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Women in Motorboat

Date: 1941
Description: Two bathing suit-clad women demonstrating their Evinrude motorboat on a Wisconsin lake.
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Motorboating at Devils Island

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Description: Slightly elevated view of a wooden in-board motorboat on Lake Superior. Two men are in the front seat, and two bathing beauties are riding in the back wavi...
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Motorboating

Date: 1955
Description: View of woman smiling and wearing a bathing suit while sitting in the back of a motorboat. She is steering the outboard motor on a lake. Behind her is the ...
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GIs at Warner Beach

Date: 08 02 1944
Description: Four WAC lieutenants posing on the rail of the life launch. From left to right are Virginia Harmon, Jane Dunning, Ardeth Cauble, and Helen Durr.
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Boats at Shoreline of Lake Owen

Date: 1938
Description: View of two people in a canoe on Lake Owen near White Pine Lodge. Just behind them is a swimming platform. In the foreground is a dirt path in the grass, ...
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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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Family Outing at the Boathouse

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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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Water Skiing on Lake Geneva

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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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Slalom Water Skiing

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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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Returning to Shore

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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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Madison Neighborhoods 4th of July Celebrations

Date: 07 04 1960
Description: The 4th of July is celebrated in Madison with a water ski show on Lake Monona.
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Tommy Bartlett Show Performers

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Description: View towards group portrait of performers posing along the sandy shoreline. One man is doing a one-armed handstand on a motorboat in the foreground. Some o...
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Tommy Bartlett Boat

Date: 1957
Description: Four women are standing in the Tommy Bartlett boat. Three of them are wearing striped bathing suits, and one woman is wearing a white bathing suit. Two wat...
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Man and Woman Water Skiing

Date: 07 1956
Description: A man is driving a motorboat pulling a man water skiing who is carrying a woman on his shoulders as a part of the Tommy Bartlett Water Ski Show.
Postcard

Two Rivers - The Coolest Spot in Wisconsin

Date: 1957
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...
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Mendota Yacht Club Sailboat Races on Lake Mendota

Date: 06 27 1964
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...

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