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Public Landing with Bridge

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Description: Elevated view over the Ohio River of a boat landing with a bridge in the background.
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Mendota Yacht Club

Date: 1915
Description: Mendota Yacht Club, later the site of James Madison Park.
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Milwaukee River

Date: 1885
Description: Elevated view of river looking north from the Wisconsin Avenue Bridge. A pier with a small building and poster boards extends into the water from the bott...
Postcard

Lake Park and Drive

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Description: Elevated view with the lake on the right, with a number of boats near the shoreline. There is a long winding road through the park, including bridges, a fo...
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Diver and Crew

Date: 1937
Description: Three men on pilings posing with man in a diving suit in preparation for a dive. Onlookers are standing above on a bridge in the background.
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University of Wisconsin-Madison Boathouse

Date: 1948
Description: View from Lake Mendota of boathouse on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The Armory (Red Gym or Old Red) is behind the boathouse. A person is sit...
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Three Passenger Boats Approaching Dock

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Description: View from shoreline of three steam-powered passenger boats approaching a dock with a flag on it.
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Harbor

Date: 1915
Description: View across water towards piers, boats and people in a harbor. Dwellings and other buildings are on the far shoreline.
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Cedar Point Pier

Date: 1918
Description: Elevated view of the Cedar Point Pier. Pedestrians, automobiles and horse-drawn vehicles are in the foreground.
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Confederate Ammunition Warehouse Explosion

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Description: A large lithograph of the most immediate of the tragic results of the civil war in Mobile, Alabama, which was the great explosion of May 25, 1865. Federal ...
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Excursion Boats at Playland

Date: 1928
Description: Elevated view from shoreline of excursion boats docked at Playland near a jetty. People walk on the dock to board the boat, and tables shaded by umbrellas ...
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Funchase Amusement Pier

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Description: Crowds walk along the boardwalk at Funchase amusement pier. A building with flags flying from its turrets features a sign that reads "Funchase Skating". T...
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"Delta Queen"

Date: 2004
Description: The "Delta Queen" steamboat at dock. People are walking across the gangplank toward the shoreline.
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Hong Kong Harbor Scene

Date: 09 1951
Description: The large, ornamental office building of Thomas Cook and Sons on the waterfront in Hong Kong. The firm was one of the oldest and largest travel companies i...
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Dells of the Wisconsin River

Date: 1936
Description: A view of the Dells of the Wisconsin River, with two people walking down a long dock/walkway leading to a boat.
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Looking up Mirror Lake from High Bridge

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Description: An elevated view of Mirror Lake from a deck truss bridge. On both sides of the lake are boathouses and tour boats. Steep cliffs lined with trees and plants...
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Chequamegon Hotel Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Chequamegon Hotel of Ashland, on Lake Superior, with a three-quarter view of the hotel, as seen from the waterfront, set into a cartouche...
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Wisconsin Chair Co. Memohead

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Description: Memohead of the Wisconsin Chair Company of Port Washington, Wisconsin, with its McLean patented swing rocking chair set against a circular background with ...
Postcard

Winter Scene at Port Washington

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Description: Winter view of the lighthouse at Port Washington from the icy shore of Lake Michigan. Two people can be seen standing on a pier in the distance.
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U.S. Hospital and Army Headquarters

Date: 1918
Description: View across snowy ground towards the United States hospital and Army Headquarters for American forces deployed as a part of the Allied Intervention in Nort...

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