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| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | A group of men on a lakeshore grapple with a giant pike. Two men pull on a rope hooked to the pike while two more stand ready with harpoon-like sticks. Ano... |
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| Description: | A sundial on a pedestal sits on Observatory Hill, overlooking trees, a rooftop, and part of Lake Mendota. |
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| Description: | View along shoreline towards a group of people standing on a pier. Sailboats are anchored in the water in the background. Caption reads: "Scene Along the W... |
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| Description: | Color illustration of the bath house at the lake front, seen from along a stony shoreline. Caption reads: "New Bath House, Fond du Lac, Wis." |
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| Description: | View of the central business district with the street ending at the lakefront. Automobiles are moving up and down the street, one pulling a boat on a trail... |
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| Description: | View from water towards a large private home on a hill on Lake Geneva. People are walking on a large pier at the water's edge, and rowboats are moored at t... |
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| Description: | Illustrated color postcard of the front of Hotel Geneva. A marina is in the foreground. Flowering bushes are along the lakeshore. Caption reads: "Hotel Gen... |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | View of Monona Avenue from the southeast entrance of the Capitol. Automobiles are parked along the curbs and both sides of the median. Caption reads: "From... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Wisconsin Avenue from Capitol Square to Lake Mendota. City Hall is on the left. Radio towers are on a rooftop on the right. Caption reads:... |
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| Description: | Four scenes of Trout Lake. The top left shows a man surveying on the shoreline of a lake. Handwritten text reads: "PA. MacDonald, Trout Lake 1910." The top... |
| Date: | 03 23 1915 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Steamship William E. Corey, entering Duluth and Superior Harbor, Wis." A steamship entering the harbor under the Aerial Lift Bridge, ... |
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