957 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Two Rivers - The Coolest Spot in Wis." On reverse: "A speed boat, blue waters and a pair of water skis make a perfect day. Vacationla... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Dr. Birge sitting in a boat, probably at Trout Lake. The outboard motor on the boat has been tilted out of the water. A wooded shoreline is in the distance... |
| Date: | 08 30 1926 |
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| Description: | View toward a man, sitting on the middle bench in the motor boat, holding an axe on his knees. A woman, possibly Anna Holt Wheeler, is sitting on the back ... |
| Date: | 06 13 1954 |
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| Description: | Robert Risser, Jr., of 3806 Hammersley Road, on duty watching for boaters in distress on Lake Mendota from the U.W. Lifesaving Services lookout. He is usin... |
| Date: | 06 13 1954 |
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| Description: | View across water towards the U.W. Lifesaving Services rescue boat, "Isabel III," with Captain Harvey Black at the helm speeding to assist a distressed boa... |
| Date: | 06 13 1954 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | View across water towards five wooden power boats moored at a pier on Pine Lake. On the far side and at right are a number of racing yachts, with a dinghy ... |
| Date: | 08 1906 |
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| Description: | Donald Holt is steering the "Islander" motorboat with his father W.A. Holt at his side. The "Islander" flag is flying off the bow, and the American flag is... |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of three men in a boat designed to shock fish with an electrical current. One man is driving the boat, while two other men are stand... |
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| Description: | View from shoreline through the trees towards a man and a woman walking down a dock. At the end of the dock is a man is holding up a woman on his shoulders... |
| Date: | 10 1978 |
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| Description: | View from shoreline towards motorboats and sailboats docked in a marina. In the distance are buildings on a hill among trees. |
| Date: | 1971 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of many groups of people sitting in motorboats fishing on the Wolf River. |
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| Description: | Four young men and women are standing in or around a motorboat beached on the sandy shoreline, with people swimming in the lake in the background. One woma... |
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| Description: | A young woman is sitting in the back of a motorboat watching a man slalom skiing just behind her. |
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| Description: | View across water towards a man and woman sitting in a motor boat, which is towing another man and woman water skiing behind it. |
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| Description: | View across water towards two children jumping off the back of a motor boat into the water. The mother and father are watching from the motor boat. Behind ... |
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| Description: | Elevated view across water towards a group of people in a motorboat on the Wisconsin River. |
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